Unit 4: Relationships
STEREOTYPES vs PREJUDICES
1. What kinds of prejudices can you think about? in what situations?
2. In pairs, elicit vocabulary related to prejudices
NOUNS
VERBS
ADJECTIVES
What kinds of prejudices can you think of?
3. p. 57 - watch the video + answer the questions
4. Now, work in pairs and think of possible prejudices at school. How do the discriminated students feel? What can you do about it? Share with the whole class.
PREJUDICES AT SCHOOL
FEELINGS
ACTIONS
5. A group of students were shown a video about racial discrimination and after reflecting and debating about it they wrote a pledge. Read it
Sign the pledge:
I acknowledge that racism is an everyday reality, that white privilege exists, and that it is my duty to make the United States a more just and equitable place in my lifetime!
Something is wrong when thousands of resumes are mailed to employers with identical information and black-sounding names are 50% less likely to get a call back. Something is wrong when black people are charged prices roughly $700 higher than white people when buying cars. Something is wrong when black drivers are twice as likely to get pulled over by the police and black male teens are 21 times more likely to be killed by cops than their white counterparts. Something is wrong when black people are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of white people.
And something is terribly wrong if we stand by and continue to let this happen.
Let’s work together to open eyes to the brutal reality of racism and make some real change in this country.
Now, work in pairs or groups of 3 and write a pledge against discrimination at school asking the students to sign it.
REPORTED SPEECH
DO YOU KNOW THE FOLLOWING QUOTES? WHAT DID THEY SAY?
'I don't have a skull... or bones' - Olaf (Frozen)
'We know each other! He's a friend from work' - Thor (Thor: Ragnarok)
Watch the video segment below and complete the activity below.
1) My dad won’t let me. __________
2) What’s your name? ___________
3) I only play piano. ____________
4) This is a bass guitar. __________
5) Are there any drummers in the house? _____________
6) I play percussion. ____________
7) Is this a school project? _________
8) What’s the prize? ________
9) Can we tell our parents?__________
10) Who can sing? ________
11) I can sing. _________
PRACTICE A BIT MORE
1. Choose either a piece of news from the BBC, CNN... or an advert
2. Listen to it. Report what the jounalist/person has said.
3. Use reporting structures (questions, positive sentences, negative sentences...)
4. Use a variety of reporting verbs.
5. Upload the video of the piece of news and the reported piece to your site.
NEED MORE PRACTICE?
Key to activities on p. 125-126
Key to the grammar section in unit 4 p. 50-51
Extra links
PROJECT
Work in pairs. Think of 3 problems that you may have in a relationship. Use the vocabulary set on page 53 and write a dialogue talking about the problems and giving advice. You may choose from the following ideas or use your own:
- couple talking about their problems
- couple breaking up
- you talk to your mum, dad or grandma...
- you talk to your best friend, sister or brother
- your own choice
Record the dialogue, share it with the teacher and upload it to your site.