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UNIT 5: SCHOOL
By TRUNG TÂM GIÁO DỤC TOÀN CẦU GLOBAL EDUCATION
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Vocabulary and Reading: School subjects
1. Match the school subjects in the box to the pictures A-L.
Listen and check. Then repeat
biology chemistry design and technology drama foreign languages geography history ICT maths PE physics science
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Vocabulary and Reading: School subjects
1. Match the school subjects in the box to the pictures A-L.
Answers
A. biology
B. chemistry
C. drama
D. science
E. geography
F. foreign languages
G. ICT
H. design and technology
I. PE
J. history
K. maths
L. physics
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Vocabulary and Reading: School subjects
2. Read the article about schools in Finland and choose the best title.
A. Starting young
B. New ways of learning
C. Time for homework
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In international tests of maths, science and reading, students in Finland do well. This is good news! But when you look more carefully at the schools, it's not easy to explain. Finnish students don't start school until they are seven years old. The school day is short, about five hours, and there are only three or four classes a day. Students don't have much homework and there are no exams. So, why don't they do badly in tests? Perhaps something else can explain it.
The article
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The article
There is another unusual feature of schools in Finland. For most of us, the school timetable is a list of subjects, for example ICT, history, foreign languages, geography, with one lesson following another. But some experts believe our brains work in a different way. They say our brains don't divide our learning into subjects. Our brains learn better when they get new information in context. This is why some Finnish schools don't teach subjects separately. Instead, they give students a project, such as 'the weather', and then bring school subjects into the project.
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The article
So how do some experts believe we learn most easily? Here's an example of a project with a class of 12-year-olds. Students watch a video re-enactment of the end of the city of Pompeii. Then on their laptops they compare ancient Italy under the Romans with modern Finland. Groups look at different parts of the topic and then share their ideas. They also use 3D printers to make a tiny Roman building. Later, they use the pieces of the building for a game. This project includes history, ICT, and design and technology.
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Vocabulary and Reading: School subjects
2. Read the article about schools in Finland and choose the best title.
A. Starting young
B. New ways of learning
C. Time for homework
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Vocabulary and Reading: School subjects
2. Read the article about schools in Finland and choose the best title.
Answer
B. New ways of learning
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Vocabulary and Reading: School subjects
3. Read the article again and answer the questions.
1. At what age do Finnish students go to school?
2. How long are they at school every day?
3. Do students have any homework?
4. Do subject words appear on all school timetables?
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Vocabulary and Reading: School subjects
3. Read the article again and answer the questions.
5. How do some experts think our brains work?
6. In Finland, do students
a. complete a project at the same time as they learn school subjects, or
b. study school subjects and then complete a project?
7. What subjects do students learn when they do the project on Pompeii?
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Vocabulary and Reading: School subjects
3. Read the article again and answer the questions.
Answers
1. At what age do Finnish students go to school?
-> They start at the age of 7.
2. How long are they at school every day?
-> For about five hours.
3. Do students have any homework?
-> They have a little.
4. Do subject words appear on all school timetables?
-> Yes, they do.
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Vocabulary and Reading: School subjects
3. Read the article again and answer the questions.
Answers
5. How do some experts think our brains work?
-> They think our brains understand better when knowledge is connected.
6. In Finland, do students
a. complete a project at the same time as they learn school subjects, or
7. What subjects do students learn when they do the project on Pompeii?
-> History, ICT, design and technology.
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Vocabulary and Reading: School subjects
4. In pairs, ask and answer the questions.
1. Which are your favourite subjects?
2. Which subjects don't you enjoy as much?
3. Which subjects are you best at?
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PRONUNCIATION: Word patterns
5. Listen and look at the word patterns in the table. Then put the words in the box into the correct column
0o | 0oo | o0oo |
|---|---|---|
topic | audience | communicate |
Listen and check. Then repeat
biology chemistry classroom favourite geography history languages science technology
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PRONUNCIATION: Word patterns
5. Listen and look at the word patterns in the table. Then put the words in the box into the correct column
Answers
0o | 0oo | o0oo |
|---|---|---|
topic | audience | communicate |
Listen and check. Then repeat
biology chemistry classroom favourite geography history languages science technology
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Grammar: Comparative and superlative
1. Look at the adverbs in the sentences. Decide which ones are simple adverbs, comparative adverbs or superlative adverbs.
