Shukugawa OCC Saturday Classes - Saturday, April 18

Class 100

Did the intro bubble activity and Guess Who game from unit 1. 

HW: page 11- Starting Off. Questions 1-5 (and challenged them to try writing their own question).

Class 300

Did a ton of introduction type conversation. Started to discuss cosmetic surgery.

HW: pg 12 Extending the topic- A

Class 200

Did short intros and read about and discussed seasons a bit.

HW: pg 7 both Active Outline and Comprehension Qs sections.

Class 400

We discussed the following article on Child poverty.

HW: Finish Phrase Match and read the article.

Child Poverty Grows As Cities Expand

1. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	proportion	a.	absence
2	poverty	b.	dangerous
3.	lack	c.	hovels
4.	proper	d.	impoverishment
5.	exploitation	e.	denied access to
6.	slums	f.	abuse
7.	excluded	g.	built-up
8.	thrive	h.	amount
9.	urban	i.	real
10.	hazardous	j.	do well

2. PHRASE MATCH:  (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	lack the most basic	a.	from vital services
2	proper	b.	in urban areas
3.	excluded	c.	into child labour
4.	they live in fear	d.	birth
5.	Millions of children are forced	e.	children under five
6.	the biggest killers of	f.	to exploitation
7.	disadvantaged from	g.	of violence
8.	One-third of children	h.	toilets
9.	much more vulnerable	i.	settlements
10.	living in crowded	j.	of services

A new report from the United Nations Children's Fund warns that hundreds of millions of children in the world’s cities are living in poverty. UNICEF’s "State of the World’s Children Report" says a staggering proportion of children lack the most basic of services, including clean water, education, health, proper toilets. "Urbanization leaves hundreds of millions of children in cities and towns excluded from vital services," the Children's Fund said. The Fund also says these children are among the most disadvantaged and vulnerable in the world because they live in fear of violence and exploitation on a daily basis. Millions of children are forced into child labour and the sex industry.
The report explains how the slums where children live have diseases such as pneumonia and diarrhoea, two of the biggest killers of children under five in the world. UNICEF spokeswoman, Marixie Mercado, says many children are disadvantaged from birth and are excluded from “normal” society in which richer children can thrive. She says: “One-third of children in urban areas are not registered at birth [and that] makes them much more vulnerable to exploitation throughout their lives.” UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake added: "Children are vulnerable to.…the injuries, illnesses and death that result from living in crowded settlements atop hazardous rubbish dumps or alongside railroad tracks."
Discussion Questions

1.       What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘poverty’?

2.       What’s the poorest you’ve ever been?

3.       What questions would you like to ask a child slum dweller?

4.       What do you think poor children think of the rich world?