Protest

Lead-in

  • Is it good or bad to protest?
  • How should police deal with protestors?
  • How many different things can you do to protest?

Presentation

Pre

  • Can a protest by one person be as powerful as a protest by a million?

Top Down

  • What does the text talk about?
  • An environmental protest
  • A violent protest
  • An anti-government protest
  • An environmental protest
  • A violent protest
  • An anti-government protest

Nonviolence climate protesters

There is a growing number of young nonviolent climate protesters that are willing to face jail. Dorian Lynskey followed them in the weeks leading up to last week’s action.

In a flat in east London, on the night of 31 March, there are two dozen people in their early 20s packing sleeping bags and energy bars and discussing unorthodox toilet arrangements. There are bowls of vegan curry on the table and a Fontaines DC gig on the television. You might assume that they were going to a music festival, if not for the foldable ladders. In fact, they are all members of the new campaign group Just Stop Oil, which is demanding the cessation of all new oil licenses in the UK. Their plan is to bring traffic in and out of the Navigator oil terminal in Thurrock, Essex, to a grinding halt a few hours from now. From the window of the flat they can see Navigator’s vast white silos. “I saw it earlier and my stomach flipped,” says Hannah Hunt, a 23-year-old from Brighton. She calls it “the venue”.

Hunt is a veteran of Just Stop Oil’s precursors, Extinction Rebellion and Insulate Britain. In recent months she has delivered a letter containing Just Stop Oil’s demands to No 10 Downing Street, scaled the Fawley oil refinery in Southampton, and glued herself to the red carpet at the Bafta awards. She experiences anxiety before action but once it’s happening, she enters “a weird, dreamy, calm mindset. It’s really empowering.”

Modified from Source

Bottom Up

  • True or false
  1. There are two dozen people in their early 30s packing sleeping bags.
  2. There are bowls of vegan curry on the table and a Fontaines DC gig on the television.
  3. They were going to a music festival.
  4. The name of the campaign is Just Stop Oil.
  5. Hunt experiences anxiety before action.
  1. There are two dozen people in their early 30s packing sleeping bags. False
  2. There are bowls of vegan curry on the table and a Fontaines DC gig on the television. True
  3. They were going to a music festival. False
  4. The name of the campaign is Just Stop Oil. True
  5. Hunt experiences anxiety before action. True

Post

  • What do you think about this kind of protest?
  • What would make you want to protest?

Target Language

Describing pictures with ‘There Be’ and ‘Present Continuous’

Affirmative

There be + Object + verb + ing

  • There is a man climbing a wall.
  • There are people chanting.

Negative

There be + not + Object + verb + ing

  • There is not a woman standing in front of a soldier.
  • There are not people marching today.

Interrogative + Affirmative

Be + there + object + verb + ing

  • Is there a protest outbreaking?
  • Are there people using megaphones?

Interrogative + Negative

Be + not + there + object + verb + ing

  • Isn’t there a peaceful protest happening?
  • Aren’t there people blocking the road?

Things to use/bring in a protest

Controlled Practice

  • Match the words to their meanings. There is one example.

  1. Flare

  2. Mask

  3. Cash

  4. Fanny pack

  5. First-aid supply

  6. Handheld

(   ) Designed to be operated while being held in the hand.

(   ) Money in the form of notes and coins.

(   ) Collections of life-saving equipment that are used in cases of emergency.

(   ) A small bag attached to a long strap that you fasten around your waist.

(1) Something that produces a flame or bright light and is usually used as a signal.

(   ) A covering made of fiber or gauze and fitting over the nose and mouth to protect against dust or air pollutants.

  1. Flare

  2. Mask

  3. Cash

  4. Fanny pack

  5. First-aid supply

  6. Handheld

(6) Designed to be operated while being held in the hand.

(3) Money in the form of notes and coins.

(5) Collections of life-saving equipment that are used in cases of emergency.

(4) A small bag attached to a long strap that you fasten around your waist.

(1) Something that produces a flame or bright light and is usually used as a signal.

(2) A covering made of fiber or gauze and fitting over the nose and mouth to protect against dust or air pollutants.

Freer Practice

  • Look around and complete sentences below using your own ideas.

Example: There is … in front of me. > There is a phone in front of me. 

    1. There is … on the table.
    2. There are … in front of me.
    3. There is a book…
    4. There isn’t…
    5. There aren’t…

Production

  • Create 6 questions using the target language.

Example: Is there a pencil on your desk?

Homework

Match the halves of the sentences

Example: There is a kid… > There is a kid crying over there.

  1. There is a dog …

  2. Are there three …

  3. I think there are a …

  4. Is there one …

  5. He believes …

(   ) lot of people who don’t like funk.

(   ) extra ticket?

(   ) in front of my house.

(   ) there is a chance.

(   ) extra tickets?

  1. There is a dog …

  2. Are there three …

  3. I think there are a …

  4. Is there one …

  5. He believes …

(3) lot of people who don’t like funk.

(4) extra ticket?

(1) in front of my house.

(5) there is a chance.

(2) extra tickets?

Choose the best option to complete the sentences.

Example: There is / are a good chance. > There is / are a good chance.

  1. There / thare is someone waiting.
  2. There is / are people in the middle of the street.
  3. There aren’t / isn’t a single cloud in the Sky.
  4. I think there are / is a red sofa in her house.
  5. Are / is there cookies in the fridge?
  1. There is someone waiting.
  2. There are people in the middle of the street.
  3. There isn’t a single cloud in the Sky.
  4. I think there is a red sofa in her house.
  5. Are there cookies in the fridge?

Complete the sentences using the target language.

Example: ____ a red rose in the vase? > Is there a red rose in the vase?

  1. ____ a New Batman movie.
  2. ____ a place to study in your house?
  3. I know him and ____ some flaws in his character.
  4. Look! ____ a lot of flowers over there!
  5. I’m sorry but ____ enough seats available.
  1. There is a New Batman movie.
  2. Is there a place to study in your house?
  3. I know him and there are some flaws in his character.
  4. Look! There are a lot of flowers over there!
  5. I’m sorry but there aren’t enough seats available.

Use the following words to complete the sentences.

FANNY PACK – HANDHELD – CASH – WATER – FLARES – MASK

Example: I need some ____. > I need some cash.

  1. There is a ____ over there. Use it to protect your face.
  2. There are some ____ snacks inside my bag.
  3. There isn’t any ____ left to drink.
  4. Do you know if there are people using ____?
  5. Is there a ____ that I can use? I don’t want to take a backpack.
  1. There is a mask over there. Use it to protect your face.
  2. There are some handheld snacks inside my bag.
  3. There isn’t any water left to drink.
  4. Do you know if there are people using flares?
  5. Is there a fanny pack that I can use? I don’t want to take a backpack.

Find and correct the mistakes.

Example: There isn’t any dogs there. > There aren’t any dogs there.

  1. There are no front door in her house.
  2. There are so many beautiful reason to be happy.
  3. Is there coffees?
  4. There are beauty in everything.
  5. Are there kid playing outside?
  1. There is no front door in her house.
  2. There are so many beautiful reasons to be happy.
  3. Is there coffee?
  4. There is beauty in everything.
  5. Are there kids playing outside?

Writing

Write a short text about things you can see around you.

Example: There is a mug in my kitchen and…