The workers want more people to help them this year. They want people who buy coffee and other people who care to join them. The big bosses at Starbucks say everything will be okay and it's not a big problem. But the workers say the bosses are not being fair. They keep trying to make things better for people who work at Starbucks.

Original news source: Starbucks faces walkout at hundreds of US stores (BBC)

– Opinion Poll
Instructions: Split the class into two groups. One group believes that the Starbucks workers should get more money and better work hours, while the other group trusts that the Starbucks bosses are doing enough. Each student must ask two classmates for their opinion and explain why they agree or disagree. They should use simple phrases like "I think…" or "In my opinion…" to express their stance. After the poll, have a brief class discussion to share the results.
– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Write down key vocabulary from the article on individual slips of paper (e.g., work, happy, money, time, bosses, stores, fair). Divide the class into two teams. Students take turns drawing the word they pick for their team to guess, within a time limit. The team with the most correct guesses wins. This helps students associate words with their meanings visually.
– Role-play: News Reporter
Instructions: Pair the students and assign them roles: one as a Starbucks worker and the other as a news reporter. The reporter asks the worker why they are not working and what they want from the bosses. Encourage the use of simple past and present tenses and phrases from the article. After the role-play, each pair can present a short news report to the class.
– Word Association
Instructions: Write the word "Starbucks" on the board. Students take turns coming to the board and writing a word they associate with Starbucks, which can be from the article or their own ideas (e.g., coffee, workers, protest, red cups). This activity helps with vocabulary recall and understanding the context of the article.
– Sketch It
Instructions: Choose simple sentences from the article (e.g., "They want the big bosses to listen to them.") and write them on the board. Students must draw a quick sketch on paper that represents the meaning of the sentence. Afterward, students can show their drawings to the class and explain in simple English what their picture is about. This helps with comprehension and encourages speaking practice.

Some ? who work at Starbucks are not going to work on a very busy day. They are doing this because they are not happy with the money they get and the ? they work. They want the big bosses at Starbucks to listen to them and be ?. There will be a lot of ? where workers will not come to work. They did this before when Starbucks gave out special red cups. The workers want more people to help them this year. They want people who buy coffee and other people who ? to join them. The big bosses at ? say everything will be okay and it's not a big ?. But the ?ers say the bosses are not being fair. They keep trying to make things better for people who work at Starbucks.

1. What is a job?
2. Do you like to drink coffee?
3. How do you feel when you work hard but get little money?
4. What is being fair?
5. Do you think it is important to listen to people? Why?
6. How would you feel if your boss was not nice to you?
7. Do you like to help friends when they are sad or angry? Why?
8. What do you do when you want someone to listen to you?
9. Do you think people should work on very busy days?
10. If you were not happy at work, would you stop working for a day?
11. How would you feel if your favorite store was closed when you wanted to go there?
12. Do you think it's good to work in a team? Why or why not?

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