Mel's 10EAL

Students will continue to work writing the Opinion Paragraph today. I will be meeting with each student to discuss their term mark and their formative assessments today. N

REMINDER: There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, April 19 (Good Friday), and Friday, April 26 (In-service).

The last day of Term 3 is TODAY. Report cards will be available in the office next Thursday, April 18. Make sure to complete the green registration forms (for next year) and hand in to the Guidance Office.

Have a great weekend! 🙂

There will be a test today on the Honesty/Lies unit (main idea/details, pronouns, callocations, infinitives of purpose, concluding sentences).

DUE BY FRIDAY:

-Journal entries about Spring Break, the Famous Five, and White Lies

-Pronouns booklet

NOTE: There will be a test about the Honesty/Lies unit on Thursday, April 11.

REMINDER: There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, April 19 (Good Friday), and Friday, April 26 (In-service).

The last day of Term 3 is this Friday, April 12. Report cards will be available in the office next Thursday, April 18. Make sure to complete the green registration forms (for next year) and hand in to the Guidance Office.

Students will complete their Formative Self-Assessments today. The purpose of this assessment is to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need work. This assessment will also help your teacher recognize where you are struggling and address problems that you may have.

Students will also work on a writing skill today with Concluding Sentences. A good concluding sentence closes a paragraph. Sometimes it tells the reader the main idea again. It does not add new information.

Students will also learn about Infinitives of Purpose today. An infinitive is to + the base form of the verb, and it can come after the verbs like, want, and need. Another way you can use an infinitive is to give a purpose for someone’s action. An infinitive of purpose explains why someone does something. Example: She lies to her child to be nice. (Why does she lie? Her purpose is to be nice). Students will be given an assignment to practice using infinitives of purpose. We will correct it together.

DUE BY FRIDAY:

-Journal entries about Spring Break, the Famous Five, and White Lies

-Pronouns booklet

NOTE: There will be a test about the Honesty/Lies unit on Thursday, April 11.

REMINDER: There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, April 19 (Good Friday), and Friday, April 26 (In-service).

The last day of Term 3 is this Friday, April 12. Report cards will be available in the office next Thursday, April 18. Make sure to complete the green registration forms (for next year) and hand in to the Guidance Office.

Is it OK to tell white lies? We will read the chatroom posts about this topic and will discuss. What do you think? Is it ever OK to tell a white lie? Students will also write their opinion about this in their journals.

Students will also learn about Callocations today. Callocations are words that go together. For example, “make the bed” and “do the dishes” are words that go together and that are commonly used in English. Learning common callocations will help you speak and write more naturally. Students will complete and HAND IN an assignment using common callocations that are in this week’s Readings 1 and 2.

Online Callocations Dictionary: https://prowritingaid.com/Free-Online-Collocations-Dictionary.aspx

DUE BY FRIDAY:

-Journal entries about Spring Break, the Famous Five, and White Lies

-Pronouns booklet

NOTE: There will be a test about the Honesty/Lies unit on Thursday, April 11.

REMINDER: There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, April 19 (Good Friday), and Friday, April 26 (In-service).

The last day of Term 3 is this Friday, April 12. Report cards will be available in the office next Thursday, April 18. Make sure to complete the green registration forms (for next year) and hand in to the Guidance Office.

Today students will continue to work on some pronouns assignments. We will go over last week’s pronoun work. We will also read another article with chatroom posts about problems parents have with children and lies. Students will complete a vocabulary assignment related to this reading.

Today students will work on completing all of this week’s assignments. We will also do some more review of pronouns.

To Do:

1. Finish the F5 work
2. Journal – write a paragraph about the F5 book -what did you think of this book? What did you find interesting? Write about your thoughts and opinions.
3. F5 Fact and Opinion assignment
4. Pronouns review assignment

Today we read and discussed “The Famous Five” and students worked on an assignment related to this book.

NOTE: Registration for the next school year will begin on Monday April 8, 2019. Students will be contacted in May to complete timetables. 

Students started reading “The Famous Five” today and worked on an assignment.

Students will continue to work on the “Lies” unit. We’ll read yesterday’s article, “The Lies People Tell” together and discuss the main idea and details of this article. Some students still need to hand in the vocabulary assignment for this article.

What are pronouns? We will review this part of speech today. Here are some links to websites that will help you better understand this important part of speech:

Parts of Speech: Pronouns: https://www.scribendi.com/advice/parts_of_speech_pronouns.en.html

Types of Pronouns: https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/pronouns/types-of-pronouns.html

Introduction to Pronouns:

Students will work on an assignment about pronouns related to the topic of telling lies. An extra practice worksheet will also be provided that students can work on in class or for homework.

Here are some more worksheets about pronouns if students would like to do more extra practice on this part of speech.:

Welcome back! I hope that you all had a wonderful, relaxing Spring Break! 🙂

Today we will start a new unit about honesty/lies. Is it ever OK to lie? We’ll discuss this topic in class and students will read an article, “The Lies People Tell.” Students will identify the main idea and details of this article and will also work on a vocabulary assignment for this article.

Students will also write in their journals about their spring break. What did you do over the break? Was it a good break for you? Write a paragraph telling me about it.

Here are some interesting YouTube videos about lying: