Week 3: Sep 24-28    

Sunday, September 24th 

The Ragged School Student book p. 1

Here's a video about the conditions and background of the Ragged School: 

Students discuss p. 1 questions


Students read p. 2, 3 Student Book: Street Child


students answer p. 3 in their copybooks.

Homework: p. 1 Workbook 


Monday, September 25th

Students watch video about possession and contraction apostrophe

Students answer questions 2 in copybooks

  1. p. 4


Students answer p. 5 

Students answer p. 5 in the worksheet

Tuesday, September 26th 

Students learn about double consonant verbs

Students answer p. 6 questions 1-b, question 2 in copybooks

  1. p. 6 7

students listen to the audio for the diary entry on p. 7 and read the entry

students answer questions a-b on p. 8 in copybooks

Monday, September 27th

Students continue answering p. 8 questions c-i in their copybooks

Connectives 

Students go over connectives on p. 10

students discuss questions 3

  1. p. 10

Writing

Students start planning their story

Students draw this chart into their copybook replacing the items with their own answers

ex: where is the story set? (in London)

  1. p. 11 chart

Students start writing their first draft using their planning chart.

students follow the story map in detailing their story.


First paragraph: Opening (Settings, characters, overall idea)

Second Paragraph: Build up (Rising action), where the story starts intensifying a bit. Students introduce all the events that will lead to the main problem. 

Third paragraph: Climax (Problem). Students introduce the main problem here, the point where the tension is highest in the story.

Fourth paragraph: Falling action. Students introduce how the problem is slowly solved and the tension is gone.

Last Paragraph: Ending. Students introduce the ending of the story, the lesson and any future actions. 

 

Students start working on their story in the copybook

  1. p. 12