LEAD-IN

Customs around the world: What's the difference between habits and customs? Discuss in class.

JAPAN When you leave a hotel in Japan the manager usually gives you a present even if you stay for one night.

BRITAIN When it is somebody's birthday his friends take him out and buy him dinner.

USA The third boy in an American family usually takes his father's name.

Do you think there are some unusual customs in your country? Can you name some Greek customs?

READING & WRITING

• Talk about manners and habits in your country. How are they different from manners and habits in England? Do you know of any unusual traditions or customs in your or other countries?
   
• Collect some information and talk about them in class. Ask your parents, grandparents, relatives or look up in books and encyclopedias.
   
• Collect your material (pictures, texts, drawings etc.) and make projects in groups about strange habits in different parts of your country. Present them in class on cardboards.

SELF - ASSESSMENT TEST

 

Name:.....................................................       Class:..............................

Date:.......................................................       Score:............./ 100

 

 

A. Say how you feel in the following situations

(Use a different word in each answer):

1. The night before Santa Claus brings your presents. .................................................................
2. When someone breaks your favourite toy ................................................................................
3. When you don't like a party but you cannot leave. ....................................................................
4. When you get the best mark in the class .................................................................................
5. When your best friend tells you lies .........................................................................................

B. Diary: write about what you do during each day of the week.

Use always, sometimes, never etc.:

(ex. Meet friends, play nintendo, watch cartoons on TV, go to karate etc.)

C. Complete the dialogues with the right phrase:

How much / Can I have / It was a pleasure / you enjoy life

1. Hello! ..................................... a doughnut, please?

Of course. Here you are!

2. ..................................... for the croissant?

It's 0.70€

D. Complete the questions:

1. What time ....................................................? They get up at 7:00 a.m.
2. How ..............................................................? She goes to school on foot.
3. What ............................................................? He has milk for breakfast
4. Who .............................................................? They visit their friends.
5. When ...........................................................? He walks the dog at night.
6. What time ...................................................? I go to sleep around 10 p.m.

E. Correct the sentences:

1. Do you prefer be alone or with friends?

2. How many hours do you watch TV every day?

3. I doesn't like parties.

4. I leaves for school at 7:30.

5. They always eats out on Saturdays.

Tick what's true for you:

Learning strategies in English

 

VOCABULARY

If I don't understand a word...

• I look it up in the dictionary
• I ask my teacher
• I ask another student
• I try and guess the meaning from the text
• I ignore it
• I understand memorization is important for the learning of new words
• Vocabulary is as important, if not more important than grammar

 

Now I can:

 

 

• talk about pupils' feelings and school life
• ask and buy things in the school canteen
• ask and answer about people's habits
• say how often something happens (with: always, etc.) in your daily life
• write a piece for the English school newspaper
• use polite expressions