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K: Know parenthesis and quantifiers. U: Understand the use of parenthesis and quantifiers. D: Identify the placement of parenthesis and quantifiers in sentences. Words of the Day 1. Brackets 2. Colons Let's begin! Refer to pages 97 and 99 in your learner's book. Read and understand the contents in the language focus. Task 1 Refer to page 98 in your learner's book. Write the sentences of and answer Set 1a in your Grammar book. You have 15 minutes for this task.  Task 2 Please refer to pages 99-100 in your learner's book. Write the sentences of and answer Set 3a and 3b in your Grammar book. You have 20 minutes for this task.

K: Skim read a text to get the main idea. U: Understand clues to make predictions. D: Scan extract for details. Words of the Day 1. Perishable 2. Science fiction Let's begin! Please refer to page 90 in your learner's book. Write today's day and date in your comprehension book. Task Time Please refer to pages 90-92 in the learner book.  Read the passage 'The Green Book' together and understand the story. Later, answer questions 1a to 1g. Please write only your answers in your Comprehension book. You have 30 minutes for this task.

K: Attempt to answer the units. U: Understand the instructions carefully. D: Check and mark your answers. Unit 2.10 1a. "I had an amazing experience," she told the interviewer when she returned. 1b. A classmate said of her friend, "She is brace and focused and a wonderful friend." 1c. The children chanted, "She's our hero," as they gathered to greet her. 1d. Her parents commented, "We are overjoyed and very proud of her." 1e. The headline 'Welcome home!' filled the front page.  2a. Everyone said that they were ready to go. 2b. She declared that their adventure had begun the day before OR She declared that their adventure had already begun. 2c. The teacher told the children that they must have completed the homework by the following day. 2d. The mother told her son that he should have packed OR The mother told her son to pack his bags for school. 3. (Your own answer. Find reported speech used in any news article. You can use news artic...

K: Analyze our favourite poem in the unit. U: Understand the structure and techniques of the chosen poem. D: Write a poem that is related to horror. Words of the Day 1. Poem 2. Horror Let's begin! Please refer to page 87 in your learner's book. Write the day and date, AND YOUR NAME in your Composition test pad. Do you remember the poetic devices? 1. Rhyme scheme 2. Rhyme metre 3. Stanza 4. Figurative languages Task 1 Refer to page 87 in your learner's book. Read the instructions for Set 1. The actual task can be found under the photo. Construct a poem that fits the Halloween theme. It can be something horrific, suspenseful, gory, or even cute with Halloween themes! Please write down the checklist below before writing your poem: 1. My poem has to have a proper stanza. 2. My poem is at least 3 verses long. 3. My poem must have a rhyme scheme. 4. My poem has elements of horror. 5. My poem is read and has a written review by one person. There is no word limit but please foll...

K: Know figurative language terms. U: Understand the figurative languages used in a poem. D: Identify the context of the poem. Words of the Day 1. Metaphor 2. Simile Let's Begin! Please refer to page 84 in your learner's book.   Write today's day and date in your Grammar book. Task 1 Refer to page 85 in your learner's book.   Read the poem by Ashok B. Raha and answer Set 1b to 1d by writing your answers in your Grammar book. You have 30 minutes to answer the questions.

K: Explore the contents of a poem. U: Analyze a poem's technique. D: Answer question related to the poem. Words of the Day 1. Repetition 2. Theme Let's Begin! Please refer to pages 81 to 82 in your learner's book.   Write today's day and date in your Comprehension book. Take 5 minutes to read and understand the poem. The structure and form of a poem are the ways that the poem is organized. Things like rhyme scheme, rhythm, meter, and stanza form are all part of poetic structure. Poetic techniques are what makes a poem. These techniques are usually figurative languages. Task 1 Refer to page 83 in your learner's book.   Answer Set 2a to 2h and write your answers in your Comprehension book. You have 30 minutes to answer the questions.

K: Know how to answer the questions. U: Understand how the answers came to be. D: Mark your answers. Unit 2.5 1. (Your own answer. You can choose any word that starts with the prefix 'bio-' and write the definition. Examples are below:) a) Biography -  an account of someone's life written by someone else. b) Biodegradable -  (of a substance or object) capable of being  decomposed  by bacteria or other living  organisms  and thereby avoiding pollution. c) Biological -  relating to biology or living  organisms . d) Biosphere -  the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the earth or another planet occupied by living  organisms . e) Bioscience -  any of the life sciences. 2. (The phrases below are facts.) - Poorna Malavath - young girl - she is the youngest person in the world to summit Mount Everest. - At the age of 13 - On 10 June 2000, Poorna Malavath was born in a small village in India where her parents worked on a farm. - She a...

K: Analyse poems for themes, explicit and implicit meaning. U: Understand the context of poems. D: Compare poems' features. Words of the Day 1. Alliteration 2. Context Let's Begin Refer to page 78 in your learner's book and write today's day and date in your Comprehension book. Task 1 Using the Mawu of the Water poem in page 77, answer Set 1a that's from page 78. Write your answers in your Comprehension book. You have 20 minutes for this task. Task 2 Using the A River Poem in page 77, answer Set 1b that's from page 79. Write your answers in your Comprehension book. You have 20 minutes for this task. Homework In your workbook, answer Units 2.5, 2.6 & 2.7. After writing your answers, check your answers in Ms Farah's other blog post and mark your answers with any colour except red. Write the notes below in your HW Journal: WB 2.5. 2.6, and 2.7 (Monday; 23/10)

K: Know the context of the poems. U: Understand the explicit meaning of the poems. D: Explore the figurative language inside the poems. Words of the Day 1. Imagery 2. Metaphor Let's begin Please refer to page 76-77 of your learner book.  Let's read the poem together and understand its content and structure! You have 10 minutes for this task. Task Time Please refer to pages 76 in your learner book.  Read the 2 poems and answer questions 1a to 1c in your Grammar book. For 1a to 1b, you need to answer for both poems. You have 30 minutes for this task.

K: Know how to answer the questions. U: Understand how to compare your answers with the sample answers. D: Mark your answers with any colour except red. For those who do not have their workbook, please only write your answers in a test pad. Unit 2.1 1a. A new season - A NEW TEAM! 1b. PANIC as the lights go out... 1c. 100% vote 'YES' 1d. Ran, ran, go away... 1e. Is there thyme  to cook? (For set 2, it can be your version of the answer. Even if it's not the same word by word, at least the idea is the same) 2a. A new team has been selected. 2b. Something went wrong with the power and some people were left in the dark. 2c. There was referendum and everyone agreed on the outcome. 2d. It has been rainy and gloomy for a long time. 2e. Something about using herbs in cooking. 3. (Your answer. Find 3 news articles online or on newspapers, and write them in each box. Identify whether: - It uses strong and impactful words. - Whether it's a statement, questions, or command sentence...