How Malala Yousafzai made Jon Stewart’s jaw drop (VIDEO)

Posted on 15/11/2013 by argavalaki
SOURCE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/09/malala-jon-stewart_n_4073426.html

Jon Stewart isn’t easily impressed. But on Tuesday October 8, 2013, a 16-year-old left this sardonic late-show host speechless.

Exclusive – Malala Yousafzai Extended Interview Pt. 1

Click the CC button on the video to view the closed captions (written words/sentences in English)

Class discussion questions:

  1. When did Malala realize the importance of education?
  2. According to Malala, why are terrorists afraid of education?
  3. When did the Taliban come to Swat Valley?
  4. How did their behaviour change a few years later?
  5. What gave Malala the courage to speak out publicly against the Taliban?
  6. When did she realize that the Taliban had made her a target?
  7. What does she say is the best way to fight violence?

Vocabulary

  • If your jaw drops, you open your mouth in a way that shows you are very surprised or shocked. e.g. His jaw dropped  when he heard who had won.
  • When you snatch something from somebody you take it away from them, esp. by force. e.g. She snatched  the toy from his hands.
  • to blast something means to destroy something with a bomb or gun e.g. A powerful car bomb blasted  the building.
  • to slaughter means to kill a lot of people in a violent way e.g. Thousands of people were slaughtered  in the civil war.  
  • to flog someone means to hit someone very hard with a stick or whip as a punishment e.g. He was publicly flogged  for breaking the country’s alcohol laws.
  • When a person becomes a target, it means that someone is planning to attack them.

Now you can try the following quiz:

Watch the next parts of Malala’s interview on The Daily Show:

Exclusive – Malala Yousafzai Extended Interview Pt. 3

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Grammar Review Jeopardy Game

Posted on 17/04/2013 by argavalaki
Here is a game I have created using Flash Jeopardy Review Generator.

Game categories:

  • Verb Tenses
  • Comparison
  • The Passive
  • Countable / Uncountable Nouns
  • Question Tags

Click on the picture below to play the game.

https://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=172697#.VfK5Zn02FIF 
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April Fool’s Day – Spaghetti tree hoax (video)

Posted on 31/03/2013 by argavalaki
One of the most famous April Fools’ Day hoaxes was a BBC television programme in 1957 about ‘spaghetti trees’ in Switzerland. In the 1950s, most British people weren’t familiar with ‘foreign’ food such as pasta, so the programme made thousands of people think that spaghetti really did grow on trees.

April Fool’s Day resources

 

    http://hoaxes.org/aprilfool/
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      21 March, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

      Posted on 20/03/2013 by argavalaki

      A Class Divided

      One day in 1968, Jane Elliott, a teacher in a small, all-white Iowa town, divided her third-grade class into blue-eyed and brown-eyed groups and gave them a daring lesson in discrimination. 
      Click on the image below to watch the video on YouTube. (English captions)


      Class Discussion Questions

      1. What scene or scenes are likely to stick in your mind for a long time?
      2. Did any part of the film surprise you?
      3. Does the children’s body language reveal how they feel during the exercise? Can you give some examples?
      4. How do the negative and positive labels the teacher puts on the two groups become self-fulfilling prophecies? (a self-fulfilling prophecy is one that becomes true because people expect it to be true and behave in a way that will make it happen. e.g.If you expect to fail, you will fail. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.)
      5. What characteristics does the teacher attach to the superior and inferior groups? How do those characteristics reflect stereotypes about blacks and whites?
      6. At recess, two of the boys from different groups get in a fight. How does the teacher make the two boys reflect on their actions?
      7. How is the blue eyes/brown eyes exercise related to the Sioux prayer, “Help me not judge a person until I have walked in his shoes”? 
        Now try the following crossword to practise some vocabulary related to racial discrimination.  

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        Angelina Jolie: Behind the camera (CBS News – 60 Minutes video)

        Posted on 14/03/2013 by argavalaki
        June 3, 2012. Bob Simon profiles international film star Angelina Jolie who is often called “the most beautiful woman in the world,” but Jolie has worked hard to prove she’s far more than that.

        Watch the video and discuss the questions. (Click here to watch the video on YouTube.)

        1. How is Angelina Jolie depicted by the tabloids?
        2. What is the title of the film she has directed?
        3. Why did she shoot her film in Budapest?
        4. What is the film about?
        5. What is the storyline of the film?
        6. How many movies has Angelina acted in?
        7. How old was she when her parents broke up?
        8. What role did she win an Oscar for?
        9. What kind of film is “A Mighty Heart”?
        10. What job did she want to do before she became a star?
        11. How many countries has she visited as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN?
        12. How many children has she had?
        13. How does she get on with her father?
        14. What has her mother taught her?
        15. What is her next film going to be about?

