Wasp Reporter Tall Tales

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

What's a tall tale?
Do regard this lying?

What do you know about lying?
Which words do you think of?
What reading/listening strategy are you using now?

When would you tell a (white) lie?

Tall Tales (1) 

Objectives:

• improve listening skills by using strategies
• improve reading skills by using strategies 
• learn and expand your vocabulary of lying 

Exercises 

42 listening 

37   listening - true/false strategy 

38, reading    - fill in the gap strategy 

39, 40,             -  vocabulary 

Assignment 42

Read the questions, then watch the video about Belle Gibson (a fraudster mentioned in the

article Tall Tales) and write down the answers to the questions. Of course, you can pause and rewind when necessary. After watching the video, answer the questions in this lessonup.

1 What is Belle’s ‘inspiring story’ that turned out to be a hoax?

2 The journalist, Tara Brown, introduces the interview by saying ‘One problem remains’. What is that problem?

3 What social media platform did Belle use to tell her story in 2013?

4 According to the story, when had Belle gotten the bad news that she was ill?

5 Belle keeps claiming that she never intentionally lied. How does she explain that she wrote things that turned out not to be true?

6 How did Belle misrepresent the truth in the preface of her cookbook? What is her revised story?

7 Where does Belle live?

Assignment 42 +strategy 

A  Determine focus word per question 

B . Prefab answer ( repeat question) 

C. Predict and activate your prior knowledge 

1 What is Belle’s ‘inspiring story’ that turned out to be a hoax?

                    Prefab: Belle’s ‘inspiring story’  was ....... 

2 The journalist, Tara Brown, introduces the interview by saying ‘One problem remains’. What is that problem?

3 What social media platform did Belle use to tell her story in 2013?          twitter, facebook, insta

4 According to the story, when had Belle gotten the bad news that she was ill? focus on a time 

5 Belle keeps claiming that she never intentionally lied. How does she explain that she wrote things that turned out not to be true?

6 How did Belle misrepresent the truth in the preface of her cookbook? What is her revised story?

7 Where does Belle live?

1 What is Belle’s ‘inspiring story’ that turned out to be a hoax?

2 The journalist, Tara Brown, introduces the interview by saying ‘One problem remains’. What is that problem?

3 What social media platform did Belle use to tell her story in 2013?

4 According to the story, when had Belle gotten the bad news that she was ill?

5 Belle keeps claiming that she never intentionally lied. How does she explain that she wrote things that turned out not to be true?

6 How did Belle misrepresent the truth in the preface of her cookbook? What is her revised story?

7 Where does Belle live?

Tall Tales (2) 

Objectives:

improve listening skills by using strategies

improve reading skills by using strategies 

learn and expand your vocabulary of lying 

Exercises 

42 listening 

37   listening - true/false strategy 

38, reading    - fill in the gap strategy 

39, 40,             -  vocabulary 

Assignment 37 + strategy

Read assignment 37 

• Per pair: focus on words that are different 
• Look for common focus word.
• Look up all words you don't know yet.

Assignment 37 + strategy

• Strategy 
• Per pair: focus on words that are different 
• Look for common focus word.
• Look up all words you don't know yet.

Example

1A Apparently, Belle Gibson and Deley are notorious scammers                                            

1B Belle Gibson and Anna Delvey are two people who fell prey to scammers. 

notorious = berucht ( notoir)

Assignment 37 

Audio is available here

Also on Wasp Reporter website( see next slide)

Also with QR code in your workbook 

Tall Tales Audio

https:

Homework 

Finish assignment 37 

Read text and look up difficult words 

Read assignment 38 and look op new words

Next lesson: assignment 38, 39, 40 ( in Class)

explanation of fill in the gap strategy