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Learning Objectives: Good Relationships With Teachers Are
Important
Level 2 – Study and School Life (Advice Letter) 2009
Integrated Skills Development
Listening
Dear Kathy,
My first year at secondary school was very bad as I kept getting into
trouble. I don’t like any of the teachers and the school has so many
Students will: rules.
Learn how to avoid
Can’t do this! Can’t do that! If I do break one rule I get a
getting into trouble at detention. Last year I had so many I lost count.
school
Learn how to be But I really want to do better this year. Otherwise I will have to
change schools. How can I get the teachers to like me?
favoured by teachers at
school Joe
Understand nouns and
verbs associated with
school and school
behaviour
Learning Tip:
When in class respect your
teacher. If you do not respect
your teacher he/she cannot
teach. Other students will not
want to be your friend
because they cannot learn.
Listening Questions
Explanation: This is a 1. Who is Joe writing to?
factual question. Refer to : Katie
“Dear Kathy” Kelly
Kathy
Kristy
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Explanation: This is a 2. Joe goes to primary school.
factual question. Refer to true
paragraph 1: “My first year false
at secondary school was
very bad as I kept getting
into trouble.”
Explanation: This is a 3. What happens if Joe does break the rules? Complete
reference question. Refer the sentence by quoting from the passage.
to paragraph 2: “If I do “If I do break one rule I get a detention.”
break one rule I get a
detention.”
Vocabulary Vocabulary Exercise
Integrative use of listening, spelling and written structures
break verb 1. You must not break the rules.
to disobey a rule or law
2. You have had too many bad grades and too many
Ex. If I do break one rule I get
a detention. detentions.
de•ten•tions noun 3. Respect each other.
[plural] 4. I keep getting into trouble.
a punishment in which
children who have behaved 5. He has a bad relationship with his teacher.
badly are forced to stay at
school after the others have
gone home Reading Comprehension
Ex. Also, you will have to do
make-up tests, go to summer Dear Joe,
schools and have after school
detentions. Thank you for your letter. It is very important to have a good
teacher-student relationship.
grades noun
[plural] By being bad in class you might get very bad grades. Also, you will
a mark that a student is have to do more tests, go to summer schools and have after school
given for their work or for detentions. This is not fun.
an examination
Ex. By being bad in class you I think you like to make friends by doing something silly in class.
might get very bad grades. Some classmates may think you are cool but, the teacher will not.
Teachers are there for you. They are there to help you learn.
re•la•tion•ship noun
the way in which two Respect is very important. By listening to a teacher you are
people or two groups feel respecting them.
about each other and
behave towards each other
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Ex. It is very important to Good luck!
have a good teacher-student
relationship. Kathy
re•spect noun
when you regard
something or someone as
important and are careful
not to harm them, treat
them rudely etc
Ex. Respect is very important.
rules noun
[plural]
an official instruction that
says how things must be
done or what is allowed,
especially in a game,
organisation, or job
Ex. I don’t like any of the
teachers and the school has
so many rules.
troub•le noun
if someone or something is
in trouble, they are in a
situation with a lot of
problems
Ex. My first year at secondary
school was very bad as I kept
getting into trouble.
Reading Comprehension Questions
Explanation: This is a 1. What do you have to do in the summer if you are bad
reference question. Refer at school?
to paragraph 2: “Also, you go on holiday overseas
will have to do more tests, do more homework
go to summer schools and have a detention
have after school go back to school
detentions.”
Explanation: This is a 2. How does Joe make friends in class?
reference question. Refer He answers the teachers’ questions.
to paragraph 3: “I think you He makes everybody in class laugh.
like to make friends by He introduces himself to them.
doing something silly in He does something very Silly.
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class.”
Explanation: This is an 3. Why does Joe make friends in this way?
inference question. Refer to He does not have many friends who respect him.
paragraph 3: “Some It is the easiest way for Joe to make friends.
classmates may think you Some students in class respect what he does.
are cool but, the teacher The teachers do not show respect to him.
will not.”
Explanation: This is a 4. Kathy says, “It is very important to have a good…”
factual question. Refer to “teacher-student relationship”
paragraph 1: “It is very
important to have a good
teacher-student
relationship.”
Explanation: This is a 5. How should students show respect to their teachers in
reference question. Refer class? Answer the question by quoting from the
to paragraph 4: “By passage.
listening to a teacher you “by listening”
are respecting them.”
Speaking
Integrative use of listening and speaking
1. You might get very bad grades.
2. You will have after school detentions.
3. I kept getting into trouble.
4. The school has got so many rules.
Guided Writing – Getting Teachers to Like You
1. A good relationship with your teacher is important.
2. Do not break the class rules.
3. If you do you will get many bad grades.
4. You will also get detention.
5. Respect your teacher.
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