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Report Units
Report Units4–6
1–3

Cresskill High School 3. Watch the Report again. Circle the correct words.
Pre-watching: Ask students to read the questions carefully
Report Summary and then circle the correct words in each answer.
Topic: The report is about Cresskill High School in New Play the Report again to check answers. Pause after
Jersey, in the United States. It gives information about each answer.
the students, their school, and the subjects they study. answers
Preparation: Ask some questions about your school 2. twelve to fourteen 3. 45 4. media center 5. wraps 
timetable, What time is it? What time is math class? What 6. hockey
time is English class? 4. Watch the Report again. Circle T (true) or F (false).
Check students understand these words: choir, gym, Pre-watching: Ask students to read the statements
machines, meals, media center, weights, wraps (filled and circle T (true) or F (false) before watching the
tortilla sandwiches) Report again.
Background: In the United States, students start Play the Report again to check answers. Pause after
school at pre-school or kindergarten and then each statement.
progress through Primary School and Middle School
answers
to High School. Children are taught in year groups
2. T 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. F
and these are divided into grades. The first year of
kindergarten is called first grade and the last year of Optional activity  
Write this group of letters clearly on
high school is called twelfth grade. After graduating the board.
from High School with a High School Diploma, students
CGMAELNTHOPCESHUYECRI
can go on to Higher Education institutions such as
college or university. Students work in pairs. Ask them to write seven school
subjects using each letter only once per word. Give
them one or two minutes. The pair who find the seven
Before You Watch subjects first are the winner. Go through the answers
Read the questions with the class and elicit answers from with the class.
individual students. Encourage students to guess the answers
answers they don’t know and use their suggestions to start English, math, history, geography, art, science,
a class discussion. computer science
answer
Students’ own answers.
Language Check
5. Look at the chart. Then watch the Language Check.
Comprehension Check

1. Watch the Report. Choose the correct answers.
Pre-watching: Go through the questions with the students. Verb be: questions with What time
1. How many students are there at Cresskill High School? What time is it?
2. What time is the first class? What time is art class?
3. What do students do in the afternoon?
Clock times with at
Play the whole Report. Students choose the
correct answers. Check their answers with the Art class is at 9:15.
Comprehension Check. At eleven o’clock it’s lunchtime.
answers Pre-watching: Review the grammar points by asking
2. a 3. b questions around the class and eliciting answers. If
2. Watch the Report again. Put the statements in the order necessary brainstorm some school subjects and clock
you hear them. times on the board first. Pay attention to the correct use
Pre-watching: Ask students to order the statements if of the preposition at, for example What time is art class?
they can before watching the video again. (Art class is at 9:15.) At eleven o’clock it’s lunchtime.
Play the Report to check answers. Play the Language Check and pause when examples
of the language appear. Ask students to listen and
answers repeat.
2. It’s a math lesson. 3. Art class is at 9:15.  6. Put the words in order to make statements.
4. At eleven o’clock it’s lunchtime.  Ask students to order the words in the statements. Go
5. Cresskhill High School also has a choir. through the answers with the class.
answers
2. Art class is at 9:15. 3. English class is at nine o’clock. 
4. Italian class is at 2:15. 5. Math class is at 11:30.

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7. Answer the questions. Write about you.
Ask students to answer the questions so that they are
true. Go through the answers with the class.
answer
Students’ own answers.

About You!
8. Answer the questions about you.
Read the questions with the class and elicit answers from
individual students.
answer
Students’ own answers.

Script  
Cresskill is a village in New Jersey, in the United States.
There are eight thousand people in Cresskill.
This is Cresskill School. It is a middle school and a high
school. Students at the middle school are twelve to
fourteen years old.
At Cresskill High School, students are fourteen to
eighteen.
Cresskill High School has six hundred students, and fifty
teachers.
The day starts at seven thirty in the morning. The
students are on time. The first class starts at seven forty.
It’s a math class. These students are fifteen or sixteen
years old and they are in tenth grade.
What time is it? It’s eight thirty. It’s time for English class.
Each class is forty-five minutes long.
What time is art class? Art class is at 9:15.
It’s ten ten and it’s time for Italian class.
There is also a library and media center for extra work.
At eleven o’clock it’s lunchtime. There are hot meals
and wraps.
In the afternoon, students do sports. There is
badminton in this hall. There is also a gym with weights
and machines. Outside there is hockey and climbing.
Cresskill High School also has a choir. There are 30
students in the choir.

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