European Cities

We did unit 25 of Impact grammar.
The lesson is about comparative
expressions with prepositions.


We then did a writing assignment in period 2.

HOMEWORK: -do unit 99 as/than sheet
-Compare any two Japanese cities.
write about:
weather
customs
size
how old the city is

-finish your writing assignment:The differences in culture of the country I lived in.

Outlining

Today we reviewed page 18-19 in
The Write Path text book.

HOMEWORK:
-do an outline for the topic: discuss the
differences between crime in Japan VS.
crime in the U.S ( or the foreign country
where you lived in the past)

USE PAGE 19c OF THE WRITE
PATH AS A MODEL TO FOLLOW

Animal Idioms

We did lesson # 24 of Impact Grammar.
I the second class we did some timed witting assignments.

HOMEWORK:
-doing trying it Impact Grammar
-research and find out your Japanese horoscope.
Tell me what animal you are and what is special about it.

A4 0r B5 paper

act like an ape
MEANING: behave badly, wildly, foolishly EXAMPLE: He has been acting like an ape ever since his girlfriend left him.
bark up the wrong tree
MEANING: choose the wrong course of action EXAMPLE: He is barking up the wrong tree. He accuses me of causing the computer problem but I was away at the time.

Her bark is worse than her bite
MEANING: someone�s words are worse than their action EXAMPLE: You shouldn''t worry about her. Her bark is worse than her bite and she is really a very nice person.

Try this fun online quiz http://www.english-zone.com/idioms/animals1a.html

Quiz Show

We did lesson # 23 in our Impact Grammar book.
Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
was the grammar lesson.

In our second class we worked using The Write Path
in practicing how to write Conclusion sentences.

HOMEWORK:
-write path page 25e
-write 5 trivia Qs and As
using comparative and superlative
forms of adjectives.

The Comparative Form

The comparative form, which is made be adding -er or a preceding more to the positive form, shows either a greater degree than the positive form or a makes a comparison between two persons or things.

Examples:

    They chose a darker brown paint than their neighbours.
    The dancer moved more gracefully than the actor.

The Superlative Form

The superlative form, which is made by adding -est or a preceding most to the positive form, shows the greatest degree of a quality or quantity among three or more persons or things.

Examples:

They chose the darkest brown they could find.
The dancer moved the most gracefully of all the performers.

TRY THIS ONLINE TEST TO SEE WHAT YOU KNOW

http://www.quia.com/quiz/316652.html?AP_rand=42088010

Billy Elliot Final Exam

Final exam day passed! We did a movie and book test on Billy Elliot.

Please remember to bring the write path book for next class!

Billy Elliot sample audio

The test on Monday will have 3 questions
with a short audio clip that students must
listen to and then fill in the blanks.

Ballet lesson

In class I showed a basic introduction to ballet.

The video taught about the 10 basic movements

of ballet. It looked very difficult!

Here are some sample questions that are

similar to the ones on the test Monday.

1. Describe the role that the 1984-85 miners strike
played in the film.

2. What are the similarities between dancers and
athletes who play football, baseball, basketball or
tennis? What are the differences?

3.Why was Miss Wilkinson especially interested in
teaching ballet to Billy?

4.Evaluate Billy's father as a parent. What did he do
well and what did he do poorly?

5.There were times when Billy didn't obey his father,
especially about taking dance lessons. What do you
think of this behavior?