Connect 8 Student's Book/Web

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Emily Haegi, Tone Madsen, Siri Mohammad-Roe & Hanne Ray Pedersen

CONNECT 8

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Dear Reader, Welcome to Connect 8 CONNECT 8 is the second book in the Connect series. In this book, we have put together five chapters for you about different topics. Each chapter consists of various texts, including a model text. The Connect website offers more texts to extend your reading.

FOCUS WORDS

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BEFORE READING  MODEL TEXT

Every chapter introduces important words into your vocabulary.

These words will be a focus throughout the chapter, so you can learn to use them with confidence.

These tasks help you to prepare your reading.

By reading the model text and working with the tasks, you

 will be guided in writing a certain type of text yourself. The

book will introduce you to a personal account, a blog post, an informative article, a short story and an opinion piece.

The end of each chapter offers reflection on both your learning process and what you have learnt by working with each chapter.

PAUSE

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SYMBOLS

 you work with the tasks:

Throughout the book you will find these different symbols when

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Tip to help you complete or understand the task.

Find a worksheet on the Connect website to solve the task.

Find writing guidelines and a workspace on the Connect website to do the task.

Watch a film connected to the chapter.

At the end of the book, you will find a Grammar section offering you a brief overview of the word classes and grammar topics related to your learning in the different chapters. You will find more grammar practice and training on the Connect website: connect.alinea.dk We hope you will enjoy learning more English with Connect!

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Contents CHAPTER 1 WHAT’S YOUR STORY?

model text

model text

model text

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Focus words

vocabulary

What makes you you?

informative article

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Multicultural stories

informative article

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A Visit to the Doctor (Roald Dahl)

novel excerpt

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No More Birthdays (Hal Sirowitz)

poem

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Crumbs (Hal Sirowitz)

poem

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Note from Dad (Unknown)

short letter

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Kidding Around (Dave Ward)

poem

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The Burning House Project

photos

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Pause and reflect

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CHAPTER 2 COMMUNICATION

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Focus words

vocabulary

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Emojis

informative article

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Screening my screen time

blog post

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A Day's Wait (Ernest Hemingway)

short story excerpt

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Don't get your wires crossed

informative article

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Critical literacy

informative article

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Pause and reflect

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CHAPTER 3 ROLE MODELS

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Focus words

vocabulary

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Voices in our time (A. Villaseñor)

advice column

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I march for Black Girls ... (T. Abdullah)

diary

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The Montgomery Bus Boycott

informative article

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Concrete Rose

novel excerpt

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The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian

novel excerpt

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informative article

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(Sherman Alexie) Simone Biles – A gold medal role model Pause and reflect

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CHAPTER 4 LOVE AND LOSS

model text

model text

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Focus words

vocabulary

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You've got a friend (Carol King)

song lyrics

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Cute meetings

stories

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Going Home (Pete Hamill)

short story

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Funeral Blues (W. H. Auden)

novel excerpt

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You Can Never Hold Back Spring (Tom Waits)

poem

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Pause and reflect

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CHAPTER 5 CHOICES

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Focus words

vocabulary

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You are so much more than a test

letter

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It's my choice to make

opinion piece

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Blackout poetry

poem

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)

script excerpt

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How to get a summer job

advice

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Pause and reflect

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GRAMMAR SECTION

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Udsagnsord (Verbs)

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Navneord (Nouns)

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Tillægsord (Adjectives)

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Biord (Adverbs)

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Stedord (Pronouns)

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Forholdsord (Prepositions)

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Forbindere (Linking words)

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What’s your story?

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Who are you? That’s a difficult question to answer, isn’t it? As long as we live, we are in the making.

We are continuously influenced by our surroundings, our family and friends. As we grow, we make our own choices and seek other adventures, which again will have an impact on who we become. But we also carry the stories of our ancestors within us. So, instead of just asking ourselves who we are, let’s explore some stories of how we came to be.

Main targets • to use English to explore your identity • to read, retell and discuss different types of texts • to retell an experience from your own life.

Language and grammar • adverbs • the relative pronouns who, which, that Model text • personal account

a) • What do you see in the portrait?

