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ExtremeWeather

Science and Nature

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GameConsoles
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Write introductions n rl aooul vrdeo game something new consoles.

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Culture and People

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Learning at llome
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Culture and People

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Geography andHistory

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paragraphs Write about different p.33 kinds of music.

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Culture and People

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ExtremeWeather
@l *h", ."n happenin a big storm?Discuss your answers.

Readthe passage.

Katrina Leaves NewOrleans unoerwater

Hurricane Katrina hit the cityof NewOrleans, causing massive damage. also .l' Thehurricane left a largepartofthe cityflooded. 2 Katrina hadwind speeds of up to 220 per hour, kilometers sotherewasa lot ofdamage to the city. However, the worsteffectof the hurricane was flooding.,S Because ofthe storm, hugeamounts of waterrushed intothe city. Asa result of this flooding, thousands of peoplelosttheirhomes.
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In the filst underlined sentence, whqt "left q lorge pqrt of the city flooded"? In the secondunderlined sentence, whqt hoppenedbecquse"Kotdno hod wind speeds of up to 220 kilometersper hour"? In the third underlined sentence, whqt phrose links "the storm" ond "huge omounts of woter rushed into the city"?

Writing cause-and-effect sentences youneed Sometimes to wnite sentences that showhowsomething rnakes another lthecause] youEhou thinghappen Inthlsk nd of sentence, the c6use w th the effectusing d link [theeffect]. a word o. ptsrase suchas because of so ds a resLr/L causear leave.

provided. Complete the paragraph usingthe linkingword and phrase

leove / becouse of Hurriconesore dqngerous{1) Thev often cquse their incredible Dower.

huge wqves,which con ddmoge coostql cities.Hurricqnesqlso (2) buildings ond roods ruined. As a result, hurricqnesoften cquseseriousfloods.

provided. comptete the paragraph usingthe causes

they form quickly / their incrediblespeed Tornqdoes ore o kind of spinning wind thot con move at more thon 400 kilometersper hour. Becouse of (1) , they con pick up

objects ond cqlly them for mony kilometers. for tornqdoes It is hqrd for people to prepqre (2) becouse (f Completethe paragraphusing the effects provided.
some houseswere flooded / mony housesdid not hove electricity Our city wqs hit by q terrible thunderstorm. Lightning struck o power line, so (r) . Also,
(2)

qnd moveunpredictqbly.

becquseof heqvy rdin.

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Writea cause.and.effect sentence about eachDicture.

roin / coused / flood / cjty

As q result / volcono / people left / villqge

T h e r a i n c a u s e da f l o o d i n l h e c i l

trees / blew over / becquseof / strong winds

tornodo / left / barn / ruined

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Listen andwrite exactlywhat you hear.

teffible storm cleqr

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Work with a classmate and write four cause-and-effect sentences,

(A tornodo)

(A thunde$torm)

(A flood)

(A huricqne)

n""a you,.entences to the class.

Game Consoles
@ *n", oo rou thinkaboutvideogames?
your answers. Discuss

Readthe passage.

PloyStotion 3
Sony intrcduced the first Ploystotiongome consolein the mid-1990s.It wqs very populqr qnd sold morc thon 100 million units.

Thenin 2000,Sonyreleosed Ploystotion 2. This model hos olso beenvery populqr due to its excellentgraphicsqnd becouse it cqn plqy DVD5. Sonyhos releosed the newestmodel in the series, Ploystqtion3. It is 35 times more powerful thon Ploystotion2. The controllen ore qlso much eqsierto usedue to speciol sensors. Sonysqys thqt ployinggomeson Plqystotion 3 is like beingin o movie qre becouse the croDhics soincredible.

Circte the best introduction for the passage.

SonyComputerEntertoinmentInc. is part of the SonyCorporation. It wos estoblished in 1993 in Tokyo. SonyPlaystotion2 hos hqd q lot of competition from other consoles like Microsoft Xbox qnd Nintendo GomeCube. The Sony Plqystotion3 gome consolehos been releosed. It is the lotestmodel in o populqr qlso qnd seriesthqt includesPloystotion1 2. Ploystotion3 is much fosterthon Ploystotion2, ond it olso hqs o new contrcller ond incredible oroohics.

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Writing an introduction about something new youm6ywriteabout Sometimes youn someth ng new. Inthis kindof wfiting, introduction should show the rcaderwhythe thingrsimportant or interesting. Todothis,youshould include new andinteresting details inyourintroduction.

Cn".t (/) four detailsto makea good introduction for a gameconsole.

Nintendoenjoyed success with their Nintendo64 gome console, which wosreleosedirr1996. Nintendo's Wii gomeconsole is now ovoiloble. One of the most populor Nintendo64 gomeswas Super Mario64. It olso hos o brqnd new controller. grophlcs. Comecubehod impressive In 2001 Nintendoreleosed the Gomecube. Wii ollowsployersto ploy mony of the Nintendogomesmode in the lost 20 yeors. It is the lotestconsole from Nintendo,which qlso modeNintendo64 qnd Gomecube.

Lool. forverbs rnthepresent, \!# youchoosethe tense to help detais

Usethe details you selectedin Activity D to write an introduction for the game console.

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for eachof the new products, Write an introduction

Product: The Super Mogic Wond Introduction The SuperMqgic Wond is now ovoilqble. It is the lqtestwond frcm Mogic Inc. The Super Mogic Wond hos

Product: The Advonced Come Console

Introduction The AdvqncedGome Consolehos been rcleosed. It is the newestconsolefrcm

Product: The Homework Robot

Introduction The HomeworkRobotis now qvoiloble.

