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I think home schooling is great. I wish my parents had done this. The idea of never going to school sounds too good to be true. I hated school. I wanted to stay at home every day. I really wouldn’t have minded staying at home and studying. Of course, you need to be careful not to forget studying. One thing about home schooling I like is visiting museums or watching documentaries to learn more. This is so much better than learning in school. I think my learning at school suffered because there were many kids who didn’t want to learn. I could have got better marks if I had stayed at home. Perhaps there’ll be more home schooling in the future because of the Internet.

LISTENING GAP FILL

I think home schooling _______________________ . I wish my parents had _______________________ . The idea of never going to school _______________________ good to be true. I hated school. I wanted to stay at home every day. I really wouldn’t _______________________ staying at home and studying. Of course, you need _______________________ not to forget studying. One thing about home schooling I like is visiting museums or watching _______________________ learn more. This is so much better than learning in school. I think my learning at school _______________________ there were many kids who didn’t _______________________ . I could have got _______________________ if I had stayed at home. Perhaps there’ll _______________________ home schooling in the future because of the Internet.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

STUDENT HOME SCHOOL SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about home school in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

WRITING

Write about home school for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about home school. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about home school. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. HOME SCHOOL POSTER Make a poster about home school. Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY HOME SCHOOL LESSON: Make your own English lesson on home school. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.

6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on home school. Share your findings with the class.

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