5TSO Unit 1, Step 3: First days are never easy

• Engels
• Secundair onderwijs

1/ Yo, Miss!

Give the name of a song you really like.

Graphic novel or comic book?

Comic books

Graphic novels

 periodicals (produced monthly)

 read like a book

usually good amount of action

delve deeper into story lines of characters and history

usually tell the full story in 1 book

usually held together with a staple in the spine

bound in hardback or soft cover

Comic books:

• are periodicals. They are produced monthly.
• usually have a good amount of action that progresses the story line forward to the next issue. 
• held together with a staple in the spine.

Graphic novels: 

• are read like a book. 
• delve deeper into the story lines of characters and history, not just action.
• they complete the full arch of a narrative by the end of the novel (full story in 1 book)
• hardback or soft cover

p. 24

Read the first pages of Yo, Miss and answer the questions.

2. p. 24: Fill in the grid.

a) Write down the names of the characters under each drawing.

b) Add the information.

3. p. 29: Are these statements true or false? Explain your answer with information from the text.

--> 10-12 minutes

Jasmine

Ms Wilde

Nathalie

William

absent on day 3

good at writing

kicked out of a lot of schools

refuses to take cap off

teacher at ‘Wild Academy’

1. John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy is a school for upper-class kids only.

1. true
2. false

2. Ms Wilde feels really confident on the first day of the school year.

1. true
2. false

3. The first day of school is fun for every student.

1. true
2. false

4. The students already give up on their first day. They have no intention of graduating.

1. true
2. false

5. Ms Wilde is really concerned about her students’ well-being.

1. true
2. false

6. Jeff is the class nerd.

1. true
2. false

Ex. 4 Give each person some advice for the school year. Don’t forget to use the correct modal auxiliary verb to give advice (see Step 1).

Advice for Ms Wilde

Advice for Nathalie

Advice for Jasmine

Advice for William

2/ What's in your bag?

• Prepare ex. 3 and 4 p. 30-32 in your workbooks. Check your answers using the correction key when you are done.
• 5-7 minutes.

What's missing?

Study the picture on the next slide thoroughly. Do you know all the English words to describe the items? 

On the slide after that there will be 1 item missing. Do you know which one? Write it down on your whiteboards.

EXTRA VOCABULARY

School idioms

I have played that song so many times that I have learned it … … and don’t even have to look at the music.

1. by heart
2. by head
3. by mind
4. by brain

I didn’t … for the final assignment, so I have to do it all over again!

1. make the grade
2. hit the books
3. make the effort
4. pass with flying colours

Todd must have studied a long time because he passed the test with ….

1. an A for effort
2. a show of hands
3. flying grades
4. flying colours

Sheila tried to remember the answer to the question, but she drew … ….

1. a black
2. a blank
3. a blackout
4. nothing

She is such a …! She seems to have a new book every day!

1. truant
2. teacher's pet
3. bookworm
4. copycat

Janie is a …- she was looking at my answers while we were taking the test!

1. truant
2. copycat
3. bookworm
4. teacher's pet

I … the books as soon as I knew the date of the exam.

1. hit
2. hitted
3. am hitting
4. was hitting

We’re all going to have to put our … … on to tackle this big problem.

1. thinking brains
2. thinking minds
3. thinking heads
4. thinking caps

The cake didn’t turn out like she had planned, but I give her an A for…!

1. trying
2. her trouble
3. her pain
4. effort

By a show of …, how many of you would prefer to have the test on Friday?

1. fingers
2. hands
3. arms
4. votes

My friends are playing … today so they can be first in line for concert tickets this afternoon.

1. truant / hooky
2. truancy / hooky
3. truant / hook
4. truancy / hook

Maurice had to … … of school when his mother became ill so that he could help take care of her.

1. skip out
2. fall out
3. drop out
4. fail out

This isn’t a test you can … for. You have to start studying for it weeks in advance.

1. fail
2. cram
3. ace
4. learn

Jonathan is the teacher’s …- Ms Stevens always calls on him first.

1. worm
2. dog
3. cat
4. pet

Practice

Do the crossword puzzle on the handout you will get. 

Make sure you cram the vocabulary and ace the test!