U8 L2 EX 2 a,b

2a. Listen and read about schools in Twinkyland.(Прослушай и прочитай о школах в Твинкилэнде). 

A. Missions¹

All children in Twinkyland study. We don’t have holidays but after years 1, 3 and 5 we go on missions to other planets and stars. This year I’m on a mission to your planet. When I come home, I’ll tell² my class about you and your planet. I’ll do a project about your planet.

B. Studying in Twinkyland

In Twinkyland, we don’t go to school on weekdays, but every pupil has their plan for self-study³. Monday is a day off.

Here’s my friend’s plan for Week 35.👈 He isn’t on a mission this year, he’s in Year 3. Every morning from Tuesday to Friday he has an online lesson – it’s a film, a game or a teacher’s talk. We can watch online lessons as many times as we want⁴.

Every afternoon Year 3 have a PE lesson. In PE children can do what they want: play starball, or ride fly-bikes, or dance with a computer dance programme [ˈproʊɡræm].

Every day Year 3 have time for project work. First, they plan a project, then they read a lot, and then they write the project. In the evening, Year 3 have self-study time – they listen to audio stories, learn languages and learn to make things with their mums and dads in parent-controlled Technology lesson⁵. It’s so interesting!

C. School at the weekendFrom Tuesday to Friday we do a lot of self-study at home. We go to school on weekend days to talk about books, have project presentations, do experiments and get new homework for the new week. We are at school all day on Saturday and Sunday. In the evenings we have talk-and-play time with our friends. I love my school!

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1 mission [ˈmɪʃ(ə)n] – миссия, задание

2 I’ll tell … – я расскажу …

3… as many times as we want – … столько раз, сколько мы хотим

4 self-study – самостоятельное занятие

5 parent-controlled lesson – занятие под контролем родителей

*в разработке использованы иллюстрации и текст упражнения из учебного пособия для 4 класса по английскому языку, Минск "Вышэйшая школа" 2019 (Авторы: Л.М.Лапицкая, А.И.Калишевич, Т.Ю.Севрюкова, Н.М.Седунова) 

2b. Listen again and answer the questions. (Прослушай текст еще раз и ответь на вопросы)