        VOCABULARY

        • If you draw the short straw (informal), you are selected to do an undesirable task. e.g. Sorry, Jim, you drew the short straw. You’re on toilet-cleaning duty.
        • A tabloid is a newspaper that has pages about half the size of an ordinary newspaper and that typically contains many photographs and stories about famous people and other less serious news items. e.g.
          She is used to seeing her name in the tabloids.   
        • logistics: the practical arrangements that are necessary in order to organize something successfully, especially something involving a lot of people or equipment e.g.  My mother was in charge of the logistics of our camping trip.
        • Ethnic cleansing  is the organized attempt by a particular race or political group to completely remove from a country or area anyone who belongs to another particular race, using violence and often murder to achieve this.
        • A flick is an informal word for movie.  
        • If something is implausible, it is not believable or realistic. e.g. He gave an implausible excuse for showing up late for work.

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        Japan Earthquake, 2 Years Later

        Posted on 10/03/2013 by argavalaki
        SOURCE: The Atlantic – In Focus

        Tomorrow, March 11th, Japan marks the 2nd anniversary of the devastating Tohoku earthquake and resulting tsunami. The disaster killed nearly 19,000 across Japan, leveling entire coastal villages. Now, nearly all the rubble has been removed, or stacked neatly, but reconstruction on higher ground is lagging, as government red tape has slowed recovery efforts. Locals living in temporary housing are frustrated, and still haunted by the horrific event, some displaying signs of post-traumatic stress disorder.

        Click here to view a series of before-and-after interactive images. Click on each one to see the image fade from before (2011) to after (2013)

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        Orwell’s 1984 Summary (Video SparkNotes)

        Posted on 03/03/2013 by argavalaki

         
        Watch the video and answer the questions.

        1. What does a totalitarian government try to do?
        2. What is the London in the book like?
        3. Who is Big Brother?
        4. How can the government watch you in your home?
        5. What is the penalty for breaking the rules?
        6. Why does Winston start writing a diary?
        7. How does he feel about Julia?
        8. Why does he accept O’Brien’s invitation to his apartment?
        9. Where are Winston and Julia taken by the police?
        10. What happens there?
        11. Why are they eventually released?

        Now try the following quiz.

        Big Brother Is Watching You
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        Oscar Pistorius Granted Bail (sntv video)

        Posted on 24/02/2013 by argavalaki
        Feb 22, 2013

        Watch the video and answer the questions.

        1. What charges does Oscar Pistorius face?
        2. How long did the court hearing last?
        3. How did the magistrate justify the decision to release Pistorius on bail?
        4. What does Pistorius claim regarding his girlfriend’s shooting? 
        5. When will the next hearing in the case be?
        6. What is one important condition of Pistorius bail? 

        Try the following quiz (either before or after viewing) to review/study some vocabulary related to crime and justice.

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        Oscar Pistorius Girlfriend Shot Dead at Paralympian’s Home (sntv video)

        Posted on 24/02/2013 by argavalaki
        Feb 14, 2013 

        Pre-viewing: vocabulary matching exercise

        Now watch the video and answer the questions.

        1. How old is Oscar Pistorius?
        2. Why has he been arrested?
        3. Where did the incident happen?
        4. How old was Oscar’s girlfriend?
        5. What probable explanation of the incident was offered by some local news media?
        6. What did police officers find at the scene?
        7. Why do many people in South Africa keep weapons?
        8. What achievement will Oscar Pistorius, the athlete, be remembered for?

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        Meteor strike in Russia injures hundreds (NewsyWorld video)

        Posted on 20/02/2013 by argavalaki
        Feb 15, 2013. A meteor hit the Russian city Chelyabinsk on Friday. Hundreds were left with minor injuries and two are in intensive care.
        SOURCE: http://www.newsy.com/videos/meteor-strike-in-russia-injures-hundreds/

        What’s the difference between a comet, asteroid, meteoroid, meteor & meteorite? Click here to find out.

         

        Watch the video and answer the following questions. (Click here to watch the video on YouTube.)

        1. What happened at a Russian city early on Friday morning?
        2. Were any deaths reported?
        3. How many people were injured?
        4. What kind of injuries did they mostly suffer?
        5. Were any people seriously injured?
        6. How much did the meteor weigh before entering the earth’s atmosphere?
        7. How much damage did the shock wave cause?
        8. When and where did the Tunguska event happen?
        9. What effects did it have?
        10. Why, according to the professor, is there no connection between the recent strike and asteroid 2012 DA14?

        Alternatively, you can try the following quiz.

        2013 Chelyabinsk meteor trace.jpg
        “2013 Chelyabinsk meteor trace” by Alex Alishevskikh – Flickr: Meteor trace. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

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