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Patrick’s School
Jr. High English Department
School Year 2018 - 2019
English Guide 2nd Bimester (Aug. Sep. Oct.)

Name: ____________________________________________________ Grade: 2nd .

Ins. Print, answer and paste.

SPEAKING
● Talk about preferences (prefer, would prefer, would rather) Sb. pg. 14
● Argument in a discussion (give reasons and facts) Sb. pg. 26
● Study Speaking Bank Sb pg. 14 & 26.
● Study the following questions
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1. Where do you live/come from?
2. Do you work or are you a student in (place name)? What do you do/study?
3. Do you have a job? / What job do you do?
4. Do you study English at school?
5. What subjects do you study? Do you like it?
6. Do you live in a house or an apartment? Do you enjoy studying English?
7. Do you think English will be useful for you in the future?
8. Tell us about your school.
9. How many hours a week do you study?
10. Tell us about your family.
11. What do you enjoy doing at the weekends?
12. Where do you meet your friends?
13. What did you do yesterday / last weekend?
14. Thank you.
● Describe the following images.

SPELLING AND VOCABULARY

● Study Spelling words from the notebook.
● Vocabulary Sb. pg. 16, 28, 136 & 137.
● Revise Wb. pg. 2, 5, 10, 13, 18 & 19.
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1. I’m fed up with sitting indoors doing paperwork. I want to work o___________ doing something
physical.
2. I’m doing o______________ almost everyday at the moment. The extra hours are well-paid but I
have no free time.
3. I’ve been offered a job with a low s_______________ but excellent training opportunities. Do you
think I should take it?
4. I’ve just found out I’m going to be made r______________, so I need to start looking for a new
job.
5. The boss told me that if I want to get a p_____________ and have more responsibilities I’ll need
to get a business qualification.
6. I’m on f_____ - time, so as long as I do my hours I can start and finish when I want.
7. I work in the complaints department. It’s stressful because I have to d____________ with a lot of
angry customers.
8. The worst thing about my job is doing s_________ work. especially the change from working
days to working nights.
9. I’m r___________ for running a whole department, but I still earn less than you. It’s not fair!
10. The office manager’s just been fired, so I’m thinking of a__________ for her job. Do you think I’d
get it?
READING & WRITING
● Read at home.
Reading Exercise 1
Reading Exercise 2

● Studying Writing Bank Sb. pg. 15 & 27.

● Studying Writing Samples Sb. pg. 158
1. Informal emails and letters.
2. Opinion essays
Writing Exercise 1
Writing Exercise 2

● Write an essay about “Teenagers working while they study” following these steps.
1. Paragraph 1. Introduction.
2. Paragraph 2. First and most important reasons for you opinion.
3. Paragraph 3. Other people’s argument against your opinion.
4. Summary and conclusion.
5. 100 words

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SOCIAL STUDIES

GRADUATING SOON? HERE'S WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER TAKING A

GAP YEAR BEFORE COLLEGE

Graduating Soon? Here's Why You Should Consider Taking a Gap Year Before
College

You’re just a few months away from the big graduation day a.k.a. FREEDOM! Instead of studying your
English lit notes in class, you’re probably texting your best friend about upcoming summer escapades or
worrying if that tenth college application was enough to secure your future.

Maybe you’ve recently considered taking a gap year before college; maybe those college apps have
been the only thing on your radar. Either way, it’s not too late to explore the options for your first year
outside of high school and take a look at different gap year ideas. Gap year programs after high
school have become increasingly popular, and gap year travel is all the more appealing. What better
way to grow and learn about yourself and the world around you before heading back into classrooms
and textbooks?

Just do it. Take a gap year before college!

Seriously. Take it from every person who has ever taken time “off” to travel, volunteer, intern, or learn a
language abroad – it’s worth it.

The reason is because it’s not actually time “off” at all. You aren’t sitting on the couch playing video
games; you are forced to be more active in your life than maybe you’ve ever been before! (It should
probably be called “Learn-to-Live-Your-Life Year,” instead of gap year, for appropriate context). Being
out of your comfort zone and away from your support system (and endless Wi-Fi) during a gap year
before college prepares you even more for your studies and career ahead. Through a gap year of
travel, you’ll become more aware of different lifestyles and cultures around you, more in tune with your
skills/goals/potential, and more self-assured in making decisions and taking action.

Imagine walking into your first day of university confident in your selected poli-sci major and teeming
with ideas to bring to the environmental club on campus (thanks in large part to what you learned while
taking a break after high school and your gap year in France). Not to mention you’re perfectly capable of
out-testing any third year French major. You’ll be worldly and well prepared — sounds just about
perfect.
 The 25 best high-paying jobs in America for 2018

Most of these jobs pay more than $100,000 a year and offer other perks like low stress levels and great
work-life balance.
When choosing a career, it's important to seek out jobs that are meaningful, will allow balance in your life,
and that will be around in the future.

But a high salary doesn't hurt, either.

US News & World Report recently released its 2018 Best Jobs rankings, which determines the best
occupations in the US based onmedian salary, employment rate, job growth, job prospects, stress level, and
work-life balance.

The publication then ranked these coveted positions by pay, finding that, unsurprisingly, many of America's
top jobs come with six-figure salaries.

Positions in the healthcare sector dominated the list, with anesthesiologists claiming the top spot.

Read on to see the 25 best high-paying jobs in the US, with salary data and projected job growth from the US
Bureau of Labor Statistics and job descriptions provided by US News & World report (we included mean
annual salary data where specific median annual salary data was not available):

1. Anesthesiologist 10. Prosthodontist

Mean salary: $269,600 Mean salary: $168,140

2. Surgeon 11. Nurse Anesthetist

Mean salary: $252,910 Mean salary: $164,030

3. Obstetrician and Gynecologist 12. Petroleum Engineer

Mean salary: $234,310 Mean salary: $147,030

4. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon 13. IT Manager

Mean salary: $232,870 Mean salary: $145,740

5. Orthodontist 14. Marketing Manager

Mean salary: $228,780 Mean salary: $144,140

6. Physician 15. Podiatrist

Mean salary: $201,840 Mean salary: $144,110

7. Psychiatrist 16. Lawyer

Mean salary: $200,220 Mean salary: $139,880

8. Pediatrician 17. Financial Manager

Mean salary: $184,240 Mean salary: $139,720

9. Dentist 18. Sales Manager

Mean salary: $173,860 Mean salary: $135,090

19. Financial Advisor Mean salary: $117,580

Mean salary: $123,100 23. Actuary

20. Business Operations Manager Mean salary: $114,120

Mean salary: $122,090 24. Political Scientist

21. Pharmacist Mean salary: $112,250

Mean salary: $120,270 25. Medical and Health Services Manager

22. Optometrist Mean salary: $109,370

GRAMMAR AND LISTENING

● Present Simple and Present Continuous.

● Past Simple and Past Continuous.
● Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous.
● Gerunds and Infinitives 1 & 2.
● Past Perfect Simple and Past Perfect Continuous.
● Present and Past Habits.
● Sb. pg. 8,9, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28 & 29.
● Wb. pg. 4, 7, 12, 15 & 18.

Present Perfect or Present

Perfect Continuous.

1. only / live
2. make
3. just / finish
4. revise
5. decide
6. accept
7. do
8. sit