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Hillary Rodham Clinton is one of the most famous women in the world. She is an American politician and serves as Senator for New York. She was a candidate in 2008 for the Democratic nomination to run for the Presidency. Hillary is married to Bill Clinton and was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. She has encouraged women worldwide to achieve their goals.
Hillary Rodham was born in Chicago in 1947. She was a highly popular and active girl at school. She loved sports and the Girl Scouts. At high school, she was involved in the student council and the school newspaper. After graduating with a degree in political science, she went onto Yale Law School. There she met and began dating Bill Clinton.
Hillary and Bill married in 1975. She joined a top law firm and slowly established herself as one of America’s top lawyers. She focused on children’s law. When Bill became Arkansas governor, Hillary went to work on reforming the state’s education. She was Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983 and Arkansas Mother of the Year in 1984.
Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the White House as First Lady in 2003. She spent eight extremely active years there, especially with health care and women’s issues. She became a US Senator in 2001. Clinton made history with her presidential campaign of 2008. Many believe she will one day become America’s first female president.
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SYNONYM MATCH
Match the words from the article on the left with their synonyms on the right. Are your answers the same as other students’?
Paragraphs 1 and 2
1.
famous
a.
contender
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candidate
b.
extremely
3.
achieve
c.
busy with
4.
highly
d.
fulfill
5.
involved in
e.
going out with
6.
dating
f.
well known
Paragraphs 3 and 4
7.
top
g.
particularly
8.
focused
h.
very
9.
reforming
i.
leading
10.
extremely
j.
women
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especially
k
concentrated
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female
l
improving
PHRASE MATCH
Match the following phrases from the article:
1.
run for
a.
in the student council
2
First Lady of the
b.
women’s issues
3.
encouraged women worldwide
c.
law firm
4.
she was involved
d.
to achieve their goals
5.
she met and began
e.
female president
6.
She joined a top
f.
history
7.
reforming the
g.
dating Bill Clinton
8.
health care and
h.
United States
9.
Clinton made
i.
the Presidency
10.
America’s first
j.
state’s education
LISTENING GAP FILL
Hillary Rodham Clinton is _______________ famous women in the world. She is an American politician _______________ Senator for New York. She was a candidate in 2008 for the Democratic nomination _______________ Presidency. Hillary is married to Bill Clinton and was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. She has encouraged women worldwide _______________ goals.
Hillary Rodham was born in Chicago in 1947. She _______________ and active girl at school. She loved sports and the Girl Scouts. At high school, she _______________ the student council and the school newspaper. She graduated _______________ political science. She went onto Yale Law School, where she ___________________ Bill Clinton.
Hillary and Bill married in 1975. She joined _______________ and slowly established _______________ of America’s top lawyers. She focused on children’s law. When Bill became Arkansas governor, Hillary _______________ reforming the state’s education. She was Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983 and Arkansas Mother of _______________.
Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the White House as First Lady in 2003. She spent eight extremely _________________, especially with health _________________ issues. She became a US Senator in 2001. Clinton _________________ her presidential campaign of 2008. Many believe _________________ become America’s first female president.
CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD
Delete the wrong word in each of the pairs in italics.
Hillary Rodham Clinton is one of the most / mostly famous women in the world. She is an American politician and services / serves as Senator for New York. She was a candidate in 2008 for the Democratic nomination to run / for the Presidency. Hillary is married to Bill Clinton and was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. She has encouraged women worldwide to achievement / achieve their goals.
Hillary Rodham was born in Chicago in 1947. She was a highly / high popular and active girl at school. She loved sports and the Girl Scouts. At high school, she was involvement / involved in the student council and the school newspaper. She graduated with / for a degree in political science. She went onto Yale Law School, where / while she met and began dating Bill Clinton.
Hillary and Bill married in 1975. She joint / joined a top law firm and slowly established herself was / as one of America’s top lawyers. She focused on children’s law / lawyers. When Bill became Arkansas governor, Hillary went to work on reforming the state’s / states’ education. She was Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983 and Arkansas Mother of the Year in 1984.
