What is an article?

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​MSc. Patricia Lema

What is an article?

An article is a non-fiction text about things that happened not long ago or news. The topics can be general or specific. An article may describe places, people and situations.

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Have you ever read and article?

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Almost 400 college students are graduating. A billionaire gives them a gift. He says that he is going to pay off their student loans. People are shocked. One student thinks that the billionaire is lying. The president of the college says that this is the first time that he sees something like this.

​Billionaire Helps Students

GLOSSARY:​

Graduate: To successfully complete a course of study or training.

Gift: Present

Lie: Saying something that is not true.

Shocked: Surprised.

Student Loan: The amount of money that you need to go to college. This is money you must return when you start working.

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STUDENT LOAN

GIFT

LIE

GRADUATE

SHOCKED

Multiple Choice

What is the article about?

• A billionaire gives money to college students

• A billionaire pays student loans

• A student became billionaire

• How to become a billionaire

​Reread the article. You can read the article often as needed to understand the main idea.

"​Almost 400 college students are graduating. A billionaire gives them a gift. He says that he is going to pay off their student loans. People are shocked. One student thinks that the billionaire is lying. The president of the college says that this is the first time that he sees something like this."

Do you remember the order of the ideas?

Reorder

Reorder the following ideas according to the article.

• Approximately 400 college students are graduating.

• A billionaire gives thea gift.

• ‘I’m going to pay off students’ loans’, says the billionaire.

• One of the students believes this man is lying.

• ‘It’s the first time that I see something like this’,

  the president of the college says.

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Read the article above and think of the best title for this.

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Let's Practice?

​Vocabulary:

• Barter: Exchange goods or services.

• Goods: Things or objects people use.

• Services: Activity that a person does for the benefit of someone.

​People have used the money for more than 3000 years. Before that time, people used to barter. Bartering is an exchange without money. Goods and services can be bartered. For example, I will give you some onions if you help to take care of my animals. It was not easy to barter. So people in prehistoric times started to exchange salt, animals, and services, but some people still barter now.

The Chinese created the first money. They were little sharp figures, but those were dangerous. So the Chinese decided to model them as circles. In that way the first coins appeared. Later with the invention of paper, paper money also appeared. Now governments distribute money, but in that time, banks distributed the money.

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Investigate in the internet a short article (max. 10 lines) about your favorite artist or any topic of your interest. Write it in your English notebook by paying attention to spelling and punctuation.

Include at the end the new vocabulary in the article.

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