What’s a free school?
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RESOURCE 51
Unit 4
Culture
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Section A
1
Work in pairs. You will each read a text about a diff erent school: Student A, you will read
about The Brooklyn Free School. Student B, you will read about the West London Free
School. Before you read, discuss these questions.
1
Do you think the schools will be similar or diff erent?
2
What do you think your school will be like?
2
Read your text. Underline the most interesting facts. Then tell your partner about your
school without looking at your text.
3
Which school would you like to go to? Why? Discuss in pairs.
Section B
1
Work in pairs. You will each read a text about a diff erent school: Student A, you will read
about The Brooklyn Free School. Student B, you will read about the West London Free
School. Before you read, discuss these questions.
1
Do you think the schools will be similar or diff erent?
2
What do you think your school will be like?
2
Read your text. Underline the most interesting facts. Then tell your partner about your
school without looking at your text.
3
Which school would you like to go to? Why? Discuss in pairs.
The Brooklyn Free School is a school in New York City. There are about eighty students in
the school, between four and eighteen years old. The school follows an idea called
‘the free school movement’. Is it the same as your school?
★ There are no tests.
★ There are no grades.
★ There is no homework.
★ Students can choose any classes
they want.
★ They can decide not to go to
classes sometimes.
The West London Free School is a school in London. There are about 120 students each year.
It is a new school and it has students between eleven and eighteen years old.
The school off ers what it calls a classic, liberal education. Is it the same as your school?
★ It is very strict. Teachers sometimes
send children home if their hair is
too long or too short!
★ The students wear a uniform.
Girls and boys wear a tie.
★ The students do a lot of
competitive sport.
★ There is a meeting every Wednesday. Students and
teachers make decisions about the school together.
★ The school costs $22,000 a year to go to, but a lot of
students pay less because they are from poorer families.
★ The teachers are there to help the students make good
choices, not to tell them what to do.
★ Lots of students learn a musical instrument.
★ All students do after-school activities four days a week.
★ The students learn Latin.
★ They get homework every day.
★ The school is free for all students but it is diffi cult to
get a place. Over 1,000 children sometimes try to get
one of the 120 new places every year.
The Brooklyn
Free School
The West London
Free School
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