1. In international tests of maths, science and reading, students in Finland do well.
2. When you look more carefully at the schools, it's not easy to explain.
3. So, why don't they do badly in tests?
4. Do students learn better when the school day is shorter?
5. When there is no exam, do students study hard?
6. Do students learn more efficiently when they study subjects or when they study a topic?
7. So, how do some experts believe we learn the most easily?
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Grammar: Comparative and superlative
1. Look at the adverbs in the sentences. Decide which ones are simple adverbs, comparative adverbs or superlative adverbs.
Answers
Simple adverbs: well, badly, hard
Comparative adverbs: more carefully, better, more efficiently
Superlative adverbs: the most easily
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Grammar: Comparative and superlative
2. Look at the comparative and superlative adverbs and in Exercise 1 again and answer the question.
Which word do we often use before superlative adverbs?
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Grammar: Comparative and superlative
2. Look at the comparative and superlative adverbs and in Exercise 1 again and answer the question.
Answer: The
Which word do we often use before superlative adverbs?
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Grammar: Comparative and superlative
3. Complete the table
Adjective | Simple adverb | Comparative adverb | Superlative adverb |
|---|---|---|---|
bad | 1. .................................. | worse | the worst |
2. ........................... | 3. ................................... | 4. ......................................... | the best |
5. ........................... | 6. .................................... | 7. .......................................... | the most carefully |
8. ........................... | efficiently | 9. ........................................ | 10. ...................................... |
easy | 11. ................................... | 12. ....................................... | 13. ........................................ |
14. ......................... | 15. .................................. | harder | 16. ....................................... |
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Grammar: Comparative and superlative
3. Complete the table
Answers:
Adjective | Simple adverb | Comparative adverb | Superlative adverb |
|---|---|---|---|
bad | 1. | worse | the worst |
2. | 3. | 4. | the best |
5. | 6. | 7. | the most carefully |
8. | efficiently | 9. | 10. |
easy | 11. | 12. | 13. |
14. | 15. | harder | 16. |
hard hard the hardest
easier more easily the most easily
efficient more efficiently the most efficiently
careful carefully more carefully
better
well
good
badly
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Grammar: Comparative and superlative
4. Write the correct form of the adverb for the adjective in brackets.
1. Laura often makes mistakes because she always does her homework very .......................... (quick)
2. Hans speaks ............................. (fast) in our class
3. You speak English much ........................... (good) than me
4. Please can you speak .............................. (slow) ?
I didn't understand you before
5. None of us did well in the exam, but I did ..................................... (bad)!
6. I think I work .............................................. (hard) in English lessons than I do in science
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Grammar: Comparative and superlative
4. Write the correct form of the adverb for the adjective in brackets.
Answers
1. Laura often makes mistakes because she always does her homework very quickly (quick)
2. Hans speaks the fastest (fast) in our class
3. You speak English much better (good) than me
4. Please can you speak more slowly (slow) ?
I didn't understand you before
5. None of us did well in the exam, but I did the worst (bad)!
6. I think I work harder (hard) in English lessons than I do in science
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Grammar: Comparative and superlative
5 Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
1. You speak English really good.
2. I made friends much easier at my new school.
3. Drama classes helped me speak clearer and better.
4. Catch this bus and you can get more quickly home.
5. My brother likes best the music class.
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Grammar: Comparative and superlative
5 Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
Answers
1. You speak English really good.
-> You speak English very well
2. I made friends much easier at my new school.
-> I made friends much more easily at my new school
3. Drama classes helped me speak clearer and better.
-> Drama classes helped me speak more clearly and better.
4. Catch this bus and you can get more quickly home.
-> Catch this bus and you can get home more quickly.
5. My brother likes best the music class.
-> My brother likes the music class the best.
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Grammar: Comparative and superlative
6. Work with your partner. Turn to page 136
Take turns to make sentences.
