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to go on strike

•Discuss the meaning of going on strike = to refuse to do something, particularly work, in

order to make a demand. Explain that there must be a specific reason or purpose to go on

strike (the cows in our story were seeking better working conditions).

• Look in the newspaper and see if there are any strikes going on; transportation system

(trains, airplanes, busses), nurses, teachers, firemen, police, ball players. Discuss the

consequences of a possible strike. What would happen if all the teachers went on strike?

Firemen? Policemen? Hospital workers?

• Give the students opportunities to role-play going on strike. Make sure they are clear about

their demand(s). Examples: The students refuse to clean up after an art activity because they

demand new paints or markers. What would the consequences be? The students refuse to

return their books to the library because they want new storybooks instead of old, ripped

ones. What would the consequences be?

• Explain that strike has more than one meaning. You can have a strike in bowling, or a strike

in baseball. You can strike a match or strike someone or something.

closed

• List and discuss places that can be closed: school, a store, the post office, the library, a pool or

the beach, a bank, a road. Discuss the reasons why some of these places might be closed: it’s

late at night, a particular day of the week, or a holiday. A road may be closed while the city is

building a new bridge.

•List and discuss things that can close: doors, windows, books, drawers, eyes, mouth.

• Opposite: open

• Explain that closed can have more than one meaning. It can be the past tense of to close,

meaning to shut, such as a door, or to come to an end, such as a letter.

• Reminds the students what closed-captioned television is. Explain the difference between

closed captions and open captions. (Closed captions are hidden as data in the TV picture

until you “open” them with a decoder. Open captions are already visible, without any special

technology. Note that they are called “closed” captions, not “close” captions.)

Writing

•Have the students write about what it would be like to live with no electricity.

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