Mel's 10EAL

There is NO SCHOOL today because it is Louis Riel Day.

REMINDERS:

The Special Language Credit Exam registration forms (blue form) are due TODAY.

There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, Feb. 17 because it is Louis Riel Day.

Students did a quiz today about time idioms and synonyms. They also worked on an assignment about topic sentences. We read a paragraph together and identified the topic sentence, supporting sentences and concluding sentences. We also practiced writing a paragraph about dogs, including a topic sentence, supporting sentences and a concluding sentence.

REMINDERS:

The Special Language Credit Exam registration form (blue form) is due on Friday, Feb. 14.

There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, Feb. 17.

Students started working on a new reading comprehension booklet today. We corrected the first page together. We re-read Louis Riel’s biography and brainstormed about what we learned. Students worked on writing good topic sentences about Riel. Students will write a paragraph about Louis Riel in class tomorrow.

We reviewed some different grammar rules while correcting the language warm-up activity. We also went through the idioms from time assignment and corrected it together. We finished correcting the reading comprehension booklet from last week. We ended the class with reading and learning more about Louis Riel.

Here is the idioms from time assignment that we corrected together today. There will be a quiz on these idioms sometime this week.:

Some grammar topics reviewed in class today:

Possessive Nouns: A possessive noun is a noun that possesses something—i.e., it has something. In most cases, a possessive noun is formed by adding an apostrophe +s to the noun, or if the noun is plural and already ends in s, only an apostrophe needs to be added.

Contractions: A contraction is a word or phrase that has been shortened by dropping one or more letters. In writing, an apostrophe is used to indicate the place of the missing letters. Contractions are commonly used in speech (or written dialogue) and informal forms of writing.

Singular & Plural Nouns

Students need to hand in the Idioms from Time assignment (from the blog) today for marks. Students will work on completing the Reading Comprehension booklet that we started on Monday. We will correct it together in class.

The teacher-librarian, Darcie, will be visiting our classroom today to give a presentation about important library information.

REMINDERS:

-Don`t forget to hand in the Special Language Credit Exam registration form before Friday, Feb. 14.

-There will be a quiz next week about idioms from time and synonyms.

We did another language “warm-up” assignment together and reviewed pronouns and homophones. Students also did a review practice assignment about synonyms and we corrected it together. We continued to read a biography about Louis Riel.

REMINDER: Remember to do the Idioms from Time assignment and hand it in tomorrow, Friday, for marks.

Today we did a language review “warm-up”. Students will often start the class with an short assignment like this. We discussed the meaning and purpose of synonyms. A synonym is a word that means exactly or nearly the same as another word. We also corrected some sentences. We discussed some examples of idioms from time. We looked at a good example of a paragraph. Students also started reading a biography about Louis Riel.

Here is more information about synonyms:

Time Idioms:

*Do this assignment on paper and bring it to class tomorrow:

Students wrote a paragraph about themselves today. This is the first assignment that will be marked. We went through the COSM rubric to help students understand how writing assignments will be assessed. This rubric will be used to mark all of the students’ writing assignments in this class. Students need to hand in the writing assignment.

COSM Rubric:

Beginning of School Year Info:

I’m Melanie Fenton and I’m teaching your 10E (Intro EAL) course that starts today, Feb. 3 and ends in June.

Use this blog when you’ve missed a class so you can catch up on any work we have done in class. Assignments are not posted here, so you have to come to class to get them.

You may also use this blog to check out any of the links to YouTube clips, films, readings, etc. that I’ll provide to extend your understanding of course-related topics.

I hope you all enjoy this class and learn a lot!

Beginning of School Year Info: