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Composition: 2.7 Make a Start (Wednesday; 29/9) (Thursday; 30/9)

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K: Know the features of a biography. U: Understand how to plan out a biography. D: Write a biography about Poorna Malavath. Words of the Day 1. Nationality 2. Draft Notes about Poorna Malavath Please refer to pages 59-60 in your learner book. Prepare your Composition book. Task Time Please refer to page 60 in your learner book. For this task, create a draft and biography about Malavath in your Composition book.   Based on the pictures below, you are only needed to answer question 2a (which is the draft) and 2c (which is the essay). The world limit should be around 200-250 words.  Once done, do submit your work in the assignment section: 6 Autumnus 6 Hiems 6 Ver 6 Aestas

Comprehension: 2.5 Explore Biographies (Tuesday; 28/9) (Wednesday; 29/9)

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K: Know the difference between biographies and news articles. U: Understand the features of a biography. D: Identify the differences between a biography and a news article. Words of the Day 1. Biography 2. News article Woohoo! Please refer to pages 55 and 56 in your learner book.  Take 5 minutes to read this biography and the news article from our previous lesson. Task Time Please refer to page 56 in your learner book. Please write only your answers in your Comprehension book. Let's do 1a until 1f. Once done, please submit your pictured/scanned works in the discussion room: 6 Autumnus 6 Hiems 6 Ver 6 Aestas

Grammar: 2.6 Make a Start (Monday; 27/9) (Tuesday; 28/9) (Friday; 1/10)

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K: Know the main relative pronouns. U: Understand how to use relative pronouns. D: Practice pronouns in sentences. Words of the Day 1. Pronouns 2. Phrase Let's begin! Please refer to page 58 of your learner book.   In short, a  relative  pronoun  is one which is used to refer to  nouns  mentioned previously, whether they are people, places, things, animals, or ideas. Relative pronouns can be used to join two sentences. Let's look in more detail: 1. Who We use  who  in relative clauses to refer to people. I think there’d be a lot of  children   who ’d love to have a climbing wall in school.   There’s  this guy at work ,  who ’s one of my friends, well he’s never been on a train. 2. Whom  The most common use of  whom  is with a preposition. We can use  whom  as the complement of a preposition: The first book was a terrible historical novel for children which was turned down by  every publisher   to whom  it was sent.  ( whom  refers to  every publisher  and is the complement of

Grammar: Term 1 Assessment 1 (Thursday; 23/9)

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K: Know the instructions carefully. U: Understand each question given. D: Recheck your answers before submitting. Before we start, please cater to the rules below: 1. The test is 30 minutes. Once you enter the quiz, the timer will start. Take deep breaths and if you're stuck in a question for more than 5 minutes, move on to the next. 2. Once start, you can ask Ms Farah for any confusion in the Zoom chat to respect your classmate's privacy. If the question involves giving the answer, Ms Farah will not answer. Instead, she will smile :)   3. If you are a desktop-user, you must have your camera on . You may stay muted, but you must be in a position where Ms Farah can see your face and body language. 4. If you are a tablet-user, you have 2 options: Use the split-screen option where Ms Farah can see you while you do the quiz OR you remain unmuted while your video is off so that Ms Farah can hear and keep track. 5. Once done, recheck once. Recheck twice. Recheck thrice if needed. Do

Comprehension: 2.9 Conduct an Interview (Wednesday; 22/9) (Friday; 24/9)

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K: Know the context of the biography. U: Understand the life of Tenzing Norgay. D: Answer questions based on the biography. Words of the Day 1. Biography 2. Culmination Let's begin! Please refer to pages 64-65 in your learner book. Take 5 minutes to read the biography about Tenzing Norgay. Task Time Please refer to page 66 of your learner book. Write only your answers in your Comprehension book. Let's do questions 1a to 1c! Once done, please submit your work in the discussion room: 6 Autumnus 6 Hiems 6 Aestas 6 Ver

Composition: 2.4 Report a Story (Tuesday; 21/9) (Wednesday; 22/9) (Monday; 27/9)

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K: Know the features of a news article. U: Understand the main points of a news article. D: Use the news feature to write a mini report. Words of the Day 1. News article 2. Mini report Let's begin! Please refer to page 53 of your learner book. Prepare your Composition book and homework journal. Task Time/Homework Please refer to page 53 of your learner book. Write your news article in your Composition book. Since this is a mini report, your word limit should be 250-300 words. That means you can exceed your paragraphs to around 4 or 5 more. Use the inverted diagram to help you with your planning. This is also part of your homework, so write the notes below in your homework journal: Compo. Mini Report. Due: Wednesday (29/9) Once done, submit your work here in the assignment section: 6 Autumnus 6 Hiems 6 Ver 6 Aestas

Composition: 2.3 Layout and Purpose (Monday; 20/9) (Tuesday; 21/9) (Wednesday; 22/9)

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K: Know the structure of a news article. U: Understand the purpose of the content for the article. D: Analyze the structure of a news article. Words of the Day 1. News article 2. Newsworthy Let's begin! Please refer to page 51 of your learner book. Task Time Please refer to page 52 of your learner book for the questions.  For this task, you are required to read a news article titled 'Adorable, Remorseless Killing Machine is The World's Deadliest Cat' . Use the article to analyze the structure and answer questions 1a  until 2b. Write your answers only in your Composition book. For question 2a and 2b, you are only needed to summarize the news article. 2a is the draft of the summary and 2b is the summary itself. Your summary should be around 20-50 words. You can find the article and the questions in your discussion room: 6 Hiems 6 Autumnus 6 Ver 6 Aestas

Spelling Set 2 (Monday; 20/9)

