Someone made fake phone calls pretending to be President Biden. They told people not to vote in a special voting day called the primary in New Hampshire. The calls were not real, and people are trying to find out who made them. The fake calls said that the President wanted people to wait and vote later in the year. But people can vote on both days.
The people who work for the law in New Hampshire said the calls were bad and against the rules. They told everyone to ignore the fake calls. The calls were made to look like they came from a woman's phone who likes President Biden. There were many, many calls made. The President's team said the calls were very wrong because they tried to stop people from voting.
Original news source: Fake Biden robocall tells voters to skip New Hampshire primary election (BBC)
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Warm-up Activities:
– News Summary
Instructions: Read the article out loud to the class. Then, ask the students to work in pairs or small groups to summarize the main points of the article in their own words. After a few minutes, have each group share their summaries with the class.
– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Write down key vocabulary words from the article on separate pieces of paper and put them in a hat or bowl. Divide the class into teams. One player from each team will take turns picking a word from the hat and drawing it on the board, while their team members try to guess the word. The team that guesses the most words correctly wins.
– Keyword Hangman
Instructions: Choose a few important keywords from the article and write them on the board with dashes representing the letters. Have the class take turns guessing letters to try and fill in the blanks. If a guess is correct, write the letter in the appropriate place. If a guess is incorrect, start drawing a hangman. The class must try to guess the keyword before the hangman is completed.
– Pros and Cons
Instructions: Divide the class into two groups. Assign one group to come up with the pros (positive aspects) of the fake phone calls, and the other group to come up with the cons (negative aspects). Give the groups a few minutes to brainstorm and then have them share their ideas with the class. Encourage a respectful discussion and allow students to express their opinions.
– Two Truths and a Lie
Instructions: Have each student come up with two true statements and one false statement related to the article. In pairs or small groups, students take turns sharing their statements and the others have to guess which one is the lie. This activity encourages listening skills and critical thinking.
π€ Comprehension Questions:
They made fake phone calls.
They said not to vote in the special voting day called the primary in New Hampshire.
They said the calls were bad and against the rules.
They pretended to come from a woman's phone who likes President Biden.
Yes, there were many, many calls made.
They said the calls were very wrong because they tried to stop people from voting.
Yes, people can vote on both voting days.
π§βοΈ Listen and Fill in the Gaps:
Someone fake phone pretending to be President Biden. They told people not to vote in a special voting day called the primary in New Hampshire. The calls were not real, and are trying to find out who made them. The fake calls said that the wanted people to wait and vote later in the year. But people can vote on both days. The people who work for the law in New Hampshire the calls were bad and against the rules. They everyone to ignore the fake calls. The calls were made to look like they came from a woman's who likes President Biden. There were many, many calls made. The President's said the calls were very wrong because they tried to stop people from voting.
π¬ Discussion Questions:
1. What is a fake phone call?
2. How would you feel if someone made a fake phone call pretending to be you?
3. Do you think it's important to vote in elections? Why or why not?
4. What is a special voting day called the primary?
5. How would you feel if someone told you not to vote on a special voting day?
6. Do you like President Biden? Why or why not?
7. What do you think the President's team means when they say the calls were very wrong?
8. Have you ever received a phone call that you thought was fake? What did you do?
9. What do you think the people who work for the law in New Hampshire should do to find out who made the fake calls?
10. How would you feel if you received a fake call from someone pretending to be your favorite celebrity?
11. Do you think it's important to ignore fake calls? Why or why not?
12. What do you think should happen to the person who made the fake calls?
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