UNIT 10 Life

Experiences

LESSON A ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST

1. LOOK AT THE WORD CLOUD AND LIST THE EVENTS IN THE CORRECT COLUMN.

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GET HAVE GO
a taxi a good time to a restaurant
an email lunch to the beach
a news paper to bed late
for a walk
away for a week

lunch
im e
t to a restaurant
a tax
o d
a go
to be
d late i a news paper

for a
away for a week wa l k
to the beach an email
 2. MATCH THE EVENTS TO EACH PICTURE.

get married graduate catch a cold fall in love go to a concert

meet someone go to school take pictures

go to school get married catch a cold go to a concert

meet someone graduate take pictures fall in love

3. LOOK AT THE ACTIVITIES IN EXERCISE 2. IN PAIRS, COMMENT: WHEN WAS THE

LAST TIME YOU DID ANY OF THEM? ARE THEY COMMON STUDENT ACTIVITIES?
4. READ THE TEXT AND WRITE THE ADEQUATE TITLE FROM THE BOX FOR EACH
PARAGRAPH, THERE IS ONE EXTRA OPTION YOU WILL NOT NEED.

Having fun The same old horror Not so different Seriously?

BACK TO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (FOR A DAY).

After 10 years of serious adult work as a journalist, I decided to get back to Junior High and see for myself
how teenager life is now.

1. Not so different
I went into a classroom full of teens. They looked at me with curiosity, but they soon forgot about me: it was
exam day. Many students got nervous, a girl bit her pencil until it broke and a boy accidentally broke his
paper. I guess that’s exactly how it was in the past.
2. Having fun
Art class. I never had art classes when I studied Junior High, so I thought it was pretty cool. Most students
enjoyed the activity except for 2 of them who moved slowly and looked sleepy. “Tired?” I asked, “Naa, just
bored. It’s not videogames, you know?” I am still in shock.
3. Seriosly
Do students enjoy school more now than in the past? Natalia (14 years old) gave me the best answer: “I enjoy
coming to school. I chat with my friends and do new things. Yesterday we used our telephones to make a
video for biology class. I hate homework though.” Using phones at school? Making videos? That’s new.
Hating homework? Well, some things will never change I suppose!
 5. WRITE THE NUMBER OF THE PARAGRAPH(S) THAT EACH TOPIC MENTIONS.

1. Students preference for technology. 3

2. Students’ nervous reactions. 1
3. Student’s dislike for something. 3
4. Student’s opinion. 3
5. The author’s consternation. 3
6. Something different from the past. 2
7. Similarities with the past. 1