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Readthe passage a boy wrote about a video game, Takenotes on his opinions,

Sonic the Hedgehog

I recentlygot o Ploystotion 3, qnd I am so hoppyl I hove been Dloyino L Sonicthe Hedgehog. Sonicis q grcot gqme. I like it becquse it is reolly fost qnd hos qmozing grophics.It qlso requiresq lot of skill and hqs o very interestingstory. Finollt I like the foct thqt I cqn ploy three different hedgehogchorocte$-Sonic, Shodowond Silver.

Notes - Plqystqtion3: recent'lygot,5o

hapw
- Beenployjng:

- Like it becouse:

- Also:

Listento what a girl says about anothervideogame.Take noteson hel opinions.

Notes - Nintendo Wil: - Beenploying: the Leaendof Zelda'.TwiliahtPrincesg

Twiwht Princessl Likeit becouse: Also:

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Work with a classmate. On a separatepieceof paper,wtite a paragraph comparing and contrasting the games.

sentenceabout each picture. Write a cause-and-effect

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snowstorm / so / rood / slippery

huIIicane / left / homes /

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student / upset / becquse / exom

Write an introduction for each of the new Droducts. Product: The Advonced Video Phone Introduction
The AdvoncedVideo Phoneis now qvqil0ble.

Product: The Fll/inq Bike

Introduction TheFlyingBikehosbeenreleqsed.

Let Me Explain
i) Why might you need to go to a doctor? Discusy souranswers.

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To: F,om:

mark@flnk dsk.l brian@funkids.kd

Deor Mork, I'm reolly sorry,but I won't be oble to come ond visit yorLthis weekend.I've br'okenmy orm, so I ccrnnottr-crvcl. I brokeit on Mondoy.It wos roining o iot thot morning, so the streetoutside my housewos reolly slipperyBecouse l'd sleptin, I wos in o rush. I lon out onto the rood, sl\)ped ond broke my orm- I hod to 9(Jto the hospitol ond get o cost.The doctortold me to stoy ot home ond rest. I hope I con visit you someother time, os I'm reolly looking forword to seeing you. )oIryr Brion

Answer the questions.

1 Whot is Brion trying to e)rploin? Whot is his reoson? '19

Writing to explainsomething
youmayneedto write an emailor a letter to explain Sometimes something. For example, youmayneedto explain whyyoucannotdo something or go somewhere. Makesureto give reasons to supportyour explanation.

Comnlete the student's emailto her soccer coach.

I qm sorry to inform you thot I will not be able to attend your soccer comp next week. qble I hopeI will be to qttendthe next one. / He told me thqt I wosill qnd should stoy ot home. / He olso soid thqt I will needto rest for qt leqst q week.

DeorCoachSimpson,
(1)

I om very ill, ond I needto stqy ot home ond rest. I becomesick q few doysogo, ond I went to the doctoryesterdqy, (2)
(3)

As o result I will not be oble to come to your soccercqmp. (4)

I qm still lookingforwordto improving my soccer skills. Yourssincerel, Penny

Explain that you cannot Followthe stepsto write a letter to your teacher. you are goingon a family trip. attendschoolnext week because
Brcinsform.' Bruinstorm ideqs for your letter on a sepqrqtepieceof poper. Thlnk of some detoils for your explanqtion. Planj Useyour ideosto moke q writing plqn. wlite on introduction stoting your reoson, detoils for o body pqrogrqph explqining it fufther qnd q conclusionsoying whot you hope mqy hqppen.

Teacher's name: lntroduction:

Bodyparagraph: Details:

l4lrite:Write your letter on o seporote piece of poper.

'Dear ...," and Remember to use 'Yours your letter. sincerelr'in

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Readthe email your friend Jameswrote about his birthday party.

james@talkzone.net From: Subject: Party Hil It's my birthday nextSaturday, and l'll be having a bigpartyat my house. The partywill startat 2 p.m.andwill finish aboutI p.m.We'regoingto watchmovies, playgames andeat pizza, so it should be a lot of fun. I hopeyou canmakeit. James

*ri," a short emailto James explaining why you cannotgo to his birthdayparty.
From: Subjecr: RE:Party To:james@talkzone.net

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Learningat Home
{i) would you preferto go to schoolor to your answers. learnat home?Discuss

Readthe essay.
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This week, most children wentback to Howevet school. there arethousands of children whodid not.Instead, theywillstudy at home. This iscalled homeschooling. Homeschooling isactually older thanregular Inthepast, children learned at home school. because schools did notexist. Even afterschools appeared in thecity,there werefewschools people in the country. Asa result, many children stillhadto study at home. Some famous were homeschooled, including Abraham Lincoln Edison. andThomas parents Formuch homeschooling wasrare. However, in the 1970s, many ofthe 1900s, started homeschooling theirchildren. Theychose to do thisfor several reasons. Some parents thoughtthe localschools werebad,sotheydecided to teach theirchildren themselves. Others wanted theirchildren to learn about religion, which wasnottaught at school. These homeschooling isverypopular in Western TheUnitedKingdom has days, countries. about50,000 homeschooled children, andCanada hasaround 60,000. TheUnited States has the highest numbet withasmany million homeschooled children. Considering as1.1 popular these numbers, homeschooling islikely foryears to come. to remain

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Follow the instructions. Circlethe two pqrtsof the essoy thqt tqlk oboutthe present.
Drow o squoreoround the port of the essoythot describes the history of homeschooling.

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Writing about a current topic

youmaywrite an essayabouta cuTTent Sometimes topic.Youcanwdte this kindof essavin the following way: Introduction
. Name the topic .

