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This is our
final week. Time flies!
Today’s Agenda
Monday
·
Return Test#1.
Fix up the errors.
Rewrite for one extra point
Due tomorrow at the beginning of class.
You can pass it in today if you want to.
·
Continue adjective forms
·
Facts and Figures “The Sami of Northern Europe”
p183
Tuesday
·
Begin descriptive writing
Wednesday
·
Test#2- descriptive paragraph
·
Return the text book Facts and Figures
Thursday
·
Return Test#2
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Review
·
Return the text book Facts and Figures
Friday- LAST
DAY
·
Non-instructional day
·
Return the text book Facts and Figures
·
Finals marks- Your final mark will be based on
the quizzes, the tests, and a spoken mark. I will drop your one lowest mark.
This will help bring your mark up a bit.
Test#1
80-120 word
paragraph
-
write in pen
-
double space
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follow the margins
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Title
Name and class
Topic sentence
Supporting
sentences
Concluding
sentence
Choose one:
What are your
plans for the weekend?
OR
What are your
plans for your future?
***Rewrite the
paragraph for a bonus point. Hand it in to me. ***
alley
alleyway- a narrow
space between buildings
Adjectives- descriptive
words, describe nouns
the brown dog
colour, shape,
size, behaviour, emotion, etc.
Adjective
forms:
BASIC COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
one or two-syllable
adjectives
sad sadder saddest
glad gladder gladdest
big bigger biggest
small smaller smallest
happy happier happiest
three-syllable
adjectives
beautiful more beautiful most
beautiful
wonderful more wonderful most
wonderful
dangerous more dangerous most dangerous
understandable more understandable most
understandable
responsible more responsible most
responsible
respectful more respectful most
respectful
“His daughter
is more respectful to the teachers than his son is.”
“His daughter
is most respectful to the teachers than his other kids.”
comparative –
comparing two things
superlative –
comparing three of more things
“Kalid is the
youngest in his family.” 3+ kids
“Kalid is the
younger child in his family.” 2 kids
Exercises in
comparative adjectives:
It is windier
in Winnipeg than is Calgary.
1.
shorter
The movie was shorter than I expected.
The car is more expensive than I thought.
2.
better gooder Joe is better at soccer than Sarah.
3.
sleepier
4.
more tired This an exception to the rule. There
are always exceptions to grammar rule, in any language.
5.
warmer, hotter, colder, wetter, drier
6.
bad worse worst Exception
to the rule
That was the worst dinner I ever had. superlative
7.
simple simpler simplest
8.
comfortable more
comfortable most comfortable
9.
more difficult
Exercises in superlative
adjectives:
1.
the highest, tallest, biggest
2.
the worst
3.
the busiest
4.
the most modern Exception
to the rule
5.
the hottest
6.
the tallest
7.
the youngest
8.
the most fashionable
9.
the best
She is the best
singer in the school.
He is the best singer
in the neighborhood.
Good health is
most important to us.
Paying
attention in class is more important then checking messages on your phone.
Cell phones are
the worst distractions for young people.
In life, you
have to be present.
Whatever you are
doing, put your heart into it.
Facts and
Figures “The Sami of Northern Europe” p183
nomad – a person
who travels, has not home
a thousand –
1000
Eskimo Inuit
– northern Canada, Greenland
Aboriginal
Peoples in Canada:
First Nations –
people who live in the south of Canada
Inuit- people
who live in the north of Canada
Metis- mixed
people, First Nations and European
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