Let’s talk about elections and voting.
1.) Do you have fair, democratic elections in your country?
2.) Why is voting considered fundamental for Democracy?
3.) In what ways can a voting system be manipulated or corrupted?
4.) Is there social pressure to vote in your community?
WARM UP
Rank the issues in order of importance to you in terms of the next election.
immigration
Security
inflation
education
the environment
unemployment
crime rates
taxes
Freedom of Speech
International policy – Funding wars
VOCABULARY
Take turns selecting a vocabulary word. Try to help your partner guess your word.
GRAMMAR AND READING
Grammar
Signal Words and Voting Quiz – Practice using signal words in Present Tenses with a quiz about voting.
Indirect questions – Learn or review the grammar rules.
Reading
Suffragettes – Read about how women won the right to vote.
SPEAKING AND CONVERSATION
Conversation Questions
Voting Conversation Questions – Ten good questions you can ask around election time
Why Vote? – A reading, pronunciation, and conversation activity
Roll Play
Indirect speech presidential candidate role play. – Note: for lower intermediate students, we can do this activity in direct speech.