Use one of the verbs in the box A and the correct form of a comparative or superlative adverb made from the adjectives in the box B
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Reading
1. Read Clarissa's blog quickly. Where is she studying now, at home or at school?
Clarissa's blog
31 July 2018
A few years ago, I wasn't very happy at school and I wasn't doing well in tests. So, when I was eight, Mum and Dad decided to teach me at home.
Homeschooling - great, I thought! I could stay in bed all day! Well, it wasn't quite like that! My parents found out what I needed to learn. Sometimes I had lessons, but most of the time I studied things I liked and found interesting. That's how homeschooling works best.
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Reading
1. Read Clarissa's blog quickly. Where is she studying now, at home or at school?
Clarissa's blog
My favourite hobby was playing computer games, so, with Dad's help, I began to write my own computer programs. But I liked making models too, and for that I needed... maths! At school, maths was boring, but now it was useful for making my models. I made a model boat and I needed to understand science and maths to do that-oh, and design and technology too!
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Reading
1. Read Clarissa's blog quickly. Where is she studying now, at home or at school?
Clarissa's blog
So were there any bad things about homeschooling? Not really. I missed my friends, but I saw them at weekends and we talked about school! They told me about their week at school, and I told them about mine. Mine always seemed more fun to me. Some weeks I studied more than they did. Other weeks I didn't study much at all. And I never had homework!
I'm 15 now, and I'm back at school because I need to take exams. I don't mind. It's nice to study with my friends again.
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Reading
1. Read Clarissa's blog quickly. Where is she studying now, at home or at school?
Answers:
At school
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Prepare for the exam
Reading Part 3
2. Read Clarissa's blog again. For each question, choose the correct answer.
1. Why did Clarissa's parents teach her at home?
A. Her parents didn't like her school.
B. She was too old for her school.
C. She was having problems at school.
2. What does Clarissa say about homeschooling in the second paragraph?
A. She only learned what her parents told her to.
B. She chose what she wanted to learn.
C. She studied in bed a lot of the time.
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3. Clarissa preferred doing maths at home because
A. her dad was able to explain it to her.
B. it helped her do things she enjoyed.
C. she had more time to spend on it.
4. What was the difference between Clarissa's and her friends' school experiences?
A. Clarissa didn't have to do any homework.
B. Clarissa always had more work to do than they did.
C. Her friends enjoyed themselves more.
5. What does Clarissa say about homeschooling in her blog?
A. It's important to have daily lessons.
B. It's hard to find time to see friends.
C. Learning doesn't always have to come from books.
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Prepare for the exam
Reading Part 3
2. Read Clarissa's blog again. For each question, choose the correct answer.
Answers
1. Why did Clarissa's parents teach her at home?
A. Her parents didn't like her school.
B. She was too old for her school.
C. She was having problems at school.
2. What does Clarissa say about homeschooling in the second paragraph?
A. She only learned what her parents told her to.
B. She chose what she wanted to learn.
C. She studied in bed a lot of the time.
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Answers
3. Clarissa preferred doing maths at home because
A. her dad was able to explain it to her.
B. it helped her do things she enjoyed.
C. she had more time to spend on it.
4. What was the difference between Clarissa's and her friends' school experiences?
A. Clarissa didn't have to do any homework.
B. Clarissa always had more work to do than they did.
C. Her friends enjoyed themselves more.
5. What does Clarissa say about homeschooling in her blog?
A. It's important to have daily lessons.
B. It's hard to find time to see friends.
C. Learning doesn't always have to come from books.
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Vocabulary: take
1. What does take mean in this sentence?
I'm 15 now, and I'm back at school because I need to take exams
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Vocabulary: take
1. What does take mean in this sentence?
I'm 15 now, and I'm back at school because I need to take exams
Answer: to do
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Vocabulary: take
2. Now look at the mind map. Match the meanings of take a-g to these words
a. carry
b. make
c. do
d. study
e. go along
f. use
g. catch
take
exams
photos/ pictures
a train
medicine
(the second)
turning
a subject
an umbrella
Listen and check. Then repeat
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Vocabulary: take
2. Now look at the mind map. Match the meanings of take a-g to these words
Answers
a. take an umbrella
b. take photos or pictures
c. take exams
d. take a subject
e. take the second turning
f. take medicine
g. take a train
take
exams
photos/ pictures
a train
medicine
(the second)
turning
a subject
an umbrella
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Vocabulary: take
3. Writing an example sentence for each meaning of take
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Vocabulary: take
4. Complete the questions with the correct form of the words from Exercise 2 and then answer them
1. When did you last take an ............................................ out with you in the rain?
2. Which ............................................ do I need take to get to the park from here? The one on the left or the one on the right?
