Mel's 10EAL

Students will work on a Reading Comprehension assignment about the platypus. We will correct it together.

Students will be given an assignment about Idioms from Food. Students should work on this for homework. We will go through it tomorrow. There will be a quiz on these idioms on 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 start a new unit today about Names. How did you get your name? Do you know the meaning of your name? We will discuss this topic and students will read a magazine article about different ways people around the world name children. Students will complete a vocabulary assignment about this article (hand in for marks).

REMINDERS:

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

Students will start working on a new reading comprehension assignment today. We will correct this assignment together in class. Students will also write a reflection about Orange Shirt Day in their journals. What did you think about the ceremony? How do you feel about this topic? Write about your thoughts and feelings in your journal.

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

We will start a new unit today about Names. How did you get your name? Do you know the meaning of your name? We will discuss this topic and students will read a magazine article about different ways people around the world name children. Students will complete a vocabulary assignment about this article (hand in for marks).

Today is Orange Shirt Day. On Orange Shirt Day, schools across Canada honour Indigenous survivors of the residential school system by encouraging students to wear orange. We will watch a film about Residential Schools called “Where are the Children?” and learn more about this terrible part of Canada’s history.

More Information about Orange Shirt Day:

http://wherearethechildren.ca/en/

We will also have a student bbq at 12:00 today. Come to class and we will go downstairs to get hot dogs together. There will also be a draw to win a Chromebook. Make sure to come to school today!

There will be a short quiz about idioms from colours today. Please do not talk during the quiz and no dictionaries or cell phone use is allowed. Students will complete the reading comprehension assignment booklet today and hand it in for marks. Students will also read about Orange Shirt Day and discuss and answer questions about this topic. Students will be given more time next week to complete the future tense writing assignment.

More Information about Orange Shirt Day:

We will work on a reading comprehension assignment about stars today. Students need to hand it in for marks. We will review the Idioms about Colours assignment today.

Here are some websites about some topics we discussed yesterday:

Phonics Rules:

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/reading-issues/14-phonics-rules-for-reading-and-spelling

http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/phonics.rules.html

https://www.phonics-literacy.com/basic-phonics-rules.html

Spelling Rules:

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/spelling/

https://howtospell.co.uk/top-ten-spelling-rules

https://www.logicofenglish.com/resources/spelling-rules

REMINDERS:

-There will be a quiz about idioms from colours tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 27.

-Monday, Sept. 30 is Orange Shirt Day -wear an orange shirt or something orange. There will be a ceremony in the Circle Garden at 11:00 AM.

–The Student BBQ will also be on Monday, Sept. 30. Come to class at 12:00 and we will go down for hot dogs together. Make sure to be at school on Monday! There will be a draw for a Chromebook!

We will discuss and go over the Idioms of Colour assignment from yesterday. Students will also work on completing the writing assignment about the future.

More Information about Colour Idioms:

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

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

Students will work on the second page of this week’s reading comprehension assignment and will hand it in for marks when finished. Students will also continue to work on the plan for the “My Future” writing assignment. Once finished, students will write a paragraph on loose leaf paper about their future. Remember to skip lines. We will edit this later this week. We will also start an assignment today about Idioms and colours.

Students will work on the first page of this week’s reading comprehension assignment and will hand it in for marks when finished. Students will also work with a partner on editing their writing assignment about the past, using an Editing Checklist handout. Students need to hand this assignment in today for marks. Students will also begin the plan for the “My Future” writing assignment.

We will correct the reading assignment today. Students will also complete the past tense writing assignment and hand it in for marks.

Here is more information about the differences between simple past and past continuous (past progressive):

More websites about this topic:

https://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/past-progressive.html

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/past-simple-vs-past-continuous

We will review some common writing errors. Students will also work on a reading assignment and will finish the writing assignment from yesterday.

Incorrect: Mel lives in Winnipeg, she lives with her husband.

Correct: Mel lives in Winnipeg with her husband

Mel lives in Winnipeg and she lives with her husband.

Mel lives in Winnipeg. She lives with her husband.

REMEMBER:

In a run-on sentence, you will find two or more complete sentences that are joined together without appropriate punctuation or conjunction. A run-on sentence will have more than one subject and more than one predicate.

Websites are Run-on Sentences:

https://study.com/academy/lesson/how-to-identify-a-run-on-sentence.html

https://studylib.net/doc/15308263/run-on-sentences-what-is-a-run-on-sentence%3F

Incorrect: A bird was standing at top of hill.

Correct: A bird was standing at the top of a hill.

Websites about Articles:

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/articles/

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/how-use-articles