The picture presents a pupil who’s going to skip some classes that day. Why do you think he’s going to do that? What might he be planning to do instead? You’re going to study a text about possible consequences parents in the UK may face when their children are playing truant.
Na ilustracji przedstawiono ucznia, który tego dnia zamierza opuścić kilka lekcji. Jak myślisz, dlaczego chce to zrobić? Co planuje w zamian? Przeczytasz tekst o konsekwencjach, jakie w Wielkiej Brytanii mogą spotkać rodziców, gdy ich dzieci wagarują.
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Zdjęcie przedstawia chłopaka, w ujęciu od kolan w górę, stojącego na alejce przy żywopłocie w parku. Chłopak ma ciemne włosy, okulary korekcyjne, jest ubrany w koszulkę z krótkim rękawem w białe i czarne paski oraz szare spodnie. Na prawym ramieniu ma przewieszony czerwony plecak. Chłopak ogląda się za siebie i lekko uśmiecha.
Playing truant - is it a good choice?
Wagarowanie - czy to dobry pomysł?
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Exercise1
Match the situations below with the correct sentence.
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I was so sleepy and tired in the morning that I felt one more day off school won’t make a big difference. My bed is my best friend. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. The student felt too lazy to go to school., 2. The student forgot to do something the previous day., 3. The student didn’t want to fail the test., 4. The pupil wanted to join a group planning to have fun together., 5. The student found the classes boring. I woke up at 12 o’clock. I realised I hadn’t set my alarm clock yesterday. Oh well, things happen. I felt it was too late to go there anyway so I decided to stay at home all day. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. The student felt too lazy to go to school., 2. The student forgot to do something the previous day., 3. The student didn’t want to fail the test., 4. The pupil wanted to join a group planning to have fun together., 5. The student found the classes boring. My friends finished their classes earlier today. They were planning to play a football match. Without me? No way! Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. The student felt too lazy to go to school., 2. The student forgot to do something the previous day., 3. The student didn’t want to fail the test., 4. The pupil wanted to join a group planning to have fun together., 5. The student found the classes boring. I’d been studying for the test all night. When I finally felt I knew the material well enough, I woke up in the morning and it turned out I didn’t remember anything! So, I had to figure something out. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. The student felt too lazy to go to school., 2. The student forgot to do something the previous day., 3. The student didn’t want to fail the test., 4. The pupil wanted to join a group planning to have fun together., 5. The student found the classes boring. I couldn’t listen to the teachers anymore. All I heard was only ‘blah, blah, blah’. Wars and poetry...Who would be interested in such topics!? Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. The student felt too lazy to go to school., 2. The student forgot to do something the previous day., 3. The student didn’t want to fail the test., 4. The pupil wanted to join a group planning to have fun together., 5. The student found the classes boring.
I was so sleepy and tired in the morning that I felt one more day off school won’t make a big difference. My bed is my best friend. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. The student felt too lazy to go to school., 2. The student forgot to do something the previous day., 3. The student didn’t want to fail the test., 4. The pupil wanted to join a group planning to have fun together., 5. The student found the classes boring. I woke up at 12 o’clock. I realised I hadn’t set my alarm clock yesterday. Oh well, things happen. I felt it was too late to go there anyway so I decided to stay at home all day. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. The student felt too lazy to go to school., 2. The student forgot to do something the previous day., 3. The student didn’t want to fail the test., 4. The pupil wanted to join a group planning to have fun together., 5. The student found the classes boring. My friends finished their classes earlier today. They were planning to play a football match. Without me? No way! Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. The student felt too lazy to go to school., 2. The student forgot to do something the previous day., 3. The student didn’t want to fail the test., 4. The pupil wanted to join a group planning to have fun together., 5. The student found the classes boring. I’d been studying for the test all night. When I finally felt I knew the material well enough, I woke up in the morning and it turned out I didn’t remember anything! So, I had to figure something out. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. The student felt too lazy to go to school., 2. The student forgot to do something the previous day., 3. The student didn’t want to fail the test., 4. The pupil wanted to join a group planning to have fun together., 5. The student found the classes boring. I couldn’t listen to the teachers anymore. All I heard was only ‘blah, blah, blah’. Wars and poetry...Who would be interested in such topics!? Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. The student felt too lazy to go to school., 2. The student forgot to do something the previous day., 3. The student didn’t want to fail the test., 4. The pupil wanted to join a group planning to have fun together., 5. The student found the classes boring.
