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Wednesday Feb 13, 2013. Agenda Check at-home project Review adverbs in passage. At-home Project. Ex a, p.22 Ex f, p.24 Word Study – Possessive Pronouns: complete Ex. a, b, c, d. Write a short academic paragraph (7~8 sentences) about one of the choices in ‘e’ p.27 (due Wednesday Feb 20).
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Wednesday Feb 13, 2013 Agenda Check at-home project Review adverbs in passage
At-home Project • Ex a, p.22 • Ex f, p.24 • Word Study – Possessive Pronouns: complete Ex. a, b, c, d. • Write a short academic paragraph (7~8 sentences) about one of the choices in ‘e’ p.27 (due Wednesday Feb 20)
Adverbs cont. Read the paragraph. Circle all of the adverbs. Write the adverbs on the lines below. Today I helped my mom cook dinner. We carefully cut the vegetables and slowly placed them into a boiling pot of water. Next, mom quickly browned the chicken and patiently let it cook through. I eagerly waited for my next job, which was to gently sprinkle spices into the soup. But, accidentally poured in too much cumin. I quietly told my mom my mistake, and she sweetly told me, as a child, she had coincidently made the same mistake. Now write the adverbs in your notebook.
Video Highlights • Before you watch 1. What do you already know about dolphins? Write one fact. 2. What do you want to know about dolphins? What a question. 3. Study the map (p.28). Then complete the following sentences: a. Honduras is between Guatemala and . b. The north coast of Honduras is on the Sea.
Video Highlights • As you watch What mammals are in the video? _____ fish _____ camels _____ dolphins _____ people _____ polar bears
Video Highlights • After you watch • Use the diagram on p.29. Write the letters of facts that are only true for people in the left circle. Write the letters of facts that are only true for dolphins in the right circle. Write the letters of facts that are true for both dolphins and people in the middle. • What is the most interesting fact you learned from the video? Write it in your notebook, and then discuss it with your classmates.
Dictionary Use Finding Antonyms Antonyms are words that are opposite (or nearly opposite) in meaning. For example, the words large and small are antonyms. Not all words have an antonym. • A good dictionary gives antonyms for many words. Read the dictionary definition below. What is the antonym for the word warm? warmadj. 1. having heat, but not hot: I like warm summer days. 2. friendly: Her friends love her for her warm smile. See: hot. Antonym: cool
Dictionary Use cont. 2. Match each word in Column A with its antonym in Column B. Column AColumn B ____ 1. high a. outside ____ 2. same b. down ____ 3. long c. cold ____ 4. big d. false ____ 5. true e. low ____ 6. hot f. short ____ 7. inside g. small ____ 8. up h. different
Dictionary Use cont. 3. Work with a partner. One person is Partner A, and the other is Partner B. Partner A reads a sentence aloud. Partner B repeats the sentences, using NOT with an antonym for the underlined word. e.g. A: It’s hot in the desert. B: It’s not cold in the desert. • That story is false. • My car is small. • His hair is short.
New Vocabulary for 2.20.13 • Water 2. talk 3. Dolphin 4. show 5. Group 6. cold 7. Sounds 8. lonely 9. Mammal 10. believe
At-home Project • Change 10 affirmative sentences to N + I. • Study Unit 1 for Check-up on Wednesday Feb 20. • Study new vocabulary words for Vocab Quiz on 2.20.13