Hillary Rodham Clinton entered / entrance the White House as First Lady in 2003. She spent eight extremely active / actively years there, especially with health care and women’s issues. She became a US Senator in 2001. Clinton made historian / history with her presidential campaign of 2008. Many believe she will one day become America’s first feminine / female president.
SPELLING
The underlined, jumbled words are from the text. Spell them correctly.
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Paragraph 3
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Paragraph 4
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16.
America’s first felema President
PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER
Number these lines in the correct order.
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Woman of the Year in 1983 and Arkansas Mother of the Year in 1984.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton is one of the most famous women in the world. She is an American politician and serves
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Hillary Rodham was born in Chicago in 1947. She was a highly popular and active girl at school. She loved
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Presidency. Hillary is married to Bill Clinton and was the First Lady of the United States from
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Hillary and Bill married in 1975. She joined a top law firm and slowly established herself
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as one of America’s top lawyers. She focused on children’s law. When Bill became Arkansas
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sports and the Girl Scouts. At high school, she was involved in the student council and the school newspaper. She graduated
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with a degree in political science. She went onto Yale Law School, where she met and began dating Bill Clinton.
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governor, Hillary went to work on reforming the state’s education. She was Arkansas
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1993 to 2001. She has encouraged women worldwide to achieve their goals.
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as Senator for New York. She was a candidate in 2008 for the Democratic nomination to run for the
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Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the White House as First Lady in 2003. She spent eight extremely active
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history with her presidential campaign of 2008. Many
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years there, especially with health care and women’s issues. She became a US Senator in 2001. Clinton made
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believe she will one day become America’s first female President.
SCRAMBLED SENTENCES
With your partner, put the words back into the correct order.
1.
First the from 2001 of States to Lady United 1993
2.
encouraged their women goals worldwide She to has achieve
3.
school a and at was popular girl She highly active
4.
political in degree a with graduated She science
5.
Clinton met began Bill she and dating
6.
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7.
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8.
active there spent extremely years She eight
9.
history her campaign made with presidential Clinton
10.
female day president become she America’s will first one
HILLARY CLINTON DISCUSSION
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.
What do you know about Hillary Clinton?
2.
Would you like to have met Hillary Clinton?
3.
What would you like to know about Hillary Clinton and why?
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information about Hillary Clinton. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. HILLARY CLINTON POSTER: Make a poster showing the different stages of the life of Hillary Clinton. Show your poster to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all find out similar things?
4. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about Hillary Clinton. Include an imaginary interview with her. Write about what she did every day and what she thought about.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
5. LETTER: Write a letter to Hillary Clinton. Ask her three questions about her life. Tell her how important she is in today’s world and how she is missed. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your “Hillary Clinton expert” partner(s) will try and answer your questions.
ANSWERS
SYNONYM MATCH:
Paragraphs 1 and 2
1.
famous
a.
well known
2
candidate
b.
contender
3.
achieve
c.
fulfill
4.
highly
d.
extremely
5.
involved in
e.
busy with
6.
dating
f.
going out with
Paragraphs 3 and 4
7.
top
g.
leading
8.
focused
h.
concentrated
9.
reforming
i.
improving
10.
extremely
j.
very
11
especially
k
particularly
12
female
l
women
PHRASE MATCH:
1.
run for
a.
the Presidency
2
First Lady of the
b.
United States
3.
encouraged women worldwide
c.
to achieve their goals
4.
she was involved
d.
in the student council
5.
she met and began
e.
dating Bill Clinton
6.
She joined a top
f.
law firm
7.
reforming the
g.
state’s education
8.
health care and
h.
women’s issues
9.
Clinton made
i.
history
10.
America’s first
j.
female president
ALL OTHER EXERCISES:
Look at the text in "THE READING / TAPESCRIPT" section at the top of this page.
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