Practice week

Dear all,
This coming week you will be receiving sheets where you will practice your writing skills such as the use of dialogue and the structure of a paragraph.
The objective is for you to know how to use correct punctuation, quotation marks, and capitalization.

Also, it is very important that you know how to write a proper and clear paragraph  respecting the correct rules and structure we have learned during this last semester. Therefore you have to know how to write  and recognize a topic sentence as well as its supporting details.
Once again GOOD LUCK MY MUNCHKINS

English Final Vocabulary List

Dear Students,

Attached below is the link consisted of the vocabulary words you will have to study for your English final examination. 

Please note that I only wrote the words and their definitions, you will have to learn how to insert them and recognize them in sentences by yourself.  It is your job to think critically. You must rely on yourself to build your own sentences while reviewing for your exam. 

I wish you the best of luck.

 

CLICK HERE FOR VOCABULARY LIST AND PRACTICE.  

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Vocabulary H.W

Write sentences using the vocabulary words from The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Goose and The Golden Eggs

Revision Topics: Final Exam

As you all know, we have approached the end of our academic year. Below you will find the topics that will be included in the English and Social Studies Final Exam.

Please note that these are only the topics or guidelines. The lessons are all written down in their copybooks. Furthermore, I will be handing them practice sheets throughout next week.

1) English

a) Vocabulary words from: 

-The Gruffalo

- Mighty Jackie 

- Because Of Winn Dixie 

- The Boy Who Cried Wolf 

-The Goose And The Golden Eggs 

A list of these vocabulary words  will be handed out of to the students again and posted on the blog.

b) Writing: 

- How to write a dialogue.

-Capitalizing.

-Writing a paragraph.

Students have these lessons in their copybook, however I will distribute more practice sheets.

c) Reading : 

- Short reading comprehension paragraphs with multiple choice questions will be presented to the students in the exam; therefore, they are not based on our previous readings. They mostly focus on critical thinking which resembles passages in Readtheory. So make sure, you log in to Readtheory and continue READING AND SOLVING. 

2) Social Studies 

a) The Seven  Continents (map and information  are in the copybook)

b) Famous Landmarks (You will find the lesson on the blog)

c)  Famous People in History ( Lesson in copybook AND on the blog)

English: Monday 21/05 to Thursday 24/05

These are the two fables we are studying this week in class. We are currently working on the new vocabulary words related to these two fables. By the end of this week, this lesson will be completed. 

THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF

One day the boy thought of a plan that would help him get

a little company and have some fun. He ran down toward the

valley crying, “Wolf! Wolf!”

The men ran to meet him, and after they found out there was no wolf after all, one man remained to talk with the boy awhile.

The boy enjoyed the company so much that a few days later he tried the same prank again, and again the men ran to help him. 

A few days later, a real wolf came from the forest and began to steal the sheep. The startled boy ran toward the valley, and more loudly than ever he cried, “Wolf! Wolf!”

But the men, who had been fooled twice before, thought that

the boy was tricking them again. So no one came to help the boy save his sheep.

Moral: If you often don’t tell the truth, people won’t believe you even when you are telling the truth.

THE GOOSE AND THE GOLDEN EGGS

Once a farmer went to the nest of his goose and found there an egg, all yellow and shiny. When he picked it up, it was heavy as a rock.  He was about to throw it away because he thought that

someone was playing a trick on him. But on second thought, he took it home, and discovered to his delight that it was an egg of pure gold!

He sold the egg for a handsome sum of money. Every morning the goose laid another golden egg, and the farmer soon became rich by selling the eggs.

As he grew rich, he also grew greedy.  “Why should I have to wait to get only one egg a day?” he thought. “I will cut open the goose and take all the eggs out of her at once.”

When the goose heard the farmer’s plan, she flew away to a nearby farm. So when the farmer came out the next day, do you know what he found in the goose’s nest?  Nothing.

Moral: He who wants more often loses all. When you want something, be patient. If you are greedy, you might lose what you already have.

May you have a blessed month!

Videos: Famous people in History

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Social Studies Lesson: Famous People in History

Review the following lesson for next week.

FAMOUS PEOPLE IN HISTORY

1            1.    Alexander Graham Bell

·         He was most famous for his invention : The telephone

·         He was always interested in the science of sound

·         His wife and mother were deaf and he used to like helping deaf people

·         He was able to send signals through a wire

·         Hi assistant’s name was Thomas Watson

·         He was the first one to get a patent ( a government license that gives the person a right to make, sell or invent something)

·         His other inventions:

The Metal Detector (A machine that detects metal)

Audiometer ( A machine that can detect hearing problems)

                  2.  Leonardo da Vinci

·         Born in 1542 in Vinci, Italy ( that was where his name came from)

·         He was an artist, an inventor, and a scientist. He was known to be one of the most talented and most intelligent person ever

·         The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper were 2 of his most famous paintings

·         He carried a journal with him because he liked to draw everything in detail

·         He liked to draw machines, the human body, and inventions

3         3.     Thomas Edison

·         Born in February 1847

·         He didn’t do well at school- he was home schooled by his mother

·         As a young boy, he worked as a telegraph operator

·         He became interested in communication and other inventions

·         Mehlo Park in New Jersey was where he built his research lab

·         His famous inventions :

-          The Phonograph: A machine that could record sounds

-          The Light Bulb: Made his first practical light bulb that had safe wires to enter homes

-          The Motion Picture Camera: A more advanced type of camera

4         4.   Henry Ford

·         Famous for inventing and assembling and automobiles ( cars)

·         As a young boy, he used to enjoy assembling the pocket watch his father gave him

·         In 1846, he built The Quadracycle

·         He couldn’t make enough money at the beginning

·         He built a race car called The 999  which made him famous

·         In 1903, he started his own Motor company called The Ford Motor Company

·         In 1908, He produced The Model T

·         In 20 years he produced around 15 to 20 million cars

·         He was famous for The Ford, The Mazda, The Volvo, The Land Rover..