3. What extra ............................................ would you like to take at school?
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4. Complete the questions with the correct form of the words from Exercise 2 and then answer them
4. Have you taken any ............................................ today with your new camera? How many?
5. When was the first time you took a ............................................ to go somewhere? Were you on holiday?
6. Do you usually take ............................................ when you are ill?
7. How do you feel when you take an .............................................. at the end of the school year?
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Vocabulary: take
4. Complete the questions with the correct form of the words from Exercise 2 and then answer them
Answers:
1. When did you last take an ........umbrella......... out with you in the rain?
2. Which ......turning...... do I need take to get to the park from here? The one on the left or the one on the right?
3. What extra ........subject......... would you like to take at school?
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4. Complete the questions with the correct form of the words from Exercise 2 and then answer them
Answers
4. Have you taken any .......photos........... today with your new camera? How many?
5. When was the first time you took a .......train........... to go somewhere? Were you on holiday?
6. Do you usually take ........medicine........... when you are ill?
7. How do you feel when you take an ........exam........ at the end of the school year?
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Vocabulary: take
5. In pairs, compare your answers
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Listening
1. Listen to the What's New section on a morning radio show.
A boy called Ethan is talking about his experience of schooling.
What phrase does Ethan use for the education he had on the trip?
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Listening
1. Listen to the What's New section on a morning radio show.
A boy called Ethan is talking about his experience of schooling.
What phrase does Ethan use for the education he had on the trip?
Answer:
World schooling
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Listening
2. Listen again. Are the sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)
1. There are four people in Ethan's family.
2. Ethan's mum left her job because she wanted to see the world.
3. Ruth and Ethan were homeschooled before they went travelling.
4. Ethan's parents didn't tell anyone else about their plans.
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Listening
2. Listen again. Are the sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)
5. Ruth and Ethan's parents helped with the 'world schooling'.
6. Ruth and Ethan do a lot of different things when they are travelling.
7. Ethan's parents wanted him to go back to school.
8. Ethan says he works harder at school than he did when he was world schooled.
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Listening
2. Listen again. Are the sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)
Answers
1. There are four people in Ethan's family. ✓
2. Ethan's mum left her job because she wanted to see the world. ✗
-> Ethan's mum lost her job
3. Ruth and Ethan were homeschooled before they went travelling. ✗
-> Ruth and Ethan went to an ordinary school before they went travelling.
4. Ethan's parents didn't tell anyone else about their plans. ✗
-> Their family and neighbours thought Ethan's mum and dad were mad so they must have told them.
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Listening
2. Listen again. Are the sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)
Answers
5. Ruth and Ethan's parents helped with the 'world schooling'. ✓
6. Ruth and Ethan do a lot of different things when they are travelling. ✓
7. Ethan's parents wanted him to go back to school. ✗
-> Ethan wanted to go back to school.
8. Ethan says he works harder at school than he did when he was world schooled. ✗
-> Ethan says he worked much harder when he was travelling
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Listening
3. In pairs, discuss the questions.
1. Would you like to be 'world schooled?
2. Would your parents be good teachers?
3. Which parts of the world would you like to visit?
4. What would you miss about your school?
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Speaking
1. Where is the school?
2. What lessons do you have?
3. How many students are there?
4. Who are the teachers?
5. Do you have homework?
1. In pairs, or a small group, use the questions to describe your perfect school. Make notes about what you discuss.
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6. How many lessons do you have in a day/week?
