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Grammar

Vocabulary

Narrative Assessment

Reading

Assessment

Opinion

Present Perfect SImple Past

Level 7 Unit 3 Lesson 8

Controversial Clothing

Get Thinking

Do you think the rules in your house are strict or lenient?

How often do you have money that burns a hole in your pocket?

Idioms

Reading

Prereading

What does a principal have to do in a school?

loudspeaker

Reading

to pass out, so the other girls were forced to go without socks. At the end of the day, there was an announcement on the loudspeaker saying that anyone caught wearing anything but plain white socks would be immediately suspended.

After Georgia was caught, the teachers started to pay attention to what the students were wearing on their feet. The gym teacher caught nine girls wearing colored socks and sent them all to the principal. The principal only had four more pairs of extra socks

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flashed

Reading

Nate’s bright green socks and sent him to the principal’s office. As soon as Nate was gone, Kelly flashed her orange socks and was sent outside as well. Michael lifted his pant legs as he sat down and Ms. Schneider frowned. “Alright, that’s it. Anyone not wearing white socks needs to leave immediately.”

Many of the students were worried about the principal’s threat and didn’t want to continue wearing fun socks, but Michael urged them on. “They can’t suspend all of us,” he assured them. The next day, Ms. Schneider watched the teenagers like a hawk when they came into her classroom. She pointed at

defiance

Reading

when she saw them. However, there was also an air of defiance among the students. The principal came out of her office and saw the group of students. She took a deep breath and pursed her lips. “What on earth is going on here? Are you all here for uniform violations?” At first nobody spoke, but they could all see that the was principal was becoming furious.

Twenty four out of the twenty six students stood up and left the room. They gathered in the hallway and walked together toward the principal’s office. A large crowd of students was already in front of the headmaster’s door and more students were joining the group every minute. The group was quiet and some students were afraid of what the principal would do

degrading

Reading

socks of our choosing until you agree to get rid of the mandatory uniform.” When he finished, Michael was almost shaking. He had never stood up to a an authority figure before and he had no idea what to expect now. He looked around and found his classmates nodding in agreement and was comforted by their support.

Finally, Michael moved to the front of the group and said loudly. “This is a protest. We have been wearing crazy socks all week because we are tired of uniforms. They are degrading, dehumanizing and meant to teach us that our individuality isn’t important. The senior class will continue to wear

Make a Sentence

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• black
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• gauche
• avec
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• defiance
• flashed
• loudspeaker
• degrading
• dresser
• lenient
• petition
• disgust

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confiscate

droning

dresser

rebellion

Matching

an act to resist authority

a piece of furniture that holds clothing

take something away from someone

speak at length about something boring

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restricts

disservice

urge

antiquated

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I would like to our boss to buy new computers immediately. The current computers are so old that they do us a huge . We are not able to use the internet or communicate online with these machines. The lack of internet our ability to finish our work. Please, buy us new computers!

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start

disservice

urge

ensures

struggle

mounted

disservice

restricts

antiquated

Make a Sentence

SUSPENSe

SUSPENSe

Context

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Grammar

Plus, we’ve already tried to make a petition. About three thousand students signed it, but the school didn’t care. We’ve also written a letter to the newspaper and tried going to the school board.

Present Perfect

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I have been

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Grammar

When did you go on the trip?

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Have you ever visited a small village?

ate

have eaten

ate

have eaten

was

has been

Choose the verb!

went

have gone

worked

have worked

This has really been an awful week! It is only Tuesday and I 21 hours already. On Sunday I to the library all day to study, so this week pretty boring so far. On Monday I in a restaurant near my house and the food was terrible! It is the worst food I in my life.

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Practice

Example 3

Example 2

Example 1

Restate the opinion

Reason 3

Reason 2

Reason 1

Opinion

Opinion

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Listening

What is the uniform at this job?

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Extension

Present your speech. Speak with a strong, clear voice.

Exit Interview

How can you give a good opinion?

You have finished Unit Three!

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