2 Answer the following questions according to the text.

1. How must the students study at school?

2. What is the main purpose of school?

3. What is the teachers role at school?

4. What do school give students besides knowledge?

5. What activities help student to get on well?

3 Good reading of the poem.

I Believe

I believe that life is there to enjoy.

I believe crushes are there to crush hearts.

I believe that the heart leads you in the right direction if you follow it.

I believe friends are needed no matter who you are.

I believe family should stick by your side.

I believe you should always chase your dreams.

I believe hope is something everyone needs.

I believe you need to make time for fun.

I believe music soothes the soul.

I believe that money cannot buy happiness.

I believe books can take you anywhere.

I believe jokes have to be there to keep people sane.

I believe people are special the way they are.

I believe that true friends will last a lifetime.

I believe that enjoying what you do will help you enjoy life more.

I believe parents are more important than you think.

I believe the sky is the limit.

I believe you should shoot for the stars.

I believe being loved and loving are two totally different things.

I believe that you have to love yourself before you can love others.

I believe records are made to be broken.

I believe promises should be kept.

I believe brothers and sisters are made to teach.

I believe a simple smile can make anybody's day better.

Do you know?

Idiom. to cut school/class MEANING: - to be absent at school without a good excuse EXAMPLE He has bad marks due to the fact that he often cuts classes to play football with friends. "the teacher's pet" MEANING: the teacher's favorite student EXAMPLE: My sister was always the teacher's pet when she was in the first grade at school.

SPEAKING. 1 Read the conversation, and then act it out with your partner.

Andrea: What's wrong, Eric

Eric: I'm really nervous. I'm always this way on the first day of school.

Andrea: You're not the only one. It's hard for me, too. I'm glad we're taking this class together.

Eric: Do you know anything about the teacher

Andrea: Uh‐huh, a little. Someone told me she gives a lot of homework, and you have to talk a lot

in class.

Eric: Oh, no! I'm afraid of talking in front of a lot of people.

Andrea: Oh, don't worry. Everyone's afraid at the beginning, but after you get to know the people

and make friends . . .

Eric: It doesn't get better for me. I'm shy. I have trouble looking at people when I talk, and my

hands shake.

Andrea: Look . . . the teacher's here. Let's talk after class.

2 Choose the correct answer from the conversation above.

1. What is Eric’s problem

1. He doesn’t like school.

2. It’s the first day of school.

3. He doesn’t like his classmates.

2. Which is TRUE about Andrea

1. She is in Eric’s class.

2. She isn’t nervous.

3. She wants help from Eric.

3. The new teacher _____.

1. wants students to be quiet

2. talks a lot in class

3. likes to give homework

4. Probably, Eric will _____.

1. make a lot of friends soon

2. feel stressed in class

3. overcome his shyness