Monday, March 23, 2020

March 24, 26, 27

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MARCH  24

1.  Zoom call - roll, instructions, questions, discussions

2.  Let's rename our English Folders in OneDrive
     a.  Open OneDrive
     b.  Right click, Select Rename
     c.  Y10 English - Your name

New Unit - short story
3.  The Landlady by Roald Dahl
      Before you begin a short story or a novel you need to research the author. 
      Conduct research about Roald Dahl to find out the basics: who he is, where he is from, what kind of books he writes, he is well-known, has he won any awards, does he have a website.

The Landlady - a short story by Roald Dahl 
Pre-reading - https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/Landlady_pre%20reading.pdf

Monday, March 16, 2020

March 17, 19, 20

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MARCH  17
1.  Here we go again.  Today, let's try Zoom (http://www.zoom.us) for a video conference. I've invited you to join the conference. I sent the invitation to your school email.

2.  Debatable Question: Should children risk their lives in order to enter the USA illegally?
     a) pp 90-91 Read Text E - The story of Daniel Penado Zavala
     b) conduct research  (One way to do this is to copy/paste the debatable question into Google)
     c) form an opinion, 3 supporting points

MARCH  18

Before we begin let's correct a Term 3 English 
 Term 3 English
     First, Create a folder in OneDrive - name it:  your name/Term 3 English
     Next, Share the folder with me


This will be your Term 3 English folder. You will keep all classwork/research/images/ and other  documents related to this class in your folder. 


1.  5 minute warm-up: Respond to the prompt below: What conversation do you want to have with the world?



2.  Zoom meeting - I will send the link for the video conference by email.

3. Discussion - State your opinion clearly and concisely.

4.  Literature/Writing
     Simile vs Metaphor
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a)


b) https://www.sporcle.com/games/shelby16/simile-or-metaphor


MARCH  20

1.  5 minute warm-up - Respond to the following prompt
One thing that motivates me:
One thing that frustrates me:
One thing that worries me:


2.  Zoom meeting - I will send the link for the video conference by email.

3.  Reading/Writing
     Fact or Opinion - http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/fact-or-opinion 

4. Navajo Water Lady


What do you think? How do you feel?  
State your opinion based on facts. . . 

Friday, March 13, 2020

March 10, 12, 13

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March 10, 12
GoBrunch is a revolutionary place where you can learn and share best practices through live webinars and virtual meetings ... everything for free.

We will explore this option for live meetings.

March 13
Online learning - Day 1

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2001/200124-coronavirus-m.html    mini lesson

1.  Complete: Reading, True/False, Synonym match, and Phrase match. 
2. Upload your answers to Microsoft One-Drive and share with me.

Monday, March 2, 2020

March 3, 5, 6

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March 3
1.  Articles a, an (1231)
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/articles/index.php

2.  pp 77-81 The House on Mango Street
Read the text, answer the questions on pp 80-81

3.  p 81 ATL Social and thinking skills
     Work in pairs to discuss the questions 

March 6  The making of a documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxHncbpR7TY