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How Was School?

How Was School?

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English

11th Grade

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39 Slides • 42 Questions

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How Was School?

Unit 2 Lesson 2

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Before Reading

The following sentences recur as teens and parents interact.

Label each sentence teen or parent, and then comment on the overall tone the sentences reveal.

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Multiple Choice

1. Why can’t you get up on time?

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Teen

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Parent

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2. What’s the point of trying to

explain myself?

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Teen

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Parent

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3. You are so disrespectful!

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Teen

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Parent

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4. God, you just don’t understand!

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Teen

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Parent

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Multiple Choice

5. Why don’t you listen to me?

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Teen

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Parent

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6. What kind of future will you have?

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Teen

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Parent

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7. I am old enough, and I know what I am doing.

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Teen

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Parent

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8. What’s wrong with you?

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Teen

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Parent

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9. Leave me alone!

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Teen

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Parent

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Multiple Choice

10. Do I have to fight you on everything?

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Teen

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Parent

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Multiple Choice

1. Some students consider school difficult, but the majority find it a source of vitality and enthusiasm.

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

2. At school, teens can choose their friends, but they cannot choose their peers.

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

3. Adults know how stressful school can be, so they persuade their kids into talking about their school days.

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

4. In the afternoon, many students would rather go home, leaving their demanding school day behind them.

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True

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False

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Open Ended

1. List the alternatives the writer suggests to “How was school?” If you can't remember, think of your own.

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Open Ended

2. When does the conversation between parents and teens become heated?

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Open Ended

3. What in specific do teens need?

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A.

Scan the designated paragraphs to identify expressions closest in meaning to the explanations given.

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1. immediate contact or close range (paragraphs 7 and 8)

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1. immediate contact or close range

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2. a state in which something is in the past and no longer on one’s mind(paragraphs 8 and 9)

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2. a state in which something is in the past and no longer on one’s mind

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3. talk briefly to someone (paragraphs 9 and 10)

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3. talk briefly to someone

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4. do what someone wants you to do to show that you want to improve the relationship with him or her (paragraphs 10 and 11)

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4. do what someone wants you to do to show that you want to improve the relationship with him or her

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5. do or say something that helps you get rid of strong feelings

(Paragraphs 11 and 12)

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5. do or say something that helps you get rid of strong feelings

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B.

Use context clues to figure out the meaning of each word in blue. Then, fill in the chart with

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perennial (paragraph 6

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perennial

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complain

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dull

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recurrent

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tolerated

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geared up

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brooked (paragraph 9)

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Multiple Choice

brooked

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complain

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dull

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tolerated

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geared up

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brooked (paragraph 9)

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Multiple Choice

tedious

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dull/boring

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complain

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approving

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outburst

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rant (paragraph 12)

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Multiple Choice

rant

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complain

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tolerated

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approving

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outburst

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primed (paragraph 12)

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Multiple Choice

primed

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tolerated

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geared up

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approving

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grouse (paragraph 14)

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Multiple Choice

grouse

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approving

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complain

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recurrent

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endorsing (paragraph 14)

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Multiple Choice

endorsing

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approving

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complain

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recurrent

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C.

Identify the referent to each word in blue.

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1. none (paragraph 6)

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1. none

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2. this (paragraph 8)

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Fill in the Blank

2. this

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3. it (paragraph 10)

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Fill in the Blank

3. it

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4. so (paragraph 12)

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Fill in the Blank

4. so

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5. here (paragraph 13)

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Fill in the Blank

5. here

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Open Ended

D. Explain the interrelation between family structure and the quality of parent-child relation.

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E.

Answer the following questions based on the text:

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Multiple Choice

1. How do most parents start a conversation with their teens when the latter come back from school, and how successful are they in their attempt?

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Parents as, "how was school?"

Teens generally answer with a lot of enthusiasm and excitement.

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Parents as, "how was school?"

Teens are too tired and don't have the energy to answer the question.

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Parents don't ask anything and teens are the ones that open up about their school day.

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2. Identify the analogy used in paragraph 7, and explain the purpose behind using it.

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2. Identify the analogy used in paragraph 7, and explain the purpose behind using it.

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The writer compares teens spending time at school to adults spending time at work.

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The writer compares teens being tired to fish swimming in the sea.

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The writer compares school to a prison.

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3. State the main ideas in paragraphs 10 and 11 (orally), and then highlight the thematic relation between them (question on next slide).

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3. Thematic relation...

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Cause and effect

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comparison

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contrast

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problem and solution

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statement and support ot illustration

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4. Describe the tone in paragraph 15.

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4. Tone in paragraph 15...

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Angry and cruel

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Serious and instructive

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Sympathetic and compromising.

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calm and confused.

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5. How does the writer wrap up the text?

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Multiple Choice

5. She uses...

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facts and statistics

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an anecdote

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expert opinion

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argument

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Open Ended

6. List two types of audiences interested in reading the text, and identify the interest of each.

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Poll

7. Rate you relationship with your parents on a scale of 1 to 5: 1 being very bad, and 5 being best friends.

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8. Oral discussion

What insight has this text given you into your relation with your parents?

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How Was School?

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