A small cake shop in San Jose, California, had a big problem. They made many small pies for a company called Tesla, but Tesla said they didn't need them anymore. This made the cake shop lose $2,000. The cake shop owner told everyone on the internet, and Elon Musk, who is in charge of Tesla, said he would give the money back. Many people wanted to help the cake shop, so they had too many orders and couldn't make more pies for Tesla.

The lady who owns the cake shop was very happy because many people wanted to help. She said thank you to Elon Musk for giving the money back and to everyone who supported her shop. But, because so many people wanted to buy her pies, she couldn't make enough for Tesla's new big order. The mayor of the city was also happy and said thank you to everyone for helping the small cake shop. This story shows that when many people come together to help, good things can happen, and it's important to fix mistakes.

Original news source: Elon Musk eats humble pie over unpaid bakery bill (BBC)

– Charades
Instructions: Divide the class into two teams. Write key words from the article on individual slips of paper and put them in a hat. One student from each team will come up to the front and choose a slip of paper. Without speaking, they must act out the word or phrase for their team to guess. The team that guesses correctly earns a point. Continue until all the slips of paper have been used.
– News Summary
Instructions: In pairs, students will take turns summarizing the main points of the article to their partner. They should try to include as much detail as possible. After both partners have shared, they can compare their summaries and discuss any differences.
– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: In small groups, students will take turns drawing pictures to represent key vocabulary words from the article. The rest of the group must try to guess the word based on the drawing. The student who guesses correctly earns a point. Continue until all the words have been used.
– Keyword Hangman
Instructions: Write key words from the article on the board, leaving out the vowels. Divide the class into two teams. One student from each team will take turns guessing a vowel and a consonant. If their chosen letter is in one of the words, write it in the correct place. If it is not in any of the words, draw a part of the hangman. The first team to correctly guess all the words or the team with the fewest parts of the hangman drawn at the end wins.
– Pros and Cons
Instructions: In small groups, students will discuss the pros and cons of the situation in the article. They should consider both the cake shop's perspective and Tesla's perspective. After the discussion, each group can share their ideas with the class and have a class discussion about the different viewpoints.

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1. What is a cake shop?
2. How would you feel if someone said they didn't need something you made?
3. Do you like eating cake?
4. Do you think it's important to help others when they need it?
5. Why do you think the cake shop owner was happy when people wanted to help?
6. What is a mayor?
7. How would you feel if many people wanted to buy something you made?
8. Do you think it's important to say thank you when someone helps you?
9. Why do you think the cake shop couldn't make enough pies for Tesla?
10. How would you feel if someone fixed a mistake they made?
11. Why do you think it's important for people to come together to help?
12. What good things can happen when people come together to help?

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