Module:	Study, School Life and Work
Unit:		Through Students’ Eyes
Task 4:	How Do You Enjoy School?

Description
Learners participate in a research study conducted by the School Management Team, which attempts to find out the extent to which learners enjoy school. Learners all write an essay describing the joys and disappointments they have experienced at school.

5 Fundamental Intertwining Ways of Learning and Using Knowledge
	Communicating	(Learners write about delightful and not so pleasant experiences at school.)
	Conceptualizing	(Learners organize their knowledge about school life and school experiences.)
	Inquiring	
	Reasoning		
	Problem-solving
						
Learning Targets (KS4) (Only relevant parts of the Learning Targets in the syllabus are presented below.)
To develop an ever-improving capability to use English
�h	to find out, select, analyze, organize and present information on familiar and unfamiliar topics (KDa)
�h	to interpret and use more extensive and complex information through processes such as describing, comparing, and explaining (KDb)
�h	to develop and refine ideas by making appropriate revisions to own written texts independently (KDe)

Learning Objectives
	Text-types
	descriptions

	Vocabulary
	Adjectives and other words describing happy and delightful experiences.
	Adjectives and other words describing unpleasant and unhappy experiences.

	Language Items & Communicative Functions (KS4)
	e.g.	Use a variety of tenses, passive voice, reported speech, adverbs, etc. to refer to events in the past, present and future and to the frequency with which things occur.
		I came first in the competition.
		Mrs Wong often gives us a lot of homework.
	e.g.	Use adjectives, adjective phrases, common expressions, etc. to describe one’s feelings and responses to happenings and states of affairs in some detail
		My best classmate Chris seemed to be always cheerful.
		When I knew that Chris would emigrate to Australia, I felt depressed.
	e.g.	Use conditionals, common expressions, etc. to express regret
		If I had worked harder, I would not have failed exam.
		I wish I had joined the Sports Day last year.
	e.g.	Use adverb phrases, adverb clauses of reason, etc. to justify one’s behaviour
		I worked part time in order to support my family.
		I did not concentrate in class because I was worrying about my mother’s health.
		
 Language Skills
1.	Writing
	Present information, ideas and feelings clearly and coherently (KS3)
				-	describe, express or explain ideas, feelings and experiences
				-	produce written texts appropriate to context, purpose and audience
				-	use strategies to arouse and sustain readers’ interest
	      Understand, interpret and analyze different written texts (KS4)
				-	plan and produce coherent and structured texts
				-	use appropriate linguistic and structural devices, a variety of structures and range of vocabulary to achieve desired purposes
				
 Language Development Strategies (KS4)
	- Develop thinking skills
�Y	think creatively / innovatively
	-Develop reference skills
�Y	use a dictionary to find out about pronunciation, usage and grammar

 Attitudes
	-	Keenness to participate in activities leading to improvement of knowledge and skills in the language (KS1)

Module: 	Study, School Life and Work
Unit: 		Through Students’ Eyes
Task 4: 	How Do You Enjoy School?

A School Management Team has been newly set up in your school. They are carrying out a study which aims to find out how students have enjoyed studying and to improve the quality of school life. As part of the study, the team has randomly selected some classes and asked them to write an essay describing the joys and disappointments they have experienced at school. 

Your class has been chosen to write the essay. Each of you should write about 300 words. Make sure that you describe both delightful and not so pleasant experiences.

You might like to write about some of the following topics, or you might like to develop your own:

�h	teachers and classmates
�h	school subjects
�h	school work
�h	time-table
�h	studying environment
�h	school facilities
�h	extra-curricular activities
�h	school functions
�h	student support services (e.g. counselling, career)
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