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Composition: 7.6 Shion (Thursday; 29/2) (Friday; 1/3)

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K: Know a character profile drawn from the texts. U:Understand how to proofread and give feedback. D: Write a biography about Shion. Words of the Day 1. Descriptive 2. Biography Let's Begin! Please refer to page 190 in your learner book.  Prepare your Composition test pad with today's day and date--and of course, your name. Task 1 Please refer to page 191 in your learner book.  For this task, create a draft with your partner and your essay about Shion. Set 1 is the drafted mind map. There is no word limit but you must write your answers based on the mind map. Set 2 is the essay. The word limit is 200-250 words. You may exchange ideas with your partner for Set 1 but when you write your essay (Set 2), everyone must be in individual mode. Once 30 minutes are done, swap and give feedback about your partner's POV. You have 40 minutes for this task. Homework Do Workbook 6.3. Ensure you do, check, and mark your answers accordingly. Write the reminder in your HW journal: WB 6.3 Mon...

Comprehension: 7.5 Introducing Manga (Wednesday; 28/2) (Thursday; 29/2)

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K: Identify relevant features of a manga cover. U: Interpret the visual clues in a manga extract. D: Answer questions using evidence from the panels and texts. Words of the Day 1. Manga 2. Fugitive Let's begin! Please refer to page 187 in your learner book.   Prepare your Comprehension book and write today's day and date. Task 1 Please refer to page 188 in your learner book.  Let's verbally answer all of Set 1 together.  You can write some notes in your learner's book if you wish to. This task takes 20 minutes. Task 2 Please refer to pages 189-190 in your learner book.   Answer all of Set 2 and write only your answers in your Comprehension book. You have 30 minutes for this task.

Composition - 7.3 & 7.4 Plan and Write an Illustrated Episode (Tuesday; 27/2) (Wednesday; 28/2)

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K: Plan a new episode using the planning table. U: Understand how to write a new episode according to a plan. D: Revise, improve and proofread their episodes. Words of the Day 1. Cliffhanger 2. Unusual Let's begin! Please refer to page 184 in your learner book.  Prepare your Composition test pad and write your name, and today's day and date. Task 1 Please refer to pages 185 in your learner book.  Write the chapter in your Composition test pad. Ensure that you are following the plan in the 1a table. Your word limit should be 250-300 words. You have 30 minutes for this task.

Grammar - 7.2 Language Matters (Monday; 26/2) (Tuesday; 27/2)

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K: Know the different features of narrative. U: Investigate using connectives according to purpose. D: Explore paragraphs and different sentence types. Words of the Day 1. Unless 2. Concession Let's begin! Please refer to page 181 in your learner book.  Write the day and date in your Grammar book. Do you remember what connectives are? It is  a word or phrase whose function is to link other  linguistic  units. There are many purposes of connectives: 1. Add information - Bring up similarities in ideas. Example: in addition, also. 2. Mark a contrast - Bring up differences in ideas. Example: however, that being said. 3. Show cause and effect - Explain why something happened. Example: because of this, as a result 4. Show purpose - Helps audience focus on main ideas. Example: so that, so 5. Provide example - To give example. Example: for example, in particular. 6. Give a reason - Provide reasoning. Example: because, since 7. Set a condition - Shows possibilities. Example: ...

Comprehension - 7.1 A Multimedia Novel (Thursday; 22/2) (Friday; 23/2)

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K: Know the context of Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. U: Understand the context of media. D: Answer questions based on the media. Words of the Day 1. Incandescent 2. Preface Let's begin! Please refer to page 177 in your learner's book.   Write today's day and date in your comprehension book. Task 1 Please refer to page 177-178 in your learner's book.   Let's verbally discuss the answers together! You have 15 minutes for this task. Task 2 Please refer to page 178-180 in your learner's book.   Write only your answers of Set 3 in your comprehension book. You have 35 minutes for this task.

Grammar - 6.5 Laugh with Limericks (Wednesday; 21/2) (Thursday; 22/2)

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K: Know the pattern of limericks. U: Understand the language structures of limericks. D: Identify the figurative languages in limericks. Words of the Day 1. Limerick 2. Hilarious Let's begin! Please refer to page 170 in your learner book.  Write today's day and date in your Grammar book. What is a limerick? Let's look at the language focus on page 172! Here's a limerick by Nitesh Aggarwal: There once was a boy, named Abdul; Went to get a job, fresh out of school All dressed up like July, With a bow and a tie; But left his fly open, what a fool! Task 1 Please refer to pages 171-172 in your learner book.   Answer all of Set 1 and only write your answers in your Grammar book.

Composition - 6.4 Follow the Rules (Tuesday; 20/2) (Wednesday; 21/1)

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K: Know the rules of cinquain. U: Understand the criteria guide of a cinquain. D: Write our own cinquain about any topic. Words of the Day 1. Inspire 2. Creative Let's begin! Please refer to page 168 in your learner book.  Write the day and date--and your name--in your Composition test pad. Task 1 Please refer to pages 168-169 in your learner book.   Write your cinquains in your Composition test pad.  Refer to the questions as a checklist. For this task, you will write 2 different cinquains: 1. The first cinquain is a diamond cinquain. Please refer to 1d for the checklist. 2. The second cinquain is a normal cinquain. You must have at least 2 types of figurative languages in this version. You have 30 minutes for this task.

Comprehension - 6.3 Patterns and Shapes (Monday; 19/2) (Tuesday; 20/2)

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K: Explore the features of a poem. U: Compare poems with different features. D: Identify the syllables of specific cinquains. Words of the Day 1. Cinquain 2. Syllable Let's begin! Please refer to page 166 in your learner's book.   Write today's day and date in your comprehension book . Who invented the cinquain? She was inspired by Japanese haiku and tanka. There are 2 types of cinquain: 1. Syllable cinquain - A cinquain that focuses on the syllable count. 2. Word cinquain - A cinquain that focuses on the word count. Task 1 Please refer to pages 166 to 167 in your learner's book. Answer 1a, 1b, and 1c and write your answers in your Comprehension book. You have 30 minutes for this task.

Grammar & Composition - 6.2 A String of Words (Thursday; 15/2) (Friday; 16/2)

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K: Know the structure and language used as poetic effects. U: Understand homophones and homonyms. D: Write our own string poem. Words of the Day 1. Maize 2. Maze Let's begin! Please refer to page 163-164 in your learner book. Task 1 Please refer to page 163 in your learner book.   Take 10 minutes to think and then verbally answer Set 1 questions. You may write your notes in your LB. Take 15 minutes for this task. Task 2 Individually, write a proper poem with the following theme, 'Success'. Your poem must be written in a test pad. Ensure that your poem has all the poetic rules. You may refer to the rules below: 1. Must have a proper stanza: tercet, quatrain, quintain, or sestet. 2. Must have at least 1 rhyme scheme. 3. Must be at least 3 verses. You have 30 minutes for this task. Task 3/Homework Please refer to page 164 in your learner book.   Do all of Set 2 in your test pad or A4 paper . You are encouraged to use coloured pencils or pens, or any stationary to make your s...