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Y N Y H A R T B O V I N S H O A G R C B G P W A N D Z C Q S S R O P J X E N S E H N I P C E K T L W Y P C C F E L E I I Q T S A O G X U B R L D N E S H M I D H N V Z F N I W C A Y P S H R J V H B Q R F H E R H A X S M U S I C E S K Y C E P Y E M A Z D G R E Z T R L G Y G N Z T U P X A N T E E H O B O X F H V T E W E N G L I S H L P C S Y R T S I M E H C G D O X I H U E Q J Y L I R T J R I N E T K S L S V M L F X Z Y B Y H P A R G O E G Z U A G M Find the words below in the crosswords. Words are placed vertically, horizontally and diagonally, both from left to right and from right to left. PHOTOCOPIABLE © Macmillan Iberia, S.A. 2015. This page may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Macmillan Secondary e-Toolkit BACK TO SCHOOL INDIVIDUAL TASK - School subjects: A fun way for students to learn about school subjects in English. WORKSHEET 1 Maths English French Geography History PE ICT Art Physics Chemistry Biology Music Science Technology

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Y N Y H A R T B O V I N S H O

A G R C B G P W A N D Z C Q S

S R O P J X E N S E H N I P C

E K T L W Y P C C F E L E I I

Q T S A O G X U B R L D N E S

H M I D H N V Z F N I W C A Y

P S H R J V H B Q R F H E R H

A X S M U S I C E S K Y C E P

Y E M A Z D G R E Z T R L G Y

G N Z T U P X A N T E E H O B

O X F H V T E W E N G L I S H

L P C S Y R T S I M E H C G D

O X I H U E Q J Y L I R T J R

I N E T K S L S V M L F X Z Y

B Y H P A R G O E G Z U A G M

Find the words below in the crosswords. Words are placed vertically, horizontally and diagonally, both from left to right and from right to left.

PHOTOCOPIABLE© Macmillan Iberia, S.A. 2015. This page may be photocopied for use in the classroom.Macmillan Secondary e-Toolkit

BACK TO SCHOOLINDIVIDUAL TASK - School subjects: A fun way for students to learn about school subjects in English.

WORKSHEET 1

Maths • English • French • Geography • History • PE • ICT • Art • Physics

Chemistry • Biology • Music • Science • Technology

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These sentences refer to the subjects in worksheet 1. Match each definition to the corresponding subject.

PHOTOCOPIABLE© Macmillan Iberia, S.A. 2015. This page may be photocopied for use in the classroom.Macmillan Secondary e-Toolkit

BACK TO SCHOOL COLLABORATIVE TASK – What subject is it?: Students check what they know about school subjects in English.

WORKSHEET 2

a) In this subject you learn about cities and countries in the world.

b) In this subject you learn to use computers and web tools.

c) In this subject you do sport and get fit.

d) In this subject you learn to calculate and work with numbers.

e) In this subject you learn about energy, heat and light and how they affect objects.

f) In this subject you study the structure of substances and how they react with other substances.

g) In this subject you learn to speak a foreign language which is spoken by many people in the world.

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BACK TO SCHOOLLIFE SKILLS - Collaborative writing (ESO 1-3): In groups, students write a class contract for the next school year.

WORKSHEET 3A

WHAT MAKES A GOOD STUDENT IN ENGLISH CLASS?In English class, a good student should…

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD ENGLISH TEACHER?A good English teacher should…

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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BACK TO SCHOOLWORKSHEET 3B

CLASS CONTRACT - GOLDEN RULES

Class: _____________________________________________ Date: ___________________

The students will

1. ____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

The teachers will

1. ____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

Signed

The students The teacher The parents

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BACK TO SCHOOLLIFE SKILLS - Collaborative writing (ESO 4-Bachillerato): In groups, students do a webquest on languages in the world.

WORKSHEET 4

1. Which are the 10 most widely spoken languages in the world?

2. How many people speak each of them as their mother tongue?

3. In how many countries is English an official language?

4. Can you list some of them?

5. Why is English the first language in so many places?

6. How many people have learnt English as a foreign language?

7. Which are the six official languages in the United Nations?

8. What happens if a delegate speaks in a non-official language in the United Nations?

http://www.themost10.com/widely-spoken-languages-in-the-world

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/guide/languages.shtml

http://www.un.org/en/sections/about-un/official-languages

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BACK TO SCHOOLWith this activity, students will learn about school subjects in English as well as key vocabulary related to them.

