December 11, 13, 14, 18

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December 11
Relative clauses # 93, 94, 95

HOMEWORK:  Research the following topics to become an expert.  There are 2 links to get you started.

Links between the environment and health
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/environment-and-our-health/

Human impact on environment
https://interestingengineering.com/10-ways-humans-impact-the-environment

December 13
Reading practice

December 14, 18
About a Boy

December 4, 6, 7

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December 4, 6, 7  Global context and exploration:  Orientation in space and time: Natural and human landscapes and resources.
Key concept: Communication
Related concept: Purpose, context
Statement of inquiry:  Purpose and context inform (influence) the way we communicate the relationship between human and natural landscapes and resources.

Inquiry Questions:
Factual: What are the elements of an informative text?
How do we impact the environment on a daily basis?

Conceptual: How do we use language to express the impact of human action on the landscape?
What are the links between people and the environment (climate, landforms, vegetation and soil)?
What are the links between the natural environment and jobs?
Debatable: Are human-made landscapes, natural landscapes and resources mutually exclusive?
Do we really need all the resources we use and the space/things that we demand?

(A conceptual question: Conceptual questions are questions that require a student to create an answer rather than simply to recall something or to activate an algorithm. Conceptual questions are higher-order questions.)

Do we want to add/modify any of the inquiry questions? (Student questions have been added in blue)

http://www.bwdsb.on.ca/Assessment/EU_EQ_CGC

Where to begin?  Define the following:
     What is a human landscape?
     What is a natural landscape?

Homework:  Unit 93 - Relative Clauses

The expanding human population, in concert with technological innovation, has had a considerable impact on Earth’s physical landscape over the past 200 years. Human needs are constantly evolving, greatly changing the ways in which we use land. Practices such as agriculture, deforestation, and urbanization have had a profound effect on the natural landscape, and as our numbers increase, their impact intensifies. We have entered into The Anthropocene, a new geologic epoch in which human activity drives and shapes Earth’s natural systems. We are increasingly taking land out of its natural state to meet our growing needs. The cause and effect relationship between our growing population and its impact on our planet is a complicated one that requires us to carefully consider how we are using one of our most limited resources, land.

November 20, 22, 23, 27

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November 20
Oral practice

Homework:   Relative pronouns
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/pronouns/relative_pronouns.htm
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/pronouns/relative_pronouns2.htm

November 22, 23, 27
Oral Assessment - Criterion C, D
Reading Assessment - Criterion B

Homework:   Relative pronouns
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-relative-pronouns.php

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/relative_pronouns/quiz932.html

http://www.english-4u.de/relative_pronouns_ex1.htm
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1255
http://www.grammarbank.com/relative-clauses-examples.html
http://www.grammarbank.com/relatives-who-which-whose-dd3.html

November 13, 15, 16

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November 13
Describing appearance  - Complete the worksheet
Describing food - Complete the worksheet


Homework:  

November 15
Describing  homes - Complete the worksheet
Describing family - Complete the worksheet
Describing Life stages - Complete the worksheet

Homework:

November 16
Describing clothes - Complete the worksheet
Describing - oral practice

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Describe what you see in this picture.

November 6, 8, 9

November 6
Year 11, sorry I cannot be with you today.  We will continue the test on Wednesday.

http://visualprompts.weebly.com/high-school.html

1.  Look at this image.
In your notebook take 5 minutes and respond to this image.

2.  Use one of the links below to create a cartoon about culture.

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
http://www.toondoo.com
http://stripgenerator.com
http://www.wittycomics.com

Save your work and we will share it on Wednesday. 

See you then.
HOMEWORK:  Prepositions
Intro to Prepositions for Capable students: https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions 

• Exercise on Prepositions – Place 1 
• Exercise on Prepositions – Place 2 
• Exercise on Prepositions – Place 3 
• Exercise on Prepositions – Place 4 
• Exercise on Prepositions – Place 5 

October 23, 25, 26

October 23
BBC
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3McZ7YZcDG82DRLPxkLVS41/tattoos

http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/reading/pdf-content/reading-lessons-tattoo-worksheet-2-upper-intermediate/147277.article

Homework:   Prepositions of Place
http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/prepositions-exercises.html
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/prepositions-of-place-exercise-1.html
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-games/prepositions-place


October 25

                           https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=MYn15yDBvxM

 If you have a tattoo, you’re part of a rich cultural history that dates back at least 8,000 years. Where did this practice of body modification come from, and how has its function changed over time? Addison Anderson tracks the history of getting inked.

