Looking forward, looking back!

Get ready

1

Read the question: "What memories will you have of your time at school?" Distinguish the nouns and the auxiliary.

2

Link each word to a time period.

3

Fill in the blanks to reformulate the question.

This chapter invites me to reflect on memories at school, myself in the and my intentions for the .

4

Brainstorm from the title of the chapter and fill in the mindmap.

5

Check with this table what you already know.

Observe and listen

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b

c

d

e

1

Associate each letter with the corresponding objects.

2

Match each painting with an artist.

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2

3

4

3

Listen to the audio and choose the words relevant to the painting.

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reflect

photograph

table

nostalgia

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past

classroom

introspection

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biography

personality

Let’s have fun

1

Listen to the poem and the rhyme pattern. Note the rhymes in the extract.

2

Which vowel sounds are used in the rhymes /ə/ or /eɪ/? Complete with the phonetic between the slashes.

My last year of school is a time to remember, 


I want to work hard right from September.


If I had enough sense, I’d learn my lessons every day,


Then revising for exams would be child’s play! [...]

3

Note the /aɪ/ and /ɪ/ sounds.