Yay! July is here! Only two more classes til winter holidays! Reading Part 2: you must do the full photocopy, including the strategies. If you have any doubts, email me! Greek Gods Project: Email your research and the sport you chose for your God/Goddess. Remember to look for pictures of the God, the sport and any other related images to include in our Prezi. Holes: Read chapters 11 and 12. Questions for Chapter 11:
Does Xray see very well?
Why does Xray want Stanley to tell him first when he finds something?
Does the biggest boy usually become the leader? What kind of boy usually becomes the leader?
Why does Stanley like the name Caveman?
Who is the biggest boy in the group now?
What's Xray's real name?
Questions for Chapter 12:
What does Stanley think he wants to do with his life?
You have to write a summary of yourself like the ones about Stella, Mike and Juan.
From the Booklet on page 16, do activity 16 (Present Perfect Practice)
Do research about your God or Goddess and find a sport that you think that God/Goddess represents.
"Holes" Chapter 10
1. Why was Stanley so achy? (Why did his body hurt?) 2. Why did he have to put on his hat after the sun came up? 3. What did Stanley find in his hole? 4. Who did he give it to? 5. What do you think the Warden is interested in? SPANISH SPEAKER: Martina. She will make a time-line of her life, highlighting the most important events, and talk about that.
Hello, class! Here´s your homework for Tuesday 21st June. Do the Reading Activity from the PET copies. Remember there are some tips to help you. Finish page 13 of the booklet. READ HOLES CHAPTERS 8 AND 9. Answer the questions to discuss in class. Chapter 8: write a description of the yellow-spotted lizzard. CHAPTER 9: 1. Why did Stanley like the cold, short shower? 2. Why did X-Ray say that digging a hole is fun? 3. Why does Stanley lie to his mum in the letters? 4. Who is the Caveman? Next class, I will choose any two people to tell us about the story so far. Be prepared!
Read Chapter 7 of "Holes". Here are some questions to guide you with the reading. About Elya (the great-great grandfather) 1. How old was Elya Yelnats? 2. Where did he live? 3. What was his problem? 4. What did the gipsy, Madame Zeroni, tell him to do? 5. Did Elya marry the girl? 6. Why did Madame Zeroni curse him? 7. Where did Elya travel? About Stanley: 8. Where do the boys go to the toilet when they are digging? 9. What do the boys always do when they finish digging a hole? WHAT WE DIDN'T DO IN CLASS: Since we couldn't do this in class, you'll have to do it as homework. From the booklet, on page 12 (It says UNIT 2) do all the activities on that page. EXTRA PRACTICE: Click HERE for another reading activity. Bring your score to class. Click HERE for more sports vocabulary practice. Click HERE to practice writing. Also, leave a comment with the name of the God you will use in your project (if you don't have one yet, we'll give you one next week)
Last class, we watched this fun and entertaining play at school. Here's the video for those of you who were absent and those who would like to remember what happened.
Click HERE to do a reading activity. We will discuss it in class! WRITING: Now that we´ve seen Robin Hood, write a summary of the story. Divide the story into three paragraphs. PARAGRAPH 1: describe the setting and the main characters. PARAGRAPH 2: Describe the problem. What happens? PARAGRAPH 3: Conclusion. How is the problem solved? Since this is a SUMMARY, you must use Present Simple, Present Continuous and Present Perfect. Write about 100 words. HOLES: Please, read chapters 1-6 again so that we can talk about them in class.
