Activity

Harris vs Trump: Wh-question Info Gap

Simple, (politically neutral) information gap activity in which paired-up students ask questions to each other to find information about this year's American presidential candidates.

There are 2 worksheets for this activity, but students recieve only one each - A or B. I hand them out to alternate columns.

In pairs, each student must ask questions in order to find the information about the candidate about whom some is missing.

They should take turns, first Student A asks questions about Trump, then B tries to get the answers for Harris.

For lower levels ie. JHS1, the question word can be seen under the gap. Therefore, they "just" need to form a question beginnning with that word, decide if it takes "does" or "is" (and he or she!), then use the informtion they already have in order to make a question.

For example: They can see: KH is from __________________. (Where...?). So their question should be: "Where is she from?"

I have found that it is fairly self-explanatory, however, showing and demonstrating examples with your JT before they start is strongly advised; as is a short review of 3rd person question formation in general.

Although they are able to check their answers at the end by sharing their worksheets with each other, it would obviously be good practice to go over the actual questions that they (should have) asked as well.

*I have included 2 versions of the worksheets. 1 easier version (see above) in which the question words are beneath each gap and a more challenging version in which the question words are listed randomly at the foot of each page.

**I have tried to make this as apolitical / neutral / accurate as possible.

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  • Wh - questions with Harris and Trump.pdf (1.31 MB)
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    Submitted by dougief September 22, 2024 Estimated time: 20 - 40 minutes
    1. r100505 September 26, 2024

      From what I saw on wikipedia, Meena isn't her sisters name but her sister's daughter's name. Her sister's name is Maya.

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