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Wednesday 7th July - Exam Resits/Completion
Thursday 8th July - Exam Resits/Completion
Monday 12th July - Tutorials
Wednesday 14th July - Tutorials
(I will contact you to arrange a time)
Thursday 15th July - Usually, at the end of the year we have a class party. However, this is difficult with coronavirus! Saltley Centre does have a garden area we can use, and so I will be sat out there with some snacks and drinks on this day if you are able to join. Of course, this will not be possible if the weather is bad!

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Before the summer holiday, every student will have a one-to-one tutorial with me. I want you to get ready for the tutorial by looking at the list below.

Which ones can you do?

Which ones are difficult?

Are there any that you don't understand?

I will be asking you to do some of these things in your tutorial, so it would be a good idea to look through your notebook and Padlet to help you with this!

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Before the summer holiday, every student will have a one-to-one tutorial with me. I want you to get ready for the tutorial by looking at the list below.

Which ones can you do?

Which ones are difficult?

Are there any that you don't understand?

I will be asking you to do some of these things in your tutorial, so it would be a good idea to look through your notebook and Padlet to help you with this!

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On Monday, I asked you write about one of :

a party

an exercise class

a shopping trip

a trip to the cinema

You can see my feedback on the Answer Padlet.
If you didn't do it already, please try to send it to me today.

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Tomorrow you will need to write an invitation using present/future tenses,  compound sentences and adjectives.

If you want to do any more practice of this, you can send an invitation to me on the Answer Padlet to check.

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BAES would like to know your thoughts. Please click on the link to complete the survey.

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Talk with your partner. Where would you add full stops and capital letters to Henry's email?

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Read Henry's email again. Make a paragraph plan for it.
Paragraph 1 -
Paragraph 2 -
Paragraph 3 -
Paragraph 4 -
Write in your book and post on the Answer Padlet.

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Work with a partner.
Choose one of :

a party

an exercise class

a shopping trip

a trip to the cinema

Plan an invitation for your friend. What would you put in each paragraph?

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Next week, we will be doing Activity 5  in the exam. What do you know about Activity 5?

Add comment below.

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Read Henry’s Email. Check that he has enough:

sentences

adjectives

compound sentences

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Read Henry's email again. Make a paragraph plan for it.
Paragraph 1 -
Paragraph 2 -
Paragraph 3 -
Write in your book and post on the Answer Padlet.

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Try to plan your own email invitation to a friend to join a gym/exercise class. It can be for any gym activity.
Write in your book and post on the Answer Padlet.

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Here are 6 compound sentences. They are all from Activity 4 of the exam (writing in the past) Each has one mistake. Can you find the mistakes?

1. I had a wonderful time I didn’t want to go home at the end!

2. The course teached me a lot and I developed new skills.

3. My street had a shop but it didn’t had a bank.

4. I chose that course because I thought it would help me to get good job.

5. Our neighbours were friendly and they always invite us to their house at Christmas.

6. The hotel close to the beach so we went there at sunset every day.

Write in your book.

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This is an example of an Activity 4. Add the missing words to the text.

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Add the words in the box to the sentences

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Check the last activity again. Please count:

1. How many sentences in total?

2. How many sentences in each paragraph?

3. How many adjectives?

4. How many compound sentences?

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If you are still practising writing example Activity 4 questions (course, holiday, house, special day, happy memory...) you can send to the Answer Padlet and I will give you feedback.

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Unscramble these sentences:

1. had want a wonderful and time didn’t to the go I home at end !

2. the taught me course lot a and developed new I skills .

3. street had my shop a but didn’t it bank have a .

4. that course I chose because I it help thought job me get to a would good .

5. friendly our were neighbours and invited always us to they their Christmas house at .

6. hotel close the the was to beach so went there at day we sunset every .

Write in your book.

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Henry has written an example Activity 5 invitation (for a shopping trip) There are some missing sentences. Write Henry's letter again in your book, try to add some extra sentences. Make sure you have enough adjectives and compound sentences! When you finish, post a picture on the Answer Padlet.

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The 6 sentences from the last activity all come from Activity 4 of the writing exam (writing in the past). The students are writing about 3 different topics here. Which topics do you think they are? Try to match the sentences into pairs by topic.

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Read the exam question below. What kind of ideas do you think you could include if you were given this question?

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Talk with your partner. What adjectives can you think of to describe:

a house

a room in a house (e.g. bedroom, kitchen...)

a street

neighbours

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Here is the full question. Please try to make your plan and then post it on the Answer Padlet.

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Think back to your memories of school. Answer these 4 questions in the comments below.
1. Did you like school? Why/Why not?

2. What did you enjoy doing at school?

3. What did you dislike about school?

4. Did you have a favourite teacher? What was his/her name? What subject did he/she teach? Why did you like them so much?

