Breaking News English ESL Lesson Plan on Largest Building

Sources:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/worlds-largest-building-the-new-century-global-center-officially-opens-in-china-8681615.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/01/travel/china-largest-building-chengdu/?hpt=hp_c4

PARAGRAPH ONE

1.	China has	a.	can go inside
2.	Now it has the world's	b.	week in Chengdu
3.	It opened this	c.	than the Pentagon
4.	It is 500 meters	d.	many big things
5.	Twenty Sydney Opera Houses	e.	built it
6.	three times bigger	f.	largest building
7.	Thousands of workers	g.	21st-century city
8.	Chengdu will be a	h.	long

PARAGRAPH TWO

1.	The building is like	a.	movie theater
2.	There are many	b.	the world
3.	a 15-screen	c.	park
4.	an ice	d.	for business
5.	a water	e.	a small city
6.	come from across	f.	pandas
7.	It is an important place	g.	shops
8.	giant	h.	rink

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

China (1) ___________________ things. Now it has the world's largest building. It (2) ___________________ in Chengdu. It is 500 meters long, (3) ___________________ and 100 meters high. Twenty Sydney Opera Houses (4) ___________________. It is three times (5) ___________________ Pentagon. Thousands (6) ___________________ it. Chengdu will be a 21st-century city.

The building is (7) ___________________. There are many shops, a 15-screen movie theater (8) ___________________ rink. There are also offices, hotels (9) ___________________ park. The owners (10) ___________________ come from across the world and make Chengdu famous. Millions (11) ___________________ in the city. It is an important (12) ___________________, and for giant pandas.

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Chinahasmanybigthings.Nowithastheworld'slargestbuilding.Itopen
edthisweekinChengdu.Itis500meterslong,400meterswideand100m
etershigh.TwentySydneyOperaHousescangoinside.Itisthreetimesbi
ggerthanthePentagon.Thousandsofworkersbuiltit.Chengduwillbea2
1st-centurycity.Thebuildingislikeasmallcity.Therearemanyshops
,a15-screenmovietheaterandanicerink.Therearealsooffices,hotels
andawaterpark.Theownerswantpeopletocomefromacrosstheworlda
ndmakeChengdufamous.Millionsofpeopleliveinthecity.Itisanimport
antplaceforbusiness,andforgiantpandas.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________

WRITING

Write about buildings for 10 minutes. Read and talk about your partner's paper.

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Breaking News English

* Speed Reading
(3 speeds)

* Text jumble 1

* Text jumble 2

* Sentence match

* Consonants

* Vowels

* Missing letters

* Initials only

* No letters

* Missing words

* No spaces

* Gap-fill

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