Unit 3 by gabriela sanchez

Unit 3 School Before watching

Answer the questions.

Watch again. Complete the sentences with a number. 1 Cheney School has got

1 What time do you start and finish school?

2 All the classes are

2 How long is each lesson?

hour.

3 The students in the English class are in Year

3 What do you wear to school?

. 4 The class meeting is

Comprehension check 1

7 There’s

a) three

b) four c) five

3 What do the students wear for PE? a) a white T-shirt

b) a red sweatshirt

class after lunch.

class meetings every day.

Watch again. Complete the summary. break classes school canteen school day secondary school students teachers uniform The Cheney School in Oxford is a (1)

c) a red T-shirt

minutes for lunch.

8 The students have

c) Manchester

2 How many classes are there before lunch?

minutes.

6 The students have

1 Where is the Cheney School? b) London

minutes.

5 The break is

Watch the DVD. Choose the correct answers. a) Oxford

students.

It’s got 1,500 (2)

. . The

Watch again. Match the times to the activities.

(3)

1 8:30

a) It’s time for the first class meeting.

at 3:00 p.m. All the (4)

2 9:00

b) Afternoon classes finish.

hour. The students always wear a (5)

3 10:30

c) It’s lunch time.

and the (6)

sometimes wear a suit.

4 10:45

d) It’s the end of the school day.

There’s a (7)

at quarter to eleven

5 13:05

e) It’s the middle of the first class.

and lunch is at five past one. Students eat lunch in the

6 13:45

f) It’s the start of the school day.

(8)

7 14:45

g) Afternoon classes start.

8 15:00

h) It’s break time.

starts at 8:30 a.m. and finishes are one

Watch again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1 Cheney School is a secondary school. 2 Students wear a uniform to school. 3 They wear grey skirts or trousers. 4 The first class is maths. 5 Mr White teaches English. 6 All the classrooms have got computers and whiteboards. 7 Students leave school for lunch. 8 Girls and boys play sport together.

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Language check

Extension

Present simple negative and interrogative

Look at the photos and answer the questions.

• He doesn’t wear a uniform. • Students don’t leave school for lunch.

• Girls and boys don’t play sport together.

Write the affirmative present simple sentences in the negative. 1 The school day starts at 9 o’clock. 2 The students wear a red shirt. 3 Mr White teaches maths.

4 He wears jeans to school. 5 The students eat lunch in their classrooms. 6 They play basketball in PE. 7 The final class finishes at 3 o’clock. 8 The students go home at 3:30.

Photo A • What class are the students in? • What subjects do you study at school?

Order the words to make questions.

• Which subjects don’t you like? Why?

1 does / What time / start / the school day Photo B 2 do / wear / the students / What

• What class are the students in? • What do you do in your PE class?

3 teach / What / Mr White / does

• What’s your favourite subject? Why?

4 wear / does / Mr White / What 5 the students / Where / eat lunch / do 6 the children / do / What sports / play 7 does / finish / the final class / What time 8 the students / What time / go home / do

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Unit 3 DVD Teaching notes Grammar focus

Present simple negative and interrogative

Watch again. Match the times to the activities. Pre-watching: Ask students to match the times to the

Summary of DVD

activities from memory before watching the DVD again.

The DVD is about Cheney School in Oxford. It focuses on

H Play the DVD to check answers.

the school day and the students during an English class

Answers: 1 f) 2 e) 3 a) 4 h) 5 c) 6 g) 7 b) 8 d)

and a PE class.

Preparation

Ask students: What subjects do you study at school?

Pre-watching: Ask students to decide if the sentences

Possible answers: maths, English, science, PE, etc.

are true or false before watching the DVD again.

Tell students that they are going to see a report about

H Play the DVD and pause after each sentence to check

a school in England. Ask them: What do you know about

answers.

schools in England?

Answers: 1 T 2 T 3 F 4 F 5 T 6 T 7 F 8 F

Possible answers: students wear uniforms, they take exams, they study maths, etc.

Watch again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

Check these words: secondary school, uniform, shirt,

Watch again. Complete the sentences with a number.

sweatshirt, skirt, trousers, T-shirt, whiteboard, break,

Pre-watching: Ask students to try and complete the

school canteen.

sentences from memory before watching the DVD again.

H Play the DVD and pause after each sentence to check

Background

answers.

Cheney School is a mixed state secondary school for

Answers: 1 1,500 2 1 3 8 4 15 5 20 6 40 7 1 8 2

students aged between eleven and eighteen located in Oxford, UK. The school is one of the highest achieving state schools in Oxford.

Before watching Read the questions with the class and elicit answers from individual students. Encourage students to give a personal response and use their suggestions to start a

Watch again. Complete the summary. Pre-watching: Ask students to complete the summary from memory before they watch the DVD again.

H Play the DVD to check answers. Answers: 1 secondary school 2 students 3 school day 4 classes 5 uniform 6 teachers 7 break 8 school canteen

class discussion.

Comprehension check 1

Watch the DVD. Choose the correct answers. Pre-watching: Students focus on the questions: 1 Where is the Cheney School? 2 How many classes are there before lunch? 3 What do the students wear for PE?

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Optional activity

Students do consolidation exercise 6.

Write these questions on the board:

Answers: 1 The school day doesn’t start at 9 o’clock.

What time does your school day start?

2 The students don’t wear a red shirt.

How long are your classes?

3 Mr White doesn’t teach maths.

When do you have a break?

4 He doesn’t wear jeans to school.

How long is your break?

5 The students don’t eat lunch in their classrooms.

How many classes do you have before the break?

6 They don’t play basketball in PE.

How many classes do you have after the break?

7 The final class doesn’t finish at 3 o’clock.

What time is lunch?

8 The students don’t go home at 3:30.

How long do you have for lunch? How many classes do you have in the afternoon? What time does school finish? In pairs get students to write a sentence to answer the questions. Then write the following heading on the board: Our school day Get students to write their sentences as a paragraph and display the best efforts on the classroom wall.

Write the affirmative present simple sentences in the negative.

Order the words to make questions. Students do consolidation exercise 7. Answers: 1 What time does the school day start? 2 What do the students wear? 3 What does Mr White teach? 4 What does Mr White wear? 5 Where do the students eat lunch? 6 What sports do the children play? 7 What time does the final class finish?

Language check Present simple negative and interrogative • He doesn’t wear a uniform.

8 What time do the students go home?

Extension

• Students don’t leave school for lunch.

Ask students to ask and answer the questions in pairs.

• Girls and boys don’t play sport together.

Monitor and help.

Pre-watching: Revise the grammar points by asking the following question: Does Mr White wear a uniform? Remind students that we make the negative form of the present simple with don’t or doesn’t plus the infinitive of the main verb. Highlight the use of do or does + subject + infinitive to make the question form.

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