A lady in Australia took a van with lots of doughnuts inside. The van was lost from a place where cars get more go-go juice. Later, people found the van with no one driving it and many bad doughnuts. The lady who took the van is 28 years old and got into big trouble. She was not supposed to drive, but she did, and now she has to go to a place where they decide if she did something very wrong.

The doughnut place told the police about the missing van and doughnuts. They said they would make more doughnuts for people who wanted them. We don't know why the lady took the van or what she wanted to do with all the doughnuts. People should be careful with their cars so no one takes them. The lady can't leave a special place until people talk about what she did.

Original news source: Australian woman charged with stealing van carrying 10,000 doughnuts (BBC)

– Charades
Instructions: Divide the class into teams. Each team takes turns acting out a word or phrase from the article while the other team members guess what it is. The team that guesses correctly gets a point.
– News Summary
Instructions: Ask the students to read the article individually or in pairs. Then, have them write a summary of the article in their own words. Afterward, have them share their summaries with the class.
– Word Association
Instructions: Write down key words from the article on the board (e.g. van, doughnuts, trouble). Have the students take turns saying a word that they associate with each key word. Encourage them to explain their associations.
– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Give each student a vocabulary word from the article (e.g. doughnuts, van). They should draw a picture to represent the word and then show their drawing to the class. The class then tries to guess the word based on the drawing.
– Think-Pair-Share
Instructions: Have the students think about why they think the lady took the van and what she wanted to do with the doughnuts. Then, pair them up and have them share their thoughts. Finally, have a few pairs share their ideas with the whole class.

A lady in Australia ? a van with ? of doughnuts inside. The van was lost from a place where cars get more go-go juice. Later, people found the van with no one driving it and many bad doughnuts. The lady who took the van is 28 ? old and got into big trouble. She was not supposed to ?, but she did, and now she has to go to a place where they decide if she did something very wrong. The doughnut ? told the police about the missing van and doughnuts. They ? they would make more doughnuts for people who wanted them. We don't know why the lady took the van or what she wanted to do with all the doughnuts. ? should be careful with their cars so no one takes them. The lady can't leave a special place until people ? about what she did.

1. What is a doughnut?
2. How would you feel if someone took your car without permission?
3. Do you like doughnuts? Why or why not?
4. What do you think the lady wanted to do with all the doughnuts?
5. How do you think the doughnut place felt when they realized the van was missing?
6. Have you ever taken something that didn't belong to you? Why or why not?
7. What do you think will happen to the lady now that she has to go to a special place?
8. Do you think it's important to be careful with your car? Why or why not?
9. What would you do if you found a van with no one driving it?
10. Have you ever been in big trouble before? What happened?
11. Do you think the lady should say sorry for taking the van and the doughnuts? Why or why not?
12. How do you think the police will decide if the lady did something very wrong?

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