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Level 6 Malnutrition goals in Africa "very far away" 3rd March, 2018

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Contents The Article 2 Discussion (Student-Created Qs) 15

Warm-Ups 3 Language Work (Cloze) 16

Vocabulary 4 Spelling 17

Before Reading / Listening 5 Put The Text Back Together 18

Gap Fill 6 Put The Words In The Right Order 19

Match The Sentences And Listen 7 Circle The Correct Word 20

Listening Gap Fill 8 Insert The Vowels (a, e, i, o, u) 21

Comprehension Questions 9 Punctuate The Text And Add Capitals 22

Multiple Choice - Quiz 10 Put A Slash ( / ) Where The Spaces Are 23

Role Play 11 Free Writing 24

After Reading / Listening 12 Academic Writing 25

Student Survey 13 Homework 26

Discussion (20 Questions) 14 Answers 27

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THE ARTICLE

From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

A new report shows that no country in Africa will meet goals set to end

childhood malnutrition by the year 2030. That target was set by the

United Nations in 2015 as a Sustainable Development Goal. The UN

adopted a set of goals, "to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure

prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda". The

new report is published in the journal Nature. It identifies poor child

nutrition and low levels of education across 51 African countries. These

were key factors in countries battling to provide children with sufficient

food. Researcher Simon Hay said the goal of ending childhood

malnutrition was always an "aspirational" target. He said: "This aspiration

is very, very far away."

There was some good news in the report. It highlighted the fact that

many African nations, including Ghana and Nigeria, have shown signs of

improvement in childhood development since the year 2000. However, it

is a different story for countries like Chad, Central African Republic and

Eritrea. The report indicates that malnutrition remained "persistently

high" in 14 countries between Senegal in the west and Somalia in the

east. Many of these countries have experienced war, famine and mass

migration, all of which have put massive strains on health and

agriculture. One researcher said considerable investment was needed in

health and infrastructure in order to address "serious inequalities".

Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/mar/01/no-african-country-will-end-child-malnutrition-by-2030-says-study http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43173614 http://www.africanews.com/2018/02/19/millions-of-africans-suffering-from-malnutrition-as-effects-of-climate-change/


WARM-UPS

1. MALNUTRITION: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about malnutrition. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?

report / goals / target / poverty / development / agenda / journal / education / far / childhood / story / malnutrition / west / east / war / famine / migration / health

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. NO HUNGER: Students A strongly believe there will be no hunger in the world one day; Students B strongly believe that will never happen. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

4. DEVELOPMENT GOALS: How can we achieve these goals? What obstacles ere there? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

Goals How to achieve this Obstacles

End poverty

Ensure prosperity

Provide education

Provide clean water

Reduce inequality

Reduce child labour

5. CHILDHOOD: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "childhood". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

6. STRAINS: Rank these with your partner. Put the biggest strains on a country at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• famine

• war

• mass migration

• corruption

• poor education

• lawlessness

• inflation

• ethnic tensions


VOCABULARY MATCHING

Paragraph 1

1. adopted a. The state of being extremely poor.

2. poverty b. Of great and crucial importance.

3. ensure c. The state of being rich.

4. prosperity d. Make certain that something will happen or be so.

5. key e. Taken up or started to use or follow an idea, method, or course of action.

6. sufficient f. A hope or ambition of achieving something.

7. aspiration g. Enough.

Paragraph 2

8. highlighted h. Very, very, very big.

9. indicates i. Pick out and emphasize for others to easily see or understand.

10. persistently j. Movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions.

11. famine k. Unfair differences in society based on gender, race, income, etc.

12. migration l. Continuously; happening all the time.

13. massive m. Extreme scarcity / lack of food.

14. inequalities n. Shows.


BEFORE READING / LISTENING From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a. A report says just a few African countries will meet malnutrition goals. T / F b. The UN's Sustainable Development Goals were set in 2015. T / F c. A report said 51 African countries suffered from low levels of education. T / F d. A researcher suggested the malnutrition target was more of a hope. T / F e. There was no good news regarding Nigeria and Ghana. T / F f. The report said there was persistently high malnutrition in 41 nations. T / F g. Many of the countries mentioned have suffered from war and famine. T / F h. A researcher said increasing investment in infrastructure would not help. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms. The words in bold are from the news article.

