SCHOOL IN THE PAST

 What do you know about schools and school days in
the past?

SCHOOL IN THE PAST
o wear casual clothes
o There are no extra classes
o white chalk, blackboard;
o There are no modern
equipment

maths, language, history, physics, etc.
– school subjects (What …)
traditional games
– leisure time activities (What …)
three months
– summer holiday (How long …)
walk
– means of transport to school (How …)

 Compare schools in the past and today
in the past

- What students wore to school?
- What subjects students studied?
- How students got to school?

nowadays

Unit 4
REMEMBERING
THE PAST
LESSON 6: SKILLS 2

I. LISTENING

1 Match each phrase with the right picture.

1. walking barefoot
2. talking face to face
3. traditional game

2 Listen to the talk between Thanh and his grandma and tick (√)
the things you hear.

1. Three-month summer holiday

√

2. Lessons in the morning only

√

3. A lot of extra lessons
4. Walking barefoot
5. Chatting on mobile phones

√

3 Listen again. Choose the correct answer.
1. The conversation is generally about Thanh's ________.
A. school days
B. grandma's school days
C. grandma's life in the past
2. Thanh's grandma didn't have a lot of ______.
A. homework

B. lessons

C. subjects

3 Listen again. Choose the correct answer.
3. Thanh's grandma ______ went to school on foot
A. always
B. sometimes
C. never
4. Students in the past played ______during break time.
A. computer games
B. games on mobile phones
C. traditional games

 Audio-script
Thanh: Grandma, you say that you had three months for summer holiday when you were a pupil?
Grandma: Right. And we did lots of things during the summer.
Thanh: Wow, I wish we had a three-month summer holiday! Did you stay at school all day during the
school year?
Grandma: No, we had lessons in the morning only.
Thanh: Did you have a lot of homework?
Grandma: Not a lot. And we never had extra lessons.
Thanh:Really? Did you study the same subjects as we do now?
Grandma: Yes and no. We didn't have music and arts, or computer science.
Thanh: How did you go to school then?
Grandma: Well, we walked all the time. And we didn't have shoes or sandals. We were walking
barefoot.
Thanh: Poor you! But what did you do during break time? Did you chat with your friends
or …?
Grandma:Yes, but … face-to-face. And we played traditional games such as hide-and- seek, tug of war,
skipping, etc. There were no mobile phones or iPads then.
Thanh:Well, those were the days …

II.
WRITING

4 Work in pairs. Ask and answer about school days in the past.

- Work in pairs. You can use the cues given to ask and answer
about school days in the past.
Your talk may include the following:
– school time (When …) in the morning only
– school subjects (What …) maths, language, history, physics, etc.
– leisure time activities (What …) traditional games
– summer holiday (How long …) three months
– means of transport to school (How …) walk
- You can refer to the listening text for your answers.

5 Write a paragraph (100 - 120 words) about school days in the past.
- Use the ideas in Activity 4 for your writing.

In the past, students had lessons in the morning only.
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________.

5 Write a paragraph (100 - 120 words) about school days in the past.
 Sample paragraph:
In the past, students had lessons in the morning only. In the afternoon, they
stayed home and did other things to help their parents. At school, they
learned subjects such as maths, language, history, physics, etc. but they did
not have music and arts, or sciences. They did not have extra lessons. In
their free time they played traditional games such as hide-and-seek, tug of
war, skipping, and so on. Every day they went to school on foot. My
grandmother told me that they walked barefoot all the time, as they did not
have shoes or sandals. They were lucky in that they had a long summer
holiday – about three months!

 CONSOLIDATION

 What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Listen for general and specific information
about old school days.
 Write about old school days.

*
Homework
- Rewrite the paragraph in the notebooks.
- Do exercises in the workbook.

WARM-UP

OPTION 2

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

OPTION 2

WARM-UP

- Create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast school days in the
past and school days to day with information.
IN THE
PAST

TODAY