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K: Be informed of various viewpoints. U: Comprehend the important issue of certain topics. D: Write a persuasive essay. Words of the Day 1. Persuade 2. Forest Let's Begin! Refer to pages 153 to 154 in your learner's book.   Write today's day and date in your composition test pad. A persuasive essay is  one in which you use logic and arguments to convince readers of your point of view . Task 1 Refer to page 154 in your learner's book.   Write a persuasive essay based on Set 1a. You have 3 choices to choose from as to which should be protected the most from climate change. You can refer to 1b to 1d for the checklist. You have 30 minutes for this task.

K: Know the function of emotive languages. U: Understand the context of a persuasive text. D: Answer questions based on a persuasive text. Words of the Day 1. Emotive 2. Capricious Let's begin! Refer to page 150 in your learner's book.   Write today's day and date in your comprehension book. Task 1 Refer to page 151 in your learner's book.  Time to read the persuasive text together and understand the context! You have 10 minutes for this task. Task 2 Refer to pages 151 to 152 in your learner's book.   Answer all of Set 1 (1a to 1h) and only write your answers in your comprehension book. You have 30 minutes for this task.

K: Identify formal, standard English. U: Understand the change from personal to impersonal. D: Change between passive and active voices. Words of the Day 1. Pollution 2. Investigation Let's Begin! Please refer to page 142 in your learner's book.   Write today's day and date in your Grammar book. Task 1 Please refer to page 142 in your learner's book.   Immediately write the new sentence for 1a in your Grammar book. You have 10 minutes for this task. Task 2 Please refer to page 143 in your learner's book.  Let's refresh our minds about active voice and passive voice! In your Grammar book, answer 2a, 2b, 2c, and 2d. You can combine your answers for 2a and 2b.  Read the instructions carefully. Later, for 2c, immediately write the new voice in your Grammar book. Do the same and write your answers for 2d. You have 30 minutes for this task.

K: Know the content of the news report. U: Understand the structure of the news report. D: Check the validity of the news report. Please use any coloured pen except red to mark your work. 5.2 1. (Open-ended. Refer to the questions in the workbook.) 2. (Open-ended. You can use any news source from newspapers or the internet. Here are some links for you to refer: - Genocide Likely by News Straits Times -  Prehistoric ‘Chewing Gum’ Sheds Light on Stone Age Diet by The Malay Mail -  Cold, rainy weather making war-wracked Gaza ‘completely uninhabitable’ by Al-Jazeera You may use any newspaper articles that fit your fancy. Below are example answers from a news article.) Purpose - To raise awareness on pet adoption. Audience - People who are interested in wanting pets. Language - Formal but is chatty in order to attract new pet owners' interest. Has information about the adoption centers in Malaysia. Layout - Has pictures of domestic animals like cats, dogs, and birds. Uses bullet po...

K: Know how to answer questions. U: Understand how the answers came to be. D: Mark your answers. Unit 5.1 1a. but 1b. whereas 1c. Although 1d. while 1e. however 1f. on the other hand 2. (Your own answers. Add something that has the same semblance with what it's compared to in Picture A (Page 101). You can use examples below:) As dry as a desert. As hard as a rock. As cracked as a broken pavement. As parched as a man dying on a desert. As hot as the sun. As lifeless as a corpse. Like broken glass. Like my dead heart. 3. (Your own answer. You can refer to the example below. Ensure your spelling and grammar are correct.) The desert is dry like a raisin that was left outside for 5 days straight. The forest is filled with trees and a huge river. The forest is far more beautiful than looking at a desert. There are white clouds above the forest while there is just a barren sky above a desert. The trees enveloped the forest like a present. The trees in the desert dead like a person's h...

K: List the criteria of a balanced report. U: Understand the statement. D: Plan a balanced report. Words of the Day 1. Global 2. Endangered Let's begin! Refer to page 148 in your learner's book.   Write today's day and date in your composition test pad. Let's look at the features of a balanced report.  These information can be found on pages 149 and 150 in your learner's book. Task 1 Refer to page 149 in your learner's book.   Write a balanced report based on any of the four topics given. Your word count has to be between 250 to 300 words. You have 35 minutes for this task. Homework Answer WB 5.2 by using any coloured pen except red. The answers can be found in the next blog post. Write down the due date in your HW journal: WB 5.2 Due date: (Monday; 29/1)

