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Grade 9

..…future
Module 1 lesson 3
THE GENERATION GAP

?What’s your parents’ opinion about them

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Activity2:Read the text ( SBp16)…and…
:A/ Choose the right alternative to complete the following
...Jane wrote the letter to -1
a- thank her parents
.b- apologize to her parents
.c- to complain about her parents
...Jane and her parents argued about -2
.a- going to the party
.b- the time when she should come back from the party

...Jane thinks that her parents -3

.parents
.a- limit her freedom
.b- are very understanding
.c- don't let her go anywhere

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Mrs Tlili

Activity1: Complete the Venn diagram with the differences and similarities between
you and your parents regarding looks, clothes, music, pastimes, friends, education,

?Which of these differences create problems between you

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.c- the time when she should go

B/ Follow this chain of actions to rewrite what happened between Jane and her

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:C/ Find in the text equivalents to the following words or expressions

)a- to feel uncomfortable/ ashamed=(par1)

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b- very stubborn.= (par 3)
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c- to leave quietly without being noticed=(par3)
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Activity3: the equivalent of b in C is a …………………………….. Rewrite the phrases in

.brackets using the same structure
rs. Benetton is a (woman who works very hard) …………………………………… that’s M

hy she never wears ( shoes with high heels) ……………………………………… w

She lives in the suburbs of Leeds in a (house painted in white)

…………………………………… She doesn’t like spending money but she always spends her

.………………………………… holidays in a (hotel with 5 stars)

Writing. Who is to blame for the bad relationship between Jane and her
.parents? Justify and give advice to make things better

Jane Parents
Too authoritarian severe narrow-minded
Stubborn disobedient careless Advice: talk convince get closer
…Not thankful no respect for parents .…Understand teenager
Advice: talk discuss ask for advice
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I think that
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because
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