Background
Givebackground infonmation. and/or describe the hlstory of the topic

Conclusion
Finish with current information 6nd a prediction aboutthe future

a Provide current information to get the feader'sattention

comntete ttre passage.

These new computers will be very helpfulfor students./ Theschooldid hovesome computers before but not enoughfor everystudent to use. / Our schoolrccentlygot brondnew computels. only o few computem couldconnect / Furthermore, to the Intemet.

New Computers
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Now, everyclqssrcomhqs three computers ond there qre more computer lobsoroundthe school.
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Mony of thesecompute$ did not work well. (3)

Fortunqtelt the new compute$ oll hqve on Internet connection.Also, there ore now enough compute$ for every student to use. {4)

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about a new rule at your schoolbanning rollow the stepsto w]ite an essay
cell phones. Broinsform,' Bminstorm ideosfor your essqyon o sepqrqtepieceof poper' fhink obout whqt your schoolis like ond how the new rule will chonge it. Pian:Useyour ideosto moke q wdting plon. Write qn interestingintroduction, body pqrqgrqphsgiving bockground informotion, ond q conclusionproviding cunent informqtion ond o prcdiction qbout the futurc.

I (background): Bodyparagraph
Details:

2 (background): Bodyparagraph

conclusion:

l.l/rtfe:Write your essoyon q sepqrqte preceoI poper.

that showcause Tryto usesentences your wrlting. in andeffect

Listento a teachergiving a girl adviceon how to improve her essay. Edit the text basedon what you hear,

Luckylo 6o lo ScAooJ
Ihis week,we we will all have lo lake exa-s "t school.Exam^teekean be shessful, and nany o{ us do nol ltkegoirg lo school. Howeve., we should ,e.member lAaf *i.af somecAtid,enin lle wodd do nol gel lo go lo scAoolal all. Somecour#ies in 1{,ewor)dare very
poor and do nol have enough money

lo buildnany scAools or pay leaders. CA;ldren 'n lhese counlnesoflen c;nnor go ro sc/.ool.Someof lhesekidsm,ghIsludy al hone. Olhe*, however, wtllnol re.c;e,ve a! all.
Somec|ildren live far away #om scAool in c,ounlnes wilh no pubhc lranspo,lahon. -flese

c)',ild c,annolgo lo :,<:hool so lhey simplyc annolgel lhe,e. Remember, we a,e acluallyvery lucky *o gel lo go *o school. Hopefullyone day,ch;|d,en everyvl.erelucky enoughlo geI an educ-al'on.

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aornp"r" with a classmate, rour corrections

Explain that you did Followthe stepsto write a letter to your teacher. you were sick. not cometo schoollast week because
1 2 Brcinstomand phn: Bruinstorm qnd plqn your letter on o sepqratepieceof paper. Wrtte.Wdte your letter below.

Youls sincerel,

Followthe stepsto write an essay abouta new amusement park in your G)hometown.
1 Brainstorm and plan: Brqinstorm and plon your essoyon q seporotepieceof pqper. l4lritei Write your essoybelow.

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W h a t f a m o u sb u i l d i n g s arein your your answers. country? Discuss

Readthe passage.

The UnitedStatesCapitol
The United StotesCapitol is locotedin Wqshington, D.C. It is the home of the government.The Copitol is United Stotes olso one of the most well-known buildingsin the world. The constructionof the Copitol wos stqrtedin 1793.The building wqs designed by Dr. Williqm Thomton, ond one of its stoneswas loid by Prcsident GeorgeWqshington. Its north wing wos finished in 18OO ond its south winq in 1811. In 1814, the Copitolwos bumed down by the Bdtish ormy. Its reconstructionwos not completely finished until 1829.Sincethen, the building hos been olteredseveroltimes. The United Stotes Copitol is visited by thousondsof tourists every yeqr.

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Somepeoplestqrtedthe constructionof the Copitol in 1793. l n 1 8 1 4l ,h e B r i l i \ ho r m y b u r n e d d o w n l h pC o p i l o l . Sincethen, peoplehove crltered the building severoltimes. Thousondsoftourists visit the United Stotes Copitol every yeqr.

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Usingpassive voice
ln formalwriting,youcan usethe passive voicewhenyoudo not knowor whenit is not important to knowwho didsomething. Somepeople started the constructlon of the Captol in lzgg. Theconstruction ofthe Capitolwas stafted jin l7g?. [passive) Youcan alsousethe passive voicewhenwhat happened is more importantthanwho did it. In 1814 the British Army burned down the Capbol ln 1814,the Capitol wa6burned downby the Bflttih Army (passive)

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Rewriteeachunderlinedsentencein the passive voice,

TheSydney Opera House

TheSydney Opera House is located in Sydney, Australia.It People holdmanyconcerts and performances there.lt isalsothe mostfamous building in Sydney. people built it betweent959and 1973. C Some a Danish architect, designed the O JornUtzen, Sydney Opera House. Hedesigned itto looklikea setof whitesails floatingon the water. tourists visittheSydney Opera nouse O Many year. every

Manyconcerle and performancesare heldlhere.

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*.tr" a sentence in the passive voice abouteach building.

Empire StoteBuilding / build / 1931

Toi Mohql / design / severolpeople

CN Tower/ millions of toudsts / visit / everyyeor

Crcot Pyrqmid of Gizq I finish I oround 2560 B.C.

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buildingto helpyou write in the passive voice.

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domoged reconstruction complete well-known

Work with a classmate and write four sentences in the passive voice about a new tower.
(Stort)

(Finish)

(Design)

(Visit)

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n""d you, ,entences to the class.

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@ youranswers. oo rou playa musical instrument? Discuss

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Read the passase.

