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Work with a partner, group, or your teacher. Do the activities below together.

Think about a school you attended. Discuss the topics in the mind map below about
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this school:

Name/Location of
the school

Your favorite The quality of

teachers/classes the education

Your favorite Unique characteristics

memories or aspects
A SCHOOL
YOU ATTENDED

Which adjectives below describe school in a positive/negative way? Use a dictionary

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if necessary. Add one more of your own positive/negative adjectives to each box!

fun | boring | exciting | magical | challenging | frustrating

POSITIVE NEGATIVE

Are there any adjectives from the list above you would never use to describe school?
If so, why not?

Rank in order from 1 - 6 the characteristics you think are the most/least important for
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teachers to have (1 = most important / 6 = least important). Explain your choices. Use
a dictionary if necessary.

inspiring fair
compassionate entertaining
knowledgeable qualified
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PREVIEW DISCUSSION: Read the discussion topic

below and discuss it with your partner or teacher.

Imagine the best teacher in the world. What

makes this teacher ‘the best’? How is this teacher
unique or different than other teachers?

VIEWING ACTIVITY

PART 1 Tick () which 5 features/activities are included at RCA (Ron Clark Academy).

Going on slides Free iPhones for students

Dancing & Singing Harry Potter houses
Taking trips to Spain Hanging out with dragons
Going to Broadway shows Books & Exams
Video game tournaments Visits from the US president

PART 2 Discuss/Write short answers below according to the information from the video.

0:35 1 In which city is RCA located? How does Ron describe this area?

0:54 2 What inspired Ron to start this school?

2:50 3 What negative event happened at RCA in the first 6 months of its opening?

PART 3 Match the adjectives used in the video to describe each idea/description below.

1 ____ How students felt at school before he started RCA a. magical

2 ____ How Ron described learning at his school b. knowledgeable
3 ____ How Ron makes himself look in class sometimes c. symbolic
4 ____ How Ron wants his kids to be d. bored
5 ____ How Ron describes the slides at the school e. foolish
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PART 1 Discuss the questions below.

1 How would you describe Ron’s personality and teaching method? Why?
2 What do you think is the most interesting aspect of the school or its story?
3 Do you think Ron Clark’s teaching method can work in all types of
classrooms? Why or why not?

Write the correct parts of speech in Ron’s quote from the video below. Then discuss
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the questions.

“
We want our kids to be (compassion), (knowledge),
we want them to have a cultural (understand) of the world, and
(appreciate) of other religions.”

1 Did the school you attended teach these qualities and values? If so, how?
2 Which other qualities or values are important for children to learn? Why?

Read the following quotes from Ron out loud. Then match the sentences (A - D) that
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use the different types of modal verbs below.

A “ I realized that if my students were bored, they weren’t going to become

lifelong learners. So I knew I had to do something. I had to find a way to fire
it up.

B “ I thought, if I could change a class, then I could change an entire school.

C “ When you’re a teacher or a parent, you got to be willing to sacrifice all of
your humility and every bit of who you are to do what’s best for kids. And if
you do that, they’re going to thrive.”

D “ I think as a teacher it’s important to make every child feel like they can
conquer the world.”

1 ____ modal verb of obligation in the present

2 ____ modal verb of obligation in the past
3 ____ modal verb of possibility in the present
4 ____ modal verb of possibility in the past
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Read the following quotes from the video out loud. Find some examples of each
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kind of modal verb in the quotes and then categorize them into the boxes below.

1 “ Teachers have got to be better than video games. Look, these kids, they
got their iPhones, they’re all playing all kinds of technology, these students
are doing so many different things, so you got to really be on. You’ve got to
bring it to life. If you don’t, the kids aren’t going to learn.”

2 “ During the first six months we opened our school, we were robbed 16 times,
but we knew we couldn’t give up. We knew we had to keep pushing, we
knew we had to make the dream come to reality.”

3 “ Students have houses like in Harry Potter, and during recess, they can hang
out with dragons.”

4 “ This teacher is living proof that education doesn’t have to be boring. With
the right attitude, education can be fun.”

Modal verb of obligation Modal verb of obligation

(PRESENT TENSE) (PAST TENSE)

Teachers have got to be better than video games

Modal verb of possibility Modal verb of possibility

(PRESENT TENSE) (PAST TENSE)

PART 2 Discuss the questions below.

1 Compare the verb structures in the first box (modal verbs of obligation in
the present tense). What is similar/different about each structure?

2 What do you think are the differences in usage and pronunciation between
the modal verbs have got to... / got to... / gotta... ?
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CREATE YOUR OWN SCHOOL TASK:

• Work on your own or with a classmate. Imagine you’re creating your own school.
• Your goal is to create a unique concept for a school, like Ron’s in the video.
• Prepare to present the concept of your school using the questions below.
• Take a few minutes to take notes about your school in the box below.
• Then present your school idea to your classmates/teacher.

NAME OF THE SCHOOL: LOCATION:

1 Describe the concept and story of your school. What inspired you to open it?
2 What challenges did you experience opening the school?
3 What special characteristics, features, or activities does the school offer?
4 What are students required to do in order to thrive at your school?
5 What qualities do teachers need in order thrive at the school?
6 How do you want the kids to be? What qualities or values do you want them
to learn?

Use at least one example of each modal verb when presenting your concept:

• Modal verb of obligation (present tense) • Modal verb of possibility (present tense)
• Modal verb of obligation (past tense) • Modal verb of possibility (past tense)

NOTES ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL:

FOLLOW-UP TASK:

Discuss the questions below about your school concept presentations.

1 How is your school similar to/different than your classmates’/teacher’s school?

2 What do you think would be the best part about attending your partner’s/
teacher’s school as a student?
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Work with a partner. Complete the quiz and review activities below.

PART 1 Questions. Discuss the answers to the questions below about the video.

1 What is the concept of the Ron Clark Academy? What inspired Ron to start it?
2 What kinds of activities/features are included at RCA? What makes itspecial?
3 In which city is RCA located? How does Ron describe this area?
4 What negative event happened at RCA in the first 6 months of its opening?

PART 2 Vocabulary: Choose the correct adjectives that fit the sentences below.

symbolic | magical | bored | foolish | knowledgeable

1 Ron Clark wanted to build a school where learning is !

2 Before Ron started his academy, his students were , they

didn’t want to learn, and they didn’t want to learn out of a textbook.

3 Ron said that he makes himself look a when teaching.

4 The slides at Ron’s school are very because they say, ‘Don’t
take the stairs like everyone else, don’t take the safe path — take the slide,
don’t be afraid to take a path that no one else has ever thought of before!’

5 Rons wants the kids at his school to be compassionate, , and

for them to have a cultural understanding of the world and appreciation of
other religions.

Phrases: Write sentences or say sentences out loud about Ron’s school, its story, the
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students there, or the teaching methodology using each kind of modal verb below.

• Modal verb of obligation (present) • Modal verb of possibility (present)

• Modal verb of obligation (past) • Modal verb of possibility (past)

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