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0 I go to Lincoln Junior High School. lt! a
big school with 1,500 students and we
e l'm in 7th grade, and I study twelve subjects.
wear our own clothes. We go to school
five days a week, from Monday through
Friday, but our school day is long! School
starts at eight forty in the morning, and it
finishes at four o'clock in the afternoon.
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My favorite subjects are Computer Science and
English. We have a different teacher for every
subject, and we move around the school for
different classes. My favorite teacher is Mrs.
Hamilton. She teaches the Computer Science
class. Her classes are always interesting. We
sometimes make video games in her class, and
then we play theml lt's so much funl

g When I get to school, I go to homeroom

t9 There's a big cafeteria in our school. lt opens
at seven o'clock because some students
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This is a period every morning when have breakfast there before school starts.
Mrs. Weston, our homeroom teacher, The food in the cafeteria isn't bad. On
calls out the students' names in the Wednesdays, we have pizza! Some students
class roster. After that, the classes start. prefer to bring their Iunch from home. It's
The classes are 45 minutes long. On usually a sandwich and a drink. We have one
Thursdays, some of our classes are hourfor lunch. I have my lunch, and then I
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30 minutes, and we finish school at usually go outside with my friends.
three o'clock.
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Understanding numbers ¡n a text
Find these words and phrases and check
Numbers in a text are often important. lf you are trying to
their meaning. understand a text with lots of numbers in it, underline or circle
homeroom call out move around the numbers, and then find what they refer to in the text.
period class roster cafeteria This can help you to understand the text quickly, too.

Reading
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to Addison,s blog post about 2 nre the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
her school. Match the topics with the paragraphs. Correct the false sentences.
week
school day / paragraph '1
Addison goes to Lincoln Junior High School. T
lunch at school _
paragraph It's a small school. F lt's abig echool.
school subjects paragraph _ 1 Addison goes to school Monday through
homeroom / classes paragraph _ Saturday. _
2 On Thursdays, she starts school at 8:40 a.m.
and she finishes at 4 p.m. _
Children in to school for a minimum of 3 Mrs. Weston is her homeroom teacher. _
thirteen years. 4 The classes are 50 minutes. _
Normally, you start elementary school when you are 5
years old, and you finish in Bth grade, when you are14.
5 She studies twelve subjects. _
You start high school in 9th or l0th grade, and you finish 6 The schoof cafeteria isn't open at7 a.m. _
high school in 12th grade. High school students are 14-18 7 She likes the iood in the cafeteria.

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It is sometimes different in different parts of the country.
Some states also have junior high school or middle school.
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3 Complete the text about Morgan's school day
with the information in the questionnaire.

Name: Morgan

School: l¿fforson Midd\s 6¿hoo\

Number of students: 5oo

School daY:
Get uP: 1:vo a.n'' Hi, l'm Morgan. l'm a student at Jefferson Middle School.
It's a small school with 5OO students. On school days,
Leave home: Oto afi
l1 al7:30 a.m., and then I take
Start school: ?:'40 a'm' 2
a shower before breakfast. I at
Daily schedule: 8:10 a.m. and I 3
at 8:40 a.m.
Morning: {our ¿\assos
First, I go to homeroom, and after that, I go to my classes.
Lunch: t?-:00-t')-.vO pm (\unch {rom home) I have a before we have lunch.
Lunch is at s o'clock. The food in the cafeteria
Afternoon: {our ¿\as¡ot
isn't very good. I usually bring my u_ from
Favorite school daY: ulodnesdal
home. My favorite school day is 7
because
Favorite classes: tpanieh and Hietorl we have 8 and e
They are my
t go to tho af\r,r'
After-school clubs:0n Mondalo' favorite classes of the week. I hate Tuesdays-we have Math,
s¿hoo\ Movis and Lroaiivo Writing Ó\ub' Science, and finally a long period of Geography.
lrlo uat¿h moviot and ¡¡rito storiss'
On Mondays, I g o to the after-school 1o and
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Club. We watch movies
4 f¡nU and underline the sequencing words and 12
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in Morgan's text in exercise 3.

Name:
School
Number of students:
on
about your school and your school day. School day:
Get up:
Leave home:

Sequencing events Start school:

When we want to talk about the order of events, we Daily schedule:

can use words like: first, before, after, then, after Morning:
that, and finally. Lunch
First, I get up, then I takea shower. After that, I get Afternoon:
dressed, and finally, I leave the house at eight thirty. Favorite school day:
I take a shower before breakfast. After breakfast, I Favorite classes
get dressed.
After-school clubs:_

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5 Use the information in the questionnaire to lmagine you are at elementary school again.
write a blog post about your school and your Write a paragraph to describe your typical day.
school day. Think about these things:
ul.
Use sequencing words. r What time does school start and finish? xÉ
Hi l'm I'rn¡. a qf;tAcnf. af. ¡ What classes do you have? I
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. Do you have lunch at school or at home?
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* talk about Your tYPical dailY mea ls

* talk about likes and dislikes
* ask about habits
* write about a PoPu lar food in Yo ur country

1 @,oi: E!![lfi[E![ Who are Sam and Brody talking about?