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Exercise1
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Play the recordings and match them with the reasons for the student to be playing truant that day. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. The student felt too lazy to go to school., 2. The student forgot to do something the previous day., 3. The student didn’t want to fail the test., 4. The student found the classes boring., 5. The pupil wanted to join a group planning to have fun together.
Play the recordings and match them with the reasons for the student to be playing truant that day. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. The student felt too lazy to go to school., 2. The student forgot to do something the previous day., 3. The student didn’t want to fail the test., 4. The student found the classes boring., 5. The pupil wanted to join a group planning to have fun together.
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I couldn’t listen to the teachers anymore. All I heard was only ‘blah, blah, blah’. Wars and poetry...Who would be interested in such topics!?
I’d been studying for the test all night. When I finally felt I knew the material well enough, I woke up in the morning and it turned out I didn’t remember anything! So, I had to figure something out.
My friends have finished their classes earlier today. They were planning to play a football match. Without me? No way!
I woke up at 12 o’clock. I realised I hadn’t set my alarm clock yesterday. Oh well, things happen. I felt it was too late to go there anyway so I decided to stay at home all day.
I was so sleepy and tired in the morning that I felt one more day off school won’t make a big difference. My bed is my best friend.
Playing Truant is not a Game
Anna CarukPlaying Truant is not a Game
One too many days truant or one too many classes skipped could lead to serious repercussionsrepercussions [repercussion]repercussions, not only for the child in question but also their parents. One way the UK tries to increase children's school attendanceattendanceattendance is to fine the parents of those who do not show upshow upshow up often enough to school without good reason. This schemeschemescheme was introduced to try and ensure that children attended lessons and schools in order for them to receive the education required later in life. Now obviously if you home schoolhome schoolhome school your child, they are not going to be attending a school in your local area. But if you have registeredregisterregistered your child with your local councillocal councillocal council and they are expected to go to school, if they miss too many days, the governmentgovernmentgovernment is able to give the parents a parenting orderparenting orderparenting order. This is a court issuedcourt issuedcourt issued parenting class that the parents must attend. It also states that the parents must ensure the child's attendance improvesimproveimproves.
Another form of punishmentpunishmentpunishment for a child not attending school frequentlyfrequentlyfrequently enough is a finefinefine. This can vary in price, it usually begins at £60 but can rise to £120 if not paid within the time given. Failure to pay this fine could result in the parents being prosecutedprosecuted [prosecute]prosecuted leading to further court dates and more serious charges. If prosecuted, you could get a fine of up to £2,500, community servicecommunity servicecommunity service or a possible prison sentenceprison sentenceprison sentence. So clearly the UK government wants your children to be educated.
There are also programmesprogrammes [programme]programmes in which parents can get assistanceassistanceassistance in getting their children to school. A supervisorsupervisorsupervisor can be appointed for your child to make sure they are attending school. This option is usually preferred to giving out fines, and is often applied to families who may struggle financiallystruggle financially struggle financially which causes their child to be absentabsentabsent from school, be it due tobe it due to be it due to a family being unable to afford travel costs or the time away from their work to take the children to school personally.
What is interesting, it’s not only the UK where things can get serious when a pupil decides to skip a class or two. In Poland, every child aged 7 to 18 is subject to school duty or, in other words, the duty to attend school. It means they must go to school or else their parents will pay a fine. Sounds familiar?
