Lesson Plan 005 Text.pdf

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Five million ecstasy tablets seized

WARM-UPS

CHAT: Talk in pairs or groups about: soft drugs / hard drugs / ecstasy / Australia / discos /

clubbing / dancing / great happiness … For more conversation, change topics and partners

frequently.

ECSTASY BRAINSTORM: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you

associate with the drug ecstasy. Share your words with your partner / group and talk about

them.

DRUGS: Look at the list of drugs below. In pairs / groups, write down as many dangers as

you can think of for each drug. When you have finished, change partners / groups and add

new ideas to your list of dangers. Continue changing partners until you have a large list, or

have spoken to everyone. With your original partner / group, compare which drugs have the

most dangers. Make three conclusions from your findings to report to the class.

• ecstasy

• cocaine

• nicotine

• cannabis / marijuana

• alcohol

• heroin

• other

COMMENTS ON DRUGS: Read the following comments made about drugs and agree or

disagree with them with your partner / group:

a. All drugs are dangerous, drugs increase crime and people should go to prison for

taking them. That’s my view.

b. I have smoked marijuana. It’s not really the scary drug that governments say it is.

c. Alcohol is the world’s most dangerous drug. It leads to domestic violence,

hooliganism and road deaths by drunk drivers. I don’t understand why it is so socially

acceptable.

d. I know so little about drugs. I wish we had been told more at school.

e. Nicotine is the world’s worst drug. It’s very addictive and kills millions of people

every year.

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f. Marijuana should be legalized.

g. It’s wrong that my government says I cannot take drugs if I want to.

h. Drug addicts should talk about their experiences on television so everyone knows

how dangerous drugs can be.

i. Schoolchildren are now taking drugs. The world has gone crazy.

j. I want to try but I’m afraid.

k. In Malaysia, they hang people who are caught with drugs. That’s the best thing to do.

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PRE-READING IDEAS

WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings,

information, synonyms … of the words ‘drug’ and ‘ecstasy’.

TRUE FALSE : Guess whether the following statements about the article are true or false:

a. Australian police are looking for five million missing ecstasy tablets. T / F

b. Five million ecstasy tablets weigh 1,000 kg. T / F

c. The street value of the drugs is ten million dollars. T / F

d. The drug smugglers could be sentenced in court to life imprisonment. T / F

e. An Australian politician said the drugs could have wreaked havoc. T / F

f. Ecstasy has ability to provide lots of energy while dancing. T / F

SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:

(a) uncovered

cache

(b) find

worth

created

(d) value

manufactured

(e) undercover

amazing

(f) made

outlawed

(g) illegal

found

(h) wreaked

chaos

(i) havoc

secret

PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one

combination is possible):

(a) the world’s largest

at the scene

(b) an estimated street

operation

drugs

(d) hidden

havoc

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(e) Twomenwerearrested

ever find of the drug ecstasy

(f) illegal

value of 195 million US dollars

(g) sentenced in court to life

in wooden boxes

(h) wreaked

imprisonment

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SYNONYM FILL:

There are six gaps in the article. There are six groups of synonyms below the article. Place

the number of the synonym group in the correct gap (It is not important to guess a correct

word - any of the synonyms from each group could be put into the relevant gap).

Five million ecstasy tablets seized

BNE: Australian police have __________ the world’s largest ever find of the drug ecstasy.

An incredible one ton (1,000 kg) of the tiny, paper-thin tablets was discovered in Melbourne,

Australia. The drugs have an estimated street value of 195 million US dollars. An

__________ operation by the Australian police found the five million ecstasy tablets

__________ in wooden boxes on a ship that came from Italy. The drugs were probably made

in Holland, one of the world’s biggest production centres for ecstasy. Two men were arrested

at the scene for trying to import the __________ drugs. Police are currently looking for

twelve other members of the drug gang. Anyone who is arrested could be sentenced in court

to life imprisonment. An Australian government spokesperson, Senator Ellison, said the

international attempt to smuggle such a large amount of ecstasy into Australia “could have

wreaked __________ ”. Ecstasy is a popular drug with young people who dance at night

clubs and discos. People say it has the ability to provide lots of energy while dancing and

feelings of great __________.

havoc

pandemonium

chaos

mayhem

hidden

secreted

concealed

tucked away

undercover

covert

hush-hush

secret

happiness

uncovered

illegal

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