The Words List consists of idioms, commonly misspelled words, commonly confused pairs and vocabulary which will be tested in the control test and November exams:
You are required to read an age-appropriate book of your choice and write a Book Report on it. Please note: you may NOT read a book based on a movie!!
Your Book Report must be posted on the ONLINE: Book Club page. (Instructions are on the page.)
The questions are as follows:
Details: What is the title and author of the book?
Plot: Summarize the plot without giving away spoilers. (150 words)
Protagonist: Describe the protagonist in terms of his / her involvement in the plot. (100 words) Themes: Choose one of the themes from the novel and discuss how the author explores it in the text. (100 words) Response: Explain why you did / did not enjoy the novel. (100 words)
Incorrect punctuating of direct speech: Use the quotation marks correctly (" ... ") and start a new line every time someone says something.
Super looong paragraphs, or worse, none at all: A story of 140 words or more requires slightly more than 3 paragraphs!!!!!
Inconsistent use of tenses: "I WENT to the hall. I SEE him standing there. I SAID hello. He SAYS hi back." Are you writing in the past tense or the present tense??? Pick one and STICK to it.
The use of boring cliches: Be original. Stand out. Capture our attention with something different!
Unnecessary waffle: It's pointless to write pages of arbitary background information and only a paragraph or two on the climax. Forget the background. Jump straight in to the action. Keep it exciting.
Bland style: An essay with no adjectives and adverbs is like meat without gravy / ice-cream without chocolate sauce / coffee without sugar ... bland bland bland bland bland.
Each member of the class will be given a page of a story about Sherlock Holmes.
Practice reading your page at home and use a dictionary to familiarise yourself with the meanings of difficult words. (If you are unsure how to pronounce a word, go to: http://dictionary.reference.com/ and press the speaker icon.)
Learners will read their page, in sequence, so that we get to hear the whole story.
REMEDIATION PACK ... ! ! !
Work through your Words List for the term. You will be tested on them.
Read a novel of your choice. Your Book Report is due - online - by 13 September 2013 and counts towards your year mark!
This song by Australian Director Baz Luhrmann is a musical recitation of an essay by columnist Mary Shmich. It contains some good advice on how to live a fulfilling life.
Activity:
Read and discuss the touching story of Paul Flanagan, a man who gave advice to his children before dying:
Are you happy? It's the only way to be, kid. Yes, be happy, it's a good nice way to be. But not happy-happy, kid, don't be too doubled-up doggone happy. It's the doubled-up doggone happy- happy people ... bust hard ... they do bust hard ... when they bust. Be happy, kid, go to it, but not too doggone happy.
Notes:
* A snatch is a small fragment.
** Sliphorn is another word for a trombone.
*** Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) often mixed poetry with music and accompanied himself on solor guitar at poetry recitals and lectures. This poem (published in 1928) recreates the musical quality of jazz which is happy and upbeat with an undercurrent of sadness ('a sob in the midst of gaety').
In 1974, musician Simon Sargon set the poem to music as part of his Patterns of Blue album (... which I'm trying to get hold of). In the meantime, listen to Big Fat Lady, an example of jazz (with trombones):
The dictionary definition of “persuade” is to make willing to do or believe by arguing, urging, etc. In other words, persuasive language is language that urges / compels / convinces someone to do something.
Advertisers use persuasive language to describe the product in an exciting, original and memorable way. By convincing consumers of the benefits to choosing their product, they entice consumers to buy from them.
You are going to put these principles into practice by making your own advert.
It will be helpful for you to take note of the following list which shows the 15 Most Persuasive Words in the English Language. These words are used frequently by advertisers:
Best
Discover
Easy
Free
Freedom
Health
Good
Guaranteed
Money
New
Own
Proven
Results
Safe
Save
Use a selection of these words in an advert for the following product which can be / do whatever you want it to:
(± 50-70 words)
Either:
Make a print advert OR write a script for a radio advert (to be recorded and played on G89 Online Radio).
