Week 1 Term 4

Welcome to Week One of Term Four. This week we will be covering: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases.




(Language Network)
Chapter 6 Lesson 1: What is a preposition?
Chapter 6 Lesson 2: Using Prepositional Phrases

 
 

(Word Skills)
• Unit 13: Parts B and D


Journal Two:
Imagine that you have a relative who is unfamiliar with computers and has never been on the internet. Write an essay convincing this relative to get a computer and get online. Your journal must contain:
• Introduction (Five Sentences)
• Body (Five Sentences)
• Conclusion (Five Sentences)

Homework:• Gum Chapter 6 Lessons 1 & 2
• Word Skills Unit 13 Part D

Mid-Term Study Guide

Week 8 Term 2

Welcome to Week Eight of Term Two. This week we will be covering: Research Report and Pronoun Agreement.




(Language Network)
Chapter 3:
Lesson 7: Pronoun Agreement

Chapter 27
Research Report (Final Draft)
(Word Skills)
• Unit 8: Parts B and D


Journal Five:""Name the first three things you would do if you won One Million Dollars?"
Your journal must contain:
• Introduction (Five Sentences)
• Body (Five Sentences)
• Conclusion (Five Sentences)

Homework:• Gum Lesson 7
• Word Skills Unit 8 Part D


PowerPoint Presentations:
http://groups.google.com/group/mr-jbs-language-zone

Interrogative & Demonstrative Pronouns Video

Proper Paraphrasing

Week 6 Term 2

Welcome to Week six of Term Two. This week we will be covering: Research Report and Interrogative Pronouns.






(Language Network)
Chapter 3:
Lesson 6: Interrogative and Demonstrative

Chapter 27

Research Report

(Word Skills)
• Unit 7: Parts B and D


Journal Five:"If you could offer three suggestions to someone about how to live a happy life, what would you suggest?"

Your journal must contain:
• Introduction (Five Sentences)
• Body (Five Sentences)
• Conclusion (Five Sentences)

Homework:
• Gum page 62
• Word Skills Unit 7 Part D


Quiz

Wordskills Unit 7 Part D


PowerPoint Presentations:
http://groups.google.com/group/mr-jbs-language-zone

Wordskills Unit 7 Part A

Week 5 Presentation

Example Outline

Research Report Topics

Rubric for Research Report

Here is the Rubric for the Research Report; use this as a guide to help you in writing your first draft:

Research Report: Student Model

Check out the student model below to help get you started with the Research Report. You can also download and print it by clicking the Google logo on the top-left corner:

Wordskills Unit 5 Part C & Unit 6 Part C-D

If anyone is missing the Wordskills homework (Unit 5 Part C & Unit 6 Part C-D), you can download and print it below:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7Wt00HLhtS0MTIyZmIxMjEtMGEwNC00ZGMwLWJlMDQtM2ZhNTIxZTlmNjNk&hl=en&authkey=CJPGtKkH

Week 5 Term 2

Welcome to Week five of Term Two. This week we will be covering: Research Report and Interrogative Pronouns.






(Language Network)
Chapter 3:
Lesson 6: Interrogative and Demonstrative

Chapter 27

Research Report

(Word Skills)
• Unit 7: Parts A and C

Journal Five:"In your experience, are grown-ups usually happy or unhappy about their jobs."

Your journal must contain:
• Introduction (Five Sentences)
• Body (Five Sentences)
• Conclusion (Five Sentences)

Homework:
• Gum page 65
• Word Skills Unit 7 Part C


Quiz

No Quiz This Week


Spelling Bee Rules and Words:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7Wt00HLhtS0ZTFlNzQ1NTItNjU1NC00N2IzLTliYzMtMDlmNmIxZWJhZjFl&hl=en&authkey=CM7BnvYF


PowerPoint Presentations:
http://groups.google.com/group/mr-jbs-language-zone

Final Draft Due Date

Remember all final drafts must be turned in by Sunday (December 12^th).

See you soon.

Final Draft

Remember to submit your final draft properly.

It should be stapled in the following order:

1. Comparison-Contrast Rubric
   
2. Final draft of your essay
   
3. First draft of your essay

Week 3 Term 2

This week we will see each other for only one lesson, so we will only be finishing Wordskills and the comparison-contrast essay.

(Word Skills)
• Unit 6: Parts A and C

Journal Eight:
"Can you think of five things you can do to become a better student? What are they?"

Your journal must contain:
• Introduction (Five Sentences)
• Body (Five Sentences)
• Conclusion (Five Sentences)

Homework:
• Word Skills Unit 6 Part C

Quiz

Pronouns and Vocabulary

"Your Zone" Blog:

http://yourzone678.blogspot.com/

Comparison Contrast Rubric:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7Wt00HLhtS0MWI0NWUyMGItOWUyOS00NmY2LWFkZmQtODFiM2VhN2IyMWI2&authkey=CKjki7AG&hl=en

PowerPoint Presentations:
http://groups.google.com/group/mr-jbs-language-zone

Follow this link to download this presentation:

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B7Wt00HLhtS0YjVkZjdjNDYtNzM3MS00MjE4LWEwOTMtMThlNDAzODFmZDdl&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

G.U.M. (pages 56 & 59)

Anyone that lost their GUM worksheets can download pages 56 & 59 below.

These two sheets are homework.

GUM pages 56 & 59:

http://groups.google.com/group/mr-jbs-language-zone