PARAGRAPH ONE:
1. |
writing |
a. |
dishonest-looking |
2. |
verse |
b. |
another person |
3. |
results |
c. |
poem |
4. |
suspicious |
d. |
state |
5. |
affect |
e. |
script |
6. |
national |
f. |
imitation |
7. |
someone else |
g. |
outcome |
8. |
fake |
h. |
change |
PARAGRAPH TWO:
1. |
joke |
a. |
unlawful |
2. |
understand |
b. |
touches |
3. |
affects |
c. |
problem |
4. |
let |
d. |
trick |
5. |
ill |
e. |
head |
6. |
leader |
f. |
get |
7. |
illegal |
g. |
sick |
8. |
issue |
h. |
allow |
LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS
Police (1) ___________________ Maldives arrested a coconut. It had Arabic writing on it. It was a "sura" (2) ___________________ Koran). They said it was (3) ___________________ to change the results of an election. Police took the "suspicious fruit" to a local police station. People worried about it. They (4) ___________________ the vote in Saturday's national election. People on the island of Guraidhoo believe black magic can stop people voting, (5) ___________________ for someone else. The police spoke to a "ruqyah" (a good magician), who said the coconut was (6) ___________________ black magic.
A police official (7) ___________________. He said people would understand the message and not do it again. The Huffington Post website said black magic (8) ___________________ Maldives. In July, a school (9) ___________________ box into the building. Teachers worried it would make students ill. In 2012, a religious leader (10) ___________________ to make black magic illegal. He said it was a sin to do black magic. He said it caused a lot of problems for many families and (11) ___________________ to do something about it. He said black magic (12) ___________________ in his country.
PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE
PoliceofficersintheMaldivesarrestedacoconut.IthadArabicwritingoni
t.Itwasa"sura"(aversefromtheKoran).Theysaiditwasfullofblackmagi
ctochangetheresultsofanelection.Policetookthe"suspiciousfruit"toal
ocalpolicestation.Peopleworriedaboutit.Theythoughtitmightaffectth
evoteinSaturday'snationalelection.PeopleontheislandofGuraidhoob
elieveblackmagiccanstoppeoplevoting,ormakethemvoteforsomeon
eelse.Thepolicespoketoa"ruqyah"(agoodmagician),whosaidthecoc
onutwasfakeandcontainednoblackmagic.Apoliceofficialsaiditwasajo
ke.Hesaidpeoplewouldunderstandthemessageandnotdoitagain.The
HuffingtonPostwebsitesaidblackmagicaffectslifeontheMaldives.InJu
ly,aschooldidn'tletavotingboxintothebuilding.Teachersworrieditwo
uldmakestudentsill.In2012,areligiousleaderaskedthegovernmentto
makeblackmagicillegal.Hesaiditwasasintodoblackmagic.Hesaiditca
usedalotofproblemsformanyfamiliesandthatitwastimetodosomethi
ngaboutit.Hesaidblackmagicwasamajorsocialissueinhiscountry.
WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)
Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).
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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).
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WRITING
Write about coconuts for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.
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