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🪙 C1 Advanced Activity • Unit: Digital Currencies & The Future of Money

Nolu Reaction Wall

Turn 6 public reactions to the new digital currency into six formal news sentences.

⏱️ 20 Minutes 👥 Teams of 3–4

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Rules of the Game

🧑‍🏫 Teacher Set-Up & Flow

Guide

1 Divide the class into news teams of 3 to 4 students and appoint one scorekeeper per team.
2 Display the 6 Reaction Cards and instruct teams: "Report each reaction in exactly one concise news sentence."
3 Enforce strict use of the assigned verb pattern with "as" and reward bonus Unit vocabulary.
4 Run the timed swap: teams exchange news sheets to cross-check grammar and award points.
5 Consult the Teacher Key at the bottom of this sheet to settle any grammar debates.

📰 Student Newsroom Goals

Playbook

1 Your goal is to report all 6 reactions to the Nolu currency before the 20-minute countdown ends.
2 Write exactly one objective news sentence per card on your team's News Sheet.
3 Every sentence must incorporate the yellow verb pill and link it accurately using "as".
4 Score up to 3 points per card: 1 for content, 1 for correct verb structure, and 1 for a Unit word.
5 Swap papers with a rival desk, check each other's sentences, and tally the scores!

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Timed Plan (Total: 20 Minutes)

Step 1

Hand out cards & assign scorekeepers

Step 2

Draft news sentences for Cards 1 to 3

Step 3

Draft news sentences for Cards 4 to 6

Step 4

Desk swap & peer score checking

Step 5

Live read-aloud news showdown

Step 6

Tally points & crown top news desk

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Reaction Wall Cards

🪙 Small Town Mayor

"The Nolu is a great help for local shops struggling with transaction fees."

Source: Municipal Chamber of Commerce Press Briefing

Required Verb: be hailed as

🪙 Bank Manager

"The Nolu is a passing fashion that people will soon forget once reality sets in."

Source: Commercial Banking Quarterly Review

Required Verb: be dismissed as

🪙 Consumer Group

"The Nolu is a danger, because it can lose half its value in a week."

Source: National Retail Protection Council Bulletin

Required Verb: be condemned as

🪙 The Creator Company

"Our revolutionary Nolu platform is the unquestionable future of money."

Source: Nolu Labs Global Keynote Address

Required Verb: be touted as

🪙 Maths Teacher

"For me, the Nolu is only a game for people with spare money to gamble."

Source: Educator Forum on Digital Literacy

Required Verb: regard ... as

🪙 High Court Ruling

"A verified payment in Nolus counts in law the same as a payment in cash."

Source: High Court Commercial Division Judgment

Required Verb: treat ... as

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News Sheet: Editorial Reporting Desk

✍️ Instructions for Reporters: Draft one formal, C1-level news sentence for each card using the specified verb and "as". Strive to incorporate at least one target Unit word (blockchain, token, banknote, denomination, volatile, speculation, inflation, tamper, hoard, custody) per sentence.

Reaction 1: Small-Town Mayor

Target: be hailed as

Mayor: "The Nolu is a great help for local shops struggling with transaction fees."

____ (Write news sentence 1 here...)

Peer Tick Box: ____ Fits Reaction [1 pt] ____ Correct "hailed as" [1 pt] ____ Unit Word Bonus [1 pt]

Reaction 2: Bank Manager

Target: be dismissed as

Manager: "The Nolu is a passing fashion that people will soon forget once reality sets in."

____ (Write news sentence 2 here...)

Peer Tick Box: ____ Fits Reaction [1 pt] ____ Correct "dismissed as" [1 pt] ____ Unit Word Bonus [1 pt]

Reaction 3: Consumer Group

Target: be condemned as

Consumer Group: "The Nolu is a danger, because it can lose half its value in a week."

____ (Write news sentence 3 here...)

Peer Tick Box: ____ Fits Reaction [1 pt] ____ Correct "condemned as" [1 pt] ____ Unit Word Bonus [1 pt]

Reaction 4: The Creator Company

Target: be touted as

Company: "Our revolutionary Nolu platform is the unquestionable future of money."

