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One Direction's movie premieres in London (22nd August, 2013)

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	created a frenzy	a.	the premiere live
2.	thousands of fans went to see	b.	got tickets
3.	get to	c.	their idols
4.	The first 200 fans	d.	carpet
5.	go home and watch	e.	from their own homes
6.	red	f.	in London
7.	streamed live	g.	see the band
8.	get the best views	h.	all over the world

PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	looked like the craziness	a.	similar to Beatlemania
2.	the closest I'll get in	b.	popularity was growing
3.	seeing anything	c.	my whole lifetime
4.	I just think	d.	single
5.	chased by hordes	e.	in the US
6.	He added that the band's	f.	it's remarkable
7.	debut	g.	of the Beatles
8.	get to number one	h.	of fans everywhere

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

The U.K. boy band One Direction (1) ___________________ London when thousands of fans went to (2) ___________________ premiere of their first movie, "This Is Us". Some fans camped in London's Leicester Square for three days (3) ___________________ band. The first 200 fans got tickets for a front-(4) ______________________. Organisers asked many fans to go home and (5) ___________________. They said: "We would like to remind fans that the red carpet is being streamed live all over the world, so they can (6) ___________________ from their own homes."

The scenes in London looked (7) ___________________ the Beatles in the 1960s. The movie's director told reporters: "This (8) ___________________ I'll get in my whole lifetime to (9) ___________________ to Beatlemania….I just think it's remarkable." He added that it was the same worldwide, not just in the UK or USA: he said they are (10) ___________________ fans everywhere and that 5,000 people camping outside the band's hotel in Mexico. He added that the band's (11) ___________________. The band beat the Beatles by being the first UK group to (12) ___________________ get to number one in the US.

BOY BANDS SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about boy bands in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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FREE WRITING

Write about boy bands for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

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