Protest Conversation Hour (21/6)

Good afternoon everybody!

In honor of the protests happening this evening, we talked about protests today in our Conversation Hour. First we learned some vocabulary words and phrases related to the protests like:

*I agree/disagree with the protests because...
*I will/won't go to the protest because...
*city infrastructure
*public health
*sewage system
*education
*public transport
*World Cup
*Olympics

Students then made posters as if the protest were in English. It was not necessary to agree with the protests to make a poster, simply share an opinion.

Next, we looked at a newspaper headline from the New York Times and a quote from the article:

"Sweeping protests in Brazil pull in an Array of Grievances"

“They don’t invest in education, they don’t invest in infrastructure, and they keep putting makeup on the city to show to the world that we can host the World Cup and Olympics,” said Jairo Domingos. 

Do you agree with the above quote? Leave a comment below to share your opinion. 

Finally, we listened to two American "protest songs" and read along with the lyrics. Here are the links to both the songs as promised:

Sam Cooke, "A Change is Gonna Come."

Black Eyed Peas, "Where is the Love?"

Here are the names of 10 other American newspapers and magazines to check out online for more headlines (so you have no excuse to not read the news in English):

1. The Wall Street Journal

2. USA Today

3. Washington Post

4. The Los Angeles Times 

5. The Nation

6. The New York Times Magazine

7. The New Yorker

8. The Economist 

9. Time Magazine  

10. Miami Herald 

Please be safe if you are attending the protest today, and leave a comment below to let me know if you agree or disagree with the protests. 

Talk to you later!