SESSION 8: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

SESSION 8: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

NOTE: IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE TEXT, UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE IT BETTER I RECOMMEND THESE EXERCISES:

THERE WILL BE TWO TYPES OF EXERCISES:

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT: THESE ARE EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE READING COMPREHENSION, WORKING WITH VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS.

2. EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION: EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION.

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

1.1 TRUE/FALSE: Look at the article and guess whether these sentences are True (T) or False (F):

a. The killing of children in Uganda in rituals is increasing.
b. The killing has been going on for three decades.
c. In 2006 there was just one reported case of a child being sacrificed.
d. There are another 900 possible cases of child sacrifice.
e. The killings are happening due to a downturn in Uganda’s economy.
f. Some people believe killing a child will bring them more money.
g. Child sacrifice has not yet become a commercial enterprise.
h. Witch doctors charge more for animal sacrifices than child sacrifices.

1.2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
1. killing ................ a. practice
2. ritual ................. b. enterprise
3. alongside ............ c. secret
4. response ............ d. increased
5. undercover ......... e. reply
6. elite ................. f. murder
7. huge ................. g. high society
8. risen ................. h. prepared
9. business ............. i. next to
10. willing ............. j. enormous

1.3 PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from this article (sometimes more than one option is possible):

1. almost unheard ................. a. amounts of money

2. a boom in the ................... b. records
3. police ............................ c. to be investigated
4. try and put an end to .......... d. of
5. 900 more cases have yet ...... e. elite
6. The sudden increase ........... f. country's economy
7. the country's new .............. g. buy these children
8. paying witch doctors huge .... h. the murderous rituals
9. people who are willing to ..... i. business
10. a commercial .................. j. in the ritualistic killings

1.4 GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text:


SEEMINGLY - RITUAL - RESPONSE - CASES - BOOM - REPORTED - PUT - CASE

The BBC has (1) ____________ that the killing of children in Uganda as sacrifices for wealth and good health is increasing. The news agency says the (2) ____________ “was almost unheard of in the country until about three years ago, but it has re-emerged, (3) ____________ alongside a (4) ____________ in the country's economy”. In 2006, there was just one                 (5) ____________ of child sacrifice reported in the country. However, police records show this is increasing. In 2008, police investigated 25 ritual murders, and in 2009, another 29 killings. In (6) ____________, Uganda launched the Anti-Human Sacrifice Police Task Force to try and (7) ____________ an end to the murderous rituals. Undercover BBC journalist Chris Rogers reports 900 more (8) ____________ have yet to be investigated.

LOVERS - ELITE - COMMERCIAL - EXCHANGE - SUDDEN - WEALTH - SPELL - WILLING

The (9) ____________ increase in the ritualistic killings coincides with Uganda’s economic boom. Many believe the country's new (10) ____________ is paying witch doctors huge amounts of money for the sacrifices to increase their (11) ____________. The BBC interviewed pastor Peter Sewakiryanga about the child sacrifice. He said: "[It] has risen because people have become (12) ____________ of money.…They have a belief that when you sacrifice a child you get wealth, and there are people who are (13) ____________ to buy these children for a price. So they have become a commodity of (14) ____________, child sacrifice has become a (15) ____________ business." A witch doctor explained he got $390 for an animal sacrifice but much more for the most powerful (16) ____________ - the sacrifice of a child.