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K: Know how to spelling Set 2 words. U: Understand the definition of Set 2 words. D: Create a sentence for Set 2 words. Task Time 1 Please ensure that you are using your real name. If nickname, either write your real name in a bracket or tell Ms Farah in the chat. Attempt until you get 100% and when you do, you can proceed to the next task. 6 Hiems 6 Aestas 6 Ver 6 Autumnus Task Time 2 Please ensure that you are using your real name. If nickname, either write your real name in a bracket or tell Ms Farah in the chat. Attempt until you get 100% and when you do, you can proceed to the next task. 6 Hiems 6 Aestas 6 Ver 6 Autumnus Task Time 3 Please ensure that you are using your real name. If nickname, either write your real name in a bracket or tell Ms Farah in the chat. Take note of your punctuation. Attempt until you get 100% and when you do, you can inform Ms Farah so that she can check. 6 Hiems 6 Aestas 6 Ver 6 Autumnus

Unit 2: People in the News (Wednesday; 15/9) (Friday; 16/9)

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K: Analyze headlines. U: Understand their impact. D: Find meaning of the headlines. Words of the Day 1. Headlines 2. Summarize Let us begin! Please refer to page 45 of your learner book. Task Time Please refer to page 46 of your learner book. Discuss together and answer these questions in the discussion room. Only type the answers in the comment section. Please go to your respective discussion room: 6 Autumnus 6 Hiems 6 Aestas 6 Ver

Comprehension: 2.2 Read All About It (Tuesday; 14/9) (Wednesday; 15/9)

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K: Know the information from an article. U: Understand the difference between facts and opinions. D: Read the article to gain key information. Words of the Day 1. Facts 2. Opinions Task Time Please refer to pages 49-50 in your learner book.   Prepare your Comprehension book. Read the newspaper headline for 3 minutes. Remember to highlight or underline any important information! Please write your answers in your Comprehension book. Answer questions 2a until 2f. Once done, please submit pictures of your work in the discussion room: 6 Autumnus 6 Hiems 6 A estas 6 Ver

Grammar: 1.7 Review Word Classes Part 2 (Monday; 13/9) (Tuesday; 14/9) (Wednesday; 15/9)

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K: Know the word classes. U: Understand the pattern of a sentence. D: Create sentences depending on the word class pattern. Words of the Day 1. Word class 2. Homograph Recap Do you remember the word class that we learned last time? Task Time Please refer to page 28 of your learner book. Write down the answers in your Grammar book. Let's do 1c, 1d, and 1e! Once you've written your answers, submit the pictures of your work in the discussion room: 6 Hiems 6 Autumnus 6 Ver 6 Aestas

Grammar: 1.7 Review Word Classes Part 1 (Monday; 13/9)

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K: Know the parts of speech. U: Understand the examples of each word class. D: Write down the definition and examples of each word class. Words of the Day 1. Noun 2. Verb Task Time 1 Please refer to page 26 of your learner book.  Prepare your Grammar book for today's lesson. In your Grammar book, write down the 6 word classes along with its definition, 2 word examples, and 2 sentences that use the words. Example: 1. Adjective A word naming an attribute of a noun. Example: sweet and red Sentences:  a) This candy is too sweet for me. b) The big red car zoomed past me as I walked down the street. Task Time 2 Please refer to page 27 of your learner book. Write down the 4 sentences and your answers in your Grammar book and identify whether or not the sentence uses articles. Example: 1. The white bear ate a fish he had caught.     Indefinite article and it refers to a random fish. Once done, submit all your work in the discussion room below: 6 Hiems 6 Aestas 6 Ver 6 Autumnus

Comprehension & Composition: 1.8 Review Dialogue (Thursday; 9;9)

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K: Know the rules of direct speech. U: Understand the difference between dialogue and narrative. D: Write a continuation of the story. Words of the Day 1. Dialogue 2. Narrative Task Time Please refer to pages 30-31 of your learner book. Let's read and review the sentence structure. Please take your Composition book and only write the answers for 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1e. Once done, you can get a head start on your composition homework! Homework Please refer to page 33 of your learner book.   Only write an essay from the question 2d. Your essay should be between 250-300 words. Please write your essay in your Composition book. Once done, you Composition book will have 2 things: 1. Your answers from questions  1a, 1b, 1c, and 1e. 2. Your essay from question 2d. Please write this in your Homework Journal: Compo: Neddy 2. Due: Thursday (16/9) You can submit the picture/pictures in your respective assignment section: 6 Autumnus 6 Hiems 6 Ver 6 Aestas

Grammar: Direct Speech and Reported Speech (Wednesday; 8/9) (Friday; 10/9)

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K: Know the definition of both direct and reported speeches. U: Understand the differences of both speeches. D: Change the speeches accordingly. Words of the Day 1. Direct speech 2. Reported speech Recap Time! Do you remember the introduction about direct speech? How about the introduction to reported/indirect speech? Now, let's test your knowledge and memory by playing Quizizz! 6 Autumnus 6 Hiems 6 Ver 6 Aestas

Comprehension: 1.5 White Bears (Tuesday; 7/9) (Wednesday; 8/9)

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K: Know how to skim a passage for answers. U: Understand the context of the extract. D: Answer questions accordingly. Words of the Day 1. peddler 2. Saami Please refer to pages 21-22 in your learner book. Take 5 minutes to do your silent reading. Task Time Please refer to pages 22-23 in your learner book. Please take your Comprehension book and only write the answers. Label them accordingly and don't forget to write today's day and date! Submit pictures or a picture of your work in the discussion room: 6 Autumnus 6 Hiems 6 Aestas 6 Ver