TEACHER’S NOTES

INDIVIDUAL TASK - School subjectsWORKSHEET 1

1. Write the following question on the board: “What subjects do you have at school?”

2. Brainstorm ideas in open class in order to see how many subjects the students already know how to say in English.

3. Then give students worksheet 1 for them to look for the subjects listed below. (To make the activity more challenging, you can ask students to cover the bottom part of the page so they don’t see what subjects they have to find).

4. Once they have finished, go over the answers (making sure all the students have found all the words) and illustrate each of the subjects, answering any vocabulary questions they may have. You can also ask students if they can think of any additional subjects which are not in the crosswords.

5. With weaker groups, you can get students to translate them into their mother tongue to make sure they understand what they mean.

Answers:

Y Y A R T S H

G R C S

O E N I C

T L P E E I

S O R N S

I N F C Y

H H E H

M U S I C P

Y A E

G T T

O H E N G L I S H

L S Y R T S I M E H C

O T

I

B Y H P A R G O E G

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BACK TO SCHOOLThis activity will increase the students’ vocabulary related to subjects in English and it will give them strategies to define new words (learning to learn).

TEACHER’S NOTES

COLLABORATIVE TASK – What subject is it? – WORKSHEET 2

1. Give students worksheet 2.

2. They need to read the sentences and complete them with a word from worksheet 1.

3. Go round helping students with vocabulary questions they may have.

4. Go over the answers in open class.

5. As an extension task, you could get students in groups and ask them to write a definitions for the subjects in worksheet 1 which do not appear in worksheet 2. (As scaffolding, students could use the same sentence structures from worksheet 2, for example: “In this subject you learn about …” or “In this subject you learn to …”). This could be set up as a game where one group reads out their definition and the rest of the teams try to guess. To make it even more competitive, you could award a point to the team who guesses correctly.

Answers:

a) In this subject you learn about cities and countries in the world. → Geography

b) In this subject you learn to use computers and web tools. → ICT

c) In this subject you do sport and get fit. → PE

d) In this subject you learn to calculate and work with numbers. → Maths

e) In this subject you learn about energy, heat and light and how they affect objects. → Physics

f) In this subject you study the structure of substances and how they react with other substances. → Chemistry

g) In this subject you learn to speak a foreign language which is spoken by many people in the world. → English

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BACK TO SCHOOLTEACHER’S NOTES

LIFE SKILLS - WORKSHEETS 3A + 3B

1. Tell students you are now going to write a class contract together for the new school year with the most important rules for a class to go well.

2. Get students in groups and write the following questions on the board:

What makes a good student in English class? What qualities does he/she need to have? What should the students do for English classes to go well?

3. Students should brainstorm ideas to think of the five qualities a good student should have and share them with their group. To make the brainstorming more efficient, appoint a spokesperson in each group who will also be in charge of writing down everyone’s preliminary ideas and ask you any questions they might have.

4. At the end of the brainstorming (after approximately 5-10 minutes, depending on your students), each group should now agree on five qualities a good student should have and write them down in the first section of worksheet 3A. (You should hand out one copy of the worksheet per student).

5. Next, the spokesperson in each group should share their ideas in open class so you can write them down on the board.

6. After that, ask students to read through the list on the board in order to design a final version of the list of qualities as a whole class.

7. Finally, give worksheet 3B to each student so they can write down the 5 qualities in their own copy of the class contract. It is also a good idea for you to make an A-3 size copy of the contract to hang in class. This last copy should also be signed by all the students in the class as well as by you.

8. Next, follow the same procedure but this time to ask students about the qualities a teacher should have. Since they will already be familiar with the activity, this second round will most likely be easier. At the end of this second part of the activity, your students will also have agreed on 5 qualities as a class and will therefore be ready to write them down in their own copy of the class contract.

9. You could also ask the students to take their contract home to show their parents and ask them to sign it.

10. The contract will be a useful tool to establish clear expectations both on the students’ and on the teacher’s part. It will also help to deal with discipline problems and less hard-working students.