1. shows 2. set (verb) 3. set (noun) 4. key 5. aspiration 6. highlighted 7. improvement 8. persistently 9. massive 10. address

a. singled out b. deal with c. hope d. advances e. decided on f. crucial g. enormous h. reveals i. continuously j. group

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1. meet goals set to

2. ensure prosperity

3. low levels

4. provide children

5. always an aspirational

6. It highlighted

7. malnutrition remained persistently

8. experienced war, famine and

9. considerable investment

10. address serious

a. mass migration

b. target

c. high in 14 countries

d. inequalities

e. was needed in health

f. of education

g. the fact

h. with sufficient food

i. end childhood malnutrition

j. for all


GAP FILL From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

A new report shows that no country in Africa will

(1) ____________ goals set to end childhood malnutrition by the

year 2030. That target was (2) ____________ by the United

Nations in 2015 as a Sustainable Development Goal. The UN

adopted a set of goals, "to end poverty, protect the planet and

ensure (3) ____________ for all as part of a new sustainable

development agenda". The new report is (4) ____________ in the

journal Nature. It identifies poor child nutrition and low

(5) ____________ of education across 51 African countries. These

were key factors in countries battling to (6) ____________

children with sufficient food. Researcher Simon Hay said the

(7) ____________ of ending childhood malnutrition was always an

"aspirational" target. He said: "This (8) ____________ is very,

very far away."

set

provide

published

aspiration

prosperity

goal

meet

levels

There was some good news in the report. It (9) ____________ the

fact that many African nations, (10) ____________ Ghana and

Nigeria, have shown signs of improvement in childhood

development since the year 2000. However, it is a

(11) ____________ story for countries like Chad, Central African

Republic and Eritrea. The report (12) ____________ that

malnutrition remained "(13) ____________ high" in 14 countries

between Senegal in the west and Somalia in the east. Many of

these countries have experienced war, (14) ____________ and

mass migration, all of which have put (15) ____________ strains

on health and agriculture. One researcher said considerable

investment was needed in health and infrastructure in order to

(16) ____________ "serious inequalities".

indicates

massive

including

persistently

highlighted

address

different

famine


LISTENING – Guess the answers. Listen to check. From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

1) A new report shows that no country in Africa ______ a. will met goals b. will mete goals c. will meet goals d. will meat goals 2) protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable ______ a. development agendas b. development addendum c. development addenda d. development agenda 3) It identifies poor child nutrition and ______ education a. lowish levels of b. low levels of c. lol levels of d. lowly levels of 4) These were key factors in countries battling to provide children ______ a. with insufficient food b. with sufficiently food c. with insufficiently food d. with sufficient food 5) the goal of ending childhood malnutrition was always an ______ a. as per rational target b. ass pyre rational target c. aspirational target d. aspire a rational target 6) many African nations, including Ghana and Nigeria, have ______ improvement a. showing signs of b. show on signs of c. show in signs of d. shown signs of 7) However, it is a different story for countries like Chad, Central African ______ a. Republican and Eritrea b. Republicans and Eritrea c. Republicanism and Eritrea d. Republic and Eritrea 8) The report indicates that malnutrition remained "______" a. persistently high b. persistence high c. persistent lee high d. persistence lee high 9) Many of these countries have experienced war, famine and ______ a. masses migration b. amass migration c. mass migration d. amassed migration 10) investment was needed in health and infrastructure in order to ______ inequalities a. addresses serious b. addressed serious c. address serious d. addressing serious


LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

A new report shows that no country in Africa (1) ___________________ set

to end childhood malnutrition by the year 2030. That target was set by the

United Nations in 2015 as a Sustainable Development Goal. The UN adopted

a (2) ___________________, "to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure

prosperity for all (3) ___________________ a new sustainable development

agenda". The new report is published in the journal Nature. It identifies poor

child nutrition (4) ___________________ of education across 51 African

countries. These were key factors in countries (5) ___________________

children with sufficient food. Researcher Simon Hay said the goal of ending

childhood malnutrition (6) ___________________ "aspirational" target. He

said: "This aspiration is very, very far away."

There was some good news in the report. It (7) ___________________ that

many African nations, including Ghana and Nigeria, have shown signs of

improvement in childhood development since the year 2000. However, it is a

different (8) ___________________ like Chad, Central African Republic and

Eritrea. The (9) ___________________ malnutrition remained "persistently

high" in 14 countries between Senegal in the west and Somalia in the east.

Many of these countries have experienced (10) ___________________ mass

migration, all of which have put (11) ___________________ health and

agriculture. One researcher said considerable investment was needed in

health and infrastructure in (12) ___________________ "serious

inequalities".


COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

1. When were the malnutrition goals to be met by?

2. When were the Sustainable Development Goals set?

3. What did the goals aim to ensure?

4. In how many countries were there reported low levels of education?

5. What did a researcher say was "very, very far away"?

6. Which two countries were singled out for good news?

7. In how many countries was malnutrition "persistently high"?

8. What kind of migration did the report say countries had experienced?

9. What did a researcher say was there was a massive strain on?

10. What did a researcher say was needed?


MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

1) When were the malnutrition goals to be met by? a) 2040 b) 2030 c) 2080 d) 2050

2) When were the Sustainable Development Goals set? a) 2010 b) 2012 c) 2014 d) 2015

3) What did the goals aim to ensure? a) prosperity b) property c) properly d) propellers

4) In how many countries were there reported low levels of education? a) 31 b) 41 c) 51 d) 61

5) What did a researcher say was "very, very far away"? a) malnutrition b) an aspiration c) the next meal d) Africa

6) Which two countries were singled out for good news? a) Ghana and Nigeria b) Nigeria and Eritrea c) Eritrea and Somalia d) Somalia and Senegal

7) In how many countries was malnutrition "persistently high"? a) 12 b) 13 c) 14 d) 15

8) What kind of migration did the report say countries had experienced? a) mass migration b) immigration c) emigration d) varied migration

9) What did a researcher say was there was a massive strain on? a) health and agriculture b) education and hospitals c) the UN d) African countries

10) What did a researcher say was needed? a) charity b) rain c) seeds d) investment


ROLE PLAY From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

Role A – Famine

You think famine is the biggest obstacle to development. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what their things aren't as bad. Also, tell the others which is the most manageable of these (and why): mass migration, corruption or inflation.

Role B – Mass Migration

You think mass migration is the biggest obstacle to development. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what their things aren't as bad. Also, tell the others which is the most manageable of these (and why): famine, corruption or inflation.

Role C – Corruption

You think corruption is the biggest obstacle to development. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what their things aren't as bad. Also, tell the others which is the most manageable of these (and why): mass migration, famine or inflation.

Role D – Inflation

You think inflation is the biggest obstacle to development. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what their things aren't as bad. Also, tell the others which is the most manageable of these (and why): mass migration, corruption or famine.


AFTER READING / LISTENING From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'far' and 'away'.

far away

• Share your findings with your partners. • Make questions using the words you found. • Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

• Share your questions with other classmates / groups. • Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

• shows • adopted • all • 51 • sufficient • away

• good • signs • different • 14 • massive • serious


MALNUTRITION SURVEY From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

Write five GOOD questions about malnutrition in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

STUDENT 1

_____________

STUDENT 2

_____________

STUDENT 3

_____________

Q.1.

Q.2.

Q.3.

Q.4.

Q.5.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.


MALNUTRITION DISCUSSION STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1. What did you think when you read the headline?

2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'malnutrition'?

3. Why is there malnutrition in the 21st century?

4. What do you think of sustainable development?

5. Will we ever be able to feed the world?

6. How is it possible to end poverty?

7. How can we all become prosperous?

8. How does greed affect the world?

9. How can we raise levels of education?

10. What are your aspirations?

Malnutrition goals in Africa "very far away" – 3rd March, 2018 Thousands more free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MALNUTRITION DISCUSSION STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

11. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?

12. What do you think of when you hear the word 'poverty'?

13. What do you think about what you read?

14. What good news have you read about recently?

15. How can the countries in the article be helped?

16. What will things be like in 50 years from now?

17. How does mass migration change a country?

18. Is investment in health the answer?

19. What serious inequalities exist in your country?

20. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?


DISCUSSION (Write your own questions) STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1. ________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions) STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

1. ________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________


LANGUAGE - CLOZE From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

A new report shows that no country in Africa will meet goals (1) _____ to end childhood malnutrition by the year 2030. That target was (2) _____ by the United Nations in 2015 as a Sustainable Development Goal. The UN adopted a (3) _____ of goals, "to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure (4) _____ for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda". The new report is published in the journal Nature. It identifies (5) _____ child nutrition and low levels of education across 51 African countries. These were key factors in countries battling to provide children with sufficient food. Researcher Simon Hay said the goal (6) _____ ending childhood malnutrition was always an "aspirational" target. He said: "This aspiration is very, very far away."