Mason hears something in the school cafeteria that Later .,

makes him angry ... Lola Oh, there's Jacob.
Lala What's on the menu today? Mason So what? I hope he doesn't sit here.
Mason lt's Friday, so it's nachos with cheese today. §am I can't stand him.
Lola Nachos with cheese? My favorite! Brody Who? Jacob?
Mason I love them, too! 5am Yes, he's a real show-off.
L<¡la Hey, listen to this. What do you call cheese that Brody Yeah, he thinks he's great, but he's
isn't your cheese? very annoying.
Mason I don't know. What do you call cheese that isn't Masan What?! Shut up, you two!
your cheese? You don't know him.
Lola Nacho cheese! Not ... your ... cheese! §am Who are you?
Mason Oh, Lola ... that's awful! Mason l'm his brother. And he isn't a
Cook Do you want any salad? Corn, carrots, tomatoes? show-off. He's a great guy!
Mason No, I don't, thanks. Lola You're right, Mason. Jacob is great.
Lola Yes, please-carrots and corn for me. I love them. Tell him!

2 EEEilE[EEffi Complete the sentences.

Lola and Mason love nachos.
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Find these words and phrases and check
1 wants nachos but not vegetables. their meaning.
2 wants carrots and corn with the nachos. awful he's a real show-off
3 is angry with two boys. So what? annoying
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4 defends Jacob. I can't stand him. Shut up
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3 f¡na and underline the phrases in the dialogue in exercise 1.

What do you call cheese ...? Do you want any salad?

You don't know him. I don't know. No, I don't

4 @ oz: Put the words in order to make sentences

or questions. Then listen and check.
1

Lcla do / cheese I call I you / What / that isn't

your cheese?
Whal do you call cheese thal isn'l
your cheese?
Ma*on know./l/don't

What do you call cheese that isn't your

T cheese?
Lcla Nacho cheese!

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T
n Cook any I you I Do lsalad? / want
2
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Mason thanks. f don't, / No, /|
3

Lola Yes, please-carrots and corn for me

them./l/love

3
Mason Shut up, you two!
him./You/know/don't

5am Who are you?

Mason l'm his brother. And he isn't a show-off
He's a great guy!

@ ozl ¡e¡, listen again and repeat.

5 ff,@EEtr Ask and answer questions about food.

Write a dialogue. Use the words in the box to help you
tuna cheese chicken peas carrots corn

Do you want any tuna?

Yes, please

Do you want any cheese?

No, I don't, thanks. U)
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Vocabulary

Food and drink

1 (Dllq7a Look at the school lunches and match the
food words in the box with the pictures 1-24. with new words
Then listen and check. WO rds is a great way
bulary. Draw small pictures
peach pear apple bread carrots cheese chicken of th voca bu la ry
fries eggs grapes ham ice cream mik rds next to them.
orange juice peas potato chips potatoes salad
salmon soda corn tomatoes tuna water

1 milk 7 13 '19

2 8 14 20
3 9 15 2"1

4 10 16 22
5 11 17 23
6 "12 18 24

Lunch B

Lunch D

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2 Copy the word map and complete it with the food 3 EEEtrI Look at the lunches A-D in exercise 1.
in exercise 1 Put the lunches in order from 1 §our favorite) to 4
(your least favorite). Compare with your partner.

What's your favorite lunch?

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ham salmon soda It's lunch A. lt has salmon, potatoes, peas ...

My favorite lunch is A, too. /

My favorite lunch is lunch C. lt has
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I caffolo anapple
milk breaá What's your second-favorite Iunch?
It's...

ral forms, but we

the singular form.
Singular only
ln the children stay at school for lunch. Most of
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hot school lunches, but some bring their
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Grammar

lnterrogative and short anshrsr§

Negative

lnterrogative Short answers

Fullform Short form

Do I swim? Yes, you do No, you don't.
I do not swim I don't swim
Do you swim? Yes, I do No, I don't.
you do not swim you don't swim
Does he swim? Yes, he does No, he doesn't.
he does not swim he doesn't swim
Does she swim? Yes, she does. No, she doesn't
she does not swim she doesn't swim
Does it swim? Yes, it does. No, it doesn't.
it does not swim it doesn't swim
Do we swim? Yes, you do. No, you don't
we do not swim we don't swim
Do you swim? Yes, we do. No, we don't.
you do not swim you don't swim
Do they swim? Yes, they do. No, they don't.
they do not swim they don't swim

Choose correct alternatives.

Complete the sentences with don't or doesn't. o ln simple present questions, da and does
l/You/We/Ihey p lay go 1 before / after the subject.
He/She/ It2 play o ln third person singular questions, we
2add / don't add an -s to the main verb.
Rules
Rules p.til!!2
1 Choose the correct alternatives.
My cousin aon't /@speak English. 3 Complete the questions and short answers with
1 I don't / doesn't study Spanish at school. do, does, don't, or doesn't.
2 We're vegetarians. We don't / doesn't eat meat, Do you like tuna? Yes, I do.
3 Dad don't / doesn't work in the evenings. 1 Mr. Black teach Art? No, he
4 My best friend don't / doesn't go to my school.
2 the girls start school at 9 a.m.?
5 The children don't / doesn't like carrots.
Yes, they
6 The movie don't / doesn't start at 8 p.m.
3 Oscar like ice cream? Yes, he
2 Wr¡te the sentences in the negative form.
4 _you and your family speak Cerman?
Use don't and doesn't.
I live in London. No, we

I don'tliveinLondon. 5_ you get up at 7:30?

1 Katie goes to bed at 10 p.m. No, I

2 We visit our uncle on Sundays. 6_ Lily play sports after school?

3 My dog likes fish. Yes, she
4 My mom cleans my bedroom. 7 _you and Dani want pasta for lunch?
5 The boys play basketball on Fridays. Yes, we
6 I get home at 4 p.m. 8_ they live in an apartment?
7 Matteo has lunch at school. No, they
8 Holly eats salad.

ns for the students in your class

the verbs.
like play start finish have VI
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