The document summarizes different unconventional school models from around the world. The Studio School in New York focuses on creative projects and teamwork over lectures to engage students. Kakenya Ntaiya created a school for girls in her poor Kenyan village to provide education opportunities she benefited from. The Tinkering School in San Francisco is a summer program where students complete hands-on projects like building rollercoasters through problem-solving and collaboration.
The document summarizes different unconventional school models from around the world. The Studio School in New York focuses on creative projects and teamwork over lectures to engage students. Kakenya Ntaiya created a school for girls in her poor Kenyan village to provide education opportunities she benefited from. The Tinkering School in San Francisco is a summer program where students complete hands-on projects like building rollercoasters through problem-solving and collaboration.
The document summarizes different unconventional school models from around the world. The Studio School in New York focuses on creative projects and teamwork over lectures to engage students. Kakenya Ntaiya created a school for girls in her poor Kenyan village to provide education opportunities she benefited from. The Tinkering School in San Francisco is a summer program where students complete hands-on projects like building rollercoasters through problem-solving and collaboration.
The document summarizes different unconventional school models from around the world. The Studio School in New York focuses on creative projects and teamwork over lectures to engage students. Kakenya Ntaiya created a school for girls in her poor Kenyan village to provide education opportunities she benefited from. The Tinkering School in San Francisco is a summer program where students complete hands-on projects like building rollercoasters through problem-solving and collaboration.
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Dimension – Oral Communication
4 1.3 Listen and answer the questions.
Competence 1 – Listening (7 marks) 1 Which countries didn’t they visit? Circle your 1 1.0 Read the questions below. Then, listen to answers. the audio (you can try to answer some of the questions). Argentina Brazil Chile
2 1.1 Listen and answer the questions. Colombia Peru Venezuela
(5 marks) 2 In which two subjects did Zach improve while he 1 What is the radio show about? was in South America? 2 Complete the sentences. ______________________________________ a) Zach went on holiday with ___________ ______________________________________. _________________ and parents. 3 Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? b) Zach has been back from his holiday for _____________ day(s). a) They stayed with a local family for two weeks. c) They spent _________________ weeks _____ in South America. b) Zach and his parents had different opinions d) The first country they visited was about staying on the farm. _____ ____________________. c) Zach found it difficult spending so much time with his family. _____ 3 1.2 Listen and complete Zach’s notes about the holiday. (8 marks) 5 1.0 Listen one last time and check your answers.
sOne of the highlights of the trip was the
amazing (a) ________________ called Angel Falls. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to see the Canaima (b) ______________ _________________, which was nearby.
You can find incredible plants and
(c) _______________ there. Next we went to (d) _______________, because that’s where my parents met when they were working as (e) _________________. We met a few of their (f) ______________!
We left there to go to (g) ______________,
but when we arrived, we discovered that the airline had lost our (h) _____________! Dimension – Reading comprehension 1 Which idea best summarizes the article as a whole? (1 mark) Read the article about different schools around the world. a) Exams are disappearing as a means of testing students’ knowledge. Schools with a difference b) Children can benefit from less traditional forms of Most schools in the world consist of buildings where education. students study a variety of subjects. However, there c) Technology is taking the place of teachers in are some schools that are more unusual. Here are many classrooms. some interesting examples. 2 Say in which paragraph (A, B, or C) you can find A The Studio School the following information. Some ideas are found In the past, John Black was bored at school. He used in more than one paragraph. (8 marks) to feel sleepy during lessons. Since he started at the Studio School in New York, John feels more positive. 1 Creating something for a funfair ___ At the school, teenagers develop their creativity by 2 A problem-solving approach to education ___ working on projects in a team rather than listening 3 Origins in a small village ___ to teachers. Each person gives to the team in his or 4 The value of group work in learning ___ her own way. They learn about the world around 5 A pioneering individual ___ them and they learn how to give something positive to 6 Someone’s change in attitude to learning ___ that world. They often go on to study at university. 7 A chance to learn in the open air ___ The teachers say that their students feel excited 8 A move to a new country ___ about learning.
B A school for girls 4 Read the article again and answer the questions. Kakenya Ntaiya created a school for girls. She comes (9 marks) from Enoosaen, a small village in Kenya that is very 1 Tick the correct answer. The purpose of the poor and where many girls don’t go to school. When text is to: Kakenya was a girl, she wanted to get an education. Her dream was to become a teacher. She went to a) entertain ___ school and worked very hard. She then went to b) advise___ university in the US. Kakenya never forgot her village. c) inform ___ She wanted all the girls in her village to be able to do d) warn ___ the same things that she did. So Kakenya went back to Kenya and built a school for girls there. The school 2 Find expressions in the text that have the has provided many girls with the chance to have a following meaning. good education and a better future. a) are made up of __________________ b) lots of different __________________ C Tinkering School c) (feel) better __________________ The Tinkering School in San Francisco is a summer d) contributes __________________ school with lots of different programmes for children e) receive __________________ and teenagers. For example, in the Summer Day f) ambition __________________ Camp, students stay at the school for five days. When they arrive, they spend their time solving g) returned __________________ problems and working on projects. There’s even a h) given __________________ farm where they can feed the animals and eat good food. Other projects that students have worked on are ____________________________________ building a rollercoaster, building a tree house and making boats. To complete these projects, the students solve problems through creative thinking and working together as a team.
