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Starbucks opens coffee shop with tatami in Kyoto

3rd July, 2017



Contents

The Article

2

Discussion (Student-Created Qs)

14

Warm-Ups

3

Language Work (Cloze)

15

Before Reading / Listening

4

Spelling

16

Gap Fill

5

Put The Text Back Together

17

Match The Sentences And Listen

6

Put The Words In The Right Order

18

Listening Gap Fill

7

Circle The Correct Word

19

Comprehension Questions

8

Insert The Vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

20

Multiple Choice - Quiz

9

Punctuate The Text And Add Capitals

21

Role Play

10

Put A Slash ( / ) Where The Spaces Are 22

After Reading / Listening

11

Free Writing

23

Student Survey

12

Academic Writing

24

Discussion (20 Questions)

13

Homework

25

Answers

26

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THE ARTICLE

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Starbucks has opened a new coffee shop in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto. It is unlike any other Starbucks in the world as it has three rooms with tatami ? the traditional straw matting that is used for floors in Japanese houses. There are no chairs in the tatami rooms. People sit on flat cushions on the tatami mats. The new coffee shop is in a 100-yearold house in one of the most historic areas of Kyoto. It is located on the attractive Ninen-zaka shopping street. It is situated between two UNESCO World Heritage-listed temples. The area is very popular with tourists, many of whom rent traditional Japanese kimono to go sightseeing in. The three tatami rooms are on the second floor of the house.

Starbucks has done its best to make sure the coffee shop blends in with its traditional surroundings. There are no neon signs and no big, green Starbucks names or logos. Instead, there is a traditional dark-blue curtain hanging over the front door. The coffee shop's logo is printed on the curtain in black. Starbucks has reformed the house in the traditional style and has created a Japanese garden for people to look at. The company also wants to be a good neighbor. It has decided not to let people form lines in front of the shop as they wait to get in. It will also limit the number of customers during peak hours. This is to avoid disrupting the quiet atmosphere in the area with crowds of customers.

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WARM-UPS

1. COFFEE: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about coffee.

Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will

the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?

coffee shop / capital / Kyoto / traditional / cushions / historic / shopping street / sure / surroundings / neon sign / curtain / style / garden / neighbor / customer / atmosphere

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. STARBUCKS: Students A strongly believe Starbucks is the world's best coffee

shop; Students B strongly believe it isn't. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

4. COFFEE SHOPS: How can coffee shops be better? Complete this table with your

partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

Location Interior Music Menu Wi-fi Seating

Your local coffee shop

Improvement

5. CAPITAL: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate

with the word "capital". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

6. LOCATION: Rank these with your partner. Put the best for a coffee shop at the

top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

? a historic house ? a shopping mall ? a train station ? a park

? a shopping street ? a museum ? an amusement park ? a library

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BEFORE READING / LISTENING

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1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a. Starbucks opened a coffee shop in an ancient capital. T / F b. The coffee shop has three tatami rooms. T / F c. The coffee shop is in a 1,000-year-old building. T / F d. The tatami rooms are on the second floor of the coffee shop. T / F e. The coffee shop doesn't match the surroundings of its area. T / F f. There is a big green neon sign on the coffee shop. T / F g. Customers are not allowed to line up outside the shop. T / F h. There will be no limit to the number of customers at peak hours. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH:

Match the following synonyms. The words in bold are from the news article.

1. ancient 2. unlike 3. areas 4. located 5. popular 6. blends 7. logo 8. reformed 9. line 10. atmosphere

a. regions b. improved c. well-liked d. old e. harmonizes f. mood g. queue h. different from i. trademark j. found

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1. a new coffee shop in Japan's ancient 2. It is unlike 3. People sit on flat 4. one of the most 5. go 6. make sure the coffee shop blends 7. neon 8. reformed the house in the 9. limit the number 10. avoid disrupting the quiet

a. cushions b. of customers c. historic areas of Kyoto d. sightseeing e. in f. capital of Kyoto g. traditional style h. atmosphere i. any other Starbucks j. signs

