This is a true story about something that happened to me last summer. I was on holiday with my family at a beach in the south of England. I was very interested to 1e__________ the local area, so one morning I woke up early and set off along the quiet road. In my2e__________ to discover the local area, I forgot to tell my parents where I was going.It was a hot, sunny morning and I soon felt thirsty, but I was determined to 3c__________ myself by walking to the highest point. I’m a good walker and so I pushed my way up the hill, although it was quite hard work. At the top, I saw many birds flying around their nests. Feel curious, I left the road and moved towards the nests. Aha, there were some baby birds in the nest. “If I take a picture of the baby birds, will I be attached?” With4b__________ in my stomach, I held my camera up and pointed it at the birds.Just then, one of the birds made a loud noise. I was so surprised that I dropped my camera! I didn’t have time to worry about it, though. To protect their nests, the birds started to fly at me to make me go away. They flew at me one by one. I 5r__________ back down the hill. Near the bottom of the hill, I heard a car 6e__________. It was my mum’s car! I jumped in and shut the door, looking at her in 7p__________.“Go! Go! Go!” I shouted.I spent the rest of the summer saving up for a new camera.•First, visitors can listen to a presentation by 1__________________ in the school hall.•Then, they can see the impressive facilities and 2__________________ in the gym.•After that, visitors go to our 3__________________ and see how students study science.•Before lunch: free time to explore the campus.•Lunch from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm.•After lunch, visitors can experience different 4__________________.•Before the day ends, visitors and students can 5__________________ in the school hall.•Finally, students can 6__________________.Work in pairs. Take it in turns to plan an open day schedule for your school. Use some of the ideas from Activity 7a as well as your own ideas.☐1S ummerhill School in England is a very special kind of school. It was founded in 1921 by A.S. Neill with the belief that the school should be made to fit the child, notthe child fit the school. The school is run with the idea that teachers and students areequal. Students are free to choose which lessons to go to, if any, and create their owncourse of study.☐2A s a boarding school, most of students at Summerhill stay in school during the term time. Children have power to control access to their own rooms. Every pupil hastheir own bedroom space. The bed areas are personalised by the children, expressingtheir character. Summerhill’s ideas about teaching challenged the traditional modelof how schools were run, and they shocked many people.☐3B ut Summerhill’s approach to giving children freedom to select what to do at school also gained many followers, especially in the United States. Many schools opened inthe US following Neill’s idea that children learn best when they are free from beingforced to learn.☐4T he school is run by a committee of teachers and students who together decide rules such as appropriate bedtimes. Attending classes is voluntary, but most students chooseto go to the classes that interest them. The structure of the school may be unusual, butteachers work in standard classrooms and teach in the same way as usual schools.☐5S ummerhill has been in existence for about one hundred years and is still going strong. It appears that many parents and children still value what Neill thought wasmost important – allowing children to grow up happily and be encouraged to livetheir own lives.a An unusual school with usual classroom teaching methods.b Some schools in the United States follow Summerhill’s example.c The school should suit the child, not the other way round.d Summerhill is a continuing success as a different kind of school.e Summerhill challenged traditional views of what a school should be.Read the passage and answer the questions.1When was Summerhill founded?_____________________________________________________________________________2Where do students express their character?_____________________________________________________________________________3In which country did Neill’s ideas gain popularity?_____________________________________________________________________________4Who runs the school?_____________________________________________________________________________5What do parents and children value about Summerhill?_____________________________________________________________________________Thursday 8 OctoberI have just come back from a great school trip. Some of the activities were challenging, butI really enjoyed it!We went by bus to a sports camp out of town. As we drove, I viewed the impressivecountryside through the window. My first sight on arriving at the camp was seeing a big group of students barn dancing. “That looks complicated, but fun!” I thought.After we changed out of our school uniforms into sports clothes, we were taken to the gym. Here, a teacher taught us how to do various difficult exercises. I struggled to dosome of them, but my friend Cara showed me how to do them. I still could not do them well, but with Cara’s help, I did not stop trying.After lunch, we could select a new sport or activity to learn. Cara chose to learn how to skateboard. I thought it looked frightening, but she was really excited about it. I chose to learn how to barn dance. At first, I could not figure out how the dancers remembered all the moves, and I felt disappointed. Then I realised that a person at the front was calling out each move. Everyone was dancing in pairs, and helping their partners to remember what to do and where to go. I had a go, and I soon memorised them. I felt much happier!By the end of the day, I was able to dance every dance! As the saying goes, “Practice makes perfect!”When the sports camp day finished, our teacher asked us to rate the experience. I gave it10 out of 10!1Where did the student go on the school trip?_____________________________________________________________________________2What activity did the author try first?_____________________________________________________________________________3What activity did Cara try after lunch?_____________________________________________________________________________4How successful was the author at doing these activities?_____________________________________________________________________________5What did the author think about the sports camp?_____________________________________________________________________________Write a journal entry about a school trip experience you have had.。
