Introduction - Teenage parents
Well, we all have parents but imagine if you were a parent – now! Yes, at the age you are now. What would that be like? Would you be ok with it? What challenges would you face? Would you be able to do it? In this section we look at issues surrounding this topic.
This fourth section contains 6 steps. Work them through step by step.
Step
Activity
1 Speaking
Look at and speak about graph relating to Teen Pregnancies. Answer questions.
2 Words
Pronounce words, exercises with words.
3 Reading
Text about mums of age 15. True/false exercise.
4 Grammar
Grammar desk and exercise about Comparatives.
5 Pronunciation
Pronounce words ending on -er.
6 Task
Think of and prepare a short presentation about being a teenage parent. Make a plan.
Speaking
The next step is about teenage parents. How about your parents? Are there differences between countries about the rates of teen pregnancy?
Learn more about teenage parents by following the next few exercises.
At the end of this step you are going to discuss a number of theses with a classmate.
Read and answer these questions.
How old were your parents when you were born?
Why do you think some countries have higher teen pregnancy rates than others?
Do you think that teenage mums can make good mothers?
Give two reasons. Write down your answers.
Click here to read the news item about 'UK still has the highest rate of teen pregnancies'.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
Words
In this step, you are going to do exercises with words (adjectives) about feelings. In the first exercise are you looking for the right description at the verbs. In the second exercise, you will learn to put the correct word in a sentence.
Take a look at these words:
ashamed
disrespected
depressed
singlehandedly
unintended
In the exercise you choose the correct definition for these words.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
Read the text about Stella's mood when she got home from school.
Fill in the correct words in the gaps. Choose from the words: ashamed - depressed - disrespected - singlehandedly - unintended
Stella got home from school, threw her school bags on the floor and ran upstairs. She pulled the note from her pocket. It was an .....[1] ..... mistake. She didn’t know that Lachlan was interested in her best friend, Mitzi. She felt .....[2]..... that she had idly drawn a love heart on his pencil case. She didn’t know that he would stand up and laugh at her in front of the whole class. Now she was the most .....[3]..... girl in the school it seemed. She felt unhappy and .....[4]..... .
That love heart had .....[5]..... lost her all her friends, and Lachlan – forever.
1 = ..... 2 = ..... 3 = ..... 4 = ..... 5 = .....
Step 3 - Reading
Mum at the age of 15
You are going to read an article written by a girl who became a Mum at the age of 15.
Read and decide if the following statements are True/False.
How helpful do you think this site is to teenage moms?
Write a few sentences giving your reactions to the site.
You can either post these up around your class or share them on your class site.
Discuss this with your teacher.
What about teenage Dads?
What support systems to they need?
With your partner, make a list of useful information that teenage Dads would need.
Step 4 - Grammar
Grammar
If you want to be able to do the assignments correctly you will need to know more about some grammar items. Let's take a look at the comparatives.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
Pronunciation
The vowel sound /ə/ appears in many words in English. It is so common that it even got itself a name – Schwa. The Schwa sound is a short and weak vowel sound.
In this step you should practice pronouncing it with words ending with -er.
When you listen to the sound, you will be familiar with it. Play the sound recording to get a better idea of its pronunciation. First look at the next movie to get an introduction.
Step 6 - Task
Task
Think about the ways that you could make young people aware of the positive and negative results of being a teenage parent.
Would you ...
Set up a social media site?
Make a video with interviews with young parents?
Create a poster?
Hold school discussions?
Invite a guest speaker (who?)
Another way?
Choose one of the ways and prepare a short presentation telling the class
which method you would choose and why.
Plan your presentation. Write some notes. You can use or adapt this plan.
Introduction
The method of presentation we have chosen is…
We’ve chosen this way because…
Main points – the steps we would take to complete our project.
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Practice your presentation with your partner.
Give your presentation to your class.
TIP: If you‘re listening to someone giving their presentation,
make a note of the things that you liked
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Speaking
Words
Comparatives
Adjectives
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