Name one pre-activity teachers can use with newspaper materials.

• A. Do not pre-distribute any material.
• B. Give students the material before the lesson to look for vocabulary as homework.
• C. Give students the material after the lesson to look for vocabulary as homework.
• D. Skip vocabulary.

Answer: (B)

Priming students with key vocabulary before they read a newspaper text is the essential idea. Giving the material ahead of time to look for vocabulary as homework helps students survey the article, spot unfamiliar terms, recognize headline cues, and notice word forms. When they come to class already lingually equipped with a map of what to focus on, the lesson can dive into vocabulary in context, discussion, and comprehension tasks more effectively, rather than spending time guessing meaning from scratch. This pre-activity approach activates prior knowledge and sets a clear purpose for reading, so you can target the vocabulary that will appear and design activities that solidify understanding. Distributing nothing beforehand misses the preparation step, while giving the material after the lesson becomes a post-activity task, and skipping vocabulary altogether leaves learners without crucial tools to navigate authentic newspaper language.