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

http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2015/03/hungry-history-the-halloween-pumpkin-an-american-history-E.jpeg

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?

https://kevinjuntunen.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/lord-lordess.jpg

 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

https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/images/layout/text/example-acrostic-1.png

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.