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Summer Camp Experience for Kids

The writer works at a summer camp each year and enjoys helping children try new experiences like rock climbing. While some children are nervous, they feel proud after reaching the top with encouragement. Older children from 10-13 tend to miss home more than younger ones. The camp doesn't allow constant phone use at first to help them adjust. Most have fun after a couple days. Some parents excessively call to check on their kids when they are busy having fun. The writer also has to convince children to wear old clothes that can get dirty for activities.

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Summer Camp Experience for Kids

The writer works at a summer camp each year and enjoys helping children try new experiences like rock climbing. While some children are nervous, they feel proud after reaching the top with encouragement. Older children from 10-13 tend to miss home more than younger ones. The camp doesn't allow constant phone use at first to help them adjust. Most have fun after a couple days. Some parents excessively call to check on their kids when they are busy having fun. The writer also has to convince children to wear old clothes that can get dirty for activities.

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  • My Job at a Summer Camp
  • Reflections and Experiences

My Job at a Summer Camp

Every year I work at a summer camp for kids and I really enjoy seeing the children do
things they never thought they could do. Nearly all the kids know how to swim and play
table-tennis before they come, but things like rock climbing are new experiences for
most. Some of them are very nervous, but after a bit of encouragement, they agree to
try and they all get to the top in the end, which makes them feel great.

The kids stay several weeks and some do miss home. You might expect it to be the
really young ones who feel like that the most but it’s actually the ten- to thirteen-year-
olds. We don’t let them use their mobile phones all the time. First we tell them they can
phone home after lunch. Then when they ask again, usually after dinner, we say it’s a
bit too late to phone and suggest doing it the next day. Most children are fine in a
couple of days and at the end of their stay, it’s amazing how many come and thanks us
because they have had a great time.

It’s not just the children who get lonely. We get parents who are on the phone the whole
time, asking how their child is getting on, which is quite unnecessary. Often their son or
daughter will be busy, playing games or doing something else, so we have to tell parents
to ring back another time.

Some kids arrive dressed in smart, designer, new clothes and they sometimes argue
when we tell them to change into something they won’t mind getting dirty, but before
long they realise what we mean.

1  What is the writer trying to do in this text?

1. A  describe how children make friends at a summer camp


2. B  suggest how parents should choose a summer camp for
children
3. C  explain what it is like for children at a summer camp
4. D  advise children how to behave at a summer camp

2  What does the writer say about rock climbing at the camp?

5. A  Some children already know how to do it.


6. B  Some children prefer to swim or play table-tennis.
7. C  Some children refuse to take part.
8. D  Some children find it more enjoyable than they expected to.

3  What surprises the writer about the children who stay at the camp?

1. A  The youngest ones find it hard to be away from home.


2. B  They complain if they cannot phone their parents.
3. C  They miss meal times with their parents.
4. D  They seem grateful for their experience here.

4  What does the writer think about some parents?

5. A  They should visit their children instead of phoning them.


6. B  They don't need to keep on phoning the camp.
7. C  They shouldn't allow their children to bring phones to camp.
8. D  They need to be reminded to phone their children.

5  Which postcard might a child at the camp send home?

I was annoyed when they


suggested I put on old
jeans, but I guess they
were right.

It's so unfair that everyone


else can use their
mobile phone, but they
won't let me use mine.

I've made some good


friends but we're all
bored because there
isn’t much to do here

I was really frightened


every time we went rock
climbing, so they let me
do something else instead
6. find synonyms in the text for these words
1. Almost (p1)
2. Really ( p2)
3. Allow to ( p2)
4. Elegant (P4)
7. finish the following sentences so that they are true
1. At the beginning, the kids are afraid to……
2. the kids who miss their parents the most are….
3. apart from kids, loneliness….
4. children at the beginning want to wear ….
8. answer the questions with your own words.
1. what does the writer think about parents missing kids in the camp?

2. have you ever been in a summer camp? How was it? If you haven’t, why not?

My Job at a Summer Camp Every year I work at a summer camp for kids and I really enjoy seeing the children do things they n
8. D  They need to be reminded to phone their children. 5  Which postcard might a child at the camp send home? I was annoye

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