H3/H4/FLE5 Rumours and Gossip: LGBTQIA version

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3-5

Today:

• Topic: gossip, rumours & gender
• Reported speech
  
• Goals:
  
• Spreading rumours using reported speech in speaking
  
• Spreading rumours using reported speech in speaking
• Fun stuff for next time

What do we call this?

What do we call this place in the picture?
Answer in English.

www.youtube.com

What does it mean when people say "I heard it through the grapevine..."?

Listen to this song. Find  sentences that we use to gossip with

Wait...

"Somebody told me you had a boyfriend that looked like a girlfriend...?"

What do they mean?

Do you know any celebrities
who belong in the LGBTQIA+ community?

These are some
 examples of rumours:

"I heard it through the grapevine that Harry Styles is gender fluid!"

"Have you heard that Miley Cyrus is bisexual and identifies as genderfluid?"

"Did you know that Halsey is a lesbian and says her gender identity is fluid? She doesn't feel like labelling herself, though."

"Word on the street is that Sam Smith is gay and non-binary

"Rumour on Tiktok has it that Rianne Frissen is
bisexual and gender fluid as well"

Do you know your genders?

Drag the correct gender to its correct flag

2. cisgender

(gender given at birth matches experience always: male sex + male gender identity)

1. gender fluid

(experience moves  between different genders and changes from time to time)

4. transgender (sex assigned at birth does not match gender experience)

6. intersex

(born with both male and female characteristics. This can be hormonal, physical or chromosomal)

5. non-binary

(experience falls outside or in between the binary of only female or male)

Create a rumour about a famous people, but be respectful!
Use the example sentences:
- I heard it through the grapevine that...
- Somebody told me that...
- Rumour has it that...