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Put the words in the correct order to make sentences about Anne. Write in your book.

1. didn’t Anne her like very secondary much school.

2. She was history interested really in.

3. at was good She English French and.

4. was She terrible and maths at science.

5. She was didn’t hockey because she like of the scared ball.

6. wasn’t on secondary She keen very school.

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Try to think of some adjectives to describe your school. What adjectives could describe:

the school (big...)

your teachers (strict...)

a subject (difficult...)

the classroom (cold...)

Write in your book. Try to write at least 4 adjectives for each.

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5) Activity 4 Practice - School in the Past

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Write a short article about a course you studied on in the past. You could include the following information:

What you studied

Why you studied it

Description of the place, teacher and coursemates.

How it helped you

1. Plan
2. First Draft
3. Proofread
4. Final Draft
Remember to use compound sentences and adjectives.
Send a picture to the Answer Padlet when you finish.

Try to do this before Monday's lesson.

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Below is a lost of prefixes and suffixes. Try to think of at least 3 examples for each. Write in your book.

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Compound nouns use 2 words to make a new noun. Examples:
foot + ball = football
corn + flakes = cornflakes
bag + hand = handbag
nut + pea = peanut
Try to match the words below to make new compound nouns. Write in your book.

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The text below has 4 missing capital letters and 4 missing full stops. Copy the text into your book. Add the missing capital letters and full stops with a different colour pen.

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Text with missing capital letters and full stops

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Please send a photo of all your work today to the Answer Padlet. Don't forget your name!

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Talk with a partner:
1) What is a silent letter?
2) Copy this table into your book, can you think of any example words for each group here?

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Some quick examples of words with silent letters.

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Write the words in these 9 pictures. The number of dashes tells you how many letters you need. When you finish, circle the silent letter.

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Here is a list of words for each group in the table.

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Click on the link. Read the word and decide which letter is silent. Then, type the silent letter into the box. Comment below with your score.

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"Thank goodness for Spellzone during this remote learning phase. The site is easy for students to navigate independently and they're really enjoying the activities and spelling games. You get an awful lot for your money with Spellzone. Really reassuring is the very prompt response with helpdesk queries. I've very rarely needed the helpdesk, but when I have, the issue has been addressed and sorted within a very short time."

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"Thank goodness for Spellzone during this remote learning phase. The site is easy for students to navigate independently and they're really enjoying the activities and spelling games. You get an awful lot for your money with Spellzone. Really reassuring is the very prompt response with helpdesk queries.

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Read these questions:
1) What is a day trip?
2) Do you know any examples of places you can go for a day trip in Birmingham or near Birmingham?
3) Where have you been on a day trip? How was your day trip?
Add comment below to answer the three questions.

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Read the question below. Then make a plan. Send it to the Answer Padlet when you finish.

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Use the main points from your plan to write a first draft. Send it to the Answer Padlet when you finish.

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5) Practice Exam - Activity 5 - Proofreading

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Proofread your first draft carefully for mistakes.

Did you use paragraphs?

Do you have enough adjectives?

Do you have enough compound sentences?

Can you find any mistakes? (capital letters, punctuation, spelling, verb tense, verb and subject agreement, prepositions, missing words...)

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Now that you have proofread, you should be able to write a final draft. Do it slowly and carefully - this one should be beautiful! Check it one last time for mistakes and then send it to the Answer Padlet when you finish.

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Read these questions:
1) What is a day trip?
2) Do you know any examples of places you can go for a day trip in Birmingham or near Birmingham?
3) Where have you been on a day trip? How was your day trip?
Add comment below to answer the three questions.

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Read the question below. Then make a plan. Send it to the Answer Padlet when you finish.

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Use the main points from your plan to write a first draft. Send it to the Answer Padlet when you finish.

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5) Practice Exam - Activity 5 - Proofreading

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Proofread your first draft carefully for mistakes.

Did you use paragraphs?

Do you have enough adjectives?

Do you have enough compound sentences?

Can you find any mistakes? (capital letters, punctuation, spelling, verb tense, verb and subject agreement, prepositions, missing words...)

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Now that you have proofread, you should be able to write a final draft. Do it slowly and carefully - this one should be beautiful! Check it one last time for mistakes and then send it to the Answer Padlet when you finish.

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On Wednesday/Thursday, we will do a practice exam paper.

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Write an article about a course you studied in the past.
Make sure you use:
-paragraphs
-adjectives
-compound sentences

Talk with a partner - what would you include in a plan for this question?

