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Composition - Introduction to News Report Writing (Friday; 12/6)

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K: Being familiar with the news report features. U: Understand the chronological order of events. D: Write a news report.   Words of the Day 1. Reality 2. Saviour   Let's Begin! Do you remember what a news report is? News report -  Share important information with people about what is going on in the world.   Features of a News Report 1. Headline  - The title  - A short, simple sentence of the main event. - First letter of each word is capitalized (10-Year-Old Gets Driver's License)   2. Introduction - Write a short summary about the main event. - Use the 5W1H to figure out what to add in the context (Who is involved? Where did the event happen?)    3. Moments before the main event  - What happened before the main event? - Use the 5W1H again to help you. - Did anything happen that led to the main event happening?   4. The main event - It has more detail than the headline and introduction. - Goes in order as to what happened and how ...

Comprehension - Seal Saves Drowning Dog (Tuesday; 9/6)

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K: Know the purpose of a news report. U: Understand the context of the news report. D: Answer the question based on each context of the news report.   Words of the Day 1. Seal 2. Gashed   Let's Begin! Flip to page 6 in your purple Schofield & Sims book. Write today's day and date at the top of the page. Let's read the news report together!   Do you know what a news report is? -  to inform readers of what is happening in the world around them.   Did you know that a news report is also a chronological text? How so?         Task 1 In your group, work together to answer questions 1-11 on page 7. You have 30 minutes for this task. 

Grammar - Direct & Reported Speeches (Monday; 8/6)

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K: Recap about the differences of direct and reported speeches. U: Understand the rules of direct and reported speeches.  D: Convert the speeches.   Words of the Day 1. Chuckle 2. Allegory   Let's Begin! Do you remember the speeches? Time to remember the rules with this little tune .   Task 1 Once you receive a speech present from Ms Farah, write your name, day, and date at the top of the page. Read the instructions carefully. You have 10 minutes for this task.   Task 2 Continue your present with Focus 1. Remember to read the instructions carefully and use the notes given to identify the speech rules. You have 5 minutes for this task.     Once done, you may proceed with Practice 2. Remember to read each instruction and sentence  You have 10 minutes for this task.   Task 3/Homework Finally, do all of Challenge 3-5. Let's do question 4 together with Ms Farah! You have 20 minutes for this task.   Since this is partly homework, write down ...

Comprehension - Heat (Thursday; 4/6)

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K: Identify the types of clauses used in a text. U: Understand the main summary of the informational text. D: Answer questions in regards to the text.   Words of the Day 1. Artificial 2. Corrigible   Let's Begin! What do you understand by heat?     Task 1 Do you remember what text type this is?     What are the features of an informational essay? - Main title  - Non-chronological - Mostly present tense - Has graphics or photographs   Let's read this informational text together! You have 10 minutes for this task.   Task 2 Time to answer some questions! Remember to write your name, day, and date at the top of your worksheet. Please answer 1 to 8 individually.  You have 20 minutes for this task.

Grammar - Homophones, Homographs, & Homonyms (Tuesday; 26/5) (Wednesday; 3/6)

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K: Explore the difference between homonyms, homographs, & homophones. U: Understand the use of words in its respective sentence. D: Identify the correct homophones and homonyms.   Words of the Day 1. Bow 2. Loose   Let's Begin! Today, we're going to look at this Venn diagram.    Now, let's learn a little sentence: SO SP ee D y Sound Spelling Definition   Write the little trick for all the homo- prefixes: Homophone: Has the word 'phone' so ring ring! Same sound. SO ✓ SP D  Example: hour/our; idle/idol; poor/pour; they're/their/there; steal/steel; right/write   Homograph : Graph comes from the Greek word, 'writing' so same spelling.  SO  SP  ✓ D  Example:   console (cabinet) / console (to comfort); lead (soft, heavy metal) / lead (to head up); wound (injury that breaks the skin) / wound (past tense of wind); produce (fruit and vegetables) / produce (to bring into existence); present (a gift) / present (showing)   Homo...