Some people threw soup at a very famous painting called the Mona Lisa in Paris. The painting is very old and many people love it. It was safe because it has strong glass in front of it. The people who threw the soup said they want everyone to have good food to eat. They think the way we grow food now is not good.
This soup throwing made many people talk about food and how we get it. The people who did it are upset about how food is made. They used soup to show they want food to be made in a better way. They hope by doing this, more people will think about how to make food in a good way for everyone. It's important to think about how we can all have good food and take care of our planet.
Original news source: Watch: Soup thrown at Mona Lisa painting (BBC)
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Warm-up Activities:
– Charades
Instructions: Divide the class into small groups. Give each group a slip of paper with a word related to the article (e.g. painting, food, soup, planet). One person from each group will act out the word without speaking, while the rest of the group tries to guess what it is.
– Opinion Poll
Instructions: Have a class discussion about the article. Ask each student to write down their opinion on how food should be made and why. Collect the responses and tally up the different opinions to create a class opinion poll. Discuss the results as a class.
– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Write down a list of vocabulary words from the article on separate slips of paper (e.g. soup, painting, food, planet). Divide the class into pairs. One person from each pair will choose a slip of paper and draw the word without speaking, while their partner tries to guess what it is.
– Pros and Cons
Instructions: Divide the class into small groups. Have each group discuss the pros and cons of the way food is currently made, as mentioned in the article. Each group should write down their ideas and then share them with the class.
– Think-Pair-Share
Instructions: Have the students think about a time when they were upset about something and wanted to bring attention to it. Pair them up and have them discuss their experiences with their partner. Then, have each pair share their experiences with the rest of the class.
π€ Comprehension Questions:
Some people threw soup at the Mona Lisa painting.
The people threw soup at the painting because they want everyone to have good food to eat.
The people wanted more people to think about how to make food in a good way for everyone.
The soup throwing made people talk about food because it made them think about how we get our food.
The people are upset about how food is made.
The people want food to be made in a better way.
It is important to think about how we can have good food and take care of our planet because we need to make sure everyone has enough food and we need to protect our Earth.
π§βοΈ Listen and Fill in the Gaps:
Some people threw soup at a very famous painting called the Mona Lisa in Paris. The painting is very old and many people love it. It was because it has glass in front of it. The people who threw the soup they want everyone to have good food to eat. They the way we grow food now is not good. This soup throwing made many people talk about and how we get it. The who did it are upset about how food is made. They used soup to show they want food to be made in a better way. They hope by doing this, more people will think about how to make food in a way for everyone. It's important to think about how we can all have good food and take care of our .
π¬ Discussion Questions:
1. What is the Mona Lisa?
2. How would you feel if someone threw soup at a painting you really liked?
3. Do you like soup? Why or why not?
4. Do you think it's important to have good food to eat? Why or why not?
5. What do you think is a good way to make food?
6. Have you ever thrown soup before? Why or why not?
7. How do you think the people who threw soup felt after they did it?
8. What do you think about the way food is made now?
9. How can we take care of our planet?
10. Do you think more people will think about how to make food in a good way after this happened? Why or why not?
11. What is your favorite food to eat? Why do you like it?
12. How can we make sure everyone has good food to eat?
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