Today´s revision.... Irregular verbs, what they mean and their past tense forms

1) IRREGULAR VERBS - AND THEIR PAST TENSE FORMS.

QUIZLET LIST IRREGULAR VERBS DEFINITIONS

2) IRREGULAR PAST PARTICIPLES

TRY THIS QUIZ TO TEST YOUR SKILLS!

Advanced Reporting Verbs - Structures you NEED to know

Write (by hand in your notebooks) a sentence with each reporting verb. Look closely at the structure and follow it. ASK if you are unsure of prepositions that go with some of them!

Let me know when you have finished so I can mark them!

Year 11 T3 Final exam content

Vocabulary:

1)      Language Learning

2)    Make get do collocations

3)      Internet and New technology

4)      Purple Hibiscus Chapter 1 - 6 (See blog posts or go to class folder)

Grammar:

1)      Reported Speech 

2)       Advanced Reporting Verbs

3)      Irregular Past Participles and their meanings

4)      Passive Voice ( active – Passive   and   Passive – active)

Writing Styles:

1)      Speech

2)      Transcript Interview

3)      Essay

4)      Leaflet

5)      Blog

There will also be an IB reading section

All of this will feature in the exam. There are lots of links on the blog that we have used throughout the year as well as the notes you have made during our classes... Start revising now!

Purple Hibiscus Chapter 7

Recap: Chapter 6

1. Describe Aunty Ifeoma in three words
2. Why is Kambili at first unsettled by Aunty Ifeoma and her personality?
3. List two ways in which Ifeoma is similar to Eugene (Papa) and one way in which she is different to him.
4. Is Ifeoma rich like Eugene? How do we know?
5. How does Kambili’s cousin’s (Amaka’s) personality compare with Kambili’s?


Quizlet List for Chapter 7 found here!


Final activity: Create at least five comprehension questions (with answers!) based on what we have read today. Aim to have them from the start, middle and end of where we have read.

Writing a blog

• Choose one of the two blog post topics below. Once you have chosen one, you should write a brief blog post (about 200 words) independently. This needs to be handwritten. Follow the blog writing checklist to ensure you are including as many typical features of a blog post as possible.
• Once you have finished, swap your post with your partner's.
• Aim correct any technical errors in your partner's post, as well as going through the blog writing checklist and deciding which of the typical features your partner has or hasn't included.
• A well as this, you should highlight/underline anything that you particularly like about their post. 
• Finally: Any which is theirs better than yours? And how is yours better than theirs? Make a note of any opinions on these questions underneath their blog post.
  
  

Option One: What is life like in Seville?

Option Two: How important is it to be rich?

Term 3 Writing - Blogs

REMEMBER: We will do a WRITING exam (Crit C 33%) on Friday 19th May. On this, you will have two options: EITHER a brochure OR a blog. Be ready to answer both of them in case you like one topic more than another one.

Features/ Characteristics of a blog

•A title, perhaps quirky, witty – like an article title

•A mixture of formal/informal language

• First person narration

•Reference to frequency of blogging – “As we saw in yesterday´s post/ As you regualr readers know …”

•Personal thoughts/opinions/feelings about a stimulus/topic

•Invitation for your reader’s to comment on your post

•Reference to reader/engage reader - through direct address, a lively and interesting style

•A blog is a 'public statement‘ so ideas need to be organised to show some evident + consistent purpose - use paragraphing and cohesive devices to structure your ideas appropriately

Blogs to read

Everyday Sexism Blog - The Guardian

Rob Shillcock Blog posts

Huffington PostBlogs on Celebrities

Guardian Sport Blog

555words - humour/ general

Now: Using the examples I have given you / looking through the examples linked above / any others you might find... look up fifteen key phrases and structures you could use in your own blog writing...

Advanced Blogging Structures...

How to start?

·         For many people,…

·         I’ve been waiting to write this for some time…

·         So, if you haven’t heard about the recent controversy of …

·         So, I recently went to …

·         I know I’ve posted about … before, but …

·         From … to …, our … have

·         There’s a story currently…

·         Nowadays, I find myself …

·         So, this post is going to …

Expressions/ Idiomatic vocabulary

·         Well, it goes without saying that …

·         If I could put my finger on one thing in particular, it would be …

·         Shame it doesn’t work like that.

·         It goes hand in hand with …

·         Rhetorical questions and answers: Who knows? I don´t. …, right? But when did … become …?

·         Yes/No, …

·         A distraction that I, for one, can’t wait to get rid of.

·         How dare he/ she/ they!

·         I have never eye-rolled this much…

·         Let’s face it …

·         Boo them!/ Cheer them!

·         Needless to say …

·         Anyway, each to their own.

·         To become a dartboard - to become a target

·         To go through the roof - to increase

Introducing yourself in the text/ expressing opinions

·         As a teenager

·         As a black woman…

·         How much I care…

·         But that’s just me.

·         I never thought I’d find myself saying this but …

·         I must say that I agree/disagree with …

·         If I could put my finger on one thing in particular, it would be …

·         What I do know is …

·         Aghh, I’m sorry, I don’t mean to sound like …

·         So, I’m here to …

·         As much as I think that …, I also think that …

·         I love…

·         I reckon… (informal for I think)

·         I guess there is/are …

·         I was pretty freaking amazed…

·         Oddly, while…

·         Aside from the fact that I’m …, I also think …

·         Shock horror, I’m not into …

Speaking directly to your reader

·         Ha! Don’t be ridiculous!

·         Don’t try and kid yourself!

·         Don’t be silly enough to…

·         Get off your high horse!

·         Get off your soap box!

·         Make a difference!

·         By the way, …

How to end?

·         If you want to share/ offer your opinion and join in with this conversation, please leave a comment below.

·         I’d love to know your thoughts so leave a comment below!

·         If you agree with me, please share my post.

Idioms are an excellent way to show off in informal writing. Try to learn some of the ones below and use them in your blog.

CAE Idioms

Body Idioms