Thereore mony differentkindsof musicqlinstruments. string Threecommonkindsore wind instruments, instruments. instruments qnd Dercussion Wind instruments ore plqyedby blowing oir into them.
They qre often eqsy to leom, olthough some con be quite difficult to

ploy well. Common exomplesinclude the trumpet, flute qnd clodnet. qre ployedby strokingor pluckingstrings. Stringinstruments Someore easyto leorn, while othersqrc very hqrd to pick up. Typiccl exomplesorc the guitor, violin ond cello. Percussion instruments ore plqyed by hitting or shoking them. Common kinds include the drums, xylophone dnd tomboudne. Althouoh some ore very eosyto plqt others ore tricky to moster.

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enswer the questions,

In porogroph 2, whot do "they" qnd "some" referto? In porogroph 4, whqt do "some" qnd "othe$" referto? In pqrqgroph 3, con you find o phrosethot meons the sqme thing os "leorn"? In the pqssqge, whot two words hqve q similor meoning to the word "difficult"?

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Usingsynonyms and pronouns instead Your wniting canbemore interesting if you use synonyms andpronouns ofrcpeating
the samewords manytimes. . A synonym is a word that hasthe samemeaning as anotherword Varge, massiveandhuge arc synonyms ofrl:7]. . ,Apronounis a word that can replacea nounor nounphraseVt,they, he,him,this,those, some, others. none).

Completethe passage. Replace the crossed-out words with synonymsand fill in the blankswith pronouns.
group very hord leorners these this they it

Guitqrists
In mony rock bonds,there qre three different guitorists. (1) theee
qre the they eoch ploy

rhythm guitqdst, the leqd guitodst qnd the bossguitorist. In the (2)H,

arouo

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o different port of the song. First of oll, there is the rhythm guitqrist. This guitorist providesthe rhlthm of the song.
Plqying rhythm guitqr is qn eqsy skill to pick up, so (3) for beginnels. Some (a)binnefscqn
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ploy rhythm guitor in q bond.even if

ore just storting.

Next is the leod guitorist. Leqd guitodsts ploy the melody, or mqin pqrt of o song. Doing
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ccn be reolly difficult, so theseguitodsts needto be (7)+eelly skillful.

Lqstwe hqvethe bossguitorist.This kind of guitqristplqysthe low port of the song. It is not (8)di{fitr+fto stqrt ploying the bqssguitqr, but it con be difficult to becomevery
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Readthe introduction and then write three paragraphs. Usesynonymsand pronounsin your writing.

Kinds of Music
There ore mqny different kinds of music. Three common kinds ore rocl! pop ond clossicqlmusic.

First

Next,

Brainstorm idea5 abouteachkind

youstart of music before to write.

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Readthe report a girl wrote about acousticguitars, Takenotes on the main points.

Acoustic Guitors
Acousticguitors qre hollow ond mode of wood. They qrc plqyedby plucking or guito$ do strummingstrings. Acoustic not needto be usedwith omDlifieff they mokeenoughsoundon because their own. AcousticAuitq$ usuolly hove six strings,but somehave twelve. Someocousticauitors hqve thick strings mqde out of
plqstic-othen strin9s. hove steel

Notes - Acousticguitors:

- Ployed by:

Acousticauitors mqke o nicednging sound when they ore ployed. They ore excellentfor country dnd folk music.

- Excellentfor:

noteson the about electric Listen to what a boy says auitars.Take mainpoints.
Notes

Electric auitqrs: usuallymade of solid wood

Ployed byi Amplifiers:

Strings:
Sound:

- Greotfor:

Work with a classmate. On a separatepieceof paper,write a paragtaph guitars. and electric and contrasting acoustic comparing

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neaathe introduction and then write two paragraphs. Usesynonyms

and pronouns in your writing,

Listeningto Music
We con enioy music in mony different woys.Two wqys qre listening to MP3 ployersqnd going to live concerts. FiIst,

Next,

Crosswords
How do you do crossword puzzles? your answers. Discuss

Completethe crossword puzzle usingthe clues.

Across This word meons"enjoyoble"or "not boring." This is o kind of wind instrument. It is held sidewoys when ployed. 6 7 I I Youdo this ot meol times. This word hqs q similc Ineqning to "qncient," It is similorto o pond,only bigger. This is the oppositeof "lote." Down This building con be found in Sydne, Austrolio. Conce$sore held ther. 2 4 It is locotedin Pqds,Frqnce, ond is nomed ofter its designet GustoveEiffel. This building wos storted in 1793.lt is the home of the United States 9Ovemment.

Writing descriptive sentences Making crossword puzzies is a funwayto practice yourEnglish writing. Whenyou crossword, youneedto write clues. good One wayto do this is to write descriptive sentences using synonyms, antonyms pf and onouns. {opposites]

*rn" clues for the answers in the crossword.

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Follow the stepsto makea crosswordpuzzle.

Then on q seporotepiece Planj Usethe plon to write cluesqnd onswen for your crosswords. of poper plqn how your qnswers will fit together, so they form o crossword.

Answer(a kind of instrument): Clue:

Answer(a kind of food):

clue;

Answer(a kind of animal): clue:

Makei Now mqke your crossword on o seporqte piece of pqper. Write your clues qs descdptivesentences. Then drqw o gdd for your puzzle ond qdd numbers where the qnswersshould be filled in.

to use lZf Remember

and synonyms, antonyms pronouns inyour clues-

Read t h e e m a i l y o u r p e n p a l Mary wrote about her schoolassignment.

