2 Turning over a new leaf

Chapter 2 Turning over a new leaf play more sport go swimming every day take a Japanese course study hard eat more read more English books join the Storytelling Club join the Art Club A The children are making some plans for the new school year. What are theygoing to do? What do you want to do? I want to win the swimming competitionso I'm going to go swimming every day. What do you want to do? I want to improve my English so I'm going to read more English books. B Act the other children.

LEARN to Read C What happened when Penny and Andy went on a TV show? Read and find out. One day, Penny and Andy saw an interesting advertisement in a magazine. Look at this advertisement for a TV show. It sounds like fun, ' said Penny. Yes, it does. Let's take part in the programme, ' said Andy. Two weeks later, the children went on the TV show. What do you want to do next year?' asked the host. ' I want to improve my English, ' said Penny. 'I want to keep fit, ' said Andy. 'OK. Here are your targets for the next six months. Penny, you're going to pass level two of the Advanced English Tests. Andy, you're going to join the school running team, ' said the host. On their way home, the children talked about how they were going to meet the targets. What are you going to do, Penny?' asked Andy. 'I'm going to read more English books. How about you?' asked Penny. 'I want to join the school running team so I'm going to run more every day. I'm going to get off the bus one stop earlier and run home, ' sai

Two months later . . . 'How are you getting on, Penny?' asked Andy. 'My English is improving but I want to improve even faster. I'm going to look up new words in the dictionary when I read, ' said Penny. 'I can run fast now but I want to run even faster, so I'm going to run up the stairs when I go home every day, ' Andy told Penny. After four more months, the children went on the TV show again. 'Well done, children. You've achieved your targets, ' said the host. Yes, we have. But we also learned something very important, ' said Penny. What was that?' asked the host. 'We learned that we can do anything if we work hard enough! ' said Andy. That's a very important lesson. You are both " Change your life" club members now! ' said the host. D Give short answers to the following questions. 1 How long did Andy and Penny have to achieve their targets? 2 What did Penny decide to do to achieve her target? 3 What else did she do to improve even faster? 4 What two things did Andy do to achieve his target? 5 W

Pre-tack Activity E The children are telling the social worker Miss Wu about their plans. Act the children. What do you want to do? I want to get higher marks so I'm going to prepare for my lessons and look up new words in the dictionary. I want to get higher marks too so I'm going to revise my lessons every evening and make notes while I study.

Task Think of some changes that you want to make in your life and how you canmake them. Write a promise to help you remember your plan.