• What does the portrait tell you about the girl?

• How does the portrait connect with the topic of this chapter?

b) Watch the intro film.

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UNDERSTANDING 1 Work with the focus words Read the text.

FOCUS WORDS relatives traditions culture family genes identity memories surroundings advice

I have many relatives, and there seems to be a tradition in my family to settle down abroad. Several of my aunts and uncles live in the USA, and I have three cousins in Switzerland. My closest relative is my brother. The two of us have visited our family abroad lots of times and we all share many great memories. Even though our cousins are being brought up in different cultures, we still share the same genes and they are like best friends to us. I believe that family is very important in shaping your identity.

a) Some of the focus words are marked in the text. Work with a partner and explain their meaning to each other. b) Choose three focus words and explain in your own words what they mean to you.

2 Talk about culture Work with a partner and discuss these questions. a) What would you say is typical Danish culture? Create your own mind map. Write Danish culture in the middle. Add things that you find typically Danish. b) Do the same with another culture of your own choice.

traditions

food Danish culture sport

heroes symbols

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TALKING 3 Compare your mind maps Practise talking about your mind maps before presenting them to another pair. Compare your work. What differences and similarities do you notice?

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BEFORE READING What do you believe makes you who you are?

 What makes you you?

Do you sometimes ask yourself the question "Who am I?" You are, of course, your physical self – your brain and body. But what about your stories? How do the things we

experience opleve

experience shape us as human beings? Let’s explore some

shape forme

of the factors that make you you.

pass on videregive determine bestemme traits egenskaber

Genes

mannerism væremåde

Your genes are passed on to you from your biological

environment miljø

parents, half of them from your mother, the other half

upbringing opvækst ongoing vedvarende impact påvirkning

from your father. These genes determine many of your physical traits, such as the colour of your eyes. They can also determine some of your mannerisms, such as your laughter or the way you raise your eyebrows. Genes are in every single cell of your body and play an important part in making you unique. Even identical twins are unique; although they share the same DNA, their genes are not the same.

Environment Of course, it’s not just your genes that determine who you are. Your upbringing and the people who surround you play an important role in shaping you as a person. In fact, there is an ongoing debate about the impact our surroundings have on us as human beings. This debate is often referred to as

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“nature vs nurture”. For certain aspects of your personality,

nature her: arv

it is harder to say if they are a result of your genes or your

nurture her: miljø

upbringing. However, whilst it’s safe to say that genes and environment work together, many people would say that

aspects sider whilst selv om mould forme

their personal experiences do more to help mould them as

suitable passende

individuals.

expand udvide sig similar ens

Friends Do you remember the first friend you made and how you became friends? When you are small, adults often pair you with suitable playmates. As you grow older, your world expands and you choose you own friends. People who have similar interests often become friends. Some researchers have found that two friends have more genes in common than two strangers do. So maybe it is not a coincidence that you are friends with the people you are? However, whilst your friends may be similar to you in some ways, they may also challenge you. You will come to realise that what is important and true for you may not be for others. Spending time with people who have other experiences and different backgrounds might make you understand more about who you are as a person.

Your stories Throughout life, your experiences will shape you into who you are. Reading a book or watching a film can change the way you see things. Even a single meeting with a particular person might influence the direction you take. This is what makes it so interesting to be human; you do not know what awaits you around the next corner. We cannot choose our genes. However, we make choices on a daily basis, choices that again shape our lives. Who would you have been today if you had chosen differently, or if your life had been filled with other experiences and other stories? And what experiences will influence and shape you in the future?

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UNDERSTANDING 4 Organise information Work with a partner. Organise information from the text on the worksheet.

5 Reflect on the text In what ways are you similar to or different from your family members and friends?

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If you like, you can answer these questions: – Do you look the same?

– Do you like the same things?

– Do you behave the same way in different situations?

TALKING 6 Talk about family cultures Work with a partner. Talk about your families and find similarities and differences. Use linking words when talking about: • • •

We use the following linking words to show contrast: whereas while but

your daily routines – family meals, cooking and cleaning family rules – use of mobile phones and bedtimes traditions – birthdays and Christmas

Examples: – On school nights, we both have to be in at the same time, but I can stay out later on weekends than Lucas.

