MY BOARDING SCHOOLMy name is Silvia and I’m thirteen. I was born in Guatemala, but now I go to Highfield School in Scotland. My parents live in Guatemala so I’m a boarder. That mean I live at school and I only go home during the vacations. Luckily we have very long vacations. In total, we have nineteen weeks of vacations every year.

At school we have classes every day except on Sunday. I study math, english, history, geography, science, French and Latin. Latin is my favorite subject. We also have a lot of times for games, hobbies and sports, for example, computer games, origami, hockey and swimming. I really like rugby. Yes, girls play rugby too!

I like my school very much, but there are a lot of rules. You must wear a uniform and you mustn’t talk when a teacher is talking. You must be in bed before nine o’clock and you mustn’t talk after a quarter past time. Life is difficult.

1 LOOK AT THE PHOTOS AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

1 What can you see in the photos?

2 Can you see any differences or similarities with your school?

Open your book page 64.

2 Read these phrases from the text. What is the text about?

My name is Silvia and I’m thirteen. I go to Highfield School in Scotland.… I live at school…… I like my school…

3 Read and listen to the text.

4 What does boarder mean?

I’m a boarder. That means I live at the school…

***The text is about Silvia’s boarding school.***

I’m a boarder = Yo soy un interno

6 Read the first and second paragraphs of the text and answer the questions.

1. Where was Silvia born?

2. Was she a primary school student in Scotland?

3. Where is she studying at the moment?

4. What subjects does she prefer?

5. What does she do on Saturdays?

She was born in Guatemala.

No. (She was a primary school student in Guatemala.)

Latin.

She has classes.

In Scotland.

7 Read the third paragraph of the text and answer T (true) or F (false).

1.At Highfield School you must go to bed after nine o’clock. ( )

2.Silence in dormitories starts at a quarter past nine. ( )

3.Uniforms are not obligatory. ( )4.Students must be quiet in class all the

time. ( )5.Silvia is happy at Highfield School. ( )

F

TF

FT

8 Find words in the text for these categories. Complete the table.

HOBBIES AND GAMES

SCHOOL SUBJECTS SPORTS

COMPUTER

GAMES

ORIGAMI

MATH

ENGLISH

HISTORY

GEOGRAPHY

SCIENCE

FRENCH

LATIN

HOCKEY

SWIMMING

RUGBY

9 Write sentences in your notebook by using the following words

1.Boarding2.Geography3.Hobbies4.Hockey5.Math6.Swimming