Video discussion - What did you learn from the video?  Now in western culture many people are being tattooed.  Why? Is it just fashion?  What is the cross-cultural connection?

Homework:  Using the reading: http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/reading/pdf-content/reading-lessons-tattoo-worksheet-1-upper-intermediate/147276.article

look at the demonstrative pronouns (in bold and numbered) and determine their antecedents or what the demonstrative pronoun refers to in the sentence.
      For example, #1 it - a leaping dolphin

October 26  
Criterion A Assessment (video)

 

October 16, 18, 19

October 16
Writing Assessment - Criterion C, D

Homework:  Prepositions

• Exercise on Prepositions – Time 1
• Exercise on Prepositions – Time 2
• Exercise on Prepositions since and for

• Exercise on Prepositions – Buses
• Exercise on Prepositions – A picture

October 18

Homework:

• Exercise on Prepositions – A photograph
• Exercise on Prepositions – The Wampanoag

October 19

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 Tatoos in Culture

Research tatoos (historically)

BBC
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3McZ7YZcDG82DRLPxkLVS41/tattoos

http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/reading/pdf-content/reading-lessons-tattoo-worksheet-2-upper-intermediate/147277.article

• Exercise on Prepositions – George Washington
• Exercise on Prepositions – Henry Ford
• Exercise on Prepositions – McDonald’s
• Exercise on Prepositions – Uluru

October 9, 11, 12

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October 9

Fact or Opinion - http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/fact-or-opinion 

Find a list of transitions.
        a.  bookmark the page on your computer
        b.  print a list and keep it in your notebook

Homework:   Capitalization
Conventions: https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-9/conventions
Review: https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/review

October 11 
1.  Capitalization Quiz  http://www.quia.com/quiz/6515448.html
2.  p. 74 - #7 Read the models and answer the questions.
                #8

Homework:  p. 75 #9 Match the viewpoints with the reasons in the box

October 12

Transitional words and phrases online exercises
http://www.grammarbank.com/transition-words.html 
http://www.grammarbank.com/transitions-quiz.html
http://www.learnenglish-online.com/writing/tests/transitions.html
http://www.english-in-chester.co.uk/e-learning/lesson/linking-words/ 
https://www.oupcanada.com/higher_education/companion/literature/9780195425154/eng_135/quiz_transitions.html


Homework:  Prepositions
Intro to Prepositions for Capable students: https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions

• Exercise on Prepositions – Place 1
• Exercise on Prepositions – Place 2
• Exercise on Prepositions – Place 3
• Exercise on Prepositions – Place 4
• Exercise on Prepositions – Place 5

October 2, 4, 5

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October 2
5 minute warm-up:  In your notebook complete the following statement:
  I would rather:
      a) Have the ability to fly      OR
      b) Have the ability to read minds

Opinion Writing

Fact or Opinion - http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/fact-or-opinion

Homework:  Capitalization
Names of people:  https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-1/names-of-people 
Titles: https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-2/titles
Names of places: https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-3/names-of-places 

October 4
OpinionEssays
pp. 71-73

Homework:  
p. 73 #5
         #6


October 5
National Holiday - no school

Homework:   Capitalization
Groups of people:  https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-4/names-of-groups-of-people
Names of things: https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-5/names-of-things
Names in School: https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-6/names-in-school
Names on the calendar: https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-7/names-on-the-calendar
Firsts: https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-10/capitalization/lesson-8/firsts

September 25, 27, 28

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September 25, 27, 28
Unit 8  -  Formal and Informal letters
pp. 40-56

Unit 9 - Transactional letters
pp. 57-62

Unit 11 - Opinion Essays
pp. 76

Grammar - Relative Clause : 
 http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-lesson-relative-clauses.php

September 25
Homework:  Exercise 101, Exercise 102.      Due September 27

September 27
Homework:  Relative pronouns  https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-2/pronouns/lesson-7/relative-pronouns
What is a noun?   https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-1/nouns/lesson-1/what-is-a-noun
Common and proper nouns   https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-1/nouns/lesson-2/common-and-proper-nouns
Singular and plural nouns   https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-1/nouns/lesson-3/singular-and-plural-nouns-1
 

September 18, 20, 21

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September 18 
Discussion about Mapuche reading test
Did you take the quiz?

