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THEME 11 SCHOOL LIFE

Culture Corner

Read the text below and search the Net to find another interesting fact about a different country.
Then share it with your classmates.

Did you know that the City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow, India holds the
title of the largest school in the world in terms of student population? The school
made it into the Guinness Book of World Records 2019 for having over 56,000
students attending on a daily basis. The school is so big that it has 18 different

campuses across the city, and it employs over 4,500 staff members. While
students do not have to go to CMS, many of them choose to attend because of
the excellent education they receive. With such a large student body, it is clear
that CMS is a popular choice among students and parents in India.
India

In an isolated valley known as Los Pinos in Colombia, transportation to school is

quite unique; students have to use a zip line to travel to school. This is because
walking through the rainforest to go to school would take them two hours, and
steel wires are the only way to get there. However, very young children cannot

use the zip line alone and must travel with an adult or an older sibling.

Colombia

TONGUE TWISTER
Read the tongue twisters and practise saying them as fast as possible.

A: What words with /w/ and /v/ sounds will we work with today?

B: We will work with words like water, violet, whale, and vest.
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/v/
A: What’s the weather like in West Virginia right now?

B: Windy, snowy, and very cold.
/w/

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A: Which vegetables do you like with your stew?

B: I like wheatgrass, winter squash, and velvet beans with my stew.

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