Ready for the homecoming dance?

6 School words a) Make a grid. Use the headings: British schools, American schools, Ukrainian schools.

Put the words from the box under the right heading. Some words can belong to more than one category.

b) Think of more school words and add them to your lists.

baseball • pupil • Make a Difference Day • Grade 9 • American football • cheerleaders • school uniform • Year 9 • holidays • • Ukrainian language • student • football • vacation • vyshyvanka

dyed hair • put on jacket • bought flowers • cleaned shoes • put tickets in wallet • chosen jewellery • put on dress • done hair • collected Sharleen • packed evening bag

7 Let’s look: Ready for the homecoming dance? It’s time for the homecoming dance. Look at the two pictures. What has/hasn’t Miles done? And what about Sharleen? Use the box for help.

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8 Messages from the dance Three students wrote text messages from the dance. Rewrite their messages with long forms. The words in the box can help you.

HI CUZ. GR9 DECO + MUSIC! BUT HOQU CAME LATE AS ALWAYS. POOR MILES! CAN U IMAGINE? HOQU THRU CHERRY JUS AT HIM BUT IT LNDD ON AL’S DRESS! MORE L8ER. LUV BRENDA

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hey sis, u were right bout sharl. she fixt vote. big scene here! ali, donna, cal + miles have left dance. wot will sharl do nxt?!!!! bye mariya

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Hi, Ted, hope ya leg is ok. Ya not missing much, only Al’s dress full of red jus. Sharl thru it. Just stupid girls’ fight about sth. cud b Miles! Leroy

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juice • cousin • your/you’re • could • love • homecoming queen • landed • decorations • next • fixed • threw • something • later • sister • you • about • Sharleen • what • next • be

9 Different school rules Choose the right words and complete this e-mail from an American girl.

Hi Kate, You are my … student. Our class teacher said we can … an e-mail to our partner. I have read your school … . We have some different rules and I … to tell you about them. You probably know that we … wear a school … . You can wear your own … here. But you can’t wear T-shirts with … on them for things like drugs and … . You … smoke in school or on the way there. There are some other rules but you needn’t know about them … you are here. Oh and I must tell you about the … dance. Dress is … so you must bring a long … with you. Bye! Terri rules exchange

write adverts uniform

homecoming

needn’t

want formal

alcohol until clothes

dress mustn’t

YoU CAn ALREAdY

✔ Develop a school webpage. ✔ Report school news. ✔ Plan a year book. ✔ Plan a project. ✔ Follow school rules. ✔ Use present perfect and past perfect. ✔ Compare school rules. ✔ Talk about a school yearbook. ✔ Compare schools in Ukraine, the UK, and the USA. ✔ Describe your personality and career. ✔ Write messages.