Friday, 7 October 2011

Happy Teachers!

Miss Stacia and I were over the moon (what does this mean?) to receive a flower each from Daily.

What a thoughtful gesture :)



Thursday, 6 October 2011

Synonyms Quiz

We have been studying about synonyms and antonyms and we will have a quiz about this next week.

Think about the following points...

  • What is a synonym? 
  • Why do we use synonyms?
  • Where can we find synonyms?
  • What is an antonym?
  • Change the word for an antonym
  • Synonyms for the words: "good" + "nice" + "bad". Also think about using them in the correct context.

Readers' Workshop Speech Q1

Dear students

You will be making a short speech next week about your favourite book you have read so far this (academic) year.

You need to include the following points in your speech:

  1. Short summary of your book (no longer than 1 minute)
  2. Choose 5 objects which are important to your book and explain why they are important
  3. Recommend your book to a type of person and explain why they'd like it

Explanations:
1. What should be in a summary? Characters, setting, plot
2. 5 real life objects. 
3. For example - Grade 6 students would like this book because it is age-appropriate and it is set in a middle school.

Monday, 3 October 2011

Upcoming events

C1
6th October: Skit performance
10th October: Synonyms Quiz
14th October: Speech about your favourite book this year

E1
7th October: Skit performance
11th October: Synonyms Quiz
13th October: Speech about your favourite book this year