December 11, 14, 15, 18

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December 11
Activity: Why do Brits talk about the weather?
p. 74  Task 1

Homework:  Finish Task 1

December 14
Vocabulary - Weather Quizlet:   https://quizlet.com/_462qf4

Homework:  Unit 93 Relative Clauses

December 15
Unit 92 - Relative clauses

December 18
How the Grinch Stole Christmas

December 4, 7, 8

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December 4

What is a conceptual question? 
Conceptual questions are questions that require a student to create an answer rather than  simply to recall something or to activate an algorithm. Conceptual questions are higher-order questions. They fall into the third of the three broad categories used to assess student knowledge.

p.72 How can weather affect our emotional state? (conceptual question)
p.73 Activity - Weather idioms

What is a  idiom? An idiom is a phrase that has a different meaning that that of the words that make it up. The meaning of an idiom cannot be determined by looking up the meanings of the separate words.
   
p. 73 Task 1, Task 2

Homework:  Relative clauses (1) clauses with who/that/which

December 7
p. 74 Activity:  Why do Brits talk about the weather?
Homework:  Relative clauses (2) clauses with who/that/which

December 8 - National Holiday

November 20, 23, 24

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November 20
Finish Writing Assessment - Criterion C, D

Homework:   Relative pronouns
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/pronouns/relative_pronouns.htm
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/pronouns/relative_pronouns2.htm

November 23
Criterion A Assessment

Homework:   Relative pronouns
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-relative-pronouns.php

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/relative_pronouns/quiz932.html

November 24
Final Unit Reflection

Homework:   Relative pronouns
http://www.english-4u.de/relative_pronouns_ex1.htm
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1255
http://www.grammarbank.com/relative-clauses-examples.html
http://www.grammarbank.com/relatives-who-which-whose-dd3.html

November 13, 16, 17

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November 13
Worksheet 7,  8  -  Writing Colourful Sentences

Homework:  
Online exercises:  Ordering words in sentences
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/word_order/sentences3.htm
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/word_order/sentences4.htm

Directions: Write the following sentences in your notebook. Then, correct the errors in the sentences. One sentence does not have any errors.

Example: What tine we leaving?  What time are we leaving?
1.  What time the soccer game star?
2.  I can't not find the keys.
3.  I eating cause I'm hungry.
4.  Can I come to?
5.  I gonna get five oranges six apples and ten peach at the store.
6.  When are we going to play baseball?



November 16
Worksheet 13 - Using Transitions Effectively
Quizlet - https://quizlet.com/1311913/transition-words-practice-flash-cards/


November 17
Criterion C, D  -   Writing assessment

Homework: Word order

• Word order in affirmative sentences – Exercise 4
• 3329 Word order in affirmative sentences – Exercise 5
• 3319 Word order in negative sentences – Exercise 1
• 3331 Word order in negative sentences – Exercise 2
• 3333 Word order in English sentences – Mixed Exercise

November 6, 9, 10

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Year 8s, I will not be with you in the lesson today.

Year 8s, the last time we met we started to work on Worksheet 4 (Unrelated Sentence Fun) on The Perfect Paragraph.  We completed the 1st outline.

Use the Sentence Bank to complete the worksheet.  Click on the image below to enlarge it (make it bigger). Write the complete sentence on the worksheet.

You can work together.

Homework:  Present Simple or Present Continuous  Formative online quiz on November9
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/tests?test1
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/tests?test2

November 9
Class Discussion 

November 10
The Perfect Paragraph
Worksheet 6 - The Clincher

October 23, 26, 27

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October 23, 26
More paragraph writing


October 27

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Halloween Webquest
http://www.onestopenglish.com/teenagers/topic-based-materials/festivals/october/webquest-halloween/552316.article

October 16, 19, 20

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October 16
Watch-Think-Share
1420 Todd's House -   https://vimeo.com/181432477
The video gives an insight into a Japanese style house

Homework:  Present Simple or Present Continuous 
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex11
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex12

October 19, 20
Paragraph Writing - The Perfect Paragraph

October 9, 12, 13

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October 9

1. Warm-up   -  What do you see?  What do you think?




2.  Reading practice:  Raksha Bandham - a Hindu Festival that celebrates Brother-Sister Bonds https://newsela.com/read/lib-convo-india-Raksha-bandhan-festival/id/34284/


Homework:  Present Simple or Present Continuous
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex05
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex06
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex07
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex08

October 12
1.  Warm-up  -  What do you see?  What do you think?

