Wasp Reporter Tall Tales

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Which words do you think of
when you think of lying?

When would you tell a (white) lie?

Tall Tales (1) 

Objectives:

• improve listening skills 
• 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 

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. After watching the video, answer the questions in this lessonup.

Assignment 42 +strategy 

 Determine focus word per question 

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?          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 

improve reading skills by using strategies 

 

Exercises 

37   listening - true/false strategy 

38, reading    - fill in the gap strategy 

Two truths and a lie

Come up with two truths and a lie about your life during lockdown.

Afterwards I will ask some of you what you think the lie was. 

My story

Assignment 37 strategy

Read assignment 37 

• focus on words that are different in both statements
• look up all words you do not know yet

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:

Assignment 38 offers you ten alternatives for the gaps in the

text. Fill in the blanks by paying close attention to the structure of the text. 

A

H

D

B

C

E

F

G

I

J

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

What would you advise Grace to do?

Do you think the way Grace grew up excuses her behaviour?

Name three lies Stefan had told Julia.

Social media make it easier to lie.

Most definitely

I disagree

Perhaps to some extent