TED-ED - a new way to learn English!

We have watched various TED talks.  TED-ED offers videos for students.   On your own time, watch these and try the questions.  I will add more as we go!

http://ed.ted.com/on/aMyB5lJX

http://ed.ted.com/on/gxXKia8i 

Chicken or the Egg?

If I had a Million Dollars....

This was one of the most popular songs when I was a teen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXdFTh1yX2c

The conditional tense is one of my most favourite tenses to use in writing!   It is full of possibility!   “A conditional sentence expresses a condition that leads to, or does not lead to, a specific result.” (Gallagher, 2009, p.116).  The way I like to think of the conditional sentence is this; If _____, then _____ will (or will not) happen.

The conditional sentence follows the basic structure of subordinator + subject+ verb (+rest of clause).  It is good to remember that “different types of conditional sentences express differences in time (present, future, past) and differences in degree of reality or truth” (Gallagher, 2009, p.116).

I am finding in writing,  some students are having some difficulty using the conditional tense.   Please review these little exercises and try the quiz.   We will have our own little quiz at the end of this week (hint!  hint!)
Remember:

If you study, you will do well!
Don't be the one to say:

If I had studied,  I would have gotten a perfect mark!  

Give these exercises a try:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/first-conditional-exercise-1.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/second-conditional.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/second-conditional-exercise-1.html

What would YOU do with a million dollars??

Book Club Meeting #3

Periods 3 and 4 - Here are the questions for the next meeting.   

Meeting #3:

1. Choose a character in the novel to compare and contrast with a character from another text that you have read, who is similar or deals with similar circumstances. Explain how they are similar and dissimilar.
2. Is it possible to create real change in a person?  Which characters change throughout the novel?  What is the overall goal of the author in creating this change of character?
3. What is the significance of the title? Create a title of your own.
4. What are the themes of the book? Write them as theme statements.
5. Find 2 quotes from the book that support your choice of theme.   Why are these quotes important to the theme development?  
6. Using the Q-Chart as your guide to higher level thinking questions, create 2 questions for your group. Prepare your answers, but share them only after each member has had a chance to answer the question.