– I celebrate Eid, whereas Emilie celebrates Christmas.

WRITING 7 Share an experience Have you ever had an experience that changed you or made you see things differently?

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Write a paragraph to describe your experience. Explain how this changed you.

meeting someone reading a book moving to a different place hearing someone’s story on TV or on a podcast

GRAMMAR 8 Work with relative pronouns First, read the examples in the grammar box below. Then, connect the two sentences using either who, which or that.

Example: The girl lives next door. The girl is in my class → The girl who lives next door is in my class.

• • • •

My sister is very similar to me. My sister is my best friend.

The genes are passed on from our parents. They determine the colour of our eyes.

The people surround me. The people play an important role in my life.

Our family rules can be annoying. They sometimes drive me crazy.

The relative pronouns who, which and that In English, the Danish word som can be replaced with who, which and that.

Who refers to people: • People who have similar interests often become friends.

• My family, who live close to me, play a big role in my life.

Which can refer to things or animals: • Things which we experience in our lives shape us as human beings.

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My dog, which is 10 years old, is an important member of my family.

That can refer to things, animals or people: • It´s not just your genes that determine your personality.

• We meet people every day that help shape our lives.

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BEFORE READING Think about where your parents or caregivers come from.

 Multicultural stories Our stories start before we are born. Our parents make choices that not only affect their lives but, in turn, influence what our lives will be like. Meet three teenagers

caregivers omsorgsgivere

whose parents left their mother countries to find work, to

mother countries hjemlande

seek safety or because they fell in love.

earn a living tjene til livets ophold Mandarin mandarin, officielt sprog i Kina

Janet My parents came to Australia to find work. I was born in Melbourne and have only been to China once. It is strange to think that my parents have lived a life very different from the life we lead here in Australia. They grew up in a small village as children of farmers, but I am growing up in a city of more than four million people.

In China, children are expected to take care of their parents when they grow old. My grandparents live with my uncle, but my father is expected to help with money. My parents decided it was easier for them to earn a living in Australia, so they packed up and left. I know that was a difficult choice to make. Now, they send money home every month.

My mum misses her Chinese village a lot and insists on speaking Mandarin at home, although her English is fine.

I realise that my background is different from many of my friends’. At school, I feel Australian. At home, where my parents speak a different language and cook different food, I feel more Chinese.

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Hassan Coming to England was not really a choice for my family.

We had to leave our home in Afghanistan, as it became dangerous to stay. We lost everything: our home, our belongings, our family and friends. I am happy I managed to stay with my family, though. Many of the other Afghanis I know had to flee alone.

flee flygte bittersweet både godt og skidt

Life for me here is bittersweet. I like Manchester. I like going to school, learning new things and making new friends.

refugee camp flygtningelejr settle in finde sig til rette

I like not having to be afraid. But I miss the rest of my family; most of them live in a refugee camp in Pakistan.

There are things I do not understand here yet. It takes time to learn the language and understand the way of life. I look forward to settling in more, but, to be honest, I really hope to go back to Afghanistan one day.

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Arun My dad worked for an IT company when he met my mum here in New Jersey. He was about to go back to India when they fell in love and he decided to stay. My dad tries hard compensate for kompensere for

to compensate for not living in India. He celebrates Diwali

Diwali indisk lysfest

harder than any Indian I know! Good for me, though. I get

glorified forskønnet pull one's leg drille

to enjoy both the American and the Indian celebrations.

settle bosætte sig

I wish my dad had spoken Hindi to me when I was growing up. I think it could have made me feel more connected to India. My dad has a glorified view of his homeland, but when we go there, he finds it chaotic. I guess he is too used to life in the US now.

My uncles keep teasing me about arranging a marriage for me with an Indian girl, although arranged marriage is not a tradition in my family. I know they’re just pulling my leg, but it reminds me that traditions in India are quite different to what I’m used to in the US. It is strange to think about what my life would have been like if my parents had settled in India instead.

