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Petrol Bomb How-To In Kids' Magazine (10th October, 2012)Parents in Tunisia are up in arms at one of the country's most popular children's magazines. The reason for the outrage at the "Qaws Quzah" mag is that the latest edition of the publication has an article that explains how to make a petrol bomb, also known as a Molotov cocktail. "Qaws Quzah" (which means "rainbow" in Arabic) is aimed at 5- to 15-year-olds and usually features educational pieces in its Knowledge Corner page. The petrol bomb feature describes the history of the weapon and has a picture of a glass bottle with a burning rag at its mouth. The article describes a Molotov cocktail as "an improvised weapon that is often used in riots and acts of sabotage because it is easy to make and use". Tunisia's Ministry for Women and Family Affairs has started the process to take legal action against the publisher. A Ministry official said the article was highly inappropriate, given the revolution that recently toppled longtime President Ben Ali in January 2011. The event that triggered the uprising was the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, a 27-year-old street vendor who set himself on fire with petrol on 17 December 2010, in protest against the harassment and humiliation inflicted on him by government officials. The Ministry said the "Qaws Quzah" article, "encourages violent and terrorist thought" and puts children's lives in danger by "encouraging the use of Molotov cocktails in acts of vandalism or terrorism". WARM-UPS1. KIDS' MAGAZINES: Walk around the class and talk to other students about children's magazines. Change partners often. Share your findings with your first partner. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. INAPPROPRIATE: Which of these things should / shouldn't be in a magazine for 11-year-olds? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.
4. CENSORED: Students A strongly believe content on TV and in magazines should be censored more so kids can't see it; Students B strongly believe this is the parents' responsibility. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. EDUCATIONAL: What would you like your child to read about? Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the best at the top. Change partners often.
6. REVOLUTION: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word 'revolution'. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps
Parents in Tunisia (1) ______________________ one of the country's most popular children's magazines. The reason (2) ______________________ "Qaws Quzah" mag is that the latest edition of the publication has an article that explains how to make a petrol bomb, (3) ______________________ cocktail. "Qaws Quzah" (which means "rainbow" in Arabic) is aimed at 5- to 15-year-olds and usually features (4) ______________________ its Knowledge Corner page. The petrol bomb feature describes the history of the weapon (5) ______________________ glass bottle with a burning rag at its mouth. The article describes a Molotov cocktail as "an improvised weapon that is (6) ______________________ acts of sabotage because it is easy to make and use". Tunisia's Ministry for Women and Family Affairs has started the process to (7) ______________________ the publisher. A Ministry official said the article was highly inappropriate, given the (8) ______________________ toppled longtime President Ben Ali in January 2011. The event that triggered the (9) ______________________-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, a 27-year-old street vendor (10) ______________________ with petrol on 17 December 2010, in protest against the (11) ______________________ inflicted on him by government officials. The Ministry said the "Qaws Quzah" article, "encourages violent (12) ______________________ " and puts children's lives in danger by "encouraging the use of Molotov cocktails in acts of vandalism or terrorism".
AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'petrol' and 'bomb'.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
KIDS' MAGAZINES SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about children's magazines in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
KIDS' MAGAZINES DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICEParents in Tunisia are up in (1) ____ at one of the country's most popular children's magazines. The reason for the (2) ____ at the "Qaws Quzah" mag is that the latest edition of the publication has an article that explains how to make a petrol bomb, also known as a Molotov cocktail. "Qaws Quzah" (which means "rainbow" in Arabic) is (3) ____ at 5- to 15-year-olds and usually features educational pieces in its Knowledge Corner page. The petrol bomb (4) ____ describes the history of the weapon and has a picture of a glass bottle with a burning (5) ____ at its mouth. The article describes a Molotov cocktail as "an improvised weapon that is often used in riots and acts of (6) ____ because it is easy to make and use". Tunisia's Ministry for Women and Family Affairs has started the process to (7) ____ legal action against the publisher. A Ministry official said the article was highly inappropriate, (8) ____ the revolution that recently toppled longtime President Ben Ali in January 2011. The event that triggered the uprising was the (9) ____-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, a 27-year-old street vendor who set himself on (10) ____ with petrol on 17 December 2010, in protest against the harassment and humiliation inflicted on him by government officials. The Ministry said the "Qaws Quzah" article, "encourages violent and terrorist thought" and puts children's lives (11) ____ danger by "encouraging the use of Molotov cocktails in acts of (12) ____ or terrorism". Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITINGWrite about Molotov cocktails for 10 minutes. Correct your partner's paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about Tunisia's history. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. TUNISIA: Make a poster about Tunisia. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. QAWS QUZAH: Write a magazine article about the Molotov cocktail article. Include imaginary interviews with the editor and an outraged parent. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to the editor of Qaws Quzah. Ask him/her three questions about the article. Give her/him three of your opinions on it. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.
ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Petrol bomb how-to in kids' magazineParents in Tunisia are up in (1) arms at one of the country's most popular children's magazines. The reason for the (2) outrage at the "Qaws Quzah" mag is that the latest edition of the publication has an article that explains how to make a petrol bomb, also (3) known as a Molotov cocktail. "Qaws Quzah" (which means "rainbow" in Arabic) is aimed at 5- to 15-year-olds and usually (4) features educational pieces in its Knowledge Corner page. The petrol bomb feature describes the history of the (5) weapon and has a picture of a glass bottle with a burning (6) rag at its mouth. The article describes a Molotov cocktail as "an (7) improvised weapon that is often used in riots and (8) acts of sabotage because it is easy to make and use". Tunisia's Ministry for Women and Family Affairs has started the process to take (9) legal action against the publisher. A Ministry official said the article was (10) highly inappropriate, given the revolution that recently (11) toppled longtime President Ben Ali in January 2011. The event that (12) triggered the uprising was the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, a 27-year-old street vendor who (13) set himself on fire with petrol on 17 December 2010, in protest against the harassment and humiliation (14) inflicted on him by government officials. The Ministry said the "Qaws Quzah" article, "encourages violent and terrorist (15) thought" and puts children's lives in danger by "encouraging the use of Molotov cocktails in acts of (16) vandalism or terrorism". LANGUAGE WORK
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