Mel's 10EAL

Students will continue to work on the Ch. 2 Michelle Obama questions.

REMINDERS

-There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, Nov. 22.

-The Special Language Exams are this week. Good Luck! 🙂

Students will work on answering the Ch. 2 questions for the Michelle Obama book.

REMINDERS:

The Special Language Exams start tomorrow evening, Nov. 19. Make sure to pick up your timetable from the Guidance Office.

There is NO SCHOOL this Friday, Nov. 22.

Here is more information about topics discussed in Who is Michelle Obama?

We will study some vocabulary words from Ch. 1 & Ch. 2 of the Michelle Obama book. We will also read Ch. 2 together and students will answer the Ch. 2 reading comprehension questions.

Ch. 2 Information:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Washington

We will read about Remembrance Day and discuss the importance of this day and what the poppy symbolizes. We will also discuss the controversy related to this topic that was in the news on the weekend. Students will also work on completing the Ch. 1 questions about Michelle Obama.

Read more about the Don Cherry Controversy:

https://globalnews.ca/video/6155399/don-cherry-out-at-hockey-night-in-canada-following-controversial-poppy-comments

Don Cherry refuses to apologize for ‘you people’ rant in aftermath of poppy controversy

REMINDER:

Timetables for the Special Language Exams are here. Go to the Guidance Office to get your timetables.  The exams are on Nov. 19-21.

We will finish some old assignments today, do some Michelle Obama work, and read about Remembrance Day. Students will also learn about Predicates.

What is a Predicate?

The predicate of the sentence is the part that contains the action. It is the part of the sentence that is not the subject, and includes all the descriptions of the action and the objects that are affected by the action. Take this example:

• Mary likes to run at the public park.

The question you can ask yourself here is, “What does Mary do”? The answer, likes to run at the public park, is the predicate. Notice that the predicate includes the verb in the sentence (likes) and all the rest of the words that describes what she likes.

When you have multiple nouns, the concept is the same. The entirety of the sentence that excludes the subject is the predicate. If the sentence has objects, either direct or indirect, they are part of the predicate.

• My brother throws him the ball.

In this sentence, throws him the ball is the predicate.

Predicates Examples in Command

In a command sentence, the entirety of the sentence is usually the predicate.

• Do your homework!

For this example, do your homework is the predicate. The subject, the implied you, has no influence on the rest of the sentence.

REMINDER:

There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, Nov. 11 for Remembrance Day.

Timetables for the Special Language Exams are here. Go to the Guidance Office to get your timetables.  The exams are on Nov. 19-21.

The Jobs test will be handed back to students today and we will go through it in class.

We started the novel study today, Who is Michelle Obama? by brainstorming what we know and want to know about her on a KWL chart. We read the introduction together and students read Ch. 1, A Close Family in table groups. Student should re-read Ch. 1 for homework. Students should also keep a list of new vocabulary words from this chapter.

REMINDER:

There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, Nov. 11 for Remembrance Day.

Timetables for the Special Language Exams are here. Go to the Guidance Office to get your timetables.  The exams are on Nov. 19-21.

Students will finish the jobs paragraph today (hand in) and all other old assignments. Students will work in groups to correct assignments. We will correct the idioms assignment together.

More Information about Idioms from Body Parts:

https://examples.yourdictionary.com/reference/examples/common-idioms-using-body-parts.html

https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/idioms-body.htm

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/body-idioms

REMINDERS:

Students need to sign out a copy of the “Who is Michelle Obama?” book by tomorrow in the library.

There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, Nov. 11 for Remembrance Day.

There will be a test on the Job unit today.

After the test, students will work on completing old assignments (job paragraph -hand in, Reading comprehension booklet, Idioms work, etc.)

We will continue to work on the writing assignment for the Jobs unit. Students will brainstorm three different jobs they want and describe the duties of these jobs. Choose one of these jobs to write about. Make a plan, explaining three duties of this job and three reasons why you want this job. Then students will use their plans to write a rough draft paragraph. Be sure to skip lines and include some vocabulary words from the unit. Students should also include sentences with “I want to”, “I like to”, and “I need to” + base verbs in the paragraph.

Once students finish the first, rough draft, they will work with partners to edit and revise their paragraphs. Students will check that their partner included three duties and three reasons why he/she wants the job. Then students will write a final good copy. Students need to hand in the Plan and Write paper, their first, rough drafts, and their final good copies (for marks). We will finish this assignment next week.

Here is Mel’s writing example from today’s class:

Reminder: There will be a test on Monday, Nov. 4 on the jobs unit.

More Information about the articles, a, an, the and the zero article (ø ):

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/grammar/using_articles.html

https://www.speakconfidentenglish.com/articles/

We will continue to work on the writing assignment for the Jobs unit. Students will brainstorm three different jobs they want and describe the duties of these jobs. Choose one of these jobs to write about. Make a plan, explaining three duties of this job and three reasons why you want this job. Then students will use their plans to write a rough draft paragraph. Be sure to skip lines and include some vocabulary words from the unit. Students should also include sentences with “I want to”, “I like to”, and “I need to” + base verbs in the paragraph.

Here is Mel’s writing example from today’s class:

Reminder: There will be a test on Monday, Nov. 4 on the jobs unit.