School rules and regulations

Instructions / imperatives

S it down! One, two! Look at your shoe!

Stand up! Three, four! Look at the door!

Be quiet! Listen and look!

Walk! One, two, three and four!

Stop! Open the door!

Stop! Close the door!

Come here! Five, six, seven and eight!

Stop! Write the date!

Back up! Nine, ten! Say it again!

Ten, nine, eight, seven and six

Five, four, three, two and one!

Stop!

Read the poems. Decide which of them is not about school.

Keep the clock

And mind the rule

Never come

Too late to school.

If you want to write a test –

Do your best

If it’s hard to solve the task –

Find the teacher and ask.

Friendship is a thing for two,

Three or four, even more,

Like a song that is made to sing.

Friendship is a doing thing.

Let us try to be polite

In everything we do

Remember always to say ‘Please’

And don’t forget ‘Thank you’

There are some of the common school rules. Read them and choose among the following instructions those mentioned in the poems given below

• Say Please and Thank you

• Raise your hand

• Share with others

• Be polite

• Follow rules

• Take turns

The instructions can be positive and negative. Read the following statements, divide them into two columns ‘DO’ and ‘DON’T’.

POSITIVE	Negative
Read the text quickly. ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________	Don’t use the dictionary. ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

• Come to class on time

• Tease other students

• Help your partner

• Shout

• Copy your partner’s work

• Remember to bring your materials

• Speak English in class

• Leave the classroom without asking

• Ask if you want to borrow something

• Keep your books neat and tidy

• Talk when somebody else is talking

Complete the instructions with the key words. Make the sentences negative.

Answer, complete, list, match, read, use, work, write

1. … in pairs. Ask and … questions.

2. … five sentences about your house.

3. … the table with these words.

4. … the text and check your guesses.

5. … your favorite films.

6. … the words with the pictures.

7. … the dictionary.

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

Match the picture with the action

Stand up Sit down/ Take your seat Erase your name Go to the board Write your name
Open your book Study page eight Put away your book Read page eight Close your book
Listen to the question Give the answer Help each other Raise your hand Work in groups
Do your homework Correct your mistakes Go over the answers Hand in your homework Bring in your homework
Answer the questions Take out a piece of paper Pass out the tests Collect the tests Check your answers
Lower the shades Watch the movie Turn on the projector Turn off the lights Take notes

Put the instructions into the right order.

	Now read the text quickly. Answer the questions
	Write five sentences in your notebooks
	Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about your family. Don’t look at your books.
	For homework, do Exercise 2 and 4 in the Language Powerbook. Don’t do Exercise 3
	Do Exercise 1. Don’t use the dictionary.
	Open your books on page 24

Complete the instructions with these words