November 6

November 6

http://visualprompts.weebly.com/middle-grades.html

Save your work and we will share it tomorrow.

See you then.

Year 9, sorry that I cannot be with you today.

1.  Look at this image.   In your notebook take 5 minutes and respond to this image.

2. Use one of the links below to create a cartoon to showcase/promote one of the IB Learner Profiles or an ATL skill.

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
http://www.toondoo.com
http://stripgenerator.com
http://www.wittycomics.com






http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/WhichWriting/default.htm

http://www.meritonlinelearning.com/OLMS/Punch/Workbook.aspx?puid=1&cid=-1&pid=2

October 16, 17, 18 (school photo), 23, 24, 25

https://sites.google.com/a/d118.org/wauconda-middle-school-8th-grade-literature-language-arts/_/rsrc/1492611918871/homework/oral-presentation-skills/keep-calm-it-s-only-an-oral-presentation.png?height=320&width=274

October 16, 17
Past simple Quiz: http://www.quia.com/quiz/6526777.html

Oral Presentations

October 16  Homework:  Past Simple
16 Signal words Simple P.
 17 Signal words examples
 18 Question Simple Past
 19 Question Simple Past did

October 18 - School Picture

October 23, 24 
Oral Presentations

October 25
Reading Assessment - Criterion B

 

October 9, 10, 11

October 9

1. Warm-up    -  What do you see?  What do you think?  (Write in your notebook - 5 minutes)

Activity: Going to college

Task 1 - Oral Assessment - Criterion C, D  (3-4 minutes)
                                            Presentation Date - Monday, October 16

In pairs or alone conduct research on entering a university to study a subject that you are interested in. Use the questions on p. 15 as a guide to help you. Use a site like Pictochart (https://piktochart.com/) to design a multimedia poster that includes all the information you have found and present it to the class.

Homework:  Capitalization
Conventions:  https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-9/conventions
Review:   https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/review

October 10
1.  Quiz - Capitalization  http://www.quia.com/quiz/6515448.html

Homework: Past Simple Exercises
http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/simple-past-irregular-1
http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/simple-past-irregular-2 
http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/irregular-past-3.htm
http://www.learn-english-online.org/Lesson29/TestIt/SimplePast.htm
http://www.montsemorales.com/gramatica/PastSimpIrregthatse.htm

October 11

  Warm-up  -  What do you see?  What do you think?

https://kevinjuntunen.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/lord-lordess.jpg

Homework:  past simple exercises
http://first-english.org/english_learning/english_tenses/simple_past/2/10_simple_past_irregular_verbs.htm
http://first-english.org/english_learning/english_tenses/simple_past/2/11_simple_past_irregular_verbs_exercises.htm
http://first-english.org/english_learning/english_tenses/simple_past/2/12_simple_past_irregular_verbs_exercises.htm
http://first-english.org/english_learning/english_tenses/simple_past/2/13_simple_past_irregular_verbs_examples.htm

October 2, 3, 4

October 2
5 minute warm-up:  In your notebook complete the following statement:
  I would rather:
      a) Have the ability to fly      OR
      b) Have the ability to read minds
Explain, include details

Activity: Find inspiration  (p 14  English for the IB MYP 3: by Concept)

Task 1 - Watch the video and answer the questions.

Homework: 
What is a noun? https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-1/nouns/lesson-1/what-is-a-noun
 Common and Proper nouns   https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-1/nouns/lesson-2/common-and-proper-nouns
Singular and Plural nouns:   https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-1/nouns/lesson-3/singular-and-plural-nouns-1

October 3

Task 2 - Read the paragraph and correct the mistakes.

Task 3 -  Write a 100-150 word paragraph about "My favourite person"

Homework:   Capitalization
Names of people:  https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-1/names-of-people 
Titles: https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-2/titles
Names of places: https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-3/names-of-places 

October 4

Reading practice

Homework:   Capitalization
Groups of people:  https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-4/names-of-groups-of-people
Names of things: https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-5/names-of-things
Names in School: https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-6/names-in-school
Names on the calendar: https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-7/names-on-the-calendar
Firsts: https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-8/firsts