VI. The lead is built around the subject and the predicate. If you can find them, you have a good start towards understanding the whole story.

SAN ANTONIO – A grandson of Mexican immigrants and a former mayor of this town, Henry G. Cisneros has spent years trying to make the dream of homeownership come true for low-income families.

Berlin – Doctors in Berlin are reporting that they cured a man of AIDS by giving him transplanted blood stem cells from a person naturally resistant to the virus.

Jimmie Johnson locked up his third consecutive championship with a solid 15th-place finish, joining Cale Yarborough as the only drivers to win three straight Cup titles.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The space shuttle Endeavour lighted the evening skies over Florida on Friday, rising beneath a brilliant moon as it raced toward the International Space Station.

BAGHDAD – Iraq’s cabinet on Sunday overwhelmingly approved a proposed security agreement that calls for a full withdrawal of American forces from the country by the end of 2011. The cabinet’s decision brings a final date for the departure of American troops a significant step closer after more than five and a half years of war.

VII. REVISION GAME: WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?

You are now going to play the game “who wants to be a millionaire?”

· Elaborate four cards to revise vocabulary, grammar or comprehension of certain theme. Suggest four possible answers. Write down the level of question: elementary, intermediate, advanced and the correct answer on the back side. Collect all cards in a container.

For example: Choose the best model for news writing. Level: elementary.

1. 2. 3. 4.

· Everybody starts with a 1000 roubles and for every correct answer the student doubles their money.

· If you are not very confident you have the option of not playing for that particular question (but you can still stay in the game for the next question).

• If you get the question wrong you may stay in the game but lose your money.
• You could adapt the game to use 50/50.

· Choose a student to act as record keeper and ask for a summary of who has got how much money at the end of each round.

• The winner is the student with the most money at the end of the game.

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