7. How long are the school days/holidays?
8. Do you wear a uniform?
9. What's the food like?
10. Do you sleep there?
11. What makes your school better than other schools?
1. In pairs, or a small group, use the questions to describe your perfect school. Make notes about what you discuss.
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Speaking
2. Now tell the rest of the class about your perfect school.
Take turns in your group to speak.
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Speaking
1. Where is the school?
2. What lessons do you have?
3. How many students are there?
4. Who are the teachers?
5. Do you have homework?
3. In pairs, or a small group, use the questions to describe your perfect school. Make notes about what you discuss.
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Workbook
Vocabulary: School subject
1. Match the two halves of the words. Then write the whole words below.
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Workbook
Vocabulary: School subject
2. Choose the correct answers
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Workbook
Vocabulary: School subject
2. Choose the correct answers
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Workbook
Vocabulary: School subject
3. Write the correct subject. Do not use science
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Workbook
Vocabulary: School subject
3. Write the correct subject. Do not use science
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Workbook
Grammar: Comparative and Superlative
1. Read the situations. Are sentences 1-8 right (✔) or wrong (✗)?
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Workbook
Grammar: Comparative and Superlative
1. Read the situations. Are sentences 1-8 right (✔) or wrong (✗)?
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Workbook
Grammar: Comparative and Superlative
2. Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
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Workbook
Grammar: Comparative and Superlative
2. Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
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Workbook
Grammar: Comparative and Superlative
3. Complete the sentences with more or most.
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Workbook
Grammar: Comparative and Superlative
3. Complete the sentences with more or most.
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Workbook
Grammar: Comparative and Superlative
4. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
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Workbook
Grammar: Comparative and Superlative
5. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
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Workbook
Grammar: Comparative and Superlative
5. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
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Workbook
Vocabulary: take
1. Read the sentences. Match the meanings of take to the verbs in the box.
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Workbook
Vocabulary: take
1. Read the sentences. Match the meanings of take to the verbs in the box.
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Workbook
Vocabulary: take
0. She is taking a photo
1. ..............................................
2. ..............................................
3. ..............................................
4. ..............................................
2. Look at the photos.
What are the people doing?
Write sentences using take
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Workbook
Reading
Brooklyn Free School
1. Read the blog quickly. Is this school the same as your school or is it different?
Brooklyn Free School has one part for students aged 11-18 and one for students aged 4-11. Students in both parts choose the subjects they take, never do homework and don't have to take exams or tests. And if they're not enjoying a chemistry lesson, for example, they can walk out, or go to the students' room and read a book. Three younger kids were doing this when I went in there on my visit. Other examples of subjects on the timetable are writing films and building design - a very popular subject.
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Workbook
Reading
Brooklyn Free School
1. Read the blog quickly. Is this school the same as your school or is it different?
Some people think this kind of school is a bad idea. They don't think it teaches students the things they'll need when they grow up. They also think the school's only for people who have lots of money. But actually, only 20% of the students pay the whole cost of being at the school.
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Workbook
Reading
Brooklyn Free School
1. Read the blog quickly. Is this school the same as your school or is it different?
So what do the students think? One student, Marlon, says in his favourite class he watched a TV show about city life. It taught him a lot. In another, students discussed how people decide about things or vote. They then ate at local restaurants and decided which one they liked the best. Marlon also enjoyed making models of other students in a design class.
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Workbook
Reading
Brooklyn Free School
1. Read the blog quickly. Is this school the same as your school or is it different?
But Marlon found it hard when he started at the school. It took more than a year for him to feel comfortable there. He played computer games in the students' room for most of that first year. Now he enjoys classes and says he wouldn't like to go to school anywhere else.
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Unit 5: School Workbook Prepare for the exam ( Reading Part 3)
2. For each question, choose the correct answer.
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2. For each question, choose the correct answer.
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Unit 5: School Workbook Prepare for the exam ( Reading Part 3)
2. For each question, choose the correct answer.
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Workbook
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Workbook
Listening
1. Listen to three people talking about school and learning. Write Mrs Black, Lorna or Ben
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Workbook
Listening
2. Listen again and write one word or number for each answer
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2. Listen again and write one word or number for each answer
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2. Listen again and write one word or number for each answer
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UNIT 5: SCHOOL
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