Monday, June 22, 2020

June 23, 25, 26

June 22
1.  Zoom class link details:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79153436744?pwd=bWluUmtiTTZ4MEd3akNtOENhMzh4dz09

meeting id:  791 5343 6744
password:  9fFnjb

Tuesday June 23 - finish watching the video and discussion

Discussion  Questions:
●● Describe the weather conditions the climbers face in the video.
●● What words or phrases in Joe’s account bring out most vividly his thoughts and feelings?
●● Why did Simon decide to use his penknife to cut the rope?
●● Evaluate if he made the right decision. Would you have done the same?
●● What words or phrases in Simon’s account show most clearly the difficult decision he faces? Explain carefully the reasons for your choices.
●● Interpret how Simon felt after he decided to cut the rope.
●● How did you feel when you saw the rope had been cut?
●● Have you ever had an experience that really frightened you?
●● Can you remember a time when you had to make a really difficult decision?
●● Write about an adventure in your life that went wrong. What challenges did you face? If something went wrong again, would you do things differently?

June 25 - No Class

June 26 - Summer holiday begins

Thanks for Cummings : Have a Great Summer!!!

Sunday, June 14, 2020

June 16, 18, 19

Best places to watch documentaries online | DocumentaryTube

June 16, 18, 19

1. Tuesday - Zoom class link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/73980302204?pwd=SUV6TVliSWtMT3lJZzhET1J1cGtpQT09

1. Thursday - Zoom class link: 
Wednesday Zoom meeting link:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71260288539?pwd=M25ZcXVZSnJ6UUxHTHdvSkhMb0ZlQT09

Meeting id:  712 6028 8539
Password: 8RQciP

1.  Friday - Zoom class link:

Meeting id:  725 9397 0798
Password:  6T9i4i

2.  ACTIVITY:  A Question of Survival?  https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/media/Documents/International/MYP%20By%20Concept/9781471880674-EnglishMYP3_Sample_ONLINE.pdf

3.  Let's watch the video and then answer the questions:

Touching the Void  video (1:46): http://www.documentarytube.com/videos/touching-the-void

Tuesday June 16 - watch 30 minutes of the video

Thursday  June 18 - watch 30 minutes of the video

Friday  June 19  -  watch 30 minutes of the video

Tuesday June 23 - finish watching the video and discussion

Thursday  June 24 - discussion of video

Discussion  Questions:
●● Describe the weather conditions the climbers face in the video.
●● What words or phrases in Joe’s account bring out most vividly his thoughts and feelings?
●● Why did Simon decide to use his penknife to cut the rope?
●● Evaluate if he made the right decision. Would you have done the same?
●● What words or phrases in Simon’s account show most clearly the difficult decision he faces? Explain carefully the reasons for your choices.
●● Interpret how Simon felt after he decided to cut the rope.
●● How did you feel when you saw the rope had been cut?
●● Have you ever had an experience that really frightened you?
●● Can you remember a time when you had to make a really difficult decision?
●● Write about an adventure in your life that went wrong. What challenges did you face? If something went wrong again, would you do things differently?



Tuesday, June 2, 2020

June 2, 4, 5

Touching the Void proves anything is possible in the theatre ...
Anything is possible

June 2

1.  Zoom class link:  https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74462406708?pwd=cWFUQkZXNU5DMFA0Yk1md21sK0IwUT09
Meeting id:  744 6240 6708
Password:  4vX5qW

2.  p. 48  What is a Void?
Have you ever had to make a really hard decision?
3.  ACTIVITY: Do you judge a book by its cover?

June 4

1.  Zoom class link:  https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72701810276?pwd=RTdiMDdnQzhHN0NIdC9kek1peVkxdz09

Meeting id:  727 0181 0276
Password 1GkXAX

2.  Watch-Pair-Share p. 49

Read through the questions below then watch the trailer:

●● When do you find out the title of the film? Why do you think this is?
●● When do you find out who stars in the film?
●● Is the music important? Why? Why not?
●● What type of action from the film do you see?
●● How does the trailer end?
●● What clues can you see that help you to identify the genre of the film?
●● What sport did Joe Simpson and Simon Yates practise?
●● Write down the words that appear in the trailer. What clues do these words give you about the story?


Discuss

June 5

1.  Zoom class link:

2.  Kahoot!  - General Knowledge