1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about the Zika Virus. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. ZIKA VIRUS: Make a poster about the Zika virus. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. PREGNANT WOMEN: Write a magazine article about the Zika virus and whether vaccines should be tested on pregnant women. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on the Zika virus. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your ideas on how people can stay safe. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.