Educating Essex - Episode 1

1.‘Without wishing to sound kind of _________ about it a teacher has to entertain.´

2.Why does Mr Drew believe that a teacher has to entertain? What example does he give?

3.‘When you look at it like that, _________!’

4.Do you think it is acceptable for a class to be interrupted to celebrate a teacher’s birthday? What do you think viewers might think of this scene?

5.‘The hardcore kids we’ve got are really fairly hardcore. They are massively ____________.’

6.‘Her mobile phone is becoming a ________________ with the staff.’

7.According to Mr Drew what is the way of stopping pupils ‘make a disaster of their lives’?

8.Is expelling a student the solution according to Mr Drew? Why or why not? Develop your answer.

9.‘She is one of the most __________ young people that we’ve ever had.’ (talking about Carmelita)

10.‘Once a young person decides they don’t care, and they don’t care what you do, you’re ______________ .’

11.Why does Mr Drew want to suspend Carmelita?

12.Why does the other teacher end the phone call with Carmelita’s mother?

13.How does Carmolita’s description of the event vary as the story progresses?

14.Consider the presence of cameras in school based on how they were used to prove Mr Drew’s innocence. Develop you anwers. Consider both the pros and cons of cameras in school.

Reported Speech

Tense Changes When Using Reported Speech

Normally, the tense in reported speech is one tense back in time from the tense in direct speech:

She said, "I am tired."  She said that she was tired.

The changes are shown below:

Simple present		Simple past
"I always drink coffee", she said		She said that she always drankcoffee.
Present continuous		Past continuous
"I am reading a book", he explained.		He explained that he was reading a book
Simple past		Past perfect
"Bill arrived on Saturday", he said.		He said that Bill had arrived on Saturday
Present perfect		Past perfect
"I have been to Spain", he told me.		He told me that he had been to Spain
Past perfect		Past perfect
"I had just turned out the light," he explained.		He explained that he had just turned out the light.
Present perfect continuous		Past perfect continuous
They complained, "We have beenwaiting for hours".		They complained that they had been waiting for hours.
Past continuous		Past perfect continuous
"We were living in Paris", they told me.		They told me that they had been living in Paris.
Future		Present conditional
"I will be in Geneva on Monday", he said		He said that he would be in Geneva on Monday.
Future continuous		Conditional continuous
She said, "I'll be using the car next Friday".		She said that she would be using the car next Friday.

Focus on an episode

Character and storyline

1) Watch one of the other episodes of Educating Essex (2-7) and focus on one character or storyline.

Write a short description of what happens (200 words approx - 5 short paragraphs) with at least 5 images from the show taken using screen captures.

Explain:

• What happens in this part of the show
• Who is involved
• What the viewer might think about this part
• The different camera angles used to tell the story
• Whether you think that it's ethical to film or broadcast this part of the show
• Your own personal opinion of this storyline

Debating Verbs!

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