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hoping t h a ty o uc a nh e p m e o u t .I h a v e a schoo assgnmentto makea crossword puzz e My puzz e needs to be aboutcities, fooosano peope in othercountr es. I wou d realyappreciate you it if couldhe p me comeup wlth c uesand answers for the fo ow ng: 1 A city in yourcountry 2 A toodfrornyourcountry 3 A famousperson from yourcountry Thanks, Mary

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Write a short email to Mary suggestingcluesand answersfor her crossword.

To: mary@kidpals.net Subject: RE:International crossword

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what things do you like to do on your your answers, Discuss vacation?

Readthe essay.

WinterActivities
to Whatisthefirstthingthatcomes Winterl Formany, Hotchocolate? mind? Snowmen? kinds are Three common it iswinter activities. andsnowboarding. skiing, tobogganing skiing downa mountain people Because wear skis andusepoles. isskiing. Toski, First, there or else theymightfallandhurtthemselves. skiers need to be skillful canbe quite difficult, isa sled tharis A toboggan istobogganing. Another winter activity it. to steer A short ropeisused hills, ridden downsnowy to do. popular it isfunandeasy because Tobogganing isreally is likea big skateboard A snowboard Last, we havesnowboarding. mountains. lt isused to ridedownsnowy without wheels, lt canbe a lot offun, with teenagers. isverypopular Snowboarding to do well. but it isdifficult winter areallwell-known andsnowboarding Skiing, tobogganing themduring fun doing People allover theworldhave activities. wintervacations.

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nnswer the questions.

Whot is the essoyobout? what is eoch body pqrogroph obout?

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W r i t i n ga n e s s a yt o o r g a n i z e things
Sometimes youneedto write an essayin whichyouorganize items undera mainidea. example, in the page essay on 43, skiing, tobogganing andsnowboarding [Fof are organized underthe mainideaof winter activitjeslYoucanwdte this kindof essayin the following way: Introduction
Getthe reader's attent on Statethe mainide6 Listthe itemsorganized under the mainidea

Body
Describe eachitem in one bodyparagraph including details .

Conclusion
youressay Summarize by statingthe itemsand main r0ea agarn . Finish with an interesting thorrght

comntete the plan by writing three itemsfor the main idea.Thenusethe planto write an introduciion.
Main ideai Summeroctivities Item 1;

Introduction:

Item2:

Item 3:

you wrote the summeractivities organizing Followthe stepsto write an essay down in ActivityD.
t PlaniUseyour summer octivities to moke o wdting plon. wdte detoils for body pqrqgmphs describinothe qctivities ond q conclusionsummodzing your essoy.

I Bodyparagraph Topic sentence:

Details:

2 (activity): Bodyparagraph Topic sentence:

Details:

3 Bodyparagraph Topic sentence:

write your essoyon q seporqtepieceof pqper.Usethe introduction you wrote in Wrif.' Activity D to beginyour essqY.

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Listento a teachergiving a boy adviceon how to improve his essay. Edit the text basedon what you hear.
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vac,afion lravel
Marnpeople go on #ips during*i'.eir n ""lion.

B.TontlfJ".n

do llnts,lhn need *o

decde lalw ll.,eyare goirE Io Lavel.Common ways of lra,el;.g indudedaurg and yirg. Fi*l o{ all,tlere s dnvirg. Ge;.gby c,arr,anbe good bec.aue* allows peoplelo dec;de e,lac'llywFerelo go and wlen *o s]op.Howerer, becar-se dnv;rg can be shw, peoplec,an oflen onlygo placeslhal are nearby, Takirg+le lrain. TAs is a greal way *o go lo placeslha! area lo.g way away. Takir1+le

+rain is cheaper lAan{lyng, undlakrg lle 1rc;n s /ess lnng #,andaarg-Travehrs c,an
buy g.eaf snack on lhe lrain, and1.leycan :e.e sorne gret *.ene,y ou* o{ 14ewindo,,rLa* we have {lyrE. eeoplelravell;ke

i{ +l-ey +his reedlo go a IorEway.

Flyirg s fasl and fun. Il feelsamazirg lo 1y above lle c;budand across oceanslo farawaycounktes. Dnirg by c.ar, Iakirg lAe #ain are cxtmmon wayslo lravel.whichway deperdson wl.erelLey peoplec,laose *anl lo go and whal lhey *a,* *o do.

aolnp"r",our corrections with a classmate.

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puzzle aboutyour hometown. rottow tne stepsto makea crossword

Plon.Write ideqsfor cluesond onswerson o seporqtepieceof poper. Then plon how your onswerswill fit together,so they form o crossword. Mcke:Moke your crossword below

Across

CA Follow the steps to write an essay organizing three team sports.

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Brainstorm ond plon: Broinstorm ond plon your essoyon o seporotepieceof pqper. WrifeiWrite your essaybelow

Space Exploration
Would you like to travel into space? Discusy sour answers.

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Read the essay.

BetterWoys to SpendMoney
Somepeople thinkwe shouldspendmore moneyon space exploration, but r I do not thinkso. 2 | think it would be betterto spendmoreto fight poverty, stoppollution and improve education.

.r First, we shouid spend more money to helpfightpoverty. l\4illions of people in theworld programs, do not have enough money forfoodor housing. Bygjving money to special we people could helpthese livebetter lives.
Second,,r, moneycouldalsobe usedto stop pollution. We couldfind cleaner waysto live that do not pollute the airor the oceans. Wecouldalso cleanup the pollution that already exists. Third,I believe we shouldspendmoneyto improve ; Wecouldalso education. Wecouldhiremoreteachers. buildbetterschools and buy equipment, likecomputers. c ldo not feelweshouldspendmoremoneyon space exploration. Instead, I thinkwe shouldspendit on fighting poverty, stoppjngpollution and improving education.

