GRADE: THE 6th A

No of ss: 21
ENGLISH LEVEL: ADVANCED- intensive courses
TEACHER: MONICA CARUNTU
TOPIC: RULES AND PUNISHMENTS AT SCHOOL
RESOURCES: HANDOUTS
INTERNET (www.english-teaching.co.uk)
TEXT FILES
DURATION: 50 MIN

RULES AND PUNISHMENTS AT SCHOOL

GENERAL COMPETENCES:

• to show interest in reading

• to improve communication and writing skills

EVALUATION:

• continuous-through observation and analysis of answers

ACTIVITY 1: warm-up/ ice-breaker

AIM: to make ss feel confortable with the new lesson and situation/ environment
INTERACTION: T-S,
PROCEDURE: the T greets the ss, checks if someone is missing and asks SS ( 4/5 ss)to answer
the question:
What are the most common punishments given by your parents when you get a bad
mark/ grade?

Estimated time: 5 min

ACTIVITY 2: Are you old enough?

AIM: to have ss speak about regulations

INTERACTION: T-ss, GW
PROCEDURE:
In groups, ss look at the following chart mentioningthe age at which you can legally do some
things in Britain . Then, ss speak about the legal age in Romania for doing the mentioned
activities.
You can legally:

smoke – age 16
learn to drive a car on the road –age 17
get married -16
buy alcohol -18
get a part time paid job -14
join the army -16
leave school- 16
vote- 18
be held criminally responsible- 10
open a bank account in your own name- 7
be sent to prison- 17

Groups report to the class.

Estimated time: 10 min

ACTIVITY 3: The pink bow tie

AIM: to understand the topic and improve reading skills
INTERACTION:
PROCEDURE: Students read aloud, in turns, the story from the files downloaded from
www.english-teaching.co.uk

Estimated time: 5 min

ACTIVITY 4: The Principal

AIM: to transfer words into pictures…
INTERACTION: T-S, S-S
PROCEDURE: Each student is asked to read again the description of the head teacher and then
choose the picture they consider that represents the character in the story without telling the
deskmate the choice they have made. ( see pictures on www.english-teaching.co.uk: The Pink
Bow Tie)
Students, in turns, describe to their partner the picture and find if they had the same choice.

Estimated time: 10 min

ACTIVITY 5: Extention: I, the Principal

AIM: to receive proper feedback and encourage ss’ creativity
INTERACTION: T-S, GW
PROCEDURE:
A. Ss in groups of 4 are encouraged to decide and justify their decisions. They have to imagine
they were Principals and tell the punishments for the following situations( each gorup has a
different situation):

· Adam was 13 and he came from a poor family who tried very hard to give him all the support
he needed at school. Adam was envious of his colleagues who had better clothes and equipment
than he, and he used to occasionally steal small things from them, like books, pens and, once, a
calculator. He got caught stealing the calculator and admitted that he had taken other things too.

· Edmund and Adrian were the best of friends and they shared everything, including their answers
in tests. They had developed a sophisticated system of cheating in school tests and it took some
time for the teacher to discover what they had been doing. They had been doing it for years, and
no one had noticed until now! They made a mistake, and the teacher caught them. They didn’t
deny their guilt.

· Simon, who is 14, is the leader of a small gang of boys who think they are tough. They go
around the school threatening smaller students and demanding money and valuables. They say
they will hit them if they don’t agree. Most of the younger students are too frightened to say
anything. Eventually they are reported by a parent whose daughter has just had a new mobile
phone stolen by Simon and his gang.
Estimated time: 20 min