K: Analyse a balanced report. U: Identify language and layout features of a text. D: Discuss meaning in a text. Words of the Day 1. Balanced 2. Evidence Let's begin! Refer to page 144 in your learner's book.   Please write the day and date in your comprehension book. What is a balanced report? 1. An essay that discusses all points of view of a particular story and then leaves it to the readers to make up their minds. 2. Has balanced arguments. For example, if there is 1 pro/support, there is 1 con/against. 3. Has a title and uses 3rd POV. Do not use personal pronouns like 'I'. Sometimes can use 'we'. 4. Uses connectives. Use different connectives. 5. Topic sentence (TS) identifies the main idea of a paragraph. It is always the start of the paragraph. 6. Essay structure is usually introduction (paragraph 1), TS 1 (paragraph 2), TS 2 (paragraph 3), and conclusion (paragraph 4). Task 1 Please refer to page 145 in your learner's book.   Let's read and under...

K: Know the difference between a phrase and a clause. U: Revise complex sentence. D: Use conditional clauses to express possibility. Words of the Day 1. Phrase 2. Clause Let's begin! Please refer to page 140 in your learner book.  Prepare your Grammar book and write today's day and date. Please write the information below in your Grammar book: Compound sentence -  C onsists of two or more independent clauses joined with a comma and coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS). Complex sentence - Consists of  one or more subordinate (dependent) clauses to the main (independent) clause using conjunctions and/or relative pronouns. Task Time 1 Please refer to page 140 in your learner book.   Do Set 1a and 1b. For 1b, p lease write the sentence before your answers. You have 20 minutes for this task.   Task 2 Please refer to page 142 in your learner book.  Let's read and understand conditional clause together. Next,  a nswer Set 2a and 2b in your Grammar book. ...

K: Distinguish between facts and opinions. U: Explore an explanation. D: Extend a discussion by building on our own and others' ideas. Words of the Day 1. Persuasive 2. Environment Let's begin! Please refer to your learner book pages 137 - 139.  Write today's day and date in your Comprehension book. Task 1 Refer to page 138 in your learner's book. Answer Set 1a to 1c. Prepare a pen to write some notes in your LB book. For Set 1b and 1c, work in pairs and verbally answer the questions. You will have 15 minutes for this task. Task 2 Refer to page 139 in your learner's book. Do the first two bullet points of Set 2 and write your persuasive essay in your test pad. Each persuasive statement needs to be around 100 to 150 words. You have 30 minutes for this task. Homework Refer to pages 101 - 103 in your workbook. Answer with any coloured pen except red. The sample answers can be found in the next blog. Please write down the due date in your HW journal: WB 5.1 (Due: Mo...

K: Identify how information is organised and linked. U: Understand the purpose, audience, language, and layout of a report. D: Answer questions to explain a report. Words of the Day 1. News report 2. Climate change Let's Begin! Please refer to page 132 in your learner's book.  Write today's day and date in your Comprehension book. A news report has 6 layout features: i) Headline  –  Tells us what the news is about. ii) Byline – Shows who wrote the news report. iii) Lead – Has important information (5W1H). iv) Diagram  – Shows statistics or graphs for further evidence. v) Formal  – Writing is filled with facts. vi) Organised – Short paragraphs for easy reading. Let's read the news report together!  Take 5 minutes to read and understand the context of the report. Task 1 Refer to page 132 in your learner's book.  Set 1 focuses on the context of the news report. Answer Set 1a and write your answers in your Comprehension book. You have 25 minutes for this t...

K: Compare two places using facts and opinions. U: Understand the purpose of connectives. D: Write a convincing summary using facts, opinions, and connectives. Words of the Day 1. Fact 2. Opinion Let's Begin Refer to page 128 in your learner's book.  Write today's day and date in your learner's book and Grammar book. Task 1 Refer to page 128 in your learner's book and verbally answer Set 1a. You have 5 minutes for this task. Task 2 Refer to page 129 in your learner's book and answer Set 1b to 1e. For 1b, write either F (fact) or O (opinion) based on the statements given. For 1c to 1e, give your answers verbally. You can jot down notes in your learner's book. You have 10 minutes for this task. Task 3 Refer to page 130 in your learner's book.  Let's focus on the language focus before we do the task. Answer Set 2a to 2b and write your answers in your Grammar book.  For 2b, write the sentences along with your answers. You have 30 minutes for this task. H...