Task Reporting school activities
monitors: yes!
answers
date
day
time
venue
subject
speaker
8th oct
fri
1.20 p.m.
room 201,
building 4
how to read a novel
famous writer
11th oct
mon
2.15 p.m.
room 503,
building 3
fire prevention
fireman
13th oct
wed
3 p.m.
room 404,
building 1
school life in the usa
usa student
19th oct
tue
8 a.m.
room 105,
building 2
outer space
scientist
21st oct
thur
2.30 p.m.
room 306,
building 4
fighting aids
doctor
22nd oct
fri
1.20 p.m.
room 204,
building 3
famous football players
newspaper reporter
27th oct
wed
10.10 a.m.
room 401,
building 2
traffic signs
policeman
29th oct
fri
10 a.m.
room 303,
building 4
australian pop songs
famous singer
skills building 2: comparing information
you’ll learn here how to compare information before you make decisions. compare all the information in a list to find the name of a history book after reading an e-mail.
1. read the two points about comparing information on page 14 before making decisions. (words on the blackboard: read all the information carefully. make as many comparisons as possible.)
2. read the guidelines to make sure you know what to do. read the list of the seven books.
(words on the blackboard: the title: the price: the year: the writer:)
compare the list of the seven books and the information given in the letter to find the clues needed.
3. fill in the form on the blackboard.
the title: with the word dynasties
the price: having the figure 8
the year: after
the writer: a famous professor
can you find the book now?
answer
7-8976-9374-8/k :
step 2: reporting to your class teacher
the activities in this part are designed to improve your speaking skills after you have compared the class timetable in this part with the school programme on page 13.
choose five talks according to the class timetable. then work in pairs to make a dialogue about the talks you’ve chosen.
1. read the guidelines in part a, and point out what classes you can skip to attend the talks. compare the timetable with the one on page 13, so that you can find the talks to attend.
a. talks that we can attend:
1. fire prevention 2. outer space 3. school life in the usa 5. australian pop songs
2. read the guidelines in part b on page 15 and work in pairs talking according to the programme timetable on page 13 and the notes in part a.
b sample answers
class teacher: hey monitor, there will be quite a few talks next month in our school. have you chosen some for our class?
monitor: yes, i think we can attend as many as five talks.