Get ready

1

Read the question: “Can words be weapons?”. Drag the words related to “words” in the first category and those related to “weapons” in the second one.

2

Fill in the blanks with these words to reformulate the question.

3

Brainstorm from the title of the chapter.

4

Check with this table what you already know.

Observe and listen

1

Associate the words with the correct character of the picture.

2

Find synonyms and antonyms of “evil”.

   

3

Listen to the audioguide and fill in the blanks.

It's a for the American movie A Girl Like Her directed by Amy S. Weber. [...] The film tells the story of a  student, Jessica, who's being by her  friend, Avery, one of the most girls in her school. [...] Avery has , a public  one and a and more discreet one.

4

Choose the correct answer.

a) The girl looking down is everybody's dreamgirl. (Right. / Wrong.) 
b) The girl looking straight is the “girl like her”. (Right. / Wrong.) 
c) This story is based on a true story. (Right. / Wrong.)

Let's have fun

1

Listen to the song. Note the silent letter in “knives”, “swords” and “knocked”.

Knives → 
Swords → 
Knocked → 

2

Write down the words related to violence.

3

Think of another sound like fingernails on a chalkboard, which really irritates you.

You, with your words like knives
And swords and weapons that you use against me
You have knocked me off my feet again
Got me feeling like a nothing
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard
Calling me out when I'm wounded