Ms Farah

K: Know the features of a poem. U: Understand the context of a poem. D: Identify the mood of a poem. Words of the Day 1. Personification 2. Rhyme Scheme Let's Begin! Refer to pages 72 to 73 in your learner's book and write today's day and date in your Comprehension book. Read the poem 'The River' and try to understand the meaning of poem. You have 5 minutes to read and interpret the poem. Stanza - A poem divided by certain amount of lines. There are many different types of stanzas in poetry: 1.  Couplet  is a stanza with  2  lines that rhyme. 2.  Tercet  is a stanza with  3  lines that may or may not rhyme. 3.  Quatrain  is a stanza with  4  lines that may or may not rhyme. 4.  Quintain  is a stanza with  5  lines that may or may not rhyme. 5.  Sestet  is a stanza with  6  lines that may or may not rhyme. Task 1 Please refer to page 74 in your learner's book.   Answer all of Set 1 (1...

K: Gather information from news article. U: Organise information into relevant 5W1H sections. D: Share opinions with peers. Words of the Day 1. Important 2. Catchy Let's Begin! Please refer to page 69 in your learner's book and write today's day and date, and your name in your Composition test pad. Task 1 Remember the 2 articles you need to read? You are to use  1 of the articles for today's task. National Geographic The Star Task 2 Using one of the news article and the Tenzing Norgay biography, from 2.9, get the important information and write all the information in your composition test pad. Use the inverted triangle strategy to write your information. You can draw the inverted triangle or a nice table in your test pad. Ensure that your triangle/table is neat and tidy. You have 30 minutes for this task.

K: Know the features of direct and reported speeches. U: Identify on how to convert the speeches. D: Convert the speeches. Words of the Day 1. Punctuation 2. Verb Let's Begin! Pleaser refer to page 67 in your learner's book.   Write today's day and date in your Grammar book. Task 1 Refer to page 68 in your learner's book.   Write your answers of Set 1a and 1b in your Grammar book.  You have 25 minutes to do this task. Task 2 Refer to page 68 in your learner's book.   Write the new sentence of Set 2a and your answers for 2b in your Grammar book. You have 30 minutes for this task.

K: Know how to spell Set 5 words. U: Understand the definition of Set 5 words. D: Write a sentence for Set 5 words. Let's Begin! Prepare your Grammar book by writing today's day and date. Task 1 While spelling and dictation are in place, ensure you are at Voice Level 0.  Show a thumbs-up for 3 seconds once you are done. Task 2 Using a dictionary or learner's book, write a definition of the word. You have 30 minutes for this task. Task 3 Create a sentence for each of the Set 5 words. Make sure your sentence is creative at least 5 words long. You have 20 minutes for this task. Homework in Preparation for Composition For this week's composition task, please read a news article about the first Everest summit. You can choose to read either one or both of these articles: News Article by National Geographic News Article by The Star Please write the reminder below in your HW journal: Read news article set 5 blog (Wednesday; 11/10 for 6 Hiems & 6 Autumnus) (Thursday; 12/10 f...

K: Know how to do the tasks. U: Understand the answers while checking our tasks. D: Mark our answers. Unit 1.9 1a. True 1b.  True 1c. False 1d. True 1e. False 1f. False 1g. True 1h. False 1i. True 1j. True 2a. Second sentence 2b. First sentence 2c. Second sentence 2d. Second sentence 2e. Second sentence 2f. Second sentence 3a. Proverb 3b. Proverb 3c. Idiom 3d. Proverb 3e. Idiom 3f. Proverb 3g. Idiom 4a. (Own answer. Pick one proverb from Activity 3 and write what it means. Can use Google). 4b. (Own answer. What can you learn from this proverb?) 4c. ( Own answer. How to apply this proverb/lesson in your life?) Unit 1.10 1a. (Own answer. Write a draft/planning of the flashback. Can use bullet points and simple sentences.) 2. ( Own answer. Rewrite the draft again, this time as a proper paragraph with complete sentences.) 3. ( Own answer. Read the instructions in Activity 3 and rewrite your draft for the last time with some edits. Can use a test pad and staple your work in your workboo...

K: Know how to skim contents of a biography. U: Understand the biography's structure. D: Answer questions based on the biography. Words of the Day 1. Reconnaissance 2. Culmination Let's Begin! Please refer to page 64 in your learner's book.   Write today's day and date in your Comprehension book. Task 1 Refer to pages 64 and 65 in your learner's book.  Read the biography about Tenzing Norgay and his achievements.  Write only your Set 1 answers in your Comprehension book. You have 5 minutes to read the biography and 30 minutes to answer the questions.

K: Identify the features of a biography. U: Understand the information about Malavath. D: Write a biography about Malavath. Words of the Day 1. Biography 2. Chronological Let's Begin! Please refer to page 58 in your learner's book and write today's day and date, and your name in your Composition test pad. Biography Features Biography is an account of someone's life written by someone else.  There are a few key elements when you write your biography: 1.  Name of the person.  Date and place of birth. 2.  Childhood.  What was their life like as a kid? 3.  Educational background.  Primary until university depending on the person. 4.  Professional experience.  What is their job? Or what was their job? 5.  Area of expertise.  What are their hobbies? What are they good at? 6.  Major achievements.  What is their biggest success?  7.  Where are they now?  If they are dead, where is their funeral? If they are alive,...