How do you think the vocabulary below is connected to the pop star Madonna? Start with vocabulary you think you can guess the connection for, skipping any which you are not sure about for now.
subservient/ subservience/ submissive
a gash
dead straight
sum up
feisty
take her at face value
convent girl
burning ambition
have an eye on the role
it’s no coincidence that Steven Spielberg is looking for…
a film adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha
her new look
it paid off
Who can blame her?
an uncanny resemblance to…
make it her own
a trashy punk
a clever pastiche
glitzy jewellery
she entranced…
she had already moved on
a gangster’s moll
put on weight
corset
menacing
loose hair (falling over her shoulders)
she was expecting her daughter
vanished from view
every colour under the sun
cut in a bob
notorious
Share one prediction you agreed on and see what the class thinks. Then ask about any vocabulary above you aren’t sure about, seeing if the class has a related prediction each time.
Read the text in Inside Out Upper U1 and check.
Ask about anything related to the vocabulary above and/ or the text which you aren’t sure about.
Choose another pop star and give short hints like those above until someone guesses who it is. Then take turns doing the same.
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