October 19, 20, 22

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Topic:   What is the biggest influence on personality?  

Remember:

• use relevant, well-chosen descriptions, facts, details and examples to support your ideas,
• state your main idea, then move from 1 idea to the next in a logical order,
• have an effective introduction and conclusion,
• organize your time well (2-4 minutes), no part of the presentation should be rushed, too short or too long,
• keep eye contact with your audience (don't read from the screen),
• speak clearly,
• speak loudly enough for everyone to hear,
• use formal English

October 19
Oral presentation prep - finish research

October 20
Oral presentation prep - practice

October 22
Oral Presentations

October 12, 13, 15

BEST FRIENDS

                                                       http://treasurechestofmemories.com/write-about-a-friend/

October 12
Writing
p. 11 #8 Write about a friend. . .

Finished?  Write sentences about you and your family. Use modifiers.

Homework:  Finish class writing assignment

October 13
Progress Check 1
p. 12, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5

Homework:  New Adventures Workbook p. 8 #1, #2 #3, #4, #5, #6.

October 15 
Prepare for oral presentation (Criterion C and Criterion D) 
Topic:   What is the biggest influence on personality?   
Conduct research and create a powerpoint  to organize your ideas.

Homework:  Continue working on your research. 

October 5, 8, 9

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October 5
1c Chalk and cheese
Speaking
p. 10 #1 Work in groups. Discuss the question

Reading
p. 10  #2 Guess which sentence is true:

Homework: Workbook exercises 1b #1

October 6
Review - p. 9 Present Simple  and Present Continuous

Now, it's your turn:
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro


Homework: Workbook exercises 1b- the rest of the worksheet

October 8
Study skills
Reading tips
p. 11 #3 Look at the advice about reading
         #4 Find words 1-8 in the text in exercise 2.
         #5 Read the text again and answer the questions.
Writing - Describing people: using modifiers
p. 11 #6 Complete the notes with a bit, not very, quite, very and really.

p. 11 #7 Complete the text with the words in the box.
         #8 Write about a friend

Homework: Workbook exercises 1c
Bring Reading Journal (Monday) for assessment

October 1

Present Simple
Questions: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/simple_present2.htm
                  http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/present-simple-interrogative-exercises.html

Present Simple
Negative: http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/psnv.html
                http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_negation_sentences.htm
                http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/present-simple-negative.html
                http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/grammar-exercises.html

Homework:  Practice the present simple. Continue with these online exercises.