December 1, 4, 5

December 1
Writing - Intro

December 4
students in school production out of class.
Free reading, study period

December 5
Writing Intro Continued

November 24, 27, 28

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Year 9 we are almost done with Unit 2 - Criminals.  We have 1 more assessment to finish.  We will do that on Thursday.

We are going to start a writing unit and focus on good paragraph writing. We will be using a series of writing worksheets to help up along our path;)


November 24
Unit 2 - Criminals Reflection
Answer the following questions to reflect on our unit entitled Criminals
     What did you learn about the concept of criminals?
     How did your grammar improve?
     What did you like?
     What didn't you like?
     How can the teacher improve learning in our classroom?

Homework: Irregular Verbs Word Search - (find the past tense of the verbs)

November 27
Criterion A - Comprehending Spoken and Written Text Assessment

November 28
Criterion A, Criterion C, Criterion D test review

You kids did a great job! You should be proud of yourself!

November 17, 20, 21

November 17
Homework Review
Past Simple/Past Continuous

November 20
Writing Assessment, Criterion C/D

November 21
Criterion A - Comprehending spoken and visual text

November 10, 13, 14

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November 10
2c Murder Mystery
#1 Listening, p 18 Look at the newspaper report and the notes. Answer the questions.
#2 A detective is interviewing the suspects.
#3 answer the questions

Homework: Irregular verb worksheet
                     Workbook 2b practice, p12-13

November 13
Review Homework

#4 Speaking, p 19 Who murdered Ivor?
#5 Listen to the end of the story and check your answer.

Writing
Confession: so and because
#6, p 19  look at the examples

#7, p 19  Join the sentence halves
#8 Complete the murderer's confession with so and because
#9 Write a confession. Use so and because

Extra practice 2b
Grammar Worksheets

November 14

Let's play Clue
Unfortunately no one brought in the game. But not to worry, we have some worksheets to complete.

Homework: Irregular verb worksheets

November 3, 6, 7

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simplepastandcontinuous(sppc)%20contrast.png

November 3
2b Confess

Listening
#1 Read the police document and listen.
#2 Listen to the rest of the interview. Match times from the box with pictures 1-3.
#3 Listen again and answer the questions.

Homework:  2 Crime pp10-11

November 6

Exploring grammar
Past continuous
#4 Complete the table with was, were and wasn't
#5 Complete the dialogue
#6 Complete the detective's questions

Past simple and past continuous
#7 Complete the rules with past simple or past continuous
#8 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the past simple and past continuous

Pronunciation
#9 Listen and repeat.
#10 Practice saying the sentences. Then listen and repeat.

November 7
Connected Friday
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-past-continuous-exercise-1.html
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/verb-tenses.html 
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/verb-tenses.html
http://www.englishmedialab.com/GrammarGames/New_Snakes_%20Ladders/Past_tenses.html
http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/perfectpast/past%20progressive%20vs.%20past%20simple%20betting.html 
http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/past-continuous-past-simple-exercises.html 
http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-past-simple-past-continuous



For Bernice
Past Simple and Past Continuous
http://www.learnenglish-online.com/grammar/tests/pastcontinuoussimplepast.html
http://www.eslcafe.com/quiz/past1.html 
http://www.eslcafe.com/quiz/past1.html


Present Simple and Present Continuous