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If you have time in the holiday, it would be useful to do another practice of Activity 5 (an invitation to your friend) I suggest you try either:

an invitation to go on holiday together

an invitation to a party

Remember to follow the steps:

1. Plan

2. 1st draft

3. Proofread

4. Final Draft

5. Have one last check!

If you do this, send photos of each part to me on the Answer Padlet.

After the holiday, we will have a mock writing exam to help us prepare.

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On Monday, I asked everybody to complete final draft with about inviting a friend to join a course with you.
If you didn't do this, please send it to me.

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Natalie has invited her friend on a trip. There are 7 parts but they are in the wrong order. Copy the invitation into your book, but write in the correct order.

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4) Invitation - Counting Adjectives & Compound Sentences

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4) Invitation - Counting Adjectives & Compound Sentences

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Look at Natalie's invitation again. How many adjectives are there? How many compound sentences has she used?

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Henry has written an invitation to his friend Tim. Use My Writing Checklist (from last week) to proofread. What mistakes did Henry make? We will check your answers for this in class tomorrow.

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Email to invite a friend to Twycross Zoo

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On Monday, I asked everybody to send me a plan and first draft with about inviting a friend to join a course with you.
If you didn't do this, please send it to me.
If you did it, please read my feedback.

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Natalie has invited her friend on a trip. There are 7 parts but they are in the wrong order. Copy the invitation into your book, but write in the correct order.

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4) Invitation - Counting Adjectives & Compound Sentences

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Look at Natalie's invitation again. How many adjectives are there? How many compound sentences has she used?

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Henry has written an invitation to his friend Tim. Use My Writing Checklist (from last week) to proofread. What mistakes did Henry make? We will check your answers for this in class tomorrow.

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Email to invite a friend to Twycross Zoo

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Click on the link to complete the form. Remember to click Submit when you finish.

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Here is a plan and some paragraphs from my Level 1 student.
Read the plan and paragraph and then discuss these questions with your partner:

Does this student’s plan match their writing?

Some of the sentences in their paragraphs are very long. How could they divide them up?

Any other errors?

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Task 4 of the writing exam asks you to write something in the past. You must:

plan

write a first draft

proofread

write a final draft

What do you know about Task 5 of your writing exam?

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Read the question carefully. Make a plan (you can choose how many paragraphs!) When you finish, post a picture on the Answer Padlet.

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Activity 5 email - plan for joining a course

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Use your plan to write a first draft of an email to your friend about joining a course.
When you're happy, post a picture on the Answer Padlet.

Try to do this before Wednesday afternoon.

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Watch the video to learn about how to take lateral flow tests. Email your teacher or comment below if you have any more questions.

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How to do a COVID-19 Self Test (rapid antigen test)

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People have lots of different reasons for studying ESOL. Can you give any examples of reasons why people study ESOL?
Example: To get a job.
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Use the eight verbs below to complete the sentences. The first one has been done for you.
get do feel help meet talk be feel

Write in your book.

1) To get a job.

2) To __________ people.

3) To __________ part of my community or local culture

4) To __________ more confident.

5) To __________ my child
6) To __________ things for myself.
7) To __________ healthier or happier
8) To __________ to doctors and teachers

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Click on the link to complete the form. Remember to click Submit when you finish.

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I asked everyone to post a picture of their special day on the Answer Padlet. Please post if you forgot before.

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This checklist has a list of 7 common mistakes to look for in your writing, It also has 2 suggestions to improve your writing.

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Look at the checklist again. You should be able to find each of the 7 kinds of mistakes in Henry's writing below.

After you find Henry's mistakes, please count:

How many adjectives are in the text?

How many compound sentences are in the text?

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Use the checklist to check your writing for each of the 7 kinds of mistakes. Then check that you are using adjectives and compound sentences.

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When you have proofread your work carefully, write your final draft. Go slowly and carefully to avoid mistakes.
Send a picture to the Answer Padlet.

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At home you should have already made a plan for writing about a past special day. Click to see Henry's example plan.

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When you're happy with your plan, try writing a first draft. Make sure your writing follows the plan (so the same number of paragraphs as your plan, and the ideas in the right paragraph)
When you finish send me a picture to the Answer Padlet (please include your name and the title - 'Special Day First Draft')

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This checklist has a list of 7 common mistakes to look for in your writing, It also has 2 suggestions to improve your writing.

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Look at the checklist again. You should be able to find each of the 7 kinds of mistakes in Henry's writing below.

After you find Henry's mistakes, please count:

How many adjectives are in the text?

How many compound sentences are in the text?

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Use the checklist to check your writing for each of the 7 kinds of mistakes. Then check that you are using adjectives and compound sentences.

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Reminder of your groups. Please arrive in time to study at 12:30. Please bring a mask, pen, paper, your ID badge and your mobile phone.

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Here is a list of the skills which you must be able to do before the