SESSION 1: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

SESSION 1: 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. British teenagers are mailing each other naked photos.

b. Over a third of British teenagers have sent naked images.

c. Many of the photos teenagers are sending are illegal.

d. An anti-bullying group wants parents and schools to solve the problem.

e. Messages from sexting sets off an alarm on mobile phones.

f. Many bullies are posting naked images online and committing suicide.

g. A girl who killed herself said her experience felt like torture.

h. An anti-bullying group said texting is a major threat for young people.

1.2 SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:

1. issued ....................................... a. shows

2. naked ....................................... b. tormented

3. reveals ...................................... c. major

4. viewed ...................................... d. finished

5. significant .................................. e. nude

6. alarming .................................... f. disaster

7. tragedy ..................................... g. worrying

8. tortured .................................... h. published

9. ended ....................................... i. dangers

10.threats ..................................... j. seen

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

1. a report on the new problem ...... a. 18s have received a 'sext'

2. the sending of naked ................ b. others online

3. over a third (38%) of under- ....... c. suicide

4. viewed as pornographic ............ d. of 'sexting'

5. act to stop this kind ................. e. our young people

6. sexting is increasing at .............. f. photos via text and e-mail

7. people are using it to bully ......... g. her own life

8. Many teenagers have committed .. h. of behaviour

9. Jessica ended ........................ i. by most people

10. one of the biggest threats facing ... j. an alarming rate

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

AWARE - VIEWED - REVEALS - ISSUE - ISSUED - NAKED - VIA - BREAKING

A British anti-bullying group has __________ a report on the new problem of 'sexting' among teenagers. 'Sexting' is the sending of naked photos __________ text and e-mail. The word is a combination of 'sex' and 'texting'. BeatBullying.com´s research __________ that over a third (38%) of under-18s have received a 'sext', a text with an image of someone __________. The pictures young boys and girls are sending each other would be __________ as pornographic by most people. Many of the photos are __________ child pornography laws. Emma-Jane Cross, head of BeatBullying, said: "It is important that parents and schools are __________ that sexting is a significant __________ amongst our children ... so together we can act to stop this kind of behaviour."

AWARE - FELT - LEADS - ALARMING - THREATS - BULLIES - ATTACKED - BROKE

BeatBullying says sexting is increasing at an __________ rate. More and more young people are using it to bully others online. This often __________ to tragedy. Many teenagers have committed suicide after ___________ spread their private photos online. One case that made Americans __________ of the problem was that of eighteen-year-old Jessica Logan. She sent a nude photo of herself to her boyfriend. After she __________ up with him, he sent the picture to hundreds of teenagers in her hometown. Jessica´s friends said she felt like "she was being __________ and tortured". Jessica ended her own life because of the pain she __________. BeatBullying says sexting "is one of the biggest __________ facing our young people today online".