1. RELATIONSHIPS: Walk around the class and talk to other students about relationships.
Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most
interesting and which are most boring.
relationships / rocky patches / break-ups / low points / wisdom / strain / a brave face / dealing with problems / masculine / drugs / dependent / divorce / ups and downs Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. MEN & WOMEN: Who‘s better at what? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change
partners and share what you wrote. Change and share again.
Better at… Who? Why? Romance
Driving
Parenting
Saving money
Teaching
Being honest
4. COPING: Students A
strongly believe men are better at coping with relationship break-ups;
Students B
strongly believe the opposite – women are better. Change partners again and talk
about your conversations.
5. EMOTIONAL PAIN: Which of these are best for dealing with emotional pain? Rank them
and share your rankings with your partner. Change partners and share your rankings.
talking to someone
listening to music
drinking alcohol
spending time alone
watching a movie
pretending it isn‘t there
going shopping
drugs
6. MASCULINE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with
the word ‗masculine‘. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put
the words into different categories.
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
1.
Affected
a.
talking more
2
Rocky
b.
Overstated
3.
Coping
c.
coped with
4.
Exaggerated
d.
Shaky
5.
Brave
e.
Conscious
6.
Dealt
f.
Influenced
7.
Masculine
g.
Needy
8.
Dependent
h.
Managing
9.
opening up
i.
Manly
10. Aware
j.
Courageous