This activity will foster cooperative learning, because the students will be brainstorming ideas in groups and writing together.

It will also work on the students’ critical thinking skills, because the activity will make them reflect on the necessary requirements for a class to go well and will ask them to make a commitment for the next school year.

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BACK TO SCHOOLTEACHER’S NOTES

LIFE SKILLS - Collaborative writing (ESO 4-Bachillerato)

1. Get students in groups and write the following questions on the board:

How many languages can you think of?

2. Ask students to brainstorm together and to come up with as many languages as they can. To make the activity more organised, you could appoint a spokesperson in each group

who will be in charge of writing down everyone’s ideas. In order to turn this into a fun game, you could set up a time (1-2 minutes) and then ask students to stop writing once the time is up.

3. You could then check the students’ answers in open class and award a point for each language spelt correctly.

4. Then give students worksheet 4 and tell them that it’s a webquest. If they are not familiar with this concept, tell them that it’s a web search, where they have to look for information on the Internet to answer the questions on the worksheet.

5. Ideally, the students should get into groups and look for the information together. However, if there is no computer lab available at your school, you could still get the students into groups and ask them to do the task for homework. To make it really collaborative, you could give them 5-10 minutes the following class for them to compare their answers.

6. Once the students have done the task (either in the computer lab or for homework), you could go over the answers in open class and comment on what the students have found the most interesting / surprising, etc.

7. Next, you could get students in groups to discuss the following questions in order to get them to personalise the information on the webquest:

a. How important do you think it is to learn a foreign language? b. What are the advantages of speaking a foreign language? c. If you had to learn another foreign language, which one would you choose and why?

8. Finally, an activity that can be done after the webquest is to get the students in pairs to challenge each other about the information on the worksheet. To make the activity more fun, give students 5-10 minutes to read through their answers and to try and remember as much as they can. Then they should ask each other the questions and award a point for each correct answer.

9. As an extension activity, you could ask students to choose a language (preferably from the 10 most widely spoken ones), to look for information on it and to present it to their classmates using an infographic (basically, a visual representation of information). A very useful website to create infographics is http://piktochart.com

This activity will foster collaboration, because the students will be looking for information and sharing their ideas in groups.

It will also help students to recognise and respect diversity, as they will learn about the different languages in the world.

As well as that, it will increase their cultural awareness, because they will find out more about where each language (including English) is spoken, which will in turn raise their awareness of the importance of foreign languages.

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BACK TO SCHOOLTEACHER’S NOTES

LIFE SKILLS - Collaborative writing (ESO 4-Bachillerato) - ANSWER KEY

1. Which are the 10 most widely spoken languages in the world? Mandarin Chinese, English, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Bengali, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, German.

From: http://www.themost10.com/widely-spoken-languages-in-the-world

2. How many people speak each of them as their mother tongue?

Mandarin Chinese - 960 million Bengali - 210 million

English - 359 million Russian - 260 million

Spanish - 548 million (though some Portuguese - 220 million as their second language)

Hindi - 545 million (though some as Japanese - 125 million their second language)

Arabic - 420 million German - 100 million

From: http://www.themost10.com/widely-spoken-languages-in-the-world

3. In how many countries is English an official language? English is an official language in 54 countries.

From: http://www.themost10.com/widely-spoken-languages-in-the-world

4. Can you list some of them?

United Kingdom, the United States of America, Australia, New Zealand and Canada

From: http://www.themost10.com/widely-spoken-languages-in-the-world

(You could also add South Africa, Malta, Jamaica, Ireland, Northern Ireland and India).

5. Why is English the first language in so many places?

Because the British Empire used to be very big.

From: http://www.themost10.com/widely-spoken-languages-in-the-world

6. How many people have learnt English as a foreign language? A billion people.

From: http://www.themost10.com/widely-spoken-languages-in-the-world

7. Which are the six official languages in the United Nations? There are six official languages of the UN. These are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

From: http://www.un.org/en/sections/about-un/official-languages

8. What happens if a delegate speaks in a non-official language in the United Nations? If a delegate chooses to speak in a non-official language, the delegation must provide either an interpretation or a written text of the statement in one of the official languages.

From: http://www.un.org/en/sections/about-un/official-languages