This year we will be seeing each other two hours per week in order to prepare you for your final exam. As I told you your final exam is 50% oral marks and 50% written marks. All through the year we will be working on all of the five skills you are required to master.
Having talked about the exam we started working on our first project this year, namely Ishmael Beah and child soldiers. Yes, some of you have been lucky enough to be going to meet the author of A Long Way Gone on September 20th.
You were all given some background information to read and absorb then we started viewing a CBS news bulletin about the issue. Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozsOLdgp_y0
You should try to finish the questions on your worksheet then attack the extract of the novel you were given for Monday 16th.
It is important for the visit some of you will be attending on Friday that you get a good general idea about the author and his personal experiences. You will be acting as ambassadors for the high school and will be representing your classmates, asking their questions and trying to find out as much as you can about him and his life.
Don't forget to bring me back the authorisations signed by your parents for the day out.
ENJOY!