There was some good news in the report. It highlighted the (7) _____ that many African nations, (8) _____ Ghana and Nigeria, have shown signs of improvement in childhood development since the year 2000. However, it is a (9) _____ story for countries like Chad, Central African Republic and Eritrea. The report indicates that malnutrition remained "(10) _____ high" in 14 countries between Senegal in the west and Somalia in the east. Many of these countries have experienced war, famine and (11) _____ migration, all of which have put massive strains on health and agriculture. One researcher said considerable investment was needed (12) _____ health and infrastructure in order to address "serious inequalities".

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article. 1. (a) vet (b) bet (c) let (d) set

2. (a) sot (b) sat (c) site (d) set

3. (a) sate (b) set (c) seat (d) settle

4. (a) prosper (b) prosperous (c) prosperity (d) prospers

5. (a) poverty (b) poorly (c) poor (d) pour

6. (a) of (b) by (c) at (d) on

7. (a) true (b) fact (c) factual (d) truly

8. (a) including (b) inclusion (c) inclusive (d) includes

9. (a) differences (b) different (c) differential (d) differentiate

10. (a) puritanical (b) perspiration (c) persistently (d) perspicacious

11. (a) amassing (b) amass (c) mass (d) masses

12. (a) on (b) at (c) by (d) in


SPELLING From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

Paragraph 1

1. ssunabaitel development

2. ensure ppoisytrre for all

3. development edaagn

4. poor child tioutirnn

5. provide children with uifsicnfet food

6. This nraoitasip is very, very far away

Paragraph 2

7. thihgdgilhe the fact

8. nltseetyirps high

9. war, famine and mass naromitgi

10. put evasmis strains on health

11. drinlcoasebe investment was needed

12. address serious iatiniqeuesl


PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

Number these lines in the correct order.

( ) on health and agriculture. One researcher said considerable investment was

( ) levels of education across 51 African countries. These were key factors in countries battling to

( ) experienced war, famine and mass migration, all of which have put massive strains

( ) needed in health and infrastructure in order to address "serious inequalities".

( ) the year 2030. That target was set by the United Nations in 2015 as a Sustainable Development Goal. The UN adopted a set

( ) agenda". The new report is published in the journal Nature. It identifies poor child nutrition and low

( ) provide children with sufficient food. Researcher Simon Hay said the goal of ending childhood malnutrition was always an

( ) "aspirational" target. He said: "This aspiration is very, very far away."

( 1 ) A new report shows that no country in Africa will meet goals set to end childhood malnutrition by

( ) There was some good news in the report. It highlighted the fact that many African nations, including Ghana

( ) for countries like Chad, Central African Republic and Eritrea. The report indicates that malnutrition remained "persistently

( ) and Nigeria, have shown signs of improvement in childhood development since the year 2000. However, it is a different story

( ) high" in 14 countries between Senegal in the west and Somalia in the east. Many of these countries have

( ) of goals, "to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development


PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

1. end Meet to set goals childhood malnutrition .

2. across levels African education 51 countries . Low of

3. provide to with Battling children sufficient food .

4. always was Ending aspirational target . childhood malnutrition an

5. away . very is aspiration very, This far

6. news in There good the was some report .

7. in childhood the since Improvement year development 2000 .

8. like However, different a countries Chad . story for is it

9. persistently countries . in Malnutrition high remained 14

10. considerable investment said needed . was researcher One


CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS) From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

A new report shows that no country in Africa will meet / greet goals set to

end childhood malnutrition by the year 2030. That target was bet / set by

the United Nations in 2015 as a Sustainable Development Goal. The UN

adopted a set / setting of goals, "to end poverty, protect the plants / planet

and ensure prosperity for all as part of anew / a new sustainable

development agenda". The new report is publishing / published in the

journal Nature. It identifies poor / poorly child nutrition and low levels of

education across 51 African countries. These were keyed / key factors in

countries battling to provide children with sufficiently / sufficient food.

Researcher Simon Hay said the goal of ending / end childhood malnutrition

was always an "aspirational" target. He said: "This aspiration is very, very

far away."

There was some good news in the report / reports. It highlighted the fact

that many African nations, inclusive / including Ghana and Nigeria, have

shown signs / signal of improvement in childhood development since the

year 2000. However, it is a different / difference story for countries like

Chad, Central African Republic and Eritrea. The report indicating / indicates

that malnutrition remained "persistently height / high" in 14 countries

between Senegal in the west to / and Somalia in the east. Many of these

countries have experienced war, famine and mass / pass migration, all of

which have put massive strains on / in health and agriculture. One

researcher said considerable investment was needed in health and

infrastructure in order to envelope / address "serious inequalities".