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GAP FILL

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Starbucks has opened a new coffee shop in Japan's (1) ____________ capital of Kyoto. It is unlike any other Starbucks in the world as it has three rooms with tatami ? the traditional (2) ____________ matting that is used for (3) ____________ in Japanese houses. There are no chairs in the tatami rooms. People sit on flat (4) ____________ on the tatami mats. The new coffee shop is in a 100-year-old house in one of the most historic (5) ____________ of Kyoto. It is located on the attractive Ninen-zaka shopping street. It is (6) ____________ between two UNESCO World Heritage-listed temples. The area is very (7) ____________ with tourists, many of whom rent traditional Japanese kimono to go sightseeing in. The three tatami rooms are on the (8) ____________ floor of the house.

cushions situated straw second ancient popular floors areas

Starbucks has done its best to make (9) ____________ the coffee shop blends in with its traditional surroundings. There are no (10) ____________ signs and no big, green Starbucks names or logos. Instead, there is a traditional dark-blue curtain (11) ____________ over the front door. The coffee shop's logo is printed on the curtain in black. Starbucks has (12) ____________ the house in the traditional style and has created a Japanese garden for people to look at. The company also wants to be a good (13) ____________. It has decided not to let people form (14) ____________ in front of the shop as they wait to get in. It will also limit the number of customers during (15) ____________ hours. This is to avoid disrupting the quiet atmosphere in the area with (16) ____________ of customers.

sure neighbor hanging crowds neon peak lines reformed

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LISTENING ? Guess the answers. Listen to check.

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1) Starbucks has opened a new coffee shop in Japan's ______ a. ancient cap it all b. ancient capped all c. ancient cap a tail d. ancient capital

2) The new coffee shop is in a 100-year-old house in one of the ______ a. most history areas b. mostly historic areas c. most historic areas d. mostly historian areas

3) It is situated between two UNESCO World Heritage-______ a. list it temples b. wrist it temples c. listed temples d. leased temples

4) The area is very popular with tourists, many of whom rent ______ a. traditionally Japanese kimono b. tradition all Japanese kimono c. tradition Japanese kimono d. traditional Japanese kimono

5) The three tatami rooms are on the second ______ house a. floor of the b. floor off the c. floor of a d. flooring of the

6) Starbucks has done its best to make sure the coffee ______ a. shop blends in b. shop blends on c. shop brand in d. shop brands in

7) Instead, there is a traditional dark-blue curtain hanging ______ door a. over the fronts b. over the fronted c. over the affront d. over the front

8) Starbucks has reformed the house in the ______ a. traditional styles b. traditional stylish c. traditional styled d. traditional style

9) It has decided not to let people form lines ______ shop a. on front of the b. in front of the c. at front of the d. in front off the

10) It will also limit the number of customers during ______ a. peak hours b. pick hours c. peach hours d. pack hours

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LISTENING ? Listen and fill in the gaps

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Starbucks (1) ___________________ new coffee shop in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto. It is unlike any other Starbucks in the world (2) ___________________ rooms with tatami ? the traditional straw matting that (3) ___________________ floors in Japanese houses. There are no chairs in the tatami rooms. People (4) ___________________ cushions on the tatami mats. The new coffee shop is in a 100-year-old house in one of the most historic areas of Kyoto. It is located on the attractive Ninen-zaka shopping street. It (5) ___________________ two UNESCO World Heritage-listed temples. The area is very popular with tourists, many of whom rent traditional Japanese kimono to go sightseeing in. The three tatami rooms are (6) ___________________ floor of the house.

Starbucks has (7) ___________________ to make sure the coffee shop blends in with its traditional surroundings. There are (8) ___________________ and no big, green Starbucks names or logos. Instead, there is a traditional dark-blue curtain hanging (9) ___________________ door. The coffee shop's logo is printed on the curtain in black. Starbucks has reformed the house in the traditional style and has created a Japanese garden for (10) ___________________. The company also wants to be a good neighbor. It has decided not to let people form lines in front of the shop (11) ___________________ get in. It will also limit the number of customers during peak hours. This is to avoid disrupting the quiet atmosphere (12) ___________________ crowds of customers.

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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

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1. How many tatami rooms are in the new coffee shop?

2. How many chairs are there in the new tatami rooms?

3. How old is the house used by the new Starbucks coffee shop?

4. Who is the area popular with?

5. What do many tourists rent?

6. What does the coffee shop blend in with?

7. What colour is the curtain hanging above the door?

8. What has Starbucks created for people to look at?

9. What has Starbucks decided not to let people form?

10. What does Starbucks not want to disrupt?

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