November 25, 26, 27, 28

November 25
Thanksgiving  lesson

November 26
Oral Presentation - prep

November 27
Oral Presentation

November 28
Oral Presentations

November 18, 19, 20, 21

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November 18
Pre-watching exercise,
Criterion A - Comprehending Written and Spoken Text Assessment

November 19
Criterion A - Comprehending Written and Spoken Text Assessment

November 20
Answer the following reading guide questions in your notebook.
1.  Describe one important event in the book and explain why it is significant to the story (to the plot, the characters, the ideas of the book).
2. What is the general feeling or mood of the book? Give specific examples of how the author creates that feeling or mood.
3.  Find one specific idea, event, or behavior in the book that relates to real life. Explain the relationship you see.
4. Give an example of a significant conflict or conflicts between two characters (external conflict) or between a character and his/her conscience (internal conflict). 
 

November 21

What is "mood" in relation to a book or a film?  According to Our English Class "Mood is the atmosphere of a piece of writing; it's the emotions a selection arouses in a reader. For a list of some common mood descriptors click on the following link:
http://ourenglishclass.net/class-notes/writing/the-writing-process/craft/tone-and-mood/

November 11, 12, 13, 14

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November 11
2c Murder Mystery
#1 Listening, p 18 Look at the newspaper report and the notes. Answer the questions.
#2 A detective is interviewing the suspects.
#3 answer the questions
#4 Speaking, p 19 Who murdered Ivor?

Homework: Irregular verb worksheet

November 12

Writing
Confession: so and because 
#7, p 19  Join the sentence halves
#8 Complete the murderer's confession with so and because
#9 Write a confession. Use so and because

November 13
Answer the following reading guide questions in your journal:

1. Describe the nature of the relationship between two characters. Include their history
   together and details of their relationship. Explain the significance of their relationship to
   the book.
   
2. Describe one important event in the book and explain why it is significant to the story (to
   the plot, the characters, the ideas of the book).
   
3. What are your feelings and thoughts about the novel based on one or more specific things
   you have read?
   
4. Find one specific idea, event, or behavior in the book that relates to real life. Explain the
   relationship you see. 
   
   

Felix and João

         1. Describe the problems the main character encountered in the novel and tell how this character
             solved these problems.
          2. Describe any changes that the main character underwent throughout he novel. 

          3.What is the theme or themes in the novel? How does the author show this idea? Give
             evidence. Comment on how this theme fits in the novel and how it applies to life outside the
             book. What does this theme mean to you?
         4. What did you learn from this novel? In answering this, you may comment on any aspect o

              the novel, including how it is written

November 14

Let's play Clue

November 4, 5, 6, 7

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November 4
2b Confess

Listening
#1 Read the police document and listen.
#2 Listen to the rest of the interview. Match times from the box with pictures 1-3.
#3 Listen again and answer the questions.
Homework: Irregular verbs worksheet

November 5

Setting - Worksheet

November 6
Novel reading

In your notebook, please answer these questions:

1.  Author Biography:
Conduct brief research on the author. Choose two internet sources, or one internet
source and one printed source from the library. Learn some basic facts about his/
her life, including a brief account of his/her life, when/why/how s/he started to
write, and the major events in history, politics and/or the writer’s personal
experience that impact his/her works of literature. Write 50-100 words.

2. What is the time and place of the book? What evidence in the book tells you this?

3. Name and describe the main character in the book. Describe him/her physically and
describe his/her personality and history, if known. Then give your impression of him/her.

4. Name and describe a minor character. Describe her/him physically and describe her/his
personality and history, if known. Explain how s/he is important to the story and the

ideas of the book.

Homework:  Finish this classwork for homework

Julia - Worksheet Thursday:)

November 7
Exploring grammar
Past continuous
#4 Complete the table with was, were and wasn't
#5 Complete the dialogue, p 17
#6 Complete the detective's questions p 17

Past simple and past continuous
#7 Complete the rules with past simple or past continuous p 17
#8 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the past simple and past continuous p 17

Homework: Complete the below online exercises.
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-past-continuous-exercise-1.html
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/verb-tenses.html 
http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/past-continuous-past-simple-exercises.html 
http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-past-simple-past-continuous