Wasp Reporter Tall Tales

What's a tall tale?
Do regard this lying?
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In deze les zitten 20 slides, met interactieve quizzen, tekstslides en 1 video.

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What's a tall tale?
Do regard this lying?

Slide 1 - Woordweb

What do you know about lying?
Which words do you think of?
What reading/listening strategy are you using now?

Slide 2 - Woordweb

When would you tell a (white) lie?

Slide 3 - Woordweb

Tall Tales (1) 
Objectives:
  • improve listening skills by using strategies
  • improve reading skills by using strategies 
  • learn and expand your vocabulary of lying 

Exercises 
42 listening 
37   listening - true/false strategy 
38, reading    - fill in the gap strategy 
39, 40,             -  vocabulary 

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Assignment 42
Read the questions, then watch the video about Belle Gibson (a fraudster mentioned in the
article Tall Tales) and write down the answers to the questions. Of course, you can pause and rewind when necessary. After watching the video, answer the questions in this lessonup.

1 What is Belle’s ‘inspiring story’ that turned out to be a hoax?
2 The journalist, Tara Brown, introduces the interview by saying ‘One problem remains’. What is that problem?
3 What social media platform did Belle use to tell her story in 2013?
4 According to the story, when had Belle gotten the bad news that she was ill?
5 Belle keeps claiming that she never intentionally lied. How does she explain that she wrote things that turned out not to be true?
6 How did Belle misrepresent the truth in the preface of her cookbook? What is her revised story?
7 Where does Belle live?

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Assignment 42 +strategy 
A  Determine focus word per question 
B . Prefab answer ( repeat question) 
C. Predict and activate your prior knowledge 


1 What is Belle’s ‘inspiring story’ that turned out to be a hoax?
                    Prefab: Belle’s ‘inspiring story’  was ....... 
2 The journalist, Tara Brown, introduces the interview by saying ‘One problem remains’. What is that problem?
3 What social media platform did Belle use to tell her story in 2013?          twitter, facebook, insta
4 According to the story, when had Belle gotten the bad news that she was ill? focus on a time 
5 Belle keeps claiming that she never intentionally lied. How does she explain that she wrote things that turned out not to be true?
6 How did Belle misrepresent the truth in the preface of her cookbook? What is her revised story?
7 Where does Belle live?

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Slide 7 - Video

1 What is Belle’s ‘inspiring story’ that turned out to be a hoax?

Slide 8 - Open vraag

2 The journalist, Tara Brown, introduces the interview by saying ‘One problem remains’. What is that problem?

Slide 9 - Open vraag

3 What social media platform did Belle use to tell her story in 2013?

Slide 10 - Open vraag

4 According to the story, when had Belle gotten the bad news that she was ill?

Slide 11 - Open vraag

5 Belle keeps claiming that she never intentionally lied. How does she explain that she wrote things that turned out not to be true?

Slide 12 - Open vraag

6 How did Belle misrepresent the truth in the preface of her cookbook? What is her revised story?

Slide 13 - Open vraag

7 Where does Belle live?

Slide 14 - Open vraag

Tall Tales (2) 
Objectives:
improve listening skills by using strategies
improve reading skills by using strategies 
learn and expand your vocabulary of lying 

Exercises 
42 listening 
37   listening - true/false strategy 
38, reading    - fill in the gap strategy 
39, 40,             -  vocabulary 

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

Assignment 37 + strategy
Read assignment 37 
  • Per pair: focus on words that are different 
  • Look for common focus word.
  • Look up all words you don't know yet.

Slide 16 - Tekstslide

Assignment 37 + strategy
  • Strategy 
  • Per pair: focus on words that are different 
  • Look for common focus word.
  • Look up all words you don't know yet.


Example
1A Apparently, Belle Gibson and Deley are notorious scammers                                            
1B Belle Gibson and Anna Delvey are two people who fell prey to scammers. 

notorious = berucht ( notoir)

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

Assignment 37 
Audio is available here
Also on Wasp Reporter website( see next slide)

Also with QR code in your workbook 
Tall Tales Audio

Slide 18 - Tekstslide

Slide 19 - Link

Homework 
Finish assignment 37 
Read text and look up difficult words 
Read assignment 38 and look op new words

Next lesson: assignment 38, 39, 40 ( in Class)
explanation of fill in the gap strategy 

Slide 20 - Tekstslide