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Followthe instructions. Choosc the bestphroseto reploce eoch underlined port of the text. I disagree Firstof 01l, ln my opinion,
t le6se the b,.l phru\e lo up jn.Ffled

ofter eochietterin the text. In conclusion, it is worth considering thot In oddition, 49

Usingphrasesto improveyour writing

Tojoinideas youcanusephrases andimprove the flowofyourwriting, suchasthe following: First of all, I agree/disagree ... Moreovef / ln addition, For example, / By wayof example, ln my opinion, / lt is my opinionthat ... lt is worth consideringthat .../ I would like to point outthat... Last but not least, Toconclude, / ln conclusion,

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part of the sentence, Circte ttre bestphrase to replace the underlined

!!1q; spoceexplorotion will increoseour scientificknowledge.

Lqstbut not leost I think we con leorn moreqboutour own plqnetby comparing it to others we discover. In my opinion, In conclusion,

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Finolly,our plonel is very crowded, ond one doy we moy needotherplqnetsto live

on. Firstof qll,

4 Lqst but not leost,

Also. it is Dossible thot life on onother Dlonet could be better thon it is here. In qddition, I disqgreethot

,s5 To finish, I think we needto spendmore money on spqceexplorotion. For exqmple, ln conclusion,

Look forwords withsimilar

meanings to helpyou pick the bestphrases.

given. completethe letter usingthe phrases

In conclusion/ I would like to point out thqt / For exomple / try things which I find scqry / encourqgeothersto do their best / adventurousspirit / Lost but not leost / greotteom lkills / | irst of oll / In mv opinion

Deor Mission Leqder, I would like to opply to ioin your spocemission.

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of my , I qm qn excellentchoicebecquse

scientificknowledge,odventurousspirit qnd greot teqm skills. , I hove a strong knowledgeof science. I olwoys get excellentgrodesin science clqss.I even do experimentsqt home to
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increosemy knowledge.This knowledgewould be very useful to you on your mission.

Second,(3) I hqve on

odventurousspidt. I qm not qfrqid to try new things or go to new places.tn oddition, I qm qlwqys pushing myself to (4) . You will need brcve peoplelike me on your mission. (5) (6) students'ideqs.Also, I olways try to (7) for o successful spqcemission. . Suchteqm skills qre necessory (8) (9) {10) , I believethqt my scientificknowledge, ond mqke me qn excellent , I hqve excellentteom skills. , in group projects,I like to listen to other

choicefor your mission. I look foword to heqdng from you obout my opplicqtion. Youls sincerely, Som Goodmund

Listenand write exactlywhat you hear.

opinion Mors Eorth possible considering plqnet .l

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work with a classmate and write four sentences about spaceexploration.

In my opinion,

First of qll,

ln oddition,

ln conclusion,

to theclass. 6D n""a yoursentences

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Protecting l{ature
i' How can we help protect nature?Discuss answers.

Readthe essay.

Protecting Nature
Manypeople thinkwe shouldprotectnature. I agree for several reasons. lt is important to respect all livingthings. Furthermore, nature is for not onlygood for our healthbut necessary our survival. all livingthings. because it is important to respect First of all,we shouldprotectnature all ofthese species. We shouldrespect Weshare the worldwith rnillions of plantand animal species because theyhavethe samerightto livethat we do. I believe Spending time in natureis muchhealthier Second, that natureis goodfor our health. we feelbetter than spending time in the city.Forexample, whenwe arein the forest, it isquietandthe air is clean. and morerelaxed because it is we shouldprotectnature because Lastbut not least, Everything in the worldis necessary for our survival. we areactually hurting connected and if we hurt nature, ourselves. Forexample, if we polluteallthe waterin the world,we will not haveanyleftto drink. nature, we arenot only In conclusion, by protecting our own respecting livingthing\,we arealsoensuring health and survival.

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follow the instructions. Circlc thc moin ideoin eochbodyporogroph. eochmoin ideo Underline the portsof the porogroph thot support
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U s i n gd e t a i l sa n de x a m p l e t so s u p p o r ty o u r i d e a s
Whenyouwrite,youoftenneed to present important ideas to showwhatyouthinkabout something. you Tosupport theseideas, canusedetails andexamples.

anoor" a detailand an example to supporteachidea.

Mony qnimqlsin the worldqre in serious donger. Oetol: @

For exqmple, it costsUS$30,000 o yeor to hire o ronger. For exomple, we moy need to cut down forests to provide enough lond to grow food. We need to mqke sure qnimqls hove noturol hobitots, so they con continue to survive. We must moke sure thot people have everything they need before we con protectqnimols. Good exomples qrc dver dolphins ond tigers. For exomple, we cqn stop polluting the oceqn ond cutting down the forcsts, There ore thousondsof species thqt could disoppeor. Operqting q wildlife pork is very expensrve.

exompte: @
The key to sqving qnimqls is soving their hobitots.

It costso lot of money to protect

wildlife.

Thesurvivolof humqnsis more importqntthon the survivolof qnimols. uerqu:L_] Exqmple: L J

mainidea. for each comntete ttreletterby writinga detailandan example

Deqr Sir/Mqdqm, I would like to opply for the position of Junior Rqngerwith TeenWildlife I feel I would be o good ronger becquseI love qnimqls. I om olso Protectors. obout biolog, qnd I believewildlife is importont for our plonet. knowledgeoble Filst, I hqve o reolly strong love of onimqls. (Deloil)

(Exqmple)

Second,I would like to point out thot I know q lot obout biology. (Detqil)

(Exomple)

Lost but not leost,I honestly believethot wildlife is importont for our plqnet. (Detqil)

(Exomple)

ofbiologyond beliefin the my loveof onimols,knowledge In conclusion, qn importonce of wildlife moke me excellentchoicefor Teenwildlife Protectors. I look forwordto your response. Yourssincerclt LisoBurgess

the Wlitedetails that explain

andexamp es idearnore clearly main anexperience or fact. whichshow

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Readthe report a boy wrote about wildlife. Takenotes on his opinions.

