Unit 5 - Grade 12 - Reading

UNIT 5 : HIGHER EDUCATION – READING
Activity 1 : You are given two sentences without vowels. W rite them out in full. Then write
the sentences on the word chart and stick it on the board.
Example : H_ _s _ tw_lv_ gr_d_r _t h_gh sch_ _l .
-> He is a twelve grader at high school.
1. Pr_m_r_ _d_c_t_ _n _s c_mp_ls_r_ _n V_ _tn_m.
2. _ft_r f_n_sh_ng h_gh sch_ _l, y_ _ w_ll g_ t_ h_gh_ _ _d_c_t_ _n.
Vocabulary
Activity 2: Match words in A with their definitions in B
A B
1. campus /kæmpəs/ (n) a. extremely surprising
2. blame /bleɪm/ (v)
b. to test someone's ability or determination
3. scary /skeəri/ (a) c. the buildings of a college or university and the land that surrounds
them
4. challenge /tʃælɪndʒ/ (v)
d. to say that S.O did Sth. wrong or is responsible for Sth bad
happening
5. amazing /əmeɪzɪŋ/ (a)
e. frightening
* Fighting back tears
Activity 3: Give parts of speech
- excite (v) -> (a) ……………….., (a)……………., -> (n)…………………..
- create (v) -> (a) ……………….., (n) ………………..., (n.person) …………….
- challenge (v) -> (a)……………………., (n) …………………….
- exist (v) -> (a) ………………….., (n) …………………….
Activity 4: Read the text and put the right adjectives to the right person
Amazing, daunting, exciting, challenging, lonely, scary, free
Sarah Ellen Brenden
Activity 5: Read the text and find out what each person likes or doesn’t like about their first
year at the college

Likes Dislikes
Sarah
Ellen
Brenden
Activity 6 : Ask and answer the questions: (Task 3 – page 54)
Activity 7: discuss these questions
• How do you feel when you leave home for your first year study at a university?
• What problem will you have when you start your new life at a university?
• How will you solve it?
For example :
I think I will feel excited because I will have a chance to meet many people and make new
friends. I will also feel homsick. However, I don’t think this will last long because I will soon
have new friends and will be busy with my study. Sometimes I will phone my parents, too. In
case I have problems with my roomates, we will discuss the problem frankly and make rules,
which will help us understand each other more and life will be better.
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