What do you think? Is it fair for the parents of these misbehavingmisbehaving [misbehave]misbehaving children to be the ones to be punished? Or do you think it should be the child misbehaving who should pay the pricepay the pricepay the price for their actions?
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Exercise2
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According to the article, imposing fines on parents is a way of dealing with students skipping school classes in: Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. the USA., 2. the UK., 3. the EU.
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If you home school your children, you don’t have to: Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. teach them., 2. take care of them., 3. send them to school.
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The Government can give parents: Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a parenting order., 2. a parenting fine., 3. a parenting leave.
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The fine given to parents for their children not attending school can range from: Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. £60 to £120., 2. £120 to £2,500., 3. £0 to £60.
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The UK government: Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. is not interested in pupils’ education., 2. does not know what to do., 3. clearly wants children to learn well.
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In case of problems, a supervisor can be appointed to: Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. punish the child., 2. punish parents., 3. help the family.
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Exercise3
Match the words with their translations.
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home school Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. więzienie, 2. obecność, 3. porażka, 4. nieobecny/nieobecna, 5. poprawić się, 6. edukacja domowa, 7. rząd government Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. więzienie, 2. obecność, 3. porażka, 4. nieobecny/nieobecna, 5. poprawić się, 6. edukacja domowa, 7. rząd attendance Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. więzienie, 2. obecność, 3. porażka, 4. nieobecny/nieobecna, 5. poprawić się, 6. edukacja domowa, 7. rząd absent Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. więzienie, 2. obecność, 3. porażka, 4. nieobecny/nieobecna, 5. poprawić się, 6. edukacja domowa, 7. rząd failure Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. więzienie, 2. obecność, 3. porażka, 4. nieobecny/nieobecna, 5. poprawić się, 6. edukacja domowa, 7. rząd improve Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. więzienie, 2. obecność, 3. porażka, 4. nieobecny/nieobecna, 5. poprawić się, 6. edukacja domowa, 7. rząd prison Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. więzienie, 2. obecność, 3. porażka, 4. nieobecny/nieobecna, 5. poprawić się, 6. edukacja domowa, 7. rząd
home school Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. więzienie, 2. obecność, 3. porażka, 4. nieobecny/nieobecna, 5. poprawić się, 6. edukacja domowa, 7. rząd government Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. więzienie, 2. obecność, 3. porażka, 4. nieobecny/nieobecna, 5. poprawić się, 6. edukacja domowa, 7. rząd attendance Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. więzienie, 2. obecność, 3. porażka, 4. nieobecny/nieobecna, 5. poprawić się, 6. edukacja domowa, 7. rząd absent Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. więzienie, 2. obecność, 3. porażka, 4. nieobecny/nieobecna, 5. poprawić się, 6. edukacja domowa, 7. rząd failure Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. więzienie, 2. obecność, 3. porażka, 4. nieobecny/nieobecna, 5. poprawić się, 6. edukacja domowa, 7. rząd improve Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. więzienie, 2. obecność, 3. porażka, 4. nieobecny/nieobecna, 5. poprawić się, 6. edukacja domowa, 7. rząd prison Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. więzienie, 2. obecność, 3. porażka, 4. nieobecny/nieobecna, 5. poprawić się, 6. edukacja domowa, 7. rząd
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Exercise3
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Drag the words and expressions to match them with the appropriate pictures.
Drag the words and expressions to match them with the appropriate pictures.
