School life

WDYT? (What do you think?)

What is an ideal school?
  • Vocabulary: daily routines; school subjects
  • Grammar: present simple; object pronouns
  • Reading: an online article about online schools
  • Listening: a conversation with a Finnish student
  • Speaking: working together to check answers
  • Writing: a blog post
  • Project: design a timetable for your ideal school
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Daily routines

  1. When do students do these activities? Drag the activities into the correct columns.
        • go home
        • go to school
        • go to bed
        • have lunch
        • have breakfast
        • finish school
        • start school
        • have dinner
        • do homework after dinner
        • get up
        1. Complete the facts on the map with words from exercise 1.
        1. Work in pairs. What things are similar and different in your school day?
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        Vocabulary

        1. Read about a Chinese student’s typical day. Match paragraphs 1–6 with pictures A–F.

        My typical day

        1. On schooldays, I wake up at quarter past six, and get up five minutes later. I have a shower and brush my hair.
        2. I have breakfast – noodles or porridge – at about quarter to seven. I clean my teeth and then I go to school with my friends.
        3. I get dressed in my school uniform and I pack my bag for school. I usually make my bed and tidy my room, but sometimes I forget!
        4. We start school at half past seven and have a break at ten to ten. We all do physical exercises together.
        5. We have lunch at half past twelve and finish school at four o’clock. I go home and get changed into my normal clothes.
        6. I have dinner with my family at about half past five, and then I do homework for about three hours. I go to bed at ten o’clock and go to sleep – I’m usually really tired!

        1. Match the times with the activities from a Chinese student’s typical day.
        • have lunch
        • go to bed
        • have dinner
        • have a break
        • finish school
        • wake up
        • have breakfast
        • start school
        1. Put the activities in the order you do them on a typical day.
        • get up
        • wake up
        • make my bed
        • have a shower
        • get dressed
        • brush my hair
        • make my bed
        • clean my teeth
        • have breakfast
        • start school
        • pack my bag
        • have a break
        • go to bed
        • clean my teeth
        • go to sleep
        1. Complete the sentences with at, in or on.
          1. We finish school earlyFridays.
          2. I sometimes have a showerthe evening.
          3. I usually have breakfastabout seven o’clock.
          4. I clean my teeththe morning andnight.
          5. My first classMonday morning is maths.

        Time and day

        Use at with times – at half past six, at ten o’clock

        Use in with parts of the day – in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening BUT at night

        Use on with days – on Monday(s), on Tuesday(s)

        1. Work in pairs. Tell your partner about your typical day. What is the same and what is different?

        VIDEO SKILLS

        1. Watch the video. What daily activities do you see students do?
        1. Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
          1. Why did the vlogger make the video?
          2. Who do you think this video is for?
          3. How does the vlogger make the video interesting? Think about: how long you see each image, the music, her voice, etc.
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