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Teacher guide & answers

In this lesson: Separate completed public voting from the later broadcast.

Golden Joystick Ceremony Follows Public Voting

How to use these two pages

Give learners the student worksheet. It contains the story and questions, without the answers. Keep this guide for yourself. Use it to lead the activity and explain the answers afterwards.

Student worksheet

A simple 15–20-minute lesson

Before reading · 2 minutes
Show the title. Ask: “What do you think this story is about?”
Read and answer · 8–10 minutes
Give out the student worksheet. Learners read for the main idea, then reread to answer the 2 questions. They can compare answers with a partner.
Discuss and write · 5–8 minutes
Check the answers below together. Ask learners to point to the clue in the story, then finish with the open question.

Adjust the support: Let learners use word help or Level 1 if needed. For a challenge, compare the wording in another level. This activity is not a proficiency test.

Answers to the 2 questions

The question numbers match the student worksheet. Each answer includes a reason and the clue learners can find in the story.

Where is the ceremony scheduled?
Correct answer: A — Troxy in London
Why: The opening paragraph gives London’s Troxy.
Clue in the story: Organiser Future lists the Golden Joystick Awards for November 11 at London’s Troxy. Alix Wilton Regan is scheduled to host.
Which stage was complete at the time of the report?
Correct answer: C — Public voting
Why: The second paragraph says voting has closed and the ceremony will reveal the winners later.
Clue in the story: Public voting has closed. The ceremony is set to reveal the winners later today, with a broadcast beginning at 18:00 GMT according to PC Gamer.

The open question: accept different answers

Ask learners: Put the voting and broadcast in order.

One possible answer: Public voting closed before the ceremony. The broadcast is scheduled to begin at 18:00 GMT, with the winners to be revealed later that day.

This is an example, not the only correct answer. Look for a relevant idea, a reason and the learner’s own words. Learners can answer aloud or write one or two sentences.

Grammar to discuss

A planned reveal

is set to reveal

Is set to describes a scheduled future action, rather than an announcement already made.