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All About My School

Our high school is in the centre of Tirana, Albania. It’s a big school, with about 900 students. The teachers are OK – they aren’t too strict. We haven’t got a school uniform.

My favourite subjects are PE and ICT. We also study maths, biology, chemistry, English, history and Albanian. I love computers but we don’t use them a lot at my school.

We start school at 7:30 in the morning – it’s too early! But we finish at two o’clock and I have lunch at home. In the afternoon, I relax for a bit and then I do my homework. I normally have about three hours of homework every day. In the evening, I play video games or go out to play basketball with my friends.

posted by Altin at 14:59

  1. How many students are in your school?
  2. Have you got a uniform?
  3. How many teachers are in the school?
  4. What subjects do you study?
  5. Do you use computers?
  6. What time does school start and when does it finish?
  7. Do you have lunch at school?
  8. What sports do you do?
  9. What are your favourite things about school?
Questions by English Class A,
​Kyoto High School, Japan
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A blog post

All About My School is an international project where teachers and students from different countries post descriptions about school life where they live and answer questions from students in other countries.

  1. Read the questions and answers in the blog. Does the writer answer all the questions?
  1. Read the blog post again and find the answers to questions 1–9 in Altin’s answer.
  1. Match headings a–c with each paragraph in the blog.
    1. Subjects –
    2. School day and free time –
    3. General description of the school, the students and teachers –
  1. Is Altin’s school life similar or different to yours? Why?

Subskill: Capital letters

In English, some words have a capital letter.
​Remember that it isn’t just the first word at the start of a sentence, e.g. I have a French class on Monday.

  1. Read the school subjects. Find two rules for using capital letters.

art
​English
French​

geography
ICT​

maths
​PE

  1. Read the list. When do we use a capital letter in English?
  • for I, e.g. Can I use your pen?
  • at the start of a sentence
  • for all nouns
  • for days of the week
  • for greetings
  • for months of the year
  • for names and surnames
  • for people’s titles
  • for cities, countries and nationalities
  1. Work in pairs. Read Altin’s description and explain the reason for each capital letter.
  1. Correct the text, adding capital letters where necessary.

hi! i’m pearl. i live in edinburgh, in scotland. the school year here starts in august and finishes in june. we have classes five days a week, from monday to friday. my favourite subjects are pe and german. all our teachers are very nice but my favourite is our biology teacher, mr liddle.

  1. Write an entry about your school life for the All About My School blog. Follow the steps in the Skills boost.
  1. Peer review Exchange your blog post with another student. Answer the questions.
    1. Does the writer use the present simple and capital letters correctly?
    2. Does the post give clear information about school life in Lithuania?
    3. Do you know anything new about your classmate now?
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