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UNDERSTANDING 9 Find information Work in groups of three. First, make your own mind map with information about either Janet, Hassan or Arun. Then present your person to the rest of the group.

parents

nationality

Janet language traditions

10 Make a quiz Choose to work with either Janet, Hassan or Arun. Write down four questions about the person based on the text.

Example: In which Australian city did Janet’s parents settle?

Put the text away. Take turns asking each other a question.

The person who answers the question correctly gets a point.

Continue asking each other questions. The person with most points wins the quiz.

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TALKING 11 Talk about people on the move Work with a partner. Discuss and answer the following questions: a) Why might people move from one country to another?

Write a shared list of the reasons you come up with. b) Do you know anyone who has moved from his or her home country? What are some of the things a person or a family might have to do before moving to a new country? c) What do you think would be challenging about moving to a new country? Freewrite alone for a couple of minutes.

Then share your thoughts with your partner.

If you or your family have moved to Denmark from another country, you can freewrite about your own experience.

12 Reflect on cultures We experience different cultures through different things – the food we eat, the music we listen to, the films we watch or the traditions we celebrate. Work with a partner and tell each other how you are surrounded by different cultures in your everyday life.

Examples: – I often eat the Indian dish Tikka Masala.

– I celebrate Halloween as they do in the USA. – I love Japanese culture.

WRITING 13 Write a letter Imagine you have just moved to Denmark from another country.

Write a letter home to share your thoughts. Describe the things you find challenging or strange and the things that you find surprising and positive.

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Remember to include: A greeting, place and date.

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Roald Dahl (1916 –1990) is famous for writing short stories and novels for children. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches and Matilda are some of his well-known novels. Roald Dahl was a master of words, and when he couldn’t find the right words, he invented new ones.

MODEL TEXT

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A visit to the Doctor “A visit to the doctor” is an excerpt from Roald Dahl’s book Boy: Tales of Childhood. Boy is often referred to as an autobiography, but Dahl himself wrote in the introduction: “This is not an autobiography. I would never write a

autobiography selvportræt

history of myself. On the other hand, throughout my

throughout gennem

young days at school and just afterwards a number of

unpleasant ubehagelig adenoids polypper

things happened to me that I have never forgotten.”

surgery klinik peer kigge

I have only one unpleasant memory of the summer holidays

grim alvorlig

in Norway. We were in the grandparents’ house in Oslo

mug kop apprehensive ængstelig

and my mother said to me, ‘We are going to the doctor this afternoon. He wants to look at your nose and mouth.’

I think I was eight at the time. ‘What’s wrong with my nose and mouth?’ I asked.

‘Nothing much,’ my mother said. ‘But I think you’ve got adenoids.’

‘What are they?’ I asked her.

‘Don’t worry about it,’ she said. ‘It’s nothing.’

I held my mother’s hand as we walked to the doctor’s house. It took us about half an hour. There was a kind of dentist’s chair in the surgery and I was lifted into it.

The doctor had a round mirror strapped to his forehead and he peered up my nose and into my mouth. He then took my mother aside and they held a whispered conversation. I saw my mother looking rather grim, but she nodded.

The doctor now put some water to boil in an aluminium mug over a gas flame, and into the boiling water he placed

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a long thin shiny steel instrument. I sat there watching the steam coming off the boiling water. I was not in the least apprehensive. I was too young to realize that something apron forklæde enamel bowl emaljeret skål angle vinkel ass her: idiot roof of mouth gane

out of the ordinary was going to happen.

Then a nurse dressed in white came in. She was carrying a red rubber apron and a curved white enamel bowl. She put the apron over the front of my body and tied it around

basin fad

my neck. It was far too big. Then she held the enamel bowl

tumble vælte

under my chin. The curve of the bowl fitted perfectly against

outraged oprørt

the curve of my chest.

yelp skrige ud

The doctor was bending over me. In his hand he held that long shiny steel instrument. He held it right in front of my face, and to this day I can still describe it perfectly. It was about the thickness and length of a pencil, and like most pencils it had a lot of sides to it. Toward the end, the metal became much thinner, and at the very end of the thin bit of metal there was a tiny blade set at an angle. The blade wasn’t more than a centimetre long, very small, very sharp and very shiny.