____ (Write news sentence 4 here...)

Peer Tick Box: ____ Fits Reaction [1 pt] ____ Correct "touted as" [1 pt] ____ Unit Word Bonus [1 pt]

Reaction 5: Maths Teacher

Target: regard ... as

Teacher: "For her, the Nolu is only a game for people with spare money."

____ (Write news sentence 5 here...)

Peer Tick Box: ____ Fits Reaction [1 pt] ____ Correct "regard ... as" [1 pt] ____ Unit Word Bonus [1 pt]

Reaction 6: High Court Ruling

Target: treat ... as

Court: "A payment in Nolus counts in law the same as a payment in cash."

____ (Write news sentence 6 here...)

Peer Tick Box: ____ Fits Reaction [1 pt] ____ Correct "treat ... as" [1 pt] ____ Unit Word Bonus [1 pt]

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Scoring Criteria (Max 18 Points per Team)

Accurate Reporting

1 point per sentence

The sentence faithfully captures the substance of what the speaker said without inventing external facts.

Target Verb + "As"

1 point per sentence

The evaluation verb is grammatically correct and paired with "as" (must be verified and ticked by a rival team).

Unit Vocab Bonus

1 bonus point per sentence

Correctly embeds an official Unit word: blockchain, token, banknote, denomination, volatile, speculation, inflation, tamper, hoard, custody.

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Sentence Starters

Card 1 Starter

"In the small town, the new token has been hailed as..."

Card 2 Starter

"The token has been dismissed by one bank manager as..."

Card 3 Starter

"Because its value is volatile, the token has been condemned by a consumer group as..."

Card 4 Starter

"The Nolu has been touted by its creator company as..."

Card 5 Starter

"One maths teacher regards the Nolu as..."

Card 6 Starter

"In a High Court ruling, a verified payment in Nolus is treated as..."

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Teacher Key & Common Traps

Card	Official Model Sentence	Mistake to Hear (Listen For!)
1	"The Nolu was hailed as a great help for local shops."	"was hailed like a great help" (substituting "like" for "as")
2	"The Nolu was dismissed as a passing fashion."	"was dismissed to be a passing fashion" (using infinitive instead of "as")
3	"The Nolu was condemned as a danger."	"was condemned being dangerous" (omitting "as" and inserting participle)
4	"The Nolu was touted as the future of money."	"was touted like the future" (substituting "like" for "as")
5	"The teacher regarded the Nolu as only a game for people with spare money."	"regarded the Nolu being a game" (using "to be" instead of "as")
6	"The court treated a payment in Nolus as equivalent to a payment in cash."	"treated payment in Nolus same as cash" (dropping the governing preposition "as")

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Activity Variations

Level 1: Scaffolded

Pre-Printed Stems

Give struggling desks partial sentence frames where they only fill in the evaluation verb phrase and the noun phrase that follows as.

Target: Fluency support

Level 2: Standard

Vocab Lock-Out

No Unit word may be repeated across a team's 6 sentences. Teams must deploy 6 distinct Unit vocabulary items to earn their full bonus points.

Target: Lexical range

Level 3: Challenging

Live News Anchor

Instead of simply reading their sheet, one speaker per desk delivers all 6 sentences as a seamless 45-second TV broadcast without notes.

Target: Spoken discourse

⚡ Fast Finishers

Card 7: Central Bank

Create an extra reaction card representing the central bank's perspective. Must use the pattern describe ... as and the word inflation.

Target: Creative extension

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Closing Questions

Tone & Bias

Which of the evaluation verbs expresses the strongest positive bias, and which sounds the most dismissive or sceptical?

Journalistic Distance

Why do financial journalists use reporting formulas like "be hailed as" or "be touted as" rather than directly stating claims as undisputed facts?

Real-World Application

If the Nolu were suddenly rolled out across your home country tomorrow, how would your national commercial banks and tax authorities view it?

Class activity: Nolu Reaction Wall (Digital Currency Activity)