Group A.
Each group will focus on a different part of the article, and then you will share your findings with Groups B and C students.
After readingArticle 1 for Group A, complete the activity below.
1.What is Hannah Neeleman's nickname? In your opinion, is it positive or negative?
2.In your own words, explainthe difference between "a homemaker" and "a breadwinner"? Compare this with people mentioned in other documents you have studied earlier on in this sequence.
Pay attention to these words. They look familiar but they are tricky :
discourse - dispute - agenda
3.List everything negative in the article according to Hannah Neeleman. What conclusions does she draw? Explain in your own words.
4.According to the journalist Hannah has become an avatar. Find a synonym for this word.
5.Find the adverb which shows that people were very interested in the topic.
Ballerina Farm Controversy - Group B Worksheet
Group B.
Each group will focus on a different part of the article, and then you will share your findings with Groups A and C students.
After readingArticle 2 for Group B, complete the activity below.
1.Imagine Hannah has been elected Influencer of the Year by several social networks, and your team is in charge of the speech which will be delivered before she receives the award.
2.Work together with the information from this extract to build a fun yet accurate account of Hannah's achievements.
Each of you will deliver the speech to a different group when it is time to share your findings.
Ballerina Farm Controversy - Group C Worksheet
Group C.
Each group will focus on a different part of the article, and then you will share your findings with Groups A and B students.
After readingArticle 3 for Group C, complete the activity below.
1.List the positive and negative reactions to the article in the table below. You can draw it in your notebook, fill it in online or download it. You can also type your answers directly in a. and b.
a.Negative reactions:
Ex : She’s a broken, exhausted woman with a controlling husband.
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b.Positive reactions:
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2.Focus on the last paragraph:
“The way people hate on Ballerina Farm and Nara Smith is so irritating like, if a women CHOOSES the traditional life, cooking and cleaning for their families it’s THEIR choice, people want them to be unhappy soooo bad and it’s weird,” an X user wrote (X = former Twitter).
a.Discuss this last remark. Do you think people are prejudiced against tradwives?
b.Discuss and decide which sentence in the text you most agree with.
Ballerina Farm Controversy - Whole Class Worksheet 2
Read the following passagefrom the article, and then discuss what "blink twice if she needs help" means.
Why is everyone upset about the egg apron?
After the article’s publication, an old Instagram video Neeleman had posted resurfaced in which she appears disappointed after Daniel gifts her an egg apron (with tiny pockets to collect eggs on the farm) for her birthday, instead of tickets to Greece. Now the couple’s social media accounts are flooded with comments demanding he take Neeleman to Greece. Other comments ask her to blink twice if she needs help.