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Exercise4
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Drag the following definitions to match them with the word or phrase which they describe. fine Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a certain amount of money you may need to pay if you are found guilty of crime or offence, 2. the act of helping somebody, 3. to suffer the consequences of your actions, 4. something unpleasant done to somebody, mostly because they have broken some rules, 5. work done by individual people or groups to benefit their community, 6. the governing body of a county, district, etc. local council Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a certain amount of money you may need to pay if you are found guilty of crime or offence, 2. the act of helping somebody, 3. to suffer the consequences of your actions, 4. something unpleasant done to somebody, mostly because they have broken some rules, 5. work done by individual people or groups to benefit their community, 6. the governing body of a county, district, etc. punishment Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a certain amount of money you may need to pay if you are found guilty of crime or offence, 2. the act of helping somebody, 3. to suffer the consequences of your actions, 4. something unpleasant done to somebody, mostly because they have broken some rules, 5. work done by individual people or groups to benefit their community, 6. the governing body of a county, district, etc. community service Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a certain amount of money you may need to pay if you are found guilty of crime or offence, 2. the act of helping somebody, 3. to suffer the consequences of your actions, 4. something unpleasant done to somebody, mostly because they have broken some rules, 5. work done by individual people or groups to benefit their community, 6. the governing body of a county, district, etc. assistance Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a certain amount of money you may need to pay if you are found guilty of crime or offence, 2. the act of helping somebody, 3. to suffer the consequences of your actions, 4. something unpleasant done to somebody, mostly because they have broken some rules, 5. work done by individual people or groups to benefit their community, 6. the governing body of a county, district, etc. pay the price Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a certain amount of money you may need to pay if you are found guilty of crime or offence, 2. the act of helping somebody, 3. to suffer the consequences of your actions, 4. something unpleasant done to somebody, mostly because they have broken some rules, 5. work done by individual people or groups to benefit their community, 6. the governing body of a county, district, etc.
Drag the following definitions to match them with the word or phrase which they describe. fine Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a certain amount of money you may need to pay if you are found guilty of crime or offence, 2. the act of helping somebody, 3. to suffer the consequences of your actions, 4. something unpleasant done to somebody, mostly because they have broken some rules, 5. work done by individual people or groups to benefit their community, 6. the governing body of a county, district, etc. local council Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a certain amount of money you may need to pay if you are found guilty of crime or offence, 2. the act of helping somebody, 3. to suffer the consequences of your actions, 4. something unpleasant done to somebody, mostly because they have broken some rules, 5. work done by individual people or groups to benefit their community, 6. the governing body of a county, district, etc. punishment Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a certain amount of money you may need to pay if you are found guilty of crime or offence, 2. the act of helping somebody, 3. to suffer the consequences of your actions, 4. something unpleasant done to somebody, mostly because they have broken some rules, 5. work done by individual people or groups to benefit their community, 6. the governing body of a county, district, etc. community service Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a certain amount of money you may need to pay if you are found guilty of crime or offence, 2. the act of helping somebody, 3. to suffer the consequences of your actions, 4. something unpleasant done to somebody, mostly because they have broken some rules, 5. work done by individual people or groups to benefit their community, 6. the governing body of a county, district, etc. assistance Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a certain amount of money you may need to pay if you are found guilty of crime or offence, 2. the act of helping somebody, 3. to suffer the consequences of your actions, 4. something unpleasant done to somebody, mostly because they have broken some rules, 5. work done by individual people or groups to benefit their community, 6. the governing body of a county, district, etc. pay the price Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a certain amount of money you may need to pay if you are found guilty of crime or offence, 2. the act of helping somebody, 3. to suffer the consequences of your actions, 4. something unpleasant done to somebody, mostly because they have broken some rules, 5. work done by individual people or groups to benefit their community, 6. the governing body of a county, district, etc.
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Exercise5
Look at the question at the end of the article: “Is it fair for the parents of these misbehaving children to be the ones to be punished? Or do you think it should be the child misbehaving who should pay the price for their actions?” Try to answer the question in 2‑3 sentences.
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It seems to me that…; In my opinion…; According to my point of view…; From my viewpoint…; From my perspective…; What is more…; Moreover…; Furthermore, ... >
According to my point of view, although children should be supervised by their parents, they could also learn a lesson if faced with some repercussions of their own decisions. What is more, I don’t see any point punishing parents for something they haven’t done.
