1. Starting point  Does your school have a school newspaper, magazine or website?  What kind of articles and features should a school newspaper, magazine or website contain?

2. Word power  content  creative writing  in colour  issue  poetry  reviews  school news  section

3. Underline these words and phrases in the report. What do you think they mean?  As requested  Regarding  Findings  Outlined  On the whole  Positive  The majority of  Come out  Secondly  To sum up  Consider  Look into

4. The structure of the report  Introduction (who was interviewed, when and about what)  General opinion of the magazine  Quality  Number and date of issues  Content  conclusion

5. Reporting verbs Deny noun Suggest + -ing that clause that clause claim + that clause full infinitive full infinitive

6. Reporting verbs Refuse + full infinitive AgreeTell Order + someone + full infinitive Commandask

7. Parenthetic words (вводные слова)  Although  Even though  In spite of  Despite  However

8. Sign language  Do you think that sign language is a really important invention for deaf people?  Have you ever seen the communication of such people?  Do you agree that learning sign language is like learning any other language?