Home Reading. Sandcastle. Assignment 1

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What are your impression of the first two chapters of the book? (Write one or two words)

Multiple Choice

Choose the right answer to fill in the blank in the sentence:

Our new classmate seemed to be ________.

• vulnerable

• futile

• fit

Multiple Choice

Choose the right answer to fill in the blank in the sentence:

He was a ________ in art and music, and the friend of most of the leading authors of his time.

• scholar

• right-hand man

• connoisseur

Multiple Choice

Choose the right answer to fill in the blank in the sentence:

I don't think I can ________ this noise any longer.

• take to

• put up with

• contribute to

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Write some words from the book that relate to school.

Open Ended

Explain the meaning of the idiom used in the target chapters:

You must have money to burn.

Open Ended

Explain the meaning of the of the idiom used in the target chapters:

I've got a bone to pick with Don.

Open Ended

Explain the meaning of the of the idiom used in the target chapters:

And we don't get some extra money from somewhere we shall have to draw our horns in.

Look at the pictures that are mentioned in the book:

The Neo-Gothic tower of St.Bride's school

​Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley.

Methodist

This is a real house which is situated in 7 Great George Str. Bristol.

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Georgian House

the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglican tradition.

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​The church of England

A Tory is a person who holds a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism

​This is Lord Rochester who was the first Tory Prime Minister in English Parliament.

​Tory

includes the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and much of the West End cultural centre.

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​Westminster

A Shiraz carpet is a type of Persian rug made in the villages around the city of Shiraz, in the Iranian province of Fars.

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​Shiraz

a city in Iran

This is Lambrook School, a British prep school in Winkfield in Berkshire

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​A preparatory school (prep school) in the UK is a fee-charging private primary school that caters for children up to approximately the age of 13.

​A visitor is an overseer of an autonomous institution, often a charitable institution

who can intervene in the internal affairs of that institution.

the Classical sixth- study humanities
the Science sixth - study natural sciences​

​Sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. It only refers to academic education, pupils typically prepare for A-level.

​Shrewsbury Sixth Form College in Shropshire

Poll

How many examples of the subjunctve have you found in the target chapters.

• less than ten

• more than ten

• haven't found

• what is the subjunctive?

Open Ended

Choose and write one example of the subjunctive:

Open Ended

Choose one of the question for discussion (from the assignment) and write your answer. Choose the form of your answer:

1. an email to a friend

2. a post in your blog

3. SMS to your friend

Open Ended

Choose a character from the book and make his/her profile in social net. Use the Word file to fill in the information.

Write your feedback about this task in the blank below :)

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Reflect your emotions of this lesson in one word