Today, we discussed the main elements of fiction:
1. Characters
2. Setting (when and where)
3. Plot (what happens)
4. Point of view (who is telling the story)
5. Theme (the moral or message the author is trying to give us)
October 25, 2010: Words you should know related to our new unit, "How do we get there?"
Symbol:
a design or object that stands for something else
Legend: the words written beneath or beside a map to explain it; legends are also called keys
Scale:
the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground; we use a scale bar to measure distance on a map
Longitude
imaginary north-south lines on a globe or map, used to find locations on earth
Latitude
imaginary east-west lines on a globe or map, used to find locations on earth; also called ‘parallels’
Equator
the imaginary line halfway between the North and South Poles; it is 0
Compass rose
shows us where north is located on a map; usually north is at the top of a map
North
South
East
West
known as the cardinal directions
East
the direction from which the sun rises
West
the direction in which the sun sets
North
if you are facing east, north is to your left
South
if you are facing east, south is to your right
October 14, 2010:
Cooking Dialogue:
A: Do you remember Mrs. Tweedy’s pie maker in “Chicken Run”?
B: Yes, I have always wondered what a chicken pie tastes like!
A: Shall we make one?
B: Sure, that sounds great! What do we need to do?
A: Well, I have a recipe. We just need to get all of the ingredients.
B: What do we need?
A: We need two pie crusts, chicken, milk, flour, and vegetables.
B: Okay, let’s go to the store.
Ingredients
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed
1 cup sliced carrots
1 cup frozen green peas
1/2 cup sliced celery
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon celery seed
1 3/4 cups chicken broth
2/3 cup milk
2 (9 inch) unbaked pie crusts
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C.)
In a saucepan, combine chicken, carrots, peas, and celery. Add water to cover and boil for 15 minutes. Remove from heat, drain and set aside.
In the saucepan over medium heat, cook onions in butter until soft and translucent. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, and celery seed. Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk. Simmer over medium-low heat until thick. Remove from heat and set aside.
Place the chicken mixture in bottom pie crust. Pour hot liquid mixture over. Cover with top crust, seal edges, and cut away excess dough. Make several small slits in the top to allow steam to escape.
Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Verbs in "Chicken Run"
1. to try
2. to escape
3. to say
4. to be
5. to go over
6. to smile
7. to count
8. to start
9. to make
10. to like
11. to have
12. to fly
13. to shout
14. to get up
15. to teach
16. to ask
17. to give
18. to watch
19. to work
20. to come down
21. to throw a party
22. to dance
23. to laugh
24. to hear
25. to put
26. to jump
27. to turn into
28. to see
29. to save
30. to show
31. to know
September 29, 2010:
Verbs about baseball:
1. to choose
2. to step up to the plate
3. to toss
4. to swing the bat
5. to strike the ball
6. to fly
7. to land
8. to run
9. to scream
10. to slide
11. to cheer
12. to smile
September 27, 2010:
Here are the verbs from our ABC book, "Animal Action ABC", notice I have written the infinitive form:
1. to arch
2. to balance
3. to charge
4. to drink
5. to eat
6. to flap
7. to growl
8. to howl
9. to inflate
10. to jump
11. to kick
12. to leap
13. to march
14. to nap
15. to open
16. to peek
17. to quack
18. to ride
19. to stretch
20. to trumpet
21. to unfold
22. to vault
23. to wrestle
24. to boX
25. to yawn
26. to zap
September 11, 2010:
Here is a link to a vocabulary visualizing site. Just paste in your words/text and you can see images to help you improve your vocabulary!
Today during class we worked on categorizing vocabulary words with a partner. After we had shared our lists, we uploaded our ten events to Dragon Net. Then we read a current event together. The news article was about a wildfire near Boulder, Colorado. There is no new homework over the weekend, students should familiarize themselves with Dragon Net and read in English. Next week, we will complete our timeline assessment and then enjoy camp with the grade 11 students on Wednesday-Friday.
Sept. 6:
Today we worked on logging into DragonNet. If you had trouble, you need to visit Mr. Derry during lunch in the MS office.
After we had a look at DragonNet, we wrote journal entries via email about our weekends. The goal was to use correct grammar and the proper tense.
We then read a picture book ('My Mama had a Dancing Heart') aloud and discussed it.
We did not have time to assign homework :(
Today we worked on using past tenses and writing sentences for timelines. We also practiced speaking and listening.
