Task 3. You are going to give a talk about school homework. You will have to start in 1.5 minutes and speak for not more than 2 minutes (10–12 sentences). Remember to say:

· how long it takes you to do your homework; ·

what subject you usually start with, and why; ·

whether schoolchildren should be given more or less homework, and why;

· what your attitude to school homework is.

Домашнее задание для 10 класса (на выбор)

HOMEWORK 1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about micro crime. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. CRIME: Make a poster about crime. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. MICRO CRIME: Write a magazine article about micro crime. Include imaginary interviews with micro criminals and with police officers. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles. 6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on crime. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your ideas on how to reduce it. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.