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GETTING STARTED & Listen and read
English 8 - Period 26
Unit 5
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Find out the subjects.
Getting started
ASK & ANSWER
How often do we have Math?
We have Math five times a week.
Math
?
……
Geography
?
……
History
?
……
Biology
?
……
Literature
?
……
Physical education
?
……
How often do we have Math?
We have Math five times a week.
Vocabulary
report card (n)
pronunciation (n)
pronounce (v)
La República socialista del Vietnam
és un país del sud-est asiátic
a l`Indoxina.
La seva capital és Hanoi.
Té frontera Xina, Laos,
Cambodja i el
Golf de Tonquín.
Spanish (n)
Spain (n)
improve (v)
improvement (n)
Your test papers are not very good.
You should improve your writing.
Your son Tim should work harder on his Spanish pronunciation.
Miss Jackson said you should work harder on your Spanish pronunciation.
What did Miss Jackson say, Mom?
Miss Jackson said you should work harder on your Spanish pronunciation.

REPORTED SPEECH
She asked me to give you this dictionary.

Practise reading new words.
improvement (n)
improve (v)
report card (n)
pronounce (v)
Spanish (n)
pronunciation (n)
Match A and B.
1. report card
2. improve
3. pronounce
4. excellent
5. proud
very good
to become or make something better
a notebook written by a teacher giving details of a student’s work at school
feeling or showing pride
to say the sounds of letters or words

A
B
Listen and guess.
Listen and guess.
1) Who are talking?
2) What are they talking about?
3) In which subject
should Tim work harder?
Tim and his mother.
Spanish pronunciation.
Tim’s report card.
Now, listen and complete.
Mom: Tim? Tim? Are you home?
Tim: Yes, Mom. I’m in the living-room. What is it, Mom?
Mom: I went to your school today and Miss Jackson gave me your …………...
Listen and complete.
report card.
Tim: Oh, is it a good report?
Mom: Don’t worry. It’s ……………………
You did very well.
Tim: May I see the report?
Mom: Sure. I’m proud of you, Tim. I know you worked really hard this semester.
Tim: Thanks, Mom.
excellent.
Mom: But there’s one thing you need to …………………
Tim: What’s that, Mom?
Mom: Miss Jackson said you should work harder on your …………… pronunciation. She asked me to give you this ………………..
Tim: Yes, I know. Some of those Spanish sounds are really hard.
Mom: I believe you can do it, Tom.
Buenos dias!
improve.
Spanish
dictionary.
Mom: Tim? Tim? Are you home?
Tim: Yes, Mom. I’m in the living-room. What is it, Mom?
Mom: I went to your school today and Miss Jackson gave me your report card.
Tim: Oh, is it a good report?
Mom: Don’t worry. It’s excellent. You did very well.
Tim: May I see the report?
Mom: Sure. I’m proud of you, Tim. I know you worked really hard this semester.
Tim: Thanks, Mom.
Mom: But there’s one thing you need to improve.
Tim: What’s that, Mom?
Mom: Miss Jackson said you should work harder on your Spanish pronunciation. She asked me to give you this dictionary.
Tim: Yes, I know. Some of those Spanish sounds are really hard.
Mom: I believe you can do it, Tom.
Practise reading.
True or false?
a) Tim was out when his mother called him.
TRUE
FALSE

True or false?
b) Tim`s mother met his teacher at school.
TRUE
FALSE

True or false?
c) Tim`s report is poor.
TRUE
FALSE

True or false?
d) Tim`s mother wants him to improve one thing.
TRUE
FALSE

True or false?
e) Tim needs to improve his Spanish grammar.
TRUE
FALSE

True or false?
f) Tim promised his best in learning Spanish.
TRUE
FALSE

a) Tim was out when his mother called him.
b) Tim`s mother met his teacher at school.
c) Tim`s report is poor.
d) Tim`s mother wants him to improve one thing.
e) Tim needs to improve his Spanish grammar.
f) Tim promised his best in learning Spanish.
F
F
F
T
T
T
Answer the questions.
LUCKY
NUMBER
b
e
c
d
a
LUCKY
NUMBER
What did Miss Jackson give Tim`s mother?
What did Tim`s mother give him at the end of the conversation?
How did Tim study this semester?
What did Miss Jackson say Tim should do?
Who is Miss Jackson?
GROUP A
GROUP B
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3
4
5
6
7
Questions & answers
Who is Miss Jackson?
She’s Tim’s teacher.
What did Miss Jackson give Tim’s mother?
She gave Tim’s report card.
How did Tim study this semester?
He studied very well this semester.
What did Miss Jackson say Tim should do?
She said he should work harder on Spanish pronunciation.
What did Tim’s mother give him at the end of the conversation?
She gave him a dictionary.
Read the school report and give the name of the subject from the box.
English
Spanish
Geography
History
Math
Physics
Sports
Music
Arts
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
9.
8.
1.
Math – Arts – Geography – Spanish – English – Physics – Music – History - Sports
Re-read the dialogue.
Learn new words.
HOMEWORK
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