Notes - Responsibility of governments:

Govemments Should Protect Wildlife

I believethot it is the responsibilityof governmentsto protectwildlife. They hqve o lot , of money which they con use

I to do this. Theycon hire mony peopleond buy o lot of equipment. Forexomple, they con employrongersond who know how to scientists protect onimols.Moreover, they cqn buy 0ll the things thesepeople needto do their iobswell, Iike vehicles, equipmentqnd computers.

- Governments:

Exqmples

Employ:

Listento the commentsa girl makesabout the boy's report. Takenotes on her opinions.
Notes - Responsibility of governments: - Governments:
Exomples Passed:

Workwith a classmate, On a separatepieceof paper,write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the boy'sand girl's ideas.
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((i1., completethe essay you learned in Unit 9. usingthe expressions

Lifeon the Moon

Somepeoplethink we should try to settleon the moon. (1) for severolreosons.(2) , we should settleon the ond moon becouseit will help us improve our scientificknowledge,find new resources creotenew plocesfor peopleto live.
(3)

, I believethot settling on the moon will help us

improve our scientificknowledge.we will be qble to study new rocksond minerols.

{4)

, we will be oble to obseNethe Eqrth from spoce. q settlement

(s) Second,

Ihere could be metols or other resources on the moon could help us find new resources. on the moon which could be very helpful to humons.
(6)

, o settlementon the moon

would give humqns q new ploce to live. The world is getting more crowdedwith people ond buildings, ond we moy eventuolly run out of spqcefor everyoneon Eorth. A moon settlementwould give us onother ploce to live. t7) to help us increoseour scientific qnd knowledge,find new resources creotenew plocesto live, I believewe should stqrt o settlementon the moon.

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*.,r" a detailand an example to supporteachidea.

In my opinion, we should do more to protect nqture. Detoill

Exomple:

I think my country needs more plqces for wild onimqls to live.

Exomplel

It is my opinion thot we need to move mor qnimols into zoos. Detoil:

Exqmple:

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SehoolApplication
Wouldyou like to studyat an internationalschool? your anSwers. Whyor why not? Discuss

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Read the letter.

Deor Ms. Lee, I would like to qpply to becomeq studentqt Genius lnternotionolSchool. I think I would moke o greot studentfor your schoolbecouse of my qcqdemic tqlent, strongEnglishqbilitiesqnd love of differentcultures. Firstof all, I om on excellent student.I get good grqdes in oll subjects, ond I olwoysperformwell in tests.For exqmple,lqst semester I got As in oll subjects. Second, I hovevery goodEnglishskiUs, which I know is importont ot your school.By wcy of exomple,I find it eqsyto speokEnglishto my teochers, ond I reolly enioy reodingEnglishbooks. Lost but not leost, I love to leom obout different cultures. At on internotionol school, there will be students from mony different countries, qnd I qm excited to find out obout their beliefsond cultures. In conclusion, bosedon my ocodemictolent,good English skills ond interest in other cultures, I feel thot I would be on excellent student for your school. I look forwqrd to heoring from you obout my opplicotion.

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nnr*", tt e questions.
Whqt importont things ore missing from the stort ofthe letter? Whqt thinos ore missino from the end of the letter?

Writing to applyto a school

youmayneedto write a formalletter.Inthis kindof letter,you lf youapply to certainschools, givereasons Youshould alsoinclude whyyouare a goodperson to jointhe school. should addresses, a date, anda formalgneeting andclosing.

the letter. choose the correctdetailsto complete

"' iin O A I nevergiveup ofter I beginsomething, "rr"n difficult. 312Shinwon Building School. 50ODqlgubeoldqero, Suseong-Gu B I qm writing to opplyto IntemotionolSuccess Dqegu706-011 C I look forwqrdto your rcsponse. ond D Forexomple, I hoveolrcodystudiedEnglish July19 French. Mr. ]ohn Russell E DeqrMr. Russell, Intemotional Success School Pork 139-143 Bonpo3-Dong,Seocho-Gu F Jennifer Seoul, 137-044 G Lostbut not leosl,I hovegoodteqmspi t. E
I feel thot I om on excellent student for your school becouseof my tqlent with longuoges,belief in working hord ond teqm spidt. Filst of all, I qm tolented with languqges. I find it eqsy to leqrn new ldnguqges, qnd

I enioystudyingthem.
By woy of exomple, I found. French difficult ot Second,I believe in working hord. fi6t, but I kept studying until I could speok well. _-,. I qlways try to work with those oround me. For exqmple, when I plqy teqm sports, I olwoys cooperqte with my teommqtes, so we cqn do our best. In conclusion, I believe my tolent with longuoges, belief in hord work ond teom spirit moke me qn excellent choice for your school. You6 sincerely,

?oA Jefintfe(

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Follow the stepsto write a letter to apply to an internationalschool. piece Brcinstorm. Brqinstorm ideqsfor your letteron o seporote of poper. Think of three reqsons why you wouldbe o goodstudent for the school. your ideosto mqkeq wdting plqn. Wdte qn interesting Pian.'Use introduction, detqilsfor your reqsons your letter. body porogrophs descdbing ond o conclusion summorizing

Principal's name: Introduction:

Bodyparag.aph 1 (reason): Topic sentence:

Details andexamDles:

Bodyparagraph 2 (reason): Topi( sentence:

Details andexamDles:

Bodyparagraph 3 Topic sentence:

Details and

Wrile: Writeyour letteron o seporote pieceof poper.