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.


INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u) From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

a new report shows that no country in africa will meet goals set to end

childhood malnutrition by the year 2030 that target was set by the united

nations in 2015 as a sustainable development goal the un adopted a set of

goals to end poverty protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all as part

of a new sustainable development agenda the new report is published in the

journal nature it identifies poor child nutrition and low levels of education

across 51 african countries these were key factors in countries battling to

provide children with sufficient food researcher simon hay said the goal of

ending childhood malnutrition was always an aspirational target he said this

aspiration is very very far away

there was some good news in the report it highlighted the fact that many

african nations including ghana and nigeria have shown signs of

improvement in childhood development since the year 2000 however it is a

different story for countries like chad central african republic and eritrea the

report indicates that malnutrition remained persistently high in 14 countries

between senegal in the west and somalia in the east many of these countries

have experienced war famine and mass migration all of which have put

massive strains on health and agriculture one researcher said considerable

investment was needed in health and infrastructure in order to address

serious inequalities


PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

AnewreportshowsthatnocountryinAfricawillmeetgoalssettoendchild

hoodmalnutritionbytheyear2030.ThattargetwassetbytheUnitedNati

onsin2015asaSustainableDevelopmentGoal.TheUNadoptedasetofg

oals,"toendpoverty,protecttheplanetandensureprosperityforallaspa

rtofanewsustainabledevelopmentagenda".Thenewreportispublishe

dinthejournalNature.Itidentifiespoorchildnutritionandlowlevelsofed

ucationacross51Africancountries.Thesewerekeyfactorsincountriesb

attlingtoprovidechildrenwithsufficientfood.ResearcherSimonHaysai

dthegoalofendingchildhoodmalnutritionwasalwaysan"aspirational"t

arget.Hesaid:"Thisaspirationisvery,veryfaraway."Therewassomego

odnewsinthereport.IthighlightedthefactthatmanyAfricannations,inc

ludingGhanaandNigeria,haveshownsignsofimprovementinchildhoo

ddevelopmentsincetheyear2000.However,itisadifferentstoryforcou

ntrieslikeChad,CentralAfricanRepublicandEritrea.Thereportindicate

sthatmalnutritionremained"persistentlyhigh"in14countriesbetween

SenegalinthewestandSomaliaintheeast.Manyofthesecountrieshave

experiencedwar,famineandmassmigration,allofwhichhaveputmassi

vestrainsonhealthandagriculture.Oneresearchersaidconsiderablein

vestmentwasneededinhealthandinfrastructureinordertoaddress"se

riousinequalities".


FREE WRITING From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

Write about malnutrition for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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ACADEMIC WRITING From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html

How can we end child hunger in the world? Discuss three options.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MALNUTRITION: Make a poster about malnutrition. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. HUNGER: Write a magazine article about raising tax worldwide to end child hunger. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on malnutrition. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your ideas on how we can end it. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.


ANSWERS

VOCABULARY (p.4)

1. e 2. a 3. d 4. c 5. b 6. g 7. f

8. i 9. n 10. l 11. m 12. j 13. h 14. k

TRUE / FALSE (p.5) a F b T c T d T e F f F g T h F

SYNONYM MATCH (p.5) 1. shows 2. set (verb) 3. set (noun) 4. key 5. aspiration 6. highlighted 7. improvement 8. persistently 9. massive 10. address

a. reveals

b. decided on

c. group

d. crucial

e. hope

f. singled out

g. advances

h. continuously

i. enormous

j. deal with

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.9) WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER (p.20)

1. 2030 1. Meet goals set to end childhood malnutrition. 2. 2015 2. Low levels of education across 51 African countries. 3. Prosperity 3. Battling to provide children with sufficient food. 4. 51 4. Ending childhood malnutrition was always an aspirational

target. 5. An aspiration 5. This aspiration is very, very far away. 6. Ghana and Nigeria 6. There was some good news in the report. 7. 14 7. Improvement in childhood development since the year

2000. 8. Mass migration 8. However, it is a different story for countries like Chad. 9. Health and agriculture 9. Malnutrition remained persistently high in 14 countries. 10. Considerable investment 10. One researcher said considerable investment was needed.

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.10)

1. b 2. d 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. a 7. c 8. a 9. a 10. d

ALL OTHER EXERCISES Please check for yourself by looking at the Article on page 2. (It's good for your English ;-)

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