7+English

__Welcome back to Term 3 __
__Good luck with the assessment! You will be fine if you have explored and planned for __ __a) the pearl itself and how represents themes and b) ONE character __

Possible thesis statement starters and ideas:
Greed ends in the corruption of good and the family is destroyed / implodes ....Coyotito is sacrificed by the family's conflict with the pearl Kino lies to Juana for happiness which reflects the theme of greed in The Pearl as Kino begins to destroy hs family The Pearl shows us that people should be happy with what you can get instead of trying to get extra

What exactly is the THEME?
exploring further [|Powerpoint]

__Fri 11th - Have finished all summary reading, notes and filled in table for spelling / vocab. Test next Friday! __

//DREEM// - Here is the link for the tumblereadable to try. Hope you enjoy it!
Next Tuesday I will ask for a full write up - review and response so know your text please! http://www.tumblereadables.com/full_book.asp?ProductID=2807

Excellent job on the spelling / vocab test last week - 6 to 9 out of 10 so well done. Keep up with the meanings otherwise what is the use?? We will do the same for chapters 5 and 6 COMPLETE THE TABLE electronic or by hand 10th May - we will review the chapter summaries for chapters 5 & 6 and select vocab again for a vocab / spell test next week. Imagineyour levels when you start to use these more exact, higher level words.

NOTE: with all the holidays and comings and goings please fill in any gaps - you need to have read all of the novel by now and have read, annotated and understood the main points on the chapter summaries I have posted. Remember to note how we use the present tense when discussing a book or characters! Doing well grade 7's - keep up the pace!

__3rd May - Well done the vocab test looks pretty good!__ __Please make sure you have FINISHED reading and / or listening to the whole of The Pearl by Thursday 10th MAY if you have been absent (Siamy and Darius) and for the others also SUMARISED - either electronic notes or handwritten in the style of the summaries 1-4 I gave you. We will start reviewing on THURS. Thank you!__



__1. Week 1 - review chapters 1-of The Pearl __ __Glossary words for vocab / spelling test Criterion C on FRIDAY 4th May. You should have the three columns and recrded these in yr reading response/ English notebooks. Remember to annotate in margins as we read through! __

// nostalgically, abnormal, eager,sinister, vigilantly, adamant ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS //
YOU MUST KNOW SPELLING AND MEANINGS PLEASE

ADVANCED NOTICE: For the Assessment Week, the English Paper will be based on The Pearl Study both character and theme as well as vocabulary and spelling so do your best to keep up!

__End Feb to March 2012 __
<span style="background-color: #f2d6d6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Main units in English will focus on <span style="background-color: #fd00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1. LITERATURE : A novel study of John Steinbeck's THE PEARL (Thursdays with Ajarn Megan leading) <span style="background-color: #fd00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">We will look closely at the element of <span style="background-color: #fd00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">theme.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">How does the theme bind a work of fiction together and give us an insight into our society? <span style="background-color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">HSE Unit. <span style="color: #0b0d97; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">THE PEARL **Thursday, March 15th: Be prepared to discuss Chapters 3 & 4 of the Pearl. Chapter 3 study questions should be answered in your English notebook and you should be ready to discuss Chapter 4 study questions.** **BY FRIDAY 16th MARCH YOU SHOULD HAVE READ UP TO CHAPTER 5 AND ANSWERED ALL STUDY QUESTIONS IN FULL FOR CHAPTERS 1-4.**

1. The book online - you can copy and [|J.STEINBECK SITE for TEXTS] Also - you can read and listen to the book aloud...[|Audio THE PEARL]
 * create your own WORD document for
 * adding notes (annotation) and highlighting vocabulary.

2. Study Questions:

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> 1. Describe The Song of the Family. At what times does Kino hear it?
<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">2. How does Kino describe Juana? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">3. How is it that the four beggars know everything in town? ====<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">4. Explain the following quotation: "Have I nothing better to do than cure insects bites for little indians? I am a doctor, not a veterinary." ==== <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">5. Do you believe that the doctor was called to a "serious case"?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">2. What is the main event of this chapter?
<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">3. How is a pearl formed?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">4. To what new Song are we introduced? What is the significance of Kino's songs?
<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">5. Why does Kino scream at the end of the chapter?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__Chapter 3__

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">1. List two examples of imagery Steinbeck uses to describe the speed at which news spread throughout the town.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">2. Explain the following quotation. What literary device has Steinbeck used in his description? It is effective? “The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town; the black distillate was like the scorpion, or like hunger in the smell of food, or like loneliness when love is withheld. The poison sacs of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with the pressure of it.”

