Week 1 – Reading

Reading activity

In this activity you will:

• Read a WhatsApp conversation between Maya, Amena and Samir.
• Read a paragraph written by Samir about his life.
• Read a job advert Samir is looking at.
• Answer some questions about these texts.

Chatting with friends

Maya: Hey! How’s everyone?

Amena: I’m good thanks! How are you?

Maya: I’m very well, thanks. Where’s Sami?

Sami: I’m here! Sorry! A little busy at work right now.

Maya: Sorry! Just a quick question- do you both want to meet tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon to do the homework together?

Sami: Sure. What time is good for you?

Amena: I finish work at 3pm, can we meet after that?

Sami: Yes- around 4pm?

Amena: That is good for me.

Maya: 4pm is too late for me. Can we meet on Thursday instead?

Sami: What time on Thursday?

Maya: Around 12pm? We can have coffee or lunch too.

Amena: That’s a good idea! ☺

Sami: Great! See you on Thursday ☺

Maya: Cool! See you later ☺

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Time for discussion:

How do you like to study? Alone or in a group? Do you like to get help from someone else? Type your answers in the comments box below.

Got to Chatting with friends

Time for discussion:

How do you like to study? Alone or in a group? Do you like to get help from someone else? Type your answers in the comments box below.

Quiz – Practising Reading Skills

Read the Chatting with friends again and answer this questions.

Samir writes about himself

For their homework, Samir and the other students must write a paragraph about themselves and email this to their teacher. Read Samir’s paragraph below.

Question: What is Samir’s job? Type your answer in the comments box at the bottom of the page.

My name is Samir Aziz and I am 22 years old. I am from Jordan and I live in Amman. My family live in Jerash, it is very beautiful. I work in Amman and I study there. I am a mechanic- I like cars. My job is difficult as I am always active, but I like it. There is not much time to rest. Maya and Amena are my friends. We learn English together at the college. It is my first English course and it is easy. I want to go to university after I finish college.\”

Quiz About Samir

Interesting jobs

Samir works as a mechanic. Do you know anyone like Samir who has an interesting job? Can you describe what they do?

Post your comments below and read it to your classmates’.

Summary Activity – Time to write about yourself

Write a short paragraph about yourself in the comment box below. Think about the language and grammar points covered this week and use those to write a similar paragraph to Samir’s homework task in the reading lesson.

You can talk about:

• Your name, age and your neighborhood.
• Details about your job or someone else’s job.
• Your experience of learning English.
• Anything else interesting about yourself.

Then read your classmates’ paragraphs. Is there anyone who has a similar life to you? Is there anyone who has a different life to you? Ask someone a question about their lives or what they wrote.