Navajo water lady

September 20

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Formal letter writing

Keywords:

• Heading
• Greeting
• Body
• Closing
• Signature
• Postscript 

September 21

1.  11:35 go to football pitch for photo
2.  12:00 - minute of silence
3.  Students will have an opportunity to do some activities organised by the Year 12s.
     Mr. Vargas will give a presentation about ´Physics and Peace´ in the common room.
     There will be other activities available (writing messages of peace etc) for students to             choose if they do not want to watch the presentation. (These activities will run until lunch and will carry on throughout the lunch break also. )

September 11, 13, 14

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September 11

Student generated Unit questions:

Is culture a big influence in society?

Is culture easy to manipulate?

Can different cultures influence each other?

How many cultures are in the world?

How can people be influenced by music?

How does culture affect our point of view? 

1.  Warm-up:   Define:  Metaphor
     Example:  Culture is a backpack. It is hard to carry but it provides necessary things.
     Write a metaphor to define "culture".

consequently

ˈkɒnsɪkw(ə)ntli/

adverb

adverb: consequently

as a result.

"flexible workers find themselves in great demand, and consequently gain high salaries"

synonyms:

as a result, as a consequence, in consequence, so, that being so, thus, therefore, accordingly, hence, for this/that reason, because of this/that, on this/that account; More inevitably, necessarily; ergo "many of the subjects available are not taught in school, and consequently may be unfamiliar"

Homework:   write 5 sentences using the word - Consequently
 Present Simple or Present Continuous
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_progressive2.htm
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises 
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex02 
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex03 
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex04   

September 13 

1.  Reading - Chile's Mapuche culture gains respect as old traditions become new trends
https://newsela.com/articles/mapuche-culture/id/11668/ 

https://newsela.com/quickjoin/#/K3CSCV

Homework:  Vocabulary 
We read the first 5 paragraphs of the article in class.  Please review these paragraphs and include any new vocabulary to your vocabulary word list.  Write the word and the translation in your first language or write a definition.

September 14

1.  Metaphor or simile quiz:  http://www.quia.com/quiz/6048591.html

2.  Warm-up  Odd one out
       strawberry, branch, bowling ball, boat, iceberg

3.  Finish reading article
Chile's Mapuche culture gains respect as old traditions become new trends
https://newsela.com/articles/mapuche-culture/id/11668/ 

Homework:  Finish reading article

September 7

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1.  Warm-up:  5 minutes

Odd one out -  Choose the word that is different and explain WHY it is different.
                                   window, river, envelope, client, oregano

2. What is culture? define it
Look at the image.  What are some aspects/elements of culture?  Discuss
Does culture change?

Let's brainstorm some questions about culture that you would like to explore.

Vocabulary - Aspects of culture: https://quizlet.com/18587230/12-aspects-of-culture-flash-cards/original 

13 Aspects of Culture: http://www.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_12_aspects_of_culture


Homework:  1) What aspects of culture would you like to study?
2) Develop (write)  2-3  unit questions to share with the class.

School is a culture. From the list we created, how does school culture fit some of the list - in particular, clothing, music, and government? 

 Take a stand on school uniforms. Should students have to wear a school uniform? Make a list of points to defend your position.
keyword search:  debate about school uniforms 

September 6

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September 6
Welcome back to school  😃

Our lineup for today is:
1.  Intro to Year 11
2.  English Notebook
3.  Discuss "Capable" Rubrics
4.  Access Managebac

5.  Unit 1    Culture and Identity

Global context and exploration: Personal and cultural expression: artistry, craft, creation, beauty

Key concept:  Culture
Related concept(s): Audience, purpose
Statement of inquiry: Purpose and audience impact the way we express our cultural identity.
Inquiry Questions: 
     Factual:  What is culture? 
     Conceptual:  How do we express our own cultural identity?
     Debatable:  Does understanding your own culture make your more empathetic?