At School

A school is a place to learn, but there are many different kinds of school for learning many different things:

Elementary School, for children from about 6 to 10 or 11 years old; Middle School, usually grades 4, 5, 6 or 5, 6, 7 ; Junior High School, grades 6, 7, 8 OR 7, 8, 9; High School or Senior High School, covering grades 8 or 9 sometimes, but always 10, 11 and 12; Junior or Community College, offering 2-year Associate degrees as well as many individual courses; College, offering 4-year degree programs leading to a Bachelor's degree; University, offering programs leading to a Bachelor's, a Master's or a Doctoral degree); Vocational or Technical school, teaching specific trades or professions such as plumbing, diesel mechanics, x-ray technician or cosmetology; Business school, teaching secretarial or office skills, advertising and marketing, and retail management; Driving schools, to teach people how to drive large trucks or small cars; Flying school, to teach one how to fly a small airplane; And many other types of school for learning anything you can imagine.

This student is Many schools wearing a cap and This young man is working Sometimes students put allow students to gown, garments on his homework - school their heads down on store their books which are symbols work which is meant to be their desks because they and supplies in of graduating done at home. are bored or tired. metal lockers like from a school. this one.

This lesson will be dealing mainly with what we call public schools, those open to the public and paid for by the government through taxes received from the

public. Some colleges and universities are also considered to be public because they receive much of their financial support from the government.

This young woman is Many students ride to looking for school in a yellow information in one of school bus like this her textbooks. one.

Alfred is too large for his desk

You might see a map of the United States in a History or a Geography class.

Expressions used in school:

"Is that the first bell?" "What home room are you in?" "No running in the hall, please!" "Your assignment for tomorrow is to read Chapter 12 and answer the questions at the end." "Who doesn't have his homework finished?" "Miss Bertin, may I sharpen my pencil?" "Settle down, students, or you won't be allowed to go out for recess." "Jimmy, what lunch do we have today?" "Psst! Sue, can I see your answer to question seven?" "No cheating, class. Keep your eyes on your own papers." "If you know the answer to the question, raise your hand." "We're going to be dissecting frogs in biology next week." "Who can name all fifty states?" "I wish I didn't have to take the bus to school." "Josh, can I see your homework?" "Sandra, do you have your hand raised?" "What do you want, Sandra?" "May I go to the rest room?" "Who knows the answer to that question?" "Michael, no talking during the test." "When you hear the fire alarm, stand up quickly and leave the room in a single file." "There will be a quiz on Friday." "Will this be on the test, Mr. James?" "Let's play kickball at recess." "OK, class, pass in your homework." "Mr. Sullivan, my baby brother tore up my homework." "Great! We're having pizza for lunch tomorrow." "Yuck! We're having broccoli for lunch tomorrow." "Jenny, please turn around in your seat." "Tommy, don't tilt your chair like that." Miss Brown, may I clean the chalkboard?" Miss Brown, I forgot the combination

to my locker."

A checkmark is the most common symbol A diploma is a special document given to used by teachers to mark students' papers. students who have completed a particular Sometimes it means the answer is wrong and course of study or who have graduated from other times it just means the teacher has (completed the time and course read the answer. requirements) a particular school.

Students' backpacks are very heavy because they put so many books in them.

Basic tools for a student - a textbook and a pencil.

This girl is learning how to use a computer, or maybe she is doing a lesson on the computer.

A globe is found in many Geography or Social Studies classrooms.

page break Exercise A: Write a meaning for each verb below that has something to do with a school, then use each verb in a sentence that you make up. (Print out this lesson or order it free by email.)
Verb
study, studies, studied, studying, studied read, reads, read, reading, read (past and past participle keep

Meaning

Sentence

spelling, change pronunciation) sharpen, sharpens, sharpened, sharpening, sharpened cheat, cheats, cheated, cheating, cheated finish, finishes, finished, finishing, finished learn, learns, learned, learning, learned answer, answers, answered, answering, answered dissect, dissects, dissected, dissecting, dissected pass, passes, passed, passing, passed copy, copies, copied, copying, copied name, names, named, naming, named leave, leaves, left, leaving, left keep, keeps, kept, keeping, kept raise, raises, raised, raising, raised

Exercise B: For each noun in the list below, write a meaning that has something to do with a school.
Noun
book textbook tablet notebook paper pencil

Meaning

Noun
chalkboard desk gym recess lunch classroom

Meaning

pen eraser blackboard English Science Math Arithmetic Social Studies Library Study Hall test History Home Ec. Algebra Health detention backpack excuse students absent academic course

teacher principal guidance counselor hallway pencil sharpener cafeteria flagpole Geography quiz exam homework Biology Physics Chemistry boys' room girls' room water fountain Janitor subjects tardy vocational course

Exercise C: Fill the blanks in the following sentences with the correct nouns from the list above. 1. ____________ who want to learn about cooking must take _____________ class. 2. Most students today carry their ____________ in a canvas _______________. 3. If you are ____________ from school, you must bring an ___________ when you return. 4. When you are thirsty in school, you need to raise your hand and ask the ____________ if you can go to the ________________. 5. Students need to have the following supplies: a __________ or ___________, a ___________ and a ______________ with paper in it.

6. Many _____________ assign _______________ for their students to give them more practice. 7. Students taking an __________________ are required to take subjects such as ___________, _____________, ______________ and _________________. 8. _______________ are in charge of the ______________ and the _______________ is in charge of the whole school. 9. Sometimes, teachers ask their students to write on the _______________ with chalk. 10. Children in elementary school play at _____________ and eat when they go to ___________. Answers to Exercise C: 1. Students, Home Ec. 2. books (textbooks), backpack 3. absent, excuse 4. teacher, water fountain 5. pen, pencil, tablet, notebook 6. teachers, homework 7. academic course, English, History, Math, Science, Social Studies, Algebra, Biology, Chemistry (subjects can be in any order) 8. Teachers, classroom, principal 9. blackboard (chalkboard) 10. recess, lunch