Unit 1
Unit 1
Unit 1
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Google asks its workers to spend 20% of their time on a project they
like. They call this 20% time. The workers think of an idea and try to
make it work. Amazing ideas such as Gmail, AdSense and Google
News started from 20% time projects. So we know it works for Google,
but what about schools? Is 20% time a good idea for school students,
too?
Many schools in the USA use Google’s idea of 20% time. The students
choose a project, find the information they need and make or write
something to show the class. They don’t usually spend 20% of their
time on the project, but teachers give them about an hour a week.
They call this Genius Hour.
There are no textbooks for Genius Hour, and students can choose any
idea for their project. It can relate to science, geography, maths or any
other subject. The students love Genius Hour and they produce
fantastic projects.
1. During 20% time, Google chooses projects for the workers to do.
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2. Google created Google News before 20% time.
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3. Students invented Gmail during 20% time.
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4. Students use textbooks during Genius Hour.
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5. Every Genius Hour project is a science project.
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3 Choose the correct answer to show you understand the meaning of the words in bold.
1. Students use a compass … .
a. in music lessons b. to find information c. in the maths lesson
2. In English lessons, students learn … .
a. vocabulary b. algebra c. about animals
3. A textbook has got … .
a. pages b. a place for a pencil c. a computer
4. People use a flash drive to … .
a.paint pictures b. move information c. look at small organisms
to a computer
5. In history, students learn about … .
a. songs b. computers c. the past
6. There is usually a whiteboard in a … .
a. classroom b. cupboard c. schoolbag
4.Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the affirmative or negative form
of the Present Simple.
5 Write sentences with the words below and the correct form of the Present Simple. Add a
different time expression or adverb of frequency to each sentence.
1. the students / wear / school uniforms
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2. I / not have / breakfast
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3. Jake / walk / to school
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4. they / not play / games / in the computer lessons
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5. the teacher / tidy / the classroom
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