‘Open your mouth,’ the doctor said, speaking Norwegian.

I refused. I thought he was going to do something to my teeth, and everything anyone had ever done to my teeth had been painful.

‘It won’t take two seconds,’ the doctor said. He spoke gently, and I was seduced by his voice. Like an ass, I opened my mouth.

The tiny blade flashed in the bright light and disappeared into my mouth. It went high up into the roof of my mouth, and the hand that held the blade gave four or five very quick little twists and the next moment, out of my mouth into the basin came tumbling a whole mass of flesh and blood.

I was too shocked and outraged to do anything but yelp. I was horrified by the huge red lumps that had fallen out of my mouth into the white basin and my first thought was that the doctor had cut out the whole of the middle of my head.

‘Those were your adenoids,’ I heard the doctor saying.

I sat there gasping. The roof of my mouth seemed to be on fire. I grabbed my mother’s hand and held on to it tight.

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I couldn’t believe that anyone would do this to me.

‘Stay where you are,’ the doctor said. ‘You’ll be all right in a minute.’

Blood was still coming out of my mouth and dripping into the basin the nurse was holding. ‘Spit it all out,’ she

wipe tørre

said, ‘there’s a good boy.’

flannel klud

‘You’ll be able to breathe much better through your nose after this,’ the doctor said.

The nurse wiped my lips and washed my face with a wet

groggy svimmel trolley car trækvogn tonsils mandler anaesthetic bedøvelse

flannel. Then they lifted me out of the chair and stood me on my feet. I felt a bit groggy.

‘We’ll get you home,’ my mother said, taking my hand.

Down the stairs we went and on to the street. We started walking. I said walking. No trolley-car or taxi. We walked the full half-hour journey back to my grandparents’ house, and when we arrived at last, I can remember as clearly as anything my grandmother saying, ‘Let him sit down in that chair and rest for a while. After all, he’s had an operation.’

Someone placed a chair for me beside my grandmother’s armchair, and I sat down. My grandmother reached over and covered one of my hands in both of hers. ‘That won’t be the last time you’ll go to a doctor in your life,’ she said.

‘And with a bit of luck, they won’t do you too much harm.’

That was in 1924, and taking out a child’s adenoids, and often the tonsils as well, without any anaesthetic was common practice in those days. I wonder, though, what you would think if some doctor did that to you today.

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UNDERSTANDING 14 Work with the text Work with a partner. a) This incident is something Roald Dahl remembers very clearly from his childhood. Why do you think that is? b) Reread the last paragraph. What is different about going to the doctor in 1924, as Dahl describes it, and going to the doctor for a similar procedure today? Describe the differences.

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If you like, you can use these words:

anaesthetic doctor doctor’s surgery communicate

GRAMMAR 15 Work with adverbs First, read the examples in the grammar box on page 25.

Then, read the text.

The doctor was bending over me. In his hand he held that long shiny steel instrument. He held it right in front of my face, and to this day I can still describe it perfectly. It was about the thickness and length of a pencil, and like most pencils it had a lot of sides to it. Toward the end, the metal became much thinner, and at the very end of the thin bit of metal there was a tiny blade set at an angle. The blade wasn’t more than a centimetre long, very small, very sharp and very shiny.

a) Find the adjectives in the text and write them down.

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b) Find the adverbs in the text and write them down.

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16 Form adverbs We form adverbs that end with –ly with more and most.

Example: slowly – more slowly – most slowly a) Write the adverbs formed from the adjectives.

terrible

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quick

•

cruel

•

weird

b) Conjugate the adverbs.

Adverbs An adverb is a word that describes, or modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

Examples: He talks happily about his childhood – the adverb describes a verb.

The very handsome boy sat next to me – the adverb describes an adjective.

He talks very happily about his childhood – the adverb describes another adverb.

