The Quiz and the Maze

Here are the documents we are going to use this week. The Quiz and The Maze. I'm sure you'll find these activities both useful and fun. Well, I hope you will :-)
By the way, these are just for your information, you needn't print anything, this time. I'll bring the copies to class. Remember, it will be easier and you'll learn more if you take a look at the files and prepare work ahead of time. Trust me!

UNIT 2 – Overview

The topic of this new unit is, as you already know, THE WORLD of WORK. This is a shorter unit (Autumn Term is about to end!) in which we will not only reflect upon the recent global trends that characterize our modern society but also think about the connections between school and work and the skills that an ideal (?) school would promote. In order to do so specific vocabulary will be needed, so you should probably be ready to give special emphasis to your vocabulary building skills.

For your reference here is an overview of the unit which will help you plan your learning activities.
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YOUR final TASK
A - Two GROUPS will prepare a debate about SCHOOL, EDUCATION and the WORLD of WORK.
B - The OTHER GROUPS will prepare a JOB INTERVIEW.

In class we will discuss these tasks in more detail. Actually, we’ll be building the assessment criteria together. All in all we will:
- Brainstorm ideas after viewing a painting by L. S. Lowry
- Listen to/view a silly job interview and a short talk about how to prepare a job interview. Print the worksheet and bring to class (Friday, 21st)
- Answer a quiz about your career profile.
- Play a game called MAZE in which you will develop your decision making and negotiating skills.
- Write a magazine article about a career of success.
- Write a CV (resume, in American English).
- Role play a job interview
- Debate current trends in the world of work and the school that prepares for the future

DEBATE and ROLE-PLAYS will take place on Tuesday 9th /Wednesday 10th December.
There will be a PROGRESS TEST on Friday 5th December.

WORK, REST OR PLAY? Or is this the wrong question?

The world of WORK is the theme of our next unit.
Look at this painting by L.S. Lowry (1887-1976).
What questions does it prompt you to ask?

Progress test

Take your time to review and check your answers. Here is the test with key.

This week - Follow up to Unit 1

Hello,
Last week we finished Unit 1 and, in most cases, we finished very well with some brilliant sketches and performances :-)
Follow up to this unit includes some attention on how to write a biography, since this has been optional work so far.
You’ll be reading Amartya Sen’s autobiography and we’ll study some of the techniques used to write biographies. Here is an extract of the text AND KEY and some exercises. Bring it to class.
The results of the tests, on the other hand, show me that we should give more attention to grammar in class and some consolidation is needed. So we will be doing some exercises and I urge you bring your doubts to class. If you don’t try on your own ...
We will focus on:
o Clauses – Linking words.
o Reported Speech
Please bring the worksheets on these topics that I gave to your class representative a few weeks ago. You will also need to bring this text, which is an extract of the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. I hope you enjoy it.