Include addresses, a date, and

greetng andclosing. a formal

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Readthe email a teacherwrote explaininghow to becomea reporter for the schoolnewspaper.

From : simpson@interschool.com Subject: RE:Newspaper To:

he o, youfor yourernai Thank . I am g ad to hear thatyouare interested in becoming a reporter for the school newspaper youcanlo n the newspaper, Before youto writeme l'd like a shortema , givlng threereasons you whyyouthink woud be a goodreporter. Forexamp e, areyougoodat any anguages? Canyoutakephotographs? Youshould also provrde examples to suppotyourreasons ookforward to yourrepy. T h a ny ko u , Mrs.Simpson

Write a short email to the teachergiving reasonswhy you woqld be a good reporter.
To:simpson@interschool.com Sub,ect: RE:Newspaper

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StudyingAbroad
Do you think studyingabroadis betterthan studying your answers. in your homecountry? Discuss

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A Great English Place to Learn

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year go abroad Manyof Every thousands of students to studyEnglish. countrybut these students thinkyoucanonlylearn Engiish wellin an English-speaking place because it has I disagree. In my opinion, my country isan excellent to learn English goodteachers, a variety of learning materials and manyplaces to study. andsome First manygoodEnglish teachers in my country. Some arelocal of all,we have anda native English arenative English speakers. Forexample, I am taughtby a local for studying English. teacher. I find learning from bothofthem perfect of learning materials available Second, it isworthconsidering thatthereisa widevariety programs that students canuse. here. There aremanyEnglish books, CDs andcomputer At home, I useCDs Forexample, in my class, I readEnglish books full of interesting articles. games to practice my listening andplayEnglish on my computer. in my country. Apartfrom school, Lastbut not least, thereare manyplaces to learnEnglish Forexample, I have beento several I canalsostudyEnglish at institutions andcamps. whichhave helped mewith my speaking and listening skills. camps properly. to learn English With In conclusion, I do notfeelthat students needto go abroad I thinkmy country isa great itsexcellent teachers, learnlng materials and places to study, place English. to learn

G Answerthe questions.
'l 2 Whot is the writer's opinion of studying English in her own country? Whot ideosdoesthe wdter useto support this opinion?

W r i t i n g a n e s s a yt o a r g u e a n o p i n i o n
In some essays, you may feed to afgue af opinton and showwhy youthinkyoul.opinton is coffect. You can write this kind of essay in the followingw6y:

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Describe e6ch dea n one bodypafagraphusingdetais an0 examples

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Gve youf op nionagain your ideas Summaaize

youfoprnron . List ideasthat suppont your opinion

Loot at the topic and decidewhether you agree or disagree.Thenwrite three

ideas that support your opinion. It is better to go to sciencecomp thqn English comp. Agree or disogree? Ideo 1:

Ideo 2:

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usingthe topic and your opinionand Followthe stepsto write an essay ideasfrom ActivityD.
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Broinstorm detoils qnd exqmplesto support your opinion ond ideqs. Brcinsformi Planj Useyour ideqsto moke q writing plon. Wdte on interestingintroduction, detoils for body porogrophsexploining your ideqs ond q conclusionsummodzing your essoy

1 (idea): Paragraph
Topic sentence:

Details andexamDles:

2 (idea): Paragraph Topic sentence:

Details andexamDles; Paragraph 3 (idea):

andexamDles: Details

Wrife:Wdte your essoyon o sepqrqtepieceof pqper.

Listento a teachergiving a girl adviceon how to improve her essay. Edit the text basedon what you hear.

Going wi14, a Group

Manys*udenlsiA;nki* ;s a good 'dealo go wilh a
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g,oup o{ faendnwhen lley sludy abroad. I agree. I *hinks*udyirg abroad in a group is lessslressful, more{un andlesslonely llan sludy;rg alone.

F'rslof all,stud'1rg-'lh f.;ends,s leasisiressfullkan study'rgalone.Inanollercounlry, sluder*s facn.problems wh;ch lhet' fnendscan helpllen wih. wlen I wassludying in lhe
Uni*edS*afes, r,y faendsoflen L,elped ne wtlh ny Erglish. Thisr\ade m,/, e>,penence mucAlesss*ress{ul. Second,* S morefun Io sludy ab.oad in a group. Fnendscan have a lol of fun logelle.. By *ay o{ exanple,my {aends andI l'ad so mucAyisi+ing I amsu.e ii would museums. nol have beenas erloyablew'lhou| tl..em,

Last, sludyirgin a group;slessloneiylkn sludyng alone. Allhough sludenlsnayfeel

very lonelytn a foreign counlry, beingwtlh faends c,anhelp. As an example, whenI was aboard, I neverfell la lonelybec'avse ry lAendswere. Ilere. I +Aink i+ 6 bel*e. lo sludy abroad 'n a g,oup lhan lo sludy alone. wrlh tle.r {aends, siudenfs wili find lheir experiencelessslressful andlesslonelyllan by ttemselves.

your corrections Compare with a classmate.

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It is better to trovel in your own country thon to trovel obroqd. Brainstorm and plan: Broinstorm qnd plon your essqyon q sepqrctepieceof poper. Decidewhether you ogreeor disqgreewith the topic ond think of ideqs, detqilsqnd exomples to supporlyour opinion. [4/rife.Wdte your essqybe]ow.

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