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I have two Year 10 English classes. If you are wondering which one you are in, this class here – English D – is the one that works in Q12, although we started of in that very bright, airless room, Q11.
This week, we have a number of learning goals in common
- Use paragraphs effectively
- Expand vocabulary
- Use stories to persuade
- Control the four sentence types
On Tuesday, you will choose a learning goals for yourself, from the issues I will have marked in your red book. These goals on the issues in the first piece, which you will write on Monday. Once you’ve mastered each new skill, you will choose another one or two.
On Monday and Tuesday, we will complete a vocabulary builder exercise. As I am getting you to choose the words, I will post the sentences here as we create them.
We will also be doing our red-book writing on Monday and Tuesday. Both pieces will be designed to persuade and we’ll be concentrating on using paragraphs to enhance meaning. I post more about the paragraphs when we get there.
So, here are the two red-book topics.
- Students should be able to pick their teachers
- The Wrong Combination
We will also learning to identify and create the four sentence types. We’ll start with the simple sentence, and move onto the complex sentence.
The simple, valid sentence
The complex sentence
You will create a short story that uses only simple and complex sentences, alternating. This sounds like a very formal exercise, but it is a good way to become mindful of how we use particular sentence types.