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Holiday Homework: Commonwealth Essay (Wednesday; 31/3)

K: Know the genres of writing that we can choose. U: Understand the consequences that the pandemic has caused. D: Produce content regarding the pandemic. Words of the Day 1. Writing Genre 2. Pandemic Commonwealth Essay The main focus of this year's theme is Pandemic. Watch this video below to understand the topic! What did you learn from the video? Holiday Homework This year’s theme is “Community in the Commonwealth”. With the global spread of COVID-19, we’ve seen the lives of many Commonwealth citizens affected. However through adversity, societies came together and stories of growth, community and hope continue to emerge. Choose  ONE  of the following topics.  1. The year is 2050 and you’ve been asked to write about the coronavirus pandemic for a museum. What story would you tell? 2. Tell a story of how you, or someone you know, helped others during the pandemic. 3.  “We will be with our friends again. We will be with our families again. We will meet again”– HM Que...

Grammar: Alliteration and Onomatopoeia (Tuesday; 30/3)

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K: Know how to use imagery and figurative language to bring out imaginative responses. U: Understand why alliteration and onomatopoeia are used. D: Identify the alliteration and onomatopoeia from the sentences. Words of the Day 1. Imagery 2. Alphabet Alliteration and Onomatopoeia Please refer to textbook, page 102. Write the definition and examples of alliteration and onomatopoeia in your Grammar book. Can you think of any alliteration used to advertise products? Can you think of any object that describes the sound it makes? Task Time 1 Please refer to textbook, page 102 for today's task. Write the questions and only the sentenced answer in your Grammar book. Task Time 2 5 Aestas Click here for alliteration quizizz! Click here for the onomatopoeia quizizz! 5 Ver Click here for the alliteration quizizz! Click here for the onomatopoeia quizizz! 5 Autumnus Click here for the alliteration quizizz! Click here for the onomatopoeia quizizz! 5 Hiems Click here for the alliteratio...

Comprehension: The Old Man (Thursday; 25/3)

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K: Know the key ideas in a poem. U: Understand the poem's message. D: Write complete sentences as the answer. Words of the Day 1. Ardor 2. Respect The Old Man Please refer to the textbook, page 104. Task Time Please refer to textbook, page 104. Write the questions and your answers in your Comprehension book. Once done, show it to me on Zoom. If not done, take out your homework journal and write the following: The Old Man. Comprehension. TB page 104. Due: next Monday (29/3)

Grammar: Similes and Metaphors (Tuesday; 23/3) (Friday; 26/3)

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K: Know the things that are being compared. U: Understand which comparison should be used. D: Identify the similes and metaphors. Words of the Day 1. Similes 2. Metaphors Similes and Metaphors Please refer to textbook, page 99. Task Time Please refer to textbook, page 99. Write the questions and answers for Parts A and B in your Grammar book. Example that you can write in your Grammar book: Part A Similes 1. Aisah swims like a fish = Aisah, fish. Part B 1. His bedroom was a zoo = metaphor. Homework Please refer to workbook, page 45. This is due next Monday (29/3).

Grammar: Personification (Tuesday; 23/3)

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K: Know which human attributes to be given to objects. U: Understand the effects personification have in a poem. D: Add the correct human attribute to the objects. Words of the Day 1. Attributes 2. Feelings Personification Please refer to textbook, page 98. How can personification make writing more interesting? Task Time Please refer to textbook, page 98. Write the instructions, questions, and answers of Parts A and B.

Unit 6: Tell Me a Poem (Thursday; 18/3) (Friday; 19/3)

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K: Know the facts about narrative poem. U: Understand the differences between stories and narrative poems. D: Discuss with peers about traditional and historical stories. Tell Me a Poem Please refer to textbook, page 94. Let's look at the pictures and answer the Talk Time questions. The narrative poems that are in the page are: 1. The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Robert Browning) 2. The Highwayman (Alfred Noyes) 3. Beowulf (traditional tale) 4. The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer) 5. Humpty Dumpty (traditional tale) 6. The Song of Hiawatha (Henry Longfellow) Task Time Please refer to textbook, page 95. For Part B, can you think of any traditional or historical stories that can be turned to narrative poems? Let's look at some options! 1. The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe) Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—     While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, r...

Grammar: Direct and Reported Speech (Revision) (Friday; 12/3)

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K: Know what direct and reported speeches are. U: Understand how to convert the speeches. D: Identify and convert the speeches. Task Time 1 5 Aestas - Click here! 5 Ver - Click here! 5 Hiems - Click here! 5 Autumnus - Click here! Task Time 2 5 Aestas - Click here! 5 Ver - Click here! 5 Hiems - Click here! 5 Autumnus - Click here!