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Theme – English Learner Book, Chapter 10, Let’s PerformP85-92

In class: Writing – Formal Assessment Tasks – Essay Writing – How to write a friendly letter Language – Moods, Word Division and Dictionary Work Writing – Formal Assessment Tasks – Letter Listening and Speaking – Reading Personal Letters (Mrs Roux)

Work in Red Book:Page Work Learners21 Page – Moods. Draw two emoji’s, one happy one sad Paste in & draw22 Word search Puzzle Paste and do23 Page – Transactional Writing Paste and learn24 (Page open)25 Activity 6, page89 (Mrs Roux) Do in class26 Activity 4, page79 (Mrs Roux) Do in class27 Word Division & Dictionary Work Paste in and do

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M E M O R A N D U M – W E E K 3

G E R U N D S

Underline the gerund in the following sentences and say how it was use?1. It’s no use avoiding him.

After common expressings2. Do you feel like watching a horror movie or a romantic film?

As an object3. Not realising that one of my kids is sick is one of my biggest fears.

As a subject4. In spite of being injured, she still managed to finish the marathon.

After a preposition

P E R F E C T T E N S E S

1. Future perfect She will have studied in France in college.

2. Present perfect He has eaten chicken every day for a month.

3. Present perfect My cat, Whiskers, has slept the entire day.

4. Present perfect Eric and Susie have wanted to get a dog since they were little.

5. Past perfect The students had worked hard in class so they earned a pizza party.

6. Future perfect My principal will have earned another degree from a nearby university.

7. Future perfect The family will have travelled to thirty different states.

8. Past perfect We had gone to the store to buy some flowers for my mom.

Complete the sentence with the correct perfect tense of the verb.

1. After this play ends, we will have acted (act) in thirty performances for our school.

2. My mom has driven (drive) three hours already on our way to Florida.

3. We had studied (study) a lot for the test before we finally took it yesterday.

4. When I am in seven grade, I have attended (attend) every year of school in the same city.

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M O O D S

A mood is less specific than an emotion or feeling, less intense and less likely to be triggered by a particular action or event. Moods can be described as being either positive or negative.

Activity 6, Page 89 Personal letters

6(a) Get ready to read2. Who is the letter to and who is it from? The letter is to S’bo and from Ntsoake.

6(b) Read a letter2. Find the following features in the letter: (a) the names of three people - Mr Kutu, S’bo and Ntsoake (b) the date – 2 0 July 2013(c) the greetings - Hi …, Stay well … (d) The introductory sentence - I hope you’re looking forward to the long weekend too! (e) The ending sentence - Please give my love to your mother.

3. Write answers to the following: (a) What is the main idea of the letter?

The main idea of the letter is the successful concert (b) What is the writer “looking forward to”

The writer is looking forward to the long weekend. What does this mean? This means either a Friday or Monday will be a holiday, making the weekend three days long, instead of only two.

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A Personal letterReader, pp. 78 – 79

1. Who is the letter from? The letter is from Donovan;

2. What is the main idea of the letter? The main idea is to tell Ashleigh about the scuba hop and to thank her for teaching him to dance;

3. Where is Ashleigh? What is she doing there? Ashleigh is in East London dancing in a show;

4. What information can we tell about East London? East London is by the sea

5. What does the drawing show ?Donovan performing at the concert, everyone clapping wildly

6. How would you describe Ashleigh and Donovan’s relationship? Give reasons for your answers .Learners describe Ashleigh and Donovan’s relationship (close, really like each other, cousins who are also friends etc.). They use examples from the letter to back up their opinions (best cousin ever, Donovan xxx);

7. Donavan sent a copy of the show review to Ashleigh. Read it and write a summary of the show using a mind map. Prompt learners to identify a central topic and suitable branches for their mind maps (what, where, when, who).

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Word division

1. Rewrite the following words, showing where they may be divided: Tro-phyCob-bleCon-fu-singHam-perHap-pyHose-pipeIm-por-tantPre-pared

2. The following words have been incorrectly divided into syllables. Correct them. Ba-conTea-potMu-sicCom-pu-ter

3. Divide these words into syllables Fes-ti-valSun-nyHo-li-dayWint-ryDoor-matDou-ble

DICTIONARY WORK

1. Make two words by adding prefixes to the headword “form”. Write their meanings in your book.2. Make two words by adding suffixes to the headword “form”. Write their meanings in your book.

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In class: Writing – Corrections of FAT Listening and Speaking – Reading Personal Letters (Mrs Roux) Language – Predicate Adjective, Conjunctions and Adverbs

Work in Red Book:Page Work Learners(24) Corrections – re write FAT correctly Homework28 READER - Activity 2, page113 (Mrs Roux) Do in class29 Page - Predicate Adjective Paste in and do30 Page – Conjunctions Paste in and do31 Rules – Adverbs Paste in32 Worksheet - Adverbs Paste in and do

A letter from Cape TownReader, pp. 112 – 113

1. Who do you think Lele is? Lele is Andile’s friend

2. What date was the letter written on? The letter was written on 15 June 2012

3. What is different about Andile’s new life? Learners compare Andile’s new life to his old one

4. Describe some of the feelings that Andile expresses about the move to Cape Town.

Learners use the letter to help them say how Andile feels. For example: Andile feels a bit overcome by how big Cape Town is and how many people there are.

5. Imagine if Andile sent Lele a text message instead of a letter. It could only be 160 characters (letters or symbols). What do you think he would write?Learners work out a text message that Andile sends to Lele. Remind them of how to use numbers and letters in SMS “code”. Do they know the signing off greeting “lol”? It means “lots of love”. Informal assessment: Informally assess learners’ ability to make comparisons.

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Underline1. sleepy2. nice3. funny4. pretty5. loud scary6. old7. tired8. red white blue9. happy10. playful