A famous singer, Taylor Swift, is the most important person of the year in a big magazine. She sang in a very big show that many people wanted to see. So many people wanted tickets that a website stopped working. Taylor talked about how singing a lot can make her tired and about liking a football player. She sings very well and many people like her music.

Taylor has a lot of money because of her music. She is the first singer to have so much money just from songs. She put her cute cat on the cover of the magazine. Taylor will sing in more places soon. She will also make an old album new again.

Original news source: Taylor Swift named Time Magazine's person of the year (BBC)

– Charades
Instructions: Divide the class into two teams. One student from each team will come to the front of the class and act out a word or phrase related to the article using gestures and body movements. The rest of the class will try to guess what they are acting out. The team who guesses correctly gets a point.
– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Give each student a piece of paper and a pen. Write a word from the article on the board and have the students draw a picture that represents that word. The rest of the class will try to guess what word they are drawing. The student who guesses correctly gets a point.
– Headline Creation
Instructions: Divide the class into pairs. Each pair will create a headline for the article using the vocabulary from the article. Encourage the students to be creative and come up with catchy headlines. After they have created their headlines, have them share with the rest of the class.
– Keyword Hangman
Instructions: Write a keyword from the article on the board with the vowels missing. Have the students take turns guessing the missing vowels and then guessing the keyword. If a student guesses a correct vowel, write it on the board. If they guess a wrong vowel, draw a body part of the hangman. The student who guesses the keyword correctly gets a point.
– Think-Pair-Share
Instructions: Have the students think about one thing they learned from the article. Then, have them pair up with a classmate and share what they learned. After they have shared with their partner, ask a few students to share what they learned with the whole class.

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1. Who is Taylor Swift?
2. What is a famous singer?
3. How would you feel if you were the most important person of the year?
4. Do you like Taylor Swift's music? Why or why not?
5. What is a big show?
6. How do you think Taylor feels when she sings a lot?
7. What is a football player?
8. Do you think it's fun to have a cute cat on a magazine cover? Why or why not?
9. Why do you think Taylor has a lot of money?
10. What does it mean to make an old album new again?
11. Have you ever been to a concert? How did you feel?
12. Do you like to sing? Why or why not?

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