Welcome to Mr. Blinkin’s Zoom Class!

 

General English – 8:30 – 9:00

6/1 – VOCABULARY

1. Write each of the vocabulary words and their definitions on pages 172-230 2x each. Do the same with the vocabulary words on pages 133-134 in your Vocabulary and Composition Book.

 

6/2 – GRAMMAR

1. Define and give 3 examples of a ‘clause’ and a ‘phrase’.
2. Define and give 3 examples of an ‘independent clause’ and a ‘dependent clause’.
3. Define the term ‘compound sentence’ and give three examples.
4. Define the term ‘complex sentence’ and give three examples.
5. Complete the worksheets  on Compound Sentences and Independent & Subordinate Clauses
6. GENERAL ENGLISH JUNE 2nd

 

6/3 – POETRY & POETRY ANALYSIS       

1. Define the term ‘metaphor’ and give 2 examples.
2. Define the term ‘simile’ and give 2 examples.

 

Directions: Read the first poem and 1dentify 1 simile and 1 metaphor.

 

1. A RED, RED ROSE

O my luve is like a red, red rose

That’s newly sprung in June;

O my luve is like the melody

That’s sweetly played in tune.

So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,

So deep in luve am I;

And I will luve thee still, my dear,

Till a’ the seas gang dry.

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,

And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;

I will love thee still, my dear,

While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only luve!

And fare thee weel awhile!

And I will come again, my luve,

Though it were ten thousand mile.

 

 Directions: Read the poem and answer the questions below using complete sentences. Spelling and grammar count!

2. STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

 

QUESTIONS

1. Who do the woods belong to? Lines 1-4
2. What does “miles to go before I sleep “ represent?

 

Directions: Read the poem and answer the question below using complete sentences. Spelling and grammar count!

3. OZYMANDIAS

I met a traveler from an antique land,

Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,

Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,

Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;

And on the pedestal, these words appear:

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

 

QUESTION

1. What is the moral of this poem?

 

 

6/4 – WRITING

1. Define the following terms:

1. 1. Pre-writing
   2. Topic sentence
   3. Paragraph and Essay Structure
   4. Conclusion.
   5. Editing your writing

 

 

 

 

MS – C / Transitions English – 9:05 – 9:35

6/1 – VOCABULARY 

1. Write all of the vocabulary words and definitions on pages 186 & 192, 2x each.
2. Write all the vocabulary words and definitions on pages 168, 174 & 198, 2x each.

 

6/2 – GRAMMAR

1. Define the term ‘noun’ and provide 3 examples
2. Define the term ‘verb’ provide 3 examples
3. Define ‘adjective’ and provide 3 examples
4. Complete the following worksheets

 

TRANSITIONS GRAMMAR JUNE 2nd

TRANSITIONS JUNE 2nd

TRANSITIONS NOUNS AND VRRBS JUNE 2nd

 

6/3- GRAMMAR 

1. Write a list of the 5 rules that all sentences must follow.
2. Using any 15 of your vocabulary words from Monday, create 15 compete sentences which follow the 5 rules that all sentences must follow.

TRANSITIONS JUNE 3rd

 

6/4 – WRITING

1. Describe the main idea of the following stories from your Connections workbook. Use competes sentences spelling and grammar count!

1. 1. “Double Face” page 50
   2. “Say Hey” page 80
   3. “ The Thirty Eighths Year” page 146

        

 

Basic English – 9:40 – 10:10

6/1 – VOCABULARY 

1. Write each of the vocabulary words and their definitions on pages 188-224, 2 x each.
2. Complete pages 228 in your Vocabulary and Composition Book.
3. Give a specific example of when you would use a dictionary and when you would use a thesaurus.

 

6/2 – GRAMMAR 

1. What is a ‘sentence’?
2. Define the term ‘subject’ and the term ‘predicate’.
3. Define what ‘subject/verb agreement’ is.
4. Complete all assigned worksheets.    BASIC ENGLISH JUNE 2nd

 

6/3 – GRAMMAR 

1. Define the term ‘Part of Speech’
2. Define the terms adjective, noun, pronoun & verb and write 3 sentences using examples of each.
3. Complete the assigned worksheets      BASIC ENGLISH JUNE 3rd

 

6/4 – WRITING

1. What strategies can you use when answering reading comprehension questions? Provide at least 2 specific examples.

 

 

 

MS – A & B English – 12:00 – 12:30

6/1 – VOCABUALRY 

1. Write the words and definitions of each vocabulary word on pages 94-95, 123-124, 135-136 & 148-149, 2x each.
2. Complete page 159 in your Vocabulary & Composition Book.
3. Give a specific example of when you would use a dictionary and when you would use a thesaurus.

6/2 – GRAMMAR 

1. Define the terms ‘noun’, ‘pronoun’, ‘verb’ & ‘adjective’ and use each in a sentence.

2. List the grammar rules for sentences.

3. Complete the two (2) Predicate  worksheets only      MS JUNE 2nd

 

6/3 – GRAMMAR 

1. Define the term ‘simple sentence’.
2. Define the term ‘compound sentence’.
3. Complete the following worksheets    MS JUNE 3rd

 

6/4 – WRITING

1. Using complete sentences write a short paragraph describing the main idea of the following “Weird Science “ stories.

1. 1. Mysterious Life of Twins page 10
   2. Is the Earth Alive page 16
   3. Mummies page 66
   4. Animal migration page 98

 

2. Describe the specific strategies one can use when answering reading comprehension questions?  Use complete sentences. Spelling and grammar count!