T: What have been talked about in this unit up now?

Ss: Happy hours in high school life.

T: Today we are going to read another article abut school life. Please read it quickly and decide whether the writer's schooldays were happy or sad.

Step II Reading

Deal with the reading part on Page 25.

Scanning

Ask the students to scan the text and decide whether the writer's schooldays were happy or sad and find some examples.

Three minutes later, ask students to compare their information with their group members. Then check the answer with the whole class. It is quite easy for students to find the writer's schooldays were sad. There are many examples in the text describing his unhappy memories.

Careful reading

Ask students to read the text carefully and then answer the questions in Ex 5-6 on Page 26.

T: Please read the text carefully and then do Ex 5-6 on Page 26. Five minutes later we will check the answers.

Possible answers to Ex 6:

6.1. The writer's memory of his first day at school is that he was lonely and sad.

6.2. His English teacher spent more time with the boys because he was a bachelor who had plenty of free time.

6.3. He checked his mailbox every day because he was looking forward to his mummy's airmail letter.

6.4. We know the school assembly was a religious event because boys of other faiths, for example, a Catholic, were allowed to stay in their classrooms.

6.5. He felt a sense of liberation when he left because he didn't like the school. He thought the school rules were silly.

Discussion

Ask students to work in groups and compare their first day at school with that of the