Unit 3. School Life

Unit 3 deals with school life, you have to write an OPINION ESSAY about a school topic, so first lets practice some VOCABULARY:

1. ESL Lab, word list and exercise.
2. People in a school
3. General education words
4. Types of schools
5. Tests

What would you like to do when you finish High school? TAKE A CARRER TEST, or TAKE ANOTHER CARRER TEST

GRAMMAR: In unit 3 we are working on Modals, here are some explanations and exercises:

   0.   modalverbs.ppt

1. Have to. Obligation. Exercise
2. All modals: tutorial + exercises
3. don't have to /mustn't exercise
4. all modal verbs. Tutorial + exercises
5. Can, Could, May and Might (ability and permission)

An OPINION ESSAY: Do you remember when Jonathan Lui talked about education in the US? You can watch the video we recorded in class:


JL2 from ingrid chavarria on Vimeo.

He said that school is not compulsory in the USA. What do you think about it? Should school be compulsory for everyone? Why?

This video may give you some ideas:



Write your essay following the paragraph structure this reference

OPINION ESSAY
 While many people may think that..... I personaly think that.....
There are several reasons which support my opinion.
Firstly
Secondly
Thirdly
In conclusion/ To sum up I personally consider that because.....