In the News

VPAU 560: Explore a current issue of significance in Australia / Explore a current issue of of international significance
VPAU505.4: Write a descriptive or narrative text



SPEAKING/WRITING: VPAU560.1: National News (video)

Watch this video in pairs and answer the questions together

1.What is the video about?
2.Who are the two men?
3.What is the Coalition?
4.What is the ALP?
5.What is a poll?
6.Who is the preferred Prime Minister?
7.What percentage of people in the poll said they would vote for the ALP?
8. What was said about women?

 LISTENING: VPAU560.2: International News (audio)
 
LISTENING: Download and print this listening comprehension quiz . Play the audio.

READING: Read the story about the Panda (and check your answers from the listening quiz)

VOCABULARY: Parts of a Newspaper

Last week we played games with the newspaper and learnt to identify parts of the newspaper.

Download this matching exercise, print and check your answers as a class or with a friend.



CLASS DISCUSSION: VIDEO

What is this video about? Is it a national story or an international story?

1) Look at these two graphics. Compare them and discuss.
2) How many arrivals by boat were there in Australia in 2013?





HOMEWORK: 

Find out some more about the issue of Asylum seekers. Watch TV, listen to radio, do an internet search and read a newspaper for the next week. Report your research to the class.

GRAMMAR : IF / IF NOT vs. UNLESS

Watch the video and complete the exercises below



Exercise 1

Exercise 2

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I Want to be Elected

The 2010 Federal Election is over! But still we do not have a Government. What happened? Watch the video above. Click here to read the transcript and find more stories and videos about the election result.

What is a hung parliament?
Who has the most seats in the House of Representatives?
Who has most of the seats in the new Senate?
What are independents?
What is a minority government?
Should we have another election?

Discuss these questions with your teacher.

GRAMMAR GAME - Giving Advice

Should / Shouldn't / Ought to / had better / Why don't you ... / What you can do is ...

Click here for a board game. You will need a dice. (Get your teacher to blow up a copy on the photocopier)

Level 2 and 3 : 'D BETTER vs. 'D RATHER

What is the difference?

I'd better go now / I'd rather go now

Complete this online exercise

LEVEL 3 : Either or / Neither nor ...

Neither the Coalition nor the Labor Party are able to form a government.

Try this online exercise




Watch the Mr. Bean video, I Want to be Elected ... maybe Mr.Bean should become our next Prime Minister?

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Election 2010 : Issues

ISSUES: TV ADS - Labor, Liberal, Green

Labor, Liberal, Green. Same or different?



1)Watch the ads above and below.

2)Download this worksheet:




3)Make notes / or write words you see or hear on what they say about:

the economy
education
health
migration
the environment







Be a PA for an MP. Organize a politican's diary!

Play this fun game from the Kids View Parliament website! Click here!

BEHIND THE NEWS

Here is an interesting video about the PM, Julia Gillard and the ex-PM, Kevin Rudd. To read the script and other material click here.



Level 1 - Let's Practise Telling the Time

Here are some of my favourite online games to help you tell the time ...




Click here to play STOP THE CLOCK (15 minute intervals - easy)

Click here to play STOP THE CLOCK (5 min intervals - medium)

Click here to play STOP THE CLOCK (1 minute intervals - harder)

Click here to play BANG ON TIME (tricky!)

Click here for other games and worksheets about telling the time (Maths Zone)





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Love Thy Neighbour

GENERAL

Do you think someone should keep 130 cats in a house or flat?

What problems would this lady have living with 130 cats in Sunshine?

What does your local council say about pets?

LEVEL 3

Read the local council regulations for keeping pets here.

Download the Animal Registration Form from the same page. Read it with your teacher. Fill in the form for the lady from Siberia!

LEVEL 2 and 3

Remember the article we read in class, Love Your Neighbour? Sometimes it can be difficult!?

We discussed these problems:

They talk loudly.
Their babies cry all night.
They have noisy parties.
Their dogs bark.
They watch TV late at night.
They move furniture.
They play the violin.
They argue with their partner.

Speaking: Requests - Asking your neighbours to change their behaviour

Click here to go to VOXOPOP.

Use the situations above. Practise kindly asking your neighbours to change their behaviour.

eg. "Could you please turn down the TV? It's late. I have to get up early.
eg. "Would you please stop moving your furniture. My kids can't sleep.

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Democracy, Voting, Politicians & Parties

Welcome back to Duke Street students !!!

This semester we begin our new learning unit: Australian Government. There will be a Federal Election soon and then a State Election in November. So this is a good time for us to learn about Australian Government, Voting, Politicians and Parties.

But before we start ...

ARE YOU ENROLLED TO VOTE? YOU CAN CHECK ONLINE!

Click here and go to the AEC Website to check if you are enrolled to vote. Voting is important. Make sure you are enrolled!

If you are NOT enrolled or have changed your address, please click here and follow the steps for FILLING OUT AN ENROLMENT FORM, PRINTING & SIGNING and RETURNING IT TO THE AEC. ASK YOUR TEACHER TO HELP YOU !!!

Now let's start with a guessing game ...

FEDERAL POLITICS




WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?

1) Match the photos with their names:

Julia

Bob

Tony

2) Do you know their surnames?






3) Match the people and their jobs:

Senator

Prime Minister

Opposition Leader

4) Match the people and their parties:















Let's make some sentences ...

eg. Julia _______ is the ___________ and she is the leader of the ________________.


Who are these two women? What are their jobs? Are they from a political party? What do they do in our system of Government?






















Level 3 : Who is Julia Gillard?



Watch the video. Take notes. What do they say about Julia Gillard in relation to :

Deputy Prime Minister
Wales
1961
six years later (1966)
student politics
solicitor
John Brumby, a shadow minister
education / employment / social inclusion
hairdresser


STATE POLITICS

Who are these two men? What are their jobs? Which parties are they from? Write sentences about them.











Listening: A Day in the Life of a Politician

We are going to watch a short video about Andrea Coote (a Victorian Liberal Party MP).

Level 1 : Download the activity for the video here.

Level 2 and 3: Download the activity for the video here.




GRAMMAR: WHO DECIDES? Federal / State / Local Government

Instructions: Click on the picture below and print out in full size

1) Can you make 10 sentences using the Present Continuous tense? eg. The worker is sweeping the road.

2) Can you name the services and/or guess who takes care of these government areas eg. The worker sweeping the road = road repairs and maintenance = local government. (Work with your teacher)


















INTERNATIONAL POLITICS - FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS POLITICIANS

Here are some politicians from different times and places. Who are they? What words would you use to describe them? Were they good or bad politicians? Or both? Why?




















(Teachers: Click here for excellent FREE materials about Government and voting)