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 Orals (Arne, Maria)
Homework:  Present Simple or Present Continuous
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex09
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex10 

October 13
Reading test

Homework:  Present Simple or Present Continuous 
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex11
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex12

October 2

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October 2
Activity: Big Yellow Taxi (p. 14, English for the IB MYP 2: by Concept)

Hear-Think-Wonder
Listen to the song Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94bdMSCdw20

 

HOMEWORK:  Complete Task 1
Task 1 Write a paragraph to answer each question.
What is the song Big Yellow Taxi about?
What concerns do you think Joni Mitchell has?

October 5
National Holiday - no school

October 6

Task 2
An acrostic poem is a type of poetry where the first, last or other letters in a line spell out a particular word or phrase. The most common and simple form of an acrostic poem is where the first letters of each line spell out the word or phrase.

Homework:  Write an acrostic poem about your town or neighbourhood.

September 25, 28, 29

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September 25, 28
Activity:  Who lives in homes like these? (p. 11, English for the IB MYP 2: by Concept)

Task 3 
Match these words to the pictures below.

Task 4 Now you are going to create your own amazing room!

Homework:  Finish Task 4 for oral presentation to the class.

September 29
Discussion about the assembly. . .

September 18, 21, 22

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1.  Past simple/past continuous quiz
https://www.quia.com/quiz/6162933.html

2. Task 3 - Work in pairs, describe your neighbourhood. (p. 5 English for the IB MYP 3: by Concept)

3.  Task 4  - Complete the sentences (p. 5 English for the IB MYP 3: by Concept)

Homework:  there is, there isn't, there are, there aren't
https://www.slideshare.net/rddietrich/clipboards/ramona-dietrich

September 11, 14, 15

 

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September 11

Think-Pair-Share
1. Write down the words neighbourhood and community and think about what these two words mean. 2. In pairs, create a mind map with your ideas.  
Share your mind map with the class.

Homework:  Present Simple or Present Continuous
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_progressive2.htm
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises 
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex02 
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex03 
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex04 

September 14

1. Now think about where you live and draw a map of your street. Start with your home and add the places around it that are important to you. Include major landmarks, roads and local amenities, such as shops, parks or cinemas. Add recycling banks and any other things that might impact on your neighbourhood.

September 15

Warm-up - Name 10
In your notebook name 10 jobs where you have to wear a uniform
 
In pairs, compare your maps.
Discuss the following questions:
     How are your neighbourhoods similar and/or different?
     What do you feel are the most important parts of a neighbourhood?
     What do you like about living in your neighbourhood? 

Now complete Task 3 and Task 4   (p. 5 English for the IB MYP 2: by Concept)

HOMEWORK:  Present simple or Present continuous We will have a quiz on Monday
https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/preint/grammar/grammar_01_012e?cc=pt&selLanguage=pt
http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/present%20tenses/present%20tenses%20snakes%20and%20ladders.html
http://www.english-4u.de/pres_prog_ex4.htm

September 7, 8

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September 5

Welcome back   😃

Our lineup for today is:
1.  Intro to Year 8
2.  English Notebook
3.  Discuss "Capable" Rubrics
4.  Access Managebac

5.   Warm-up:  5 minutes
Odd one out -  Choose the word that is different and explain WHY it is different.
                                    window, river, envelope, client, oregano

6.  Unit 1 - What's in a neighbourhood?
       What makes a neighbourhood livable?  Every neighbourhood has attractive qualities that draw us in, and other qualities that we may not like as much.

IN  THIS  UNIT,  WE  WILL . . .

Find out about our communities, neighbourhoods and where people live.

Explore our perceptions of our own communities and compare these with a community in another part of the world.

Key Words
apartment/flat              bungalow                  community                  detached house
            environment                    landmark                 local amenities                   local area
neighbour               neighbourhood               outskirts                semi-detached house
            terraced house                 transport links         villa

Think-Pair-Share
Write down the words neighbourhood and community and think about what these two words mean. In pairs, create a mind map with your ideas.  
Share your mind map with the class.

Now think about where you live and draw a map of your street. Start with your home and add the places around it that are important to you. Include major landmarks, roads and local amenities, such as shops, parks or cinemas. Add recycling banks and any other things that might impact on your neighbourhood.

In pairs, compare your maps.
Discuss the following questions:
     How are your neighbourhoods similar and/or different?
     What do you feel are the most important parts of a neighbourhood?
     What do you like about living in your neighbourhood?