THE CORONAVIRUS ‘CLASS DIVIDE’ (B1+/B2)

Anticipate Before Reading A. What elements do you take into account (= pay attention to) in order to anticipate what you are going to read? B. Take a quick look at the layout (= composition) of the document. What are you going to read? C. Rely on the key words in the headline (= title) to say what the purpose (=goal) of the document is. Read The Whole Document Carefully Identify The Relevant Elements D. What do you usually look fo in a text to better understand it? E. Identify the different elements you’ve just mentioned in the text. Answer the questions F. Answer the following questions in French. a) Indique ce à quoi correspondent les chiffres 1 et 6. b) Nomme la personne qui a interviewé les mamans d’élèves. c) Dis ce qui s’est produit sur les réseaux sociaux. d) Expliques-en la raison. e) Explique qui est Harriet Shearsmith. f) Indique ce à quoi correspond le chiffre 116,000. g) Dis quelle décision a prise Harriet quant au retour de ses enfants à l’école. h) Montre qu’elle annonce sa décision avec prudence. i) Explique ce qu’a été la réponse de ses opposants. j) Explicite les reproches qui lui sont faits par les autres parents. k) Rends compte de la décision prise par Harriet à la suite de ces reproches. l) Indique quelle est l’approche retenue par les parents du groupe de Marsha. Expand Your Vocabulary G. Underline the following words in the whole article:shamed—crosshairs—founder—issue—careful—caveat—dismissal—nonetheless—witheringly—obviously—accustomed—deal with—lockdown—temper—frayed—regardless—avoid—among H. Use the context in which these words are found and what you have understood of the text to guess their meaning. "Shamed" means humiliated respected "Crosshairs" means criticism ignorance "Founder" means follower creator "Issue" means solution problem "Careful" means attentive inattentive "Caveat" means misinformation warning "Dismissal" means welcoming rejection "Nonetheless" means and but "Witheringly" means politely humiliatingly "Obviously" means apparently questionably "accustomed" means familiarized disorganized "deal with" means accept refuse "lockdown" means freedom confinement "temper" means indifference anger "Frayed" means respectful uncivil "Regardless" means without considering considering "Avoid" means escape face "among" means between outside