Week 4
Saturday CEPA Lessons, 30th of January:
As with last week, we began with CEPA training on Saturday between 10.30 and 2 pm.
For the students who came, you are to be congratulated but I urge you to come on time, please. Your effort will show in the exam and, in your developing understandings. Again, as your teacher, I encourage all of you to follow their good example. Once again, we completed a lot of work.
See you next Saturday girls!
The following is an overview of what we did:
# We made example simple sentences in all of the following, as well.
All activities were linked to CEPA whenever possible.
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Present Simple (Singular and plural voices) Review.
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Present Simple Continuous. Review.
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Writing about what we are doing using the presentsimple and present simple continuous in the first person. Review.
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Writing about what we are doing using the presentsimple and present simple continuous in the plural voice. Review.
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Present Simple- Verb: to have. Review.
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Present Simple and Continuous- Verb: to make.
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Present Simple Continuous- Verb: to have.
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Present Simple Continuous- Verb: to have. Review.
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Simple Past- Verb: to be.
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Simple Past Irregular Verbs.
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Past Continuous- Verb: to be and some Irregular verbs.
The slides below show the examples the work that we did in class. There are 11 slides.
Additional revision was done of the Perfect, and Future Tenses with Eman. The last slide is of a piece of writing that we did together to further scaffold her and, your understanding(s).
Sunday the, 31st of January:
A slow day due to lessons that have been taken!
12A completed the final focus question and 12S and 12B have begun to compare/contrast the UAE in the Past and Present. To make this activity more interesting and to stimulate their understanding, students are analysing a video called, 'Then and Now'. (To your right.)
At the completion of the video students will write a compare contrast essay about the UAE, using the four pillars as a guide to motivate the analysis.
Scaffolds and resources will be added here later.
Monday the 1st of February:
Today...continued analysis, questioning and developing understanding to compare and contrast.
For those that want to move ahead, some additional resources/scaffolds are attached.
Tuesday the 2nd- Thursday the 4th of February:
Continued analysis, questioning and developing understanding to compare and contrast.
Students have focused on developing simple sentences, using the core vocabulary, to develop an exposition text. Students, depening upon their ability are working at different stages.
Further work on comparatives and the language of transition has been completed in some classes.
Developing understanding
Understanding and Writing
A fun activity to test your understanding.
OBJECTIVES: (To complete by the end of Week 5)
1) Complete a compare/contrast exposition on the UAE, past and present.
2) Write (in pairs-negotiable) an information report about an aspect of the past in the UAE.