back to school

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Students share their experience of learning during the pandemic.

Words

half-term – in the UK, a short holiday in the middle of each of the three periods into which the school year is divided

to self-isolate – to not leave your home and to stay away from other people when you have, or may have, an infectious disease like Covid-19

gutted – very disappointed

one-on-one teaching – the situation when you are together with your teacher and your teacher talks directly to you and teaches you stuff

GCSEs – exams students aged about 16 take for their General Certificate of Secondary Education (soort VMBO-T diploma)

unfair – not fair; not treating a group of people all in the same way

normal circumstances – normal situation

big spike – a sudden, rapid increase in something

assignment

1. Lots of students had to stay home because they were self-isolating or infected. How many at the most?
   
2. How did Lewin feel when he had to self-isolate?
   
3. Finish the sentence: “It just means that I’ve got to work twice as hard …
   
4. Finish the sentence: “There’s a lot of not knowing at the moment …
   
5. What is especially hard for school students?

hooting up- answers

1. Lots of students had to stay home because they were self-isolating or infected. How many at the most?

“We’ve had up to 700 young people sat at home self-isolating or with the virus.”

2. How did Lewin feel when he had to self-isolate?

He was gutted/very disappointed.

3. Finish the sentence: “It just means that I’ve got to work twice as hard ...

to get where I want to be.”

4. Finish the sentence: “There’s a lot of not knowing at the moment ...

which is really hard for people.”

5. What is especially hard for school students?

The teachers and the adults have always had the answers for them. But now even they do not have the answers.

How many pupils do you think had to self-isolate in your class?

1. 1-10
2. 11-20
3. 20-30
4. more than 30 because some had to self-isolate more than one time

do you think you will be ready to go to the next level at the end of the year?

1. yes
2. no
3. maybe

Why?

I know some one who had covid-19

yes

no

I am afraid that I will be infected at school.

0100

I find it harder and harder to stick to the rules.

0100

This is how I feel about coming back to school

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