Do you think there should be more or less discipline in schools? List the points for and against schools like the North Star Academy. Choose the best answer according to the text. 1. What is the purpose of the three-way contract? a. To enforce a zero tolerance policy.
b. To ensure that parents, children and the principal all work for each child’s success.
c. To make sure that all homework is handed in by 8 am.
2. What are the three basic components that UK schools will take from the US model? a. Zero tolerance, homework handed in by 8am, and children excluded if their parents do not turn
up for meetings.
b. Small schools, strict management of behaviour and a strong belief that children from disadvantaged
backgrounds can do well.
c. High ambition, zero tolerance of failure and an expectation that children will go to university.
3. How is accountability at the North Star Academy extended to teachers? a. They have to work a 10-hour day, just like the pupils.
b. They have to scrutinize test results.
c. The principal observes their lessons and sends them notes about their lessons.
4. Which statement best reflects the plans of UK educationalists? a. They intend to use some of the US ideas.
b. They intend to copy the US model exactly and introduce small school academies to the UK.
c. They intend to copy the US model but have better facilities like interactive whiteboards.
Ex. 7. Match these phrasal verbs from the text with their meanings 1. hand in a. highlight
2. turn up b. go to a class you are not directly involved in
3. go back c. write something on a piece of paper
4. sit in (on) d. arrive
5. put down e. give to a person in authority
6. point out f. return
Ex. 8. Use these verbs from the text to fill the gaps. attend take set look
