This document outlines summer work assignments for a 3rd year European section English course. Students are instructed to complete a variety of reading, writing, listening and grammar exercises available on the British Council website learnenglishteens. The exercises are organized by skill and level, ranging from A2 to B2. Students must read specific articles and complete accompanying tasks, like writing compositions or opinion essays. They are also assigned to read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and review grammar from their Speakout textbook. In September, students will submit the completed exercises.

1. English Department.
Summer work 2014 3d ESO European Sections
During summer you must do the following tasks. All of them have
been taken from a British Council website called learnenglishteens.
Here is the link
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/
Most exercises can be downloaded in PDF format, in case you do not
have internet access during summer. They are organized by skills:
Writing, Listening, Reading. There are also Grammar and Vocabulary exercises. Finally there are
readings/writings from the Magazine section: Life around the world and Science and
Technology, and the Study Break section: Easy readings. The level ranges from A2 to B2
Here follows the list of exercises you must complete. Keep this form and tick the ones you do.
In September you will have to hand in a paper copy of the activities .
Reading
1. The Facebook party that became a riot. (from Skills:
Reading B2) c
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading-skills-
practice/facebook-party-became-riot
2. Modes of transport (from the Magazine section: life
around the world) c
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/magazine/life-around-
world/modes-transport
3. The history of graffiti (from Skills: Reading) c
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading-skills-
practice/history-graffiti
4. Cheat! Friends or exams? Which are more important?
(from the Magazine section: easy readings) c
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/easy-
reading/cheat-level-1
5. Online volunteering (from the Magazine section:
Science and technology) c
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/magazine/science-and-
technology/online-volunteering
Skills Listening
1. Important people c
2. Amazing facts c
3. My favourite film c
4. Difficult situations c
Writing
1. Using reading 2 “Modes of transport” as a
model, write a composition of about 150 words
on the following topic.
What modes of transport do you use? What
modes of transport are more common where
you live? Which mode of transport do you think
is the best?
c
2. After doing reading task 3 “The history of
graffiti” Write and opinion essay of about 150
words on the topic.
What do you think about graffiti? Is it art or
vandalism? Have you had any experience as a
tagger? Is graffiti banned in your city? What
do you and your friends think about it?
c
3. From Study Break. Photo captions
Choose 4 of the photos and write a caption and
a brief description (about 75 words each)
ccccc
4. Grammar videos
1. Question words c
2.Comparatives and Superlatives c
3.The past simple c
4.Conjunctions: and, or, but, so, because and
although c
• Read the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (Do not write on the
book. Do the exercises on a different piece of paper)
• Revise the textbook Speakout units and exercises we did this year (Units 1
to 4 )
• Study the irregular verbs checklist at the back of the book