Lesson 1: School life and feelings

Lesson 1

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LEAD-IN Lead-in Activity

Below is a page from the English newspaper at Mark's school. What type of texts are they? To find out, match the following types of text to the letters in the newspaper.

1. invitation ...... 2. e-mail ..... 3. menu .....

READING Reading Activity

Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.

Nadine feels .............. about the school trip.
a. sadb. boredc. excited
Her best friend cannot come to the trip because she's ..........
a. sorryb. illc. excited
She's going to bring a ............... .
a. bookb. postcardc. teacher
Mrs Clark invites all parents to attend ............. .
a. the school Halloween Partyb. their children's lessonsc. the rehearsal
How much do an apple pie and a bottle of water cost at the school canteen?
a. 1.20€b. 1.30€c.1.00€

Learning strategies

VOCABULARY.

If I don't understand a word

I look it up in a dictionary
I ask my teacher

WRITING Writing Activity

1. Mark's class is on the bus. Look at children' s faces and write how they feel:

a ..................... b .....................

c .................... d ......................

e .................... f ......................

angry	sad	excited
happy	bored	sorry

2. How do you feel...

when you get a present?
when you get some bad news?
when your life seems the same every day?
when someone takes your book without asking?
when you break a friend's favourite toy?
when you go on a school trip?

SPEAKING Speaking Activity

SCHOOL ROOMS: In Mark's school you can find many special rooms/areas.

computer lab/chemistry lab/classrooms/library/school canteen/schoolyard/gym/toilets/dining room/ Assembly Hall/Teachers' office/ Headteacher's office.

Do you have special rooms/areas in your school? Discuss with your partner and say what these rooms are used for. Name some objects you can find in each room.

LISTENING Listening Activity

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SCHOOL ROOMS: Let's go back to Mark's school. Some pupils in his class have not gone on the trip.

Listen to the following six dialogues and find out where in the school the pupils are at the moment.

Justify your answers with your partner.

1. ................ 2. ................ 3. ................... 4. .................. 5.................... 6. ..................

ROLE PLAY GAME Role-play

Mark usually buys doughnuts in the school canteen. Do you have a canteen in your school? Do you like your canteen menu? Work in pairs to role play a dialogue at the school canteen:

Understand the difference!

BRITISH POUNDS & EUROS

To buy things in Great Britain

you use pounds (£) and pence (p).

£1=100p

To change pounds into euros:

£1= (about)1,60 €

66p=1 €

Canteen Menu

Muffin .................... 70p

Apple pie............... 70p

Croissant ...............50p

Doughnut ...............50p

Orange juice .......60p

Apple juice ...........60p

Water .......................30p

Pupil B

You are the canteen owner. Answer the

pupil's questions and ask him/her what

he/she wants.

EXAMPLE - USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

E.g. Here's your change. Next, please. Yes,

sure/Here you are/Anything else? It's ...p.

Pupil A

You are the pupil. You have £2. You look at the canteen menu and decide to buy something.

EXAMPLE - USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

E.g. Hello! Can I have/I'd like ......... How much .............? Thank you. Bye

Time Prepositions

Study the following phrases to learn how we can talk about time in English

On	In	At
On Monday, Tuesday...	In the morning	At night/midnight
On May Day	In the afternoon	At 9:00 o'clock
On Christmas Eve	In the evening	At Christmas
On February 12^th	In June/July...	At Easter
On my birthday	In 2008	At the weekend
On weekdays	In summer, winter...	At noon

WRITING Writing Activity

1. Mark's parents have lost the invitation to the Halloween Party. Can you give the anwers to the following questions?

When is the party? ...............................................................
What time does the party start? ...............................................................
Where is the party? ...............................................................

Kostas gets many e-mails. Some of his friends write to Kostas telling him what they love eating. Here is part of their e-mails: Which one is Mark' s?

"Our favourite foods are: pizza, fizzy drinks, popcorn, barbeque-flavoured crisps, apple pie and ice-cream."
"Ι like apple-pie, doughnuts and ice-cream."

Εικόνα

Fast food: a bad eating habit?

Kostas knows eating too much of this kind of food is unhealthy so he wants to ask his friends a few questions. Through the questions he wants to make them understand they should eat this kind of food. What are some of the questions Kostas will ask:

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PORTFOLIO

Write a small paragraph for your portfolio about your habits. Include all or some of the things you discussed with your partner. Add comments about how you feel when you do these things. You can put a title to this work and add drawings or photos.

PROJECT Project

EITHER Get into two teams. One team will bring magazine pictures showing feelings which are positive and the other team feelings which are negative. The first team will act out their feelings and the second team will guess the English words. At the end stick the pictures on to cardboard and write the words representing feelings under each photo.

OR You can collect pictures or you can draw food items. Then, you can work with your group and agree on making your favourite Canteen Menu. Add prices and show it to the class. Think about healthy eating. Explain to them why you prefer these things on the menu.