Remember, when a specific date is included in a sentence, the preposition used is 'on'. When there is only a month, the preposition used is 'in'. I was born on June 30th, 1964. I was born in June.
Homework:
Write five sentences about detailed events from your past. Remember to use the rule above to help guide your sentences.
November 8:
Today, we discussed the main elements of fiction:1. Characters
2. Setting (when and where)
3. Plot (what happens)
4. Point of view (who is telling the story)
5. Theme (the moral or message the author is trying to give us)
October 25, 2010: Words you should know related to our new unit, "How do we get there?"
Symbol:
a design or object that stands for something else
Legend:
the words written beneath or beside a map to explain it; legends are also called keys
Scale:
the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground; we use a scale bar to measure distance on a map
Longitude
imaginary north-south lines on a globe or map, used to find locations on earth
Latitude
imaginary east-west lines on a globe or map, used to find locations on earth; also called ‘parallels’
Equator
the imaginary line halfway between the North and South Poles; it is 0
Compass rose
shows us where north is located on a map; usually north is at the top of a map
North
South
East
West
known as the cardinal directions
East
the direction from which the sun rises
West
the direction in which the sun sets
North
if you are facing east, north is to your left
South
if you are facing east, south is to your right
October 14, 2010:
Cooking Dialogue:
A: Do you remember Mrs. Tweedy’s pie maker in “Chicken Run”?
B: Yes, I have always wondered what a chicken pie tastes like!
A: Shall we make one?
B: Sure, that sounds great! What do we need to do?
A: Well, I have a recipe. We just need to get all of the ingredients.
B: What do we need?
A: We need two pie crusts, chicken, milk, flour, and vegetables.
B: Okay, let’s go to the store.
Ingredients
Directions
October 13, 2010:
Here is the link to the movie:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XOTM0NDY0NTY=html
Table of Contents
September 29, 2010:
Verbs in "Chicken Run"1. to try
2. to escape
3. to say
4. to be
5. to go over
6. to smile
7. to count
8. to start
9. to make
10. to like
11. to have
12. to fly
13. to shout
14. to get up
15. to teach
16. to ask
17. to give
18. to watch
19. to work
20. to come down
21. to throw a party
22. to dance
23. to laugh
24. to hear
25. to put
26. to jump
27. to turn into
28. to see
29. to save
30. to show
31. to know
September 29, 2010:
Verbs about baseball:1. to choose
2. to step up to the plate
3. to toss
4. to swing the bat
5. to strike the ball
6. to fly
7. to land
8. to run
9. to scream
10. to slide
11. to cheer
12. to smile
September 27, 2010:
Here are the verbs from our ABC book, "Animal Action ABC", notice I have written the infinitive form:1. to arch
2. to balance
3. to charge
4. to drink
5. to eat
6. to flap
7. to growl
8. to howl
9. to inflate
10. to jump
11. to kick
12. to leap
13. to march
14. to nap
15. to open
16. to peek
17. to quack
18. to ride
19. to stretch
20. to trumpet
21. to unfold
22. to vault
23. to wrestle
24. to boX
25. to yawn
26. to zap
September 11, 2010:
Here is a link to a vocabulary visualizing site. Just paste in your words/text and you can see images to help you improve your vocabulary!http://www.wordsift.com/
September 10, 2010:
Today during class we worked on categorizing vocabulary words with a partner. After we had shared our lists, we uploaded our ten events to Dragon Net. Then we read a current event together. The news article was about a wildfire near Boulder, Colorado. There is no new homework over the weekend, students should familiarize themselves with Dragon Net and read in English. Next week, we will complete our timeline assessment and then enjoy camp with the grade 11 students on Wednesday-Friday.Sept. 6:
Today we worked on logging into DragonNet. If you had trouble, you need to visit Mr. Derry during lunch in the MS office.After we had a look at DragonNet, we wrote journal entries via email about our weekends. The goal was to use correct grammar and the proper tense.
We then read a picture book ('My Mama had a Dancing Heart') aloud and discussed it.
We did not have time to assign homework :(
Sept. 2:
Check out this website for news stories!
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news
August 24, 2010:
Today we worked on using past tenses and writing sentences for timelines. We also practiced speaking and listening.
Remember, when a specific date is included in a sentence, the preposition used is 'on'. When there is only a month, the preposition used is 'in'.
I was born on June 30th, 1964.
I was born in June.
Homework:
Write five sentences about detailed events from your past. Remember to use the rule above to help guide your sentences.