8th grade. Unit 1. Lesson 6. School newspaper: summer adventure

 👉Communicative area: describing a school trip

👉Active vocabulary: to set off, to set up, to head for, to look for, to jump at, to jump for joy, to jump ship, to chill out, to miss the boat

👉Grammar revision: to take up, to give up, to look forward to

1. What are holidays for?

2. Do you prefer spending your holidays with your family, friends or classmates? Why? 

3. Do you prefer a relaxing, educational, adventure, or sightseeing holiday? 

4. What’s your favourite holiday activity?

What activities do students have in your school during their holidays? Finish the expressions from the Help box and use them to express your ideas. 

Help box

hiking, to school camp, Olympiad preparation, in sports/ dance/song competitions, the school, in the gym, parties, on school trips, classrooms, to the cinema/theatre, museums/ exhibitions, in different contests, clubs and societies, trees, for a picnic, sports events, sightseeing, the school yard, sports, computer games, to the countryside

 

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Help box

amazing, challenging, scary, exciting, unforgettable, awesome, impressive, picturesque, delicious

👉Which activity from exercise above would you like to take part in? Why?

👉Does your class have the tradition to go on school trips during the holidays? What school trips have you been on? What did you enjoy doing there?

👉Write about your school trip for the school newspaper. Use the active vocabulary of the lesson.