E M A N U E L A T O C C A C E L I
English teacher
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Who are you? Describe your attitudes and personality. (favourites) Which are you positive and negative qualities?
TALK ABOUT YOUR FAMILY - BEST FRIEND
How many members are there in your family?
Have you got brothers or sisters or are you an only child?
Describe one of them (physically - personality - likes and dislikes - good at /bad at - be into) What do you argue about?
Who is your best friend?
TELL SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE
Where do you live? Which are its main attractions? If a boy or girl comes from a foreign country to visit you what would you show in your town/city/village? where would you go and eat? what would you do together? Do you live in a house or in a flat? Describe it.
TALK ABOUT YOUR DAILY ROUTINE
What do you usually do in the morning , in the afternoon , in the evening, at night?
What's your favouite day?
ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL
What is your school like? How many students are there in your class? Are there special rooms, laboratories? What is your favourite subject? Why? and who is your best classmate? (Describe him/her) What do you usually do at school? How many lessons and subjects do you have each day? What are the positive and negative aspects of your school? What rules do you have to follow? What makes a good teacher? (a good teacher is the one who listens to students , is patient and knows his/her subject well and always encourages students to improve) Do you do any extra activities after school?
TELL SOMETHING ABOUT THE WEEKEND and YOUR FREE TIME
What do you usually do at the weekend? Do you prefer staying at home or hanging around? How do you spend your free time?
WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT ADOLESCENCE AND FRIENDSHIP?
Is it easy to be a teen? Have you a lot of /a few friends? Who is your best friend? Who is a real friend?What do you think of friendship?
Many people think that teens have an easy life without anxiety or stress, but this isn't completely true. They've sometimes a lot of problems like their body image, school, friends, family, weight and the change of their needs and wants. So teens think they must be thin, and for this reason, they eat less and this is very unhealthy. Many other have continuous fights with their families to get freedom and autonomy. That's common, because their parents still see them as babies. These fights sometimes cause deep emotional stress, too. Another teens' problem is socializing. Socializing is very important, but there can be conflicts between teens . These fights make going to school difficult and embarrassing. Another problem is gossip: today news can circulate quicker thanks to the internet. Parents and teachers have to help teens with their problems, because teens with happier lives usually grow up to be respectful and successful citizens.
WHO IS A REAL FRIEND?
What you need in your life
A REAL FRIEND......
never talks behind your back, knows everything about you, is always ready to help when you have a problem, listens to you for hours, never tells you lies, is good fun and makes you laugh, keeps your secrets.
MY BEST FRIEND is ...
WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND?
S/he is as important to me as family
Where did you meet your best friend? At school/at my friend's /on holiday/
How old is s/he? S/he is my same age/older/younger than me
How often do you see him/her? Every day, once a week/ at the weekend (do you have long distance friends? have you made friends over the internet? Do you make friends easily?
What is your favourite activity together? Playing sports, listening to music, hanging around, going to the cinema, watching movies, staying at home.
Why are you best friends? We love the same things, we've known each other since primary school, we like being together, we grew up together
Which positive and negative qualities does s/he have? S/he is generous /polite/ ready to help/sometimes nervous/ jealous and possessive.
Which is the thing you admire the most? S/he has a great sense of responsability/s/he never takes things seriously.
FUTURE PLANS
TALK ABOUT YOUR FUTURE PLANS
What are you going to do in the future? when you leave school? Are you going to high school and then to university or would you go to work? which high school will you choose? (Language Lyceum, Classic Lyceum, Scientific Lyceum, a Technical school) what will you study if you go to university?(law economics medicine business languages...)What do you want to be? If you have enough money, will you travel? Which country would you like to visit? (The USA, Australia, Canada---->see culture) What do you think, would you like to marry one day? and would you like to have children? What type of car would you like to have? Are you going to live in another country?
TALK ABOUT YOUR PAST HOLIDAY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO THE USA/AUSTRALIA OR CANADA ON HOLIDAY? WHY? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO VISIT THERE?
TALK ABOUT YOUR HOBBIES:
TECHNOLOGY
FILM
MUSIC
SPORT
SHOPPING
WHAT ABOUT TECHNOLOGY/COMPUTER/INTERNET
Are you for or against technology? Should technology enter the school lessons? Do you think it can help students? What do you use it for? What social networks do you use? What's your favourite computer game?Do you have computers at school? How many hours do you spend on a computer? What do you use internet for? What are your favourite websites?
WHAT IS CYBERBULLYING? How does it work? What should you do if you are bullied? what shouldn't you do?
Cyberbullying is the use of technology to harass threaten or embarass another person. The direct attack can come through instant messaging - stealing passwords -blogs -websites -interective gaming. If you are bullied you should tell someone you trust, save the message, print it, go to the police if you think you are in danger. You shouldn't reply to the messages as bullies want a reaction.
FILM
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FILM? WHO ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS? How often do you go to the cinema? How many hours of TV do you watch everyday? What's your favourite programme? When is it on? Do you watch sport on TV?
WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DO YOU LIKE? WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE SINGER? AND YOUR FAVOURITE BAND? DO YOU PLAY AN INSTRUMENT? DO YOU USUALLY LISTEN TO MUSIC IN YOUR FREE TIME? WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SONG? WHAT IS IT ABOUT? ARE YOU INTO MUSIC?
WHAT SPORT DO YOU LIKE? IS IT A TEAM OR INDIVIDUAL SPORT? DO YOU PLAY IT OUTDOOR OR INDOOR? DO YOU NEED A SPECIAL EQUIPMENT?
DO YOU LIKE SHOPPING? HOW OFTEN DO YOU GO SHOPPING? DO YOU SHOP ONLINE OR IN STORES? WHAT DO YOU USUALLY BUY ONLINE? ARE YOU ADDICTED TO SHOPPING? DO YOU SHOP ON YOUR OWN OR WITH FRIENDS? DO YOU ENJOY SHOPPING FOR OTHER PEOPLE? WHERE DO YOU USUALLY SHOP? IN A SHOPPING CENTRE OR YOU PREFER THE SMALL SHOPS IN THE CITY CENTRE? DO YOU FIND IT RELAXING? DO YOU HAVE A POCKET MONEY? DO YOU SHOP ON SALE?
TALK ABOUT FOOD
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD?DO YOU USUALLY EAT HEALTHY OR UNHEALTHY/JUNK FOOD? DO YOU USUALLY GO SHOPPING FOR FOOD? HOW OFTEN DO YOU SHOP? DO YOU PREFER EATING AT HOME OR AT THE RESTAURANT?
A healthy diet is one that helps to mantain or improve overall health. A healthy diet provides the body with essential nutrition. A healthy diet, in addition to exercise, can help you loose weight, may lower disease risks such as obesity heart disease, diabete and cancer. A good eating habit is to follow the advice of pyramide. We must eat in large quantity cereal fruit and vegetables. We don't have to abuse grass. We can eat junk food but only sometimes.
HOUSE CHORES
WHAT DO YOU DO TO HELP IN THE HOUSE? WHICH ARE YOUR FAVOURITE CHORES AND WHICH ONES YOU DO NOT LIKE? DO YOU USE A CHORE LIST AT HOME? WHO DOES THE WASHING UP? WHO WALKS THE DOG? SCHOOL RULESAT SCHOOL WHICH RULES DO YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW? ARE YOU WELL BEHAVED?