Mel's 10EAL

There will be a test tomorrow, Thursday, on the Names Unit. We will review this unit today to help students study/prepare for the test.

Students need to complete the Favourite Names writing assignment and hand in.

We will continue to work on the Idioms from Numbers assignment and also the Reading Comprehension assignment.

Here is the unit. The test will include skills practiced/learned in this unit (i.e., proper and common nouns, present tense verbs, alphabetical order, etc.):

Today we will discuss the meaning of Thanksgiving in Canada and students will write in their journals about what they are thankful for.

Students will work on a new reading comprehension assignment that we will correct together in class and we will complete the writing assignment about favourite names today (hand in for marks). We will also work on the Idioms from Numbers assignment.

There will be a test on the Names Unit on Thursday, Oct. 17.

More Information about Idioms from Numbers:

http://www.idiomconnection.com/number.html

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/idioms-using-numbers

There is NO SCHOOL today because of the Thanksgiving Day holiday. Have a nice long weekend!

Here is some information/reading about Thanksgiving in Canada:

https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/arts-culture-society/the-history-of-thanksgiving-in-canada

https://www.kidzworld.com/article/2614-canadian-thanksgiving

Canadian Thanksgiving for ESL learners

Students completed a reading comprehension assignment and continued to work on the writing assignment about favourite names. A new Idioms from Numbers was also handed out to work on.

Students completed a reading comprehension assignment about a model ship in a bottle and we corrected it together.

We also corrected the singular/plural verb work from yesterday. We looked at Mel’s example of a paragraph about her favourite name and then students worked on their first draft (rough copy) of the writing assignment about a favourite name.

More information about plural and singular verb agreement:

https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/modulesvagr.htm

https://www.toppr.com/guides/english/verb/subject-verb-concord/

http://tricks12345.com/English/Subject_And_Verb_Agreement.html

Students will complete a reading comprehension assignment about fish. We will correct it together.

We will correct the Capitalizing Proper Nouns assignment together and start working on the Simple Present assignment. Students will also start planning to write a paragraph about a favourite name.

More information about singular and plural nouns:

https://www.ef.com/ca/english-resources/english-grammar/singular-and-plural-nouns/

More information about proper nouns:

https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/nouns/proper-noun/

Students will work on a reading comprehension assignment about mold. We will correct it together. Students will also work on a dictionary skills assignment and a proper nouns assignment. We will go through it together in class.

We will also continue to work on the Names unit.

Students will complete an Idioms from Food Quiz today.

Students will also work on a Reading Comprehension Assignment about oysters and pearls. Once everyone is finished, we will go through the answers together with the class.

We will continue to work on the Names unit with students working on a vocabulary assignment (for marks – hand in) and reading an article, Naming the Blackberry and completing the assignment. We will correct this assignment together next week.

REMINDERS:

-Today is the last day to hand in the Special Language Exam registration forms.

Students will work on a Reading Comprehension assignment about ocean sand. We will correct it together.

We will go through the Idioms from Food assignment. There will be a quiz on these idioms tomorrow, Friday.

Some students need to work on completing the “My Future” writing assignment and hand it in for marks. It is due on Friday.

We will continue to work on the new unit today about Names. We will read the Naming Around the World article and discuss.

REMINDERS:

• The Special Language Exam forms are due on Friday, Oct. 4.
• There will be an Idioms from food quiz on Friday.

More Information about Food Idioms:

Idioms are words or phrases that have a different meaning than the literal meaning of the word or words. There are many examples of food idioms that are commonly used in the English language. They are not only fun to use but are sure to get your point across creatively in conversation.

Remember, food idioms do not literally mean what they say. For example, if you say someone is a “bad apple” this implies that the person is a negative influence on others or is troublesome in nature.

Here are some helpful websites and YouTube videos about food idioms.:

https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-food-idioms.html

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