Tom Gates

Different ways to talk/write about your life?

• Conversation : present myself
• A presentation about me
• A letter
• An autobiography
• ...

Ways to talk about my life: in a...

Chapter 4 - Talk About Your life with Tom Gates

What is this document? Make more links with the text and the drawing

2. Read the rest of the text:

Make links between them in your book.

1. Read the first sentence and look at the drawing

Look at this document :

We can see the shop that he mentions line 8, the school and his house.

2. This document is a text and a drawing, it is an extract from "The Brilliant World of Tom Gates" biographic-story by Liz Pichon, published in 2001.

1. The drawing illustrates the first sentence as he draws his neighbourhood and his road from home to school.

Correction

Is Tom always late? What about you ?

Look at this document :

Always

Never

Les adverbes de fréquences

Often

usually

Sometimes

Occasionally

Rarely

Always

Never

Les adverbes de fréquences

What other places can you find in your neighbourhood?

What other places can you find in your neighbourhood?

Imagine the "important things":

Look at the last sentence.

You can create your own sentences OR Adapt the text with your information

Create a drawing of your neighbourhood like Tom Gates, and write about yourself.

In your books

YOUR TURN !

Read the new document : Underline the activitiesWhat is Tom talking about ?

What is your morning routine?

Link the images and the sentences

Glue them in order in your copybook

Cut out the images and the sentences

Do the activity

Morning routine and activities

2. Do you remember text 1 ? and the important things? What are the important things?

1. Draw more illustrations for the text

The important things are activities such as: - Play guitar - Listen to music - Get dressed - Go to the bathroom - Think of an excuse for not doing his homework

B. Continue the text : Imagine how Tom annoyed his sister.

A. Imagine Tom's "good excuse" (l.12) for not doing his homework. Write his excuse note for his teacher.

Creative exercices

Write a short review of Tom Gates.

Do you agree with this review ?

(The Guardian, April 2013)

"Very enjoyable and funny"

Test : You will write about your life, like Tom Gates