Friday, September 28, 2007

Billy Elliot Chapter 6

We watched a little bit of the movie Billy Elliot and listened to chapter 6.

After watching the first 20 minutes of the movie, students then had to answer some questions based on what they saw.


HOMEWORK:
-Read chapter 7
-Do worksheet "what I was doing when I was 8 years old"
Be prepared to share it with your partner-and then present it to the class.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Billy Elliot Chapter 5

We listened to chapter 5, then we worked in partners explaining the story to each other as well as the top 3 events of this chapter.


Billy Elliot Chapter 4

We listened to chapter 4 today, then we worked in pairs explaining
the chapter to each other in English.

HOMEWORK:
-Read chapter 6
-Finish chapters 1-3 book questions #s 1-6

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Billy Elliot Chapter 3


At the start of class each student presented their facts about coal.
Everyone did very well!!
We listened to chapter 3 today in class.

HOMEWORK:
-Read chapters 4-6 by September 26th (nexy class)
-Find the top 3 events of chapter 3
-New character list for chapter 3
-New words list

ENJOY THE ICUHS FESTIVAL!

Monday, September 10, 2007

Billy Elliot Chapter 2

We covered chapter 2.
We talked about the characters found in the first two chapters.
Students also worked with in pairs and asked each other about
the top 3 plot events for chapter 2.

HOMEWORK
- Find new vocabulary words.
-Research coal: what is it used for? How is it made?

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Billy Elliot Chapter 1


Glad to see you all! Hope you had a great summer!!!
Billy Elliot is our next book. Great......BOOK!!!!!!
We had an introduction to the book today. I showed
you a powerpoint slide show, and we listened to
Chapter one.


HOMEWORK:
-Make a list of the top 3 events for chapter 1
-Find 10 new words and wrte down their meaning.
-Write a paragraph about what you wanted to do at age 12.
-Finish page 1 & 2 of the BILLY ELLIOT worksheet using the
internet webpages.