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">3. Name two things Kino desires now that he has The Pearl of the World.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">4. What does the word //subjugation// mean?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">5. Why does the Doctor turn up to treat Coyotito? Why is Kino suspicious of the Doctor?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">6. In chapter three, Kino is increasingly plagued by the music of evil. At what times does Kino hear the music of evil?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">7. Identify the speaker of the following quotation and explain it’s meaning. “The pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us!”

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">8. At the end of the chapter, we are introduced to the music of promise and delight. Where does the music of promise and delight come from? What does this song foreshadow?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__Chapter 4__

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">1. “What a pity it would be if the pearl should destroy them all.” What do the neighbors mean when they say use the word “destroy”?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">2. How do Kino and Juana prepare the morning of the day they sell the pearl?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">3. Why does the first pearl-dealer call Kino’s pearl “a curiosity”?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">4. Explain the following quotation. “But Kino had lost his old world and he must clamber on to a new one. For his dream of the future was real and never to be destroyed.”

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">5. Identify the speaker and explain the following quotation. “You have defied not the peal buyers, but the whole structure, the whole way of life, and I am afraid for you.”

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">6. What happens to Kino at the end of the chapter?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">7. Has Kino’s life improved since he found the Pearl of the World?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">8. Do you believe the pearl-dealers cheat Kino?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">9. What reoccurring themes have you noticed?

<span style="background-color: #d09be3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2. EXPOSITORY TEXTS AND WRITING - in a unit called HOW TO...EXPO? <span style="background-color: #d09be3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Looking at factual texts and formal register in preparation for our trip to Khao Sok and explorign your favourite magazines. <span style="background-color: #d09be3; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">//Unit Q = HOW DO EXPOSITORY TEXTS WORK? Human Ingenuity//

Reviewing the functions of a paragraph and how to construct them.

Useful resources 1. [|Overview of how to build paragraphs]

If you've never read an online magazine - here's your chance.. check out some of these and choose a favourite!

1. [|Online Mag THE CUBE] for varied topics and issues along with arts and music features 2. The one and only BRILLIANT [|Nat Geo] - don't tell me there's nothing that interests you here! 3. An alternative to some of the teen mags, this asks some big questions and may stretch your thinking...no religious affiliation [|Alternative TEEN MAG]

Please share any others you know!

<span style="background-color: #9be3e2; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">**Unit 3 -Write it right!**
 * <span style="background-color: #9be3e2; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Approaches to Learning focus - How can I plan and produce effective texts? **
 * <span style="background-color: #9be3e2; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Texts follow varied formats and are written for specific purposes
 * <span style="background-color: #9be3e2; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Proving an argument or thesis with evidence and examples is a vital writing skill
 * <span style="background-color: #9be3e2; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Structuring an argument makes an argument effective
 * <span style="background-color: #9be3e2; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Narrative stories share many common elements and guide the reader from the beginning to the end
 * <span style="background-color: #9be3e2; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Organizing time is an important skill in test taking
 * //**<span style="background-color: #9be3e2; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">ISA tests will be on 5 and 6th Feb -remember, read through,think clearly and consider time! **//
 * <span style="background-color: #9be3e2; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Reviewing and reflecting are necessary for checking quality

30th Jan - Well done for speeding up the planning of your 3 points and thesis formulating for the opinion prompts!

<span style="background-color: #9be3e2; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 130%;">**Unit** 2 HIGH IMPACT [[image:Famous_People.gif width="263" height="263" align="right"]]
=__//<span style="background-color: #9be3e2; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">How can the life of one influence the lives of many? //__= __//<span style="background-color: #9be3e2; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Human Ingenuity: how humans have the power to influence the lives of many through their creative ingenuity, thought, belief and actions. Pioneers are one way society develops. //__ ==<span style="background-color: #9be3e2; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Exploring biographies and other mainly non-fiction sources used to record and inform biographies. The conventions of biography writing through the writing process. ==

[|Webquest as intro to biographies]
Our first subject will be Nelson Mandela. We will look at the language style, register and structure of biographical writing. [|squidoo bios]

22.Nov: ensure you have started your research notes on 1 of the 3 minimal number of sources you will use electronically on a programme such as Word Notepad.

After research - you can use this plan.


 * //You need to have all 3 research note pages by end of lesson on Weds 23rd Nov!//**

For now, remember we are bringing ideas together for our exploration into diaries and after planning today you should be ready to write a first draft on Weds 2nd Nov.

Remember you need direct words = quotations "words taken exactly and directly from the diary" for each diary extract you want to use in your essay.

Best to use a WORD doc and plan for an introduction with your thesis, body paragraphs and a concluding paragraph. I suggest you type so we can go through the editing process more easily.

To guide you: 1. AN ESSAY PLAN ( or refer to essay page)

2. Your assessment rubric 3. For checking and proofreading

=Deadline please for printed essay double spaced, 12 font for Wednesday 16th Nov or it's a zero, I am afraid folks... you have had long enough and all made terrific starts!=