COLEGIO PITÁGORAS INGLÉS 3 ER GRADO

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GRADO : 3ERO
TEMA: TEENAGE PROBLEMS

TEENAGE PROBLEMS
PRE-READING ACTIVITY

A. Answer these questions:

1.-What are the most common teenage problems?

2.-Do you know any institution in Peru which help teenagers with problems?
3.-Who, for you, is the person you can confide in most? Your father? Your mother? Your teacher? A
good friend?

B. Work alone and rank on a scale of 1-7 these teenage problems. Number 1 indicates the most
serious problem and 7 the last serious.

Ignorance…………. Sex……………… Parents’ divorce…………..

Violence…………... Alcoholism……… Drug addiction…………
Aids………………..

READING

A. Describe the tone of letter :

1.Tragic 2.Bitter 3.Humorous 4.Desesperate 5.Serious 6.Normal

143 San Luis Av.

Lima
26 March 2002

Dear Karina,

I have a serious problem with my best friend.

He was always very nice and understanding with me.
However he’s going too far lately; he’s pressing me to use drugs .
I don’t know whether I should accept his
propositions. I know that drugs could damage my body, but I don’t
want to lose his friendship. What must I do?

A very confused girl

(14 years old)

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POST READING ACTIVITY

A. Discuss the following questions

1.What advice would you give to this girl?

2.What do you think is going to happen?
3.What do you think about using drugs ?
4.What would you do in the same situation?

B. Write an answer to her letter

TASK

Choose a typical teenage problem. This can be a real problem which a member of your classroom has, or a
problem which you imagine. Use the following questions to help you define the problem and identify the
solution.

1.What exactly is the problem?

2.How serious is it?
3.What are you doing about it at the moment?
4.How should you deal with the problem from now on?
( think about 2 or 3 solutions and their advantages and disadvantages)

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