Questions: • • Are kids these days harder to discipline than three decades ago? Do you agree that “Children should be children Let’s not discipline them.” Task Fill in the gaps with the words on the right Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray my ………………………… to keep For if some peace I …………………… I'm pretty sure I’ll ………………………………… I pray I find a little quiet, Far from the daily ………………………………… May I lie back and not have to think About what they're …………………………… the sink, Or who they're with, or where they're ……………………… Missing words And what they're doing ……………………… I pray for time ……………………… (did something just ……………………… .a shelf?) To cuddle in my nice, soft bed (Oh no, another goldfish……………………… .!) Some ……………………… for goodness’ sake (Did I just hear a window ……………………… .?) And that I need not cook or ……………………… (well heck, I've got the ……………………… ) sanity not find lose my mind family riot stuffing down at to the cat all to myself fall off 10 dead 11 silent moments 12 break 13 clean 14 right to dream 15 lost them Yes now I lay me down to sleep, I pray my wits about me keep, But as I look around I know, I must have ……………………… long ago! Author Unknown VOCABULARY PRACTICE Task Match the words with their definitions pray for sg sanity for lose your mind daily family riot stuff down for goodness’ sake sg to sy time to yourself have the right to sg I must have lost them harm sy happening every day probably I lost them it’s morally acceptable if you it ask God for sg free time when you can relax you say this when you’re upset because having a healthy mind noisy environment become mentally ill put inside and push down sg Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray my sanity to keep For if some peace I not find, I'm pretty sure I'll lose my mind I pray I find a little quiet, Far from the daily family riot May I lie back and not have to think About what they're stuffing down the sink, Or who they're with, or where they're at And what they're doing to the cat I pray for time all to myself (did something just fall off a shelf?) To cuddle in my nice, soft bed (Oh no, another goldfish dead!) Some silent moments for goodness sake (Did I just hear a window break?) And that I need not cook or clean (well heck, I've got the right to dream) Yes now I lay me down to sleep, I pray my wits about me keep, But as I look around I know, I must have lost them long ago! Author Unknown SOLUTIONS TASK MISSING WORDS sanity not find lose my mind family riot stuffing down at to the cat all to myself fall off 10 dead 11 silent moments 12 break 13 clean 14 right to dream 15 lost them TASK MATCH THE WORDS WITH THEIR DEFINITIONS pray for sg sanity for lose your mind daily family riot stuff down sg to sy time to yourself for goodness’ sake have the right to sg I must have lost them ask God for sg having a healthy mind because become mentally ill happening every day noisy environment put inside and push down sg harm sy free time when you can relax you say this when you’re upset it’s morally acceptable if you it probably I lost them