Many adverbs end with -ly: slowly, quickly, brutally, beautifully, strangely Adverbs can also show where something happened (here, in, somewhere) and when something happened (tomorrow, now, always).

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TALKING 17 Act out the story Work in groups of four.

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Divide the following parts between you: the boy • his mother • the doctor • the nurse.

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Write down the lines of each character in the story.

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Rehearse with your group and perform in front of your teacher, another group or the rest of the class.

18 Talk about memories a) Think about your favourite childhood memory. Where and when did it take place? Write down notes that can help you retell the story. Remember to include adverbs in your personal account.

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If you like, you can think about these questions: Who were you with?

What happened?

Why is this such a good memory? b) Work with a partner. Take turns retelling the story of your favourite childhood memory. Remember to structure your account with linking words.

to begin with then afterwards later

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WRITING 19 Write a personal account A visit to the Doctor is an example of a personal account.

It is a story from Roald Dahl's life, told the way he remembers it. Now, it is your turn to write about one of your own experiences! Your personal account can be about something funny, scary, happy or sad. It can also be about the first time or the last time you did something that made a difference in your life.

Examples: – Getting a pet – Meeting a new friend – Starting a new school – Losing someone close to you

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Hal Sirowitz (1949-) is an American poet. He taught children with special needs in New York City before he started competing in poetry slams. In these competitions, poets recite their work and the audience or a panel of judges gives them scores from zero to ten.

BEFORE READING

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No More Birthdays

Do you ever think your parents overreact to

No More Birthdays

something you say or do?

Mother said. There are all these glass jars

recite fremføre

Don’t swing the umbrella in the store, of spaghetti sauce above your head

audience publikum

that can fall on you, & you can die.

panel of judges dommerpanel

Then you won’t be able to go to tonight’s party,

jar krukke

or go to the bowling alley tomorrow.

anniversary årlig fejring marinara sauce tomatsauce

And instead of celebrating your birthday with soda & cake, we’ll have anniversaries of your death with tea & crackers. And your father and I won’t be able to eat spaghetti anymore, because the marinara sauce will remind us of you.

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Crumbs Don’t eat any more food in your room, Mother said. You’ll get more bugs.

bug insekt

They depend on people like you.

starve sulte

Otherwise, they would starve.

offer tilbyde

But who do you want to make happy, your mother or a bunch of ants?

What have they done for you?

Nothing. They have no feelings.

They’ll eat your candy. Yet you treat them better than you treat me.

You keep feeding them.

But you never offer me anything.

UNDERSTANDING 20 Work with the poems a) What are these poems about? Point to examples from the two texts and describe what they are about. b) Reread the comments the mother makes to her child. Why do you think she acts this way? How would you describe her? Write at least three sentences. and use examples from the poem. c) Choose one of the poems and draw a comic strip of four to six frames. Include wording from the poem. You could also add your own comments or headings for each frame. d) Which of the poems do you like best? Give reasons for your opinion.

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TALKING 21 Finish the dialogue Work with a partner. Choose one of the poems. Imagine that you are going to continue the dialogue between the mother and the child. What will they say? Write the lines. Practise with your partner and memorise the lines. Perform in front of a small group or in front of the class.

22 Recite poetry Choose one of the poems and practise reciting it. Get together in groups of four and take turns reciting the poems you have chosen. Use your body language and voice to create drama and emphasize different parts of the poem.

23 Talk about advice a) We have all been given advice at some point in our lives.

List some of the advice your parents, grandparents, teachers or other people have given you over the years.

Share your list with a partner. Are there any similarities? b) What would be the best advice you would give to your parents?

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Good advice can be anything from brushing your teeth to making important choices in your life.

WRITING 24 Write a poem Use your list of advice from task 23 to write your own poem in the same style as Crumbs and No More Birthdays. Expose and share your poems in class.

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Note from Dad Some things are harder to talk about than others. It might take a lot of courage to communicate who you really are, even to the people who are close to you. But sometimes, those you love are already on the same page as you. In this case, a father makes opening up a little easier for his son.

 BEFORE READING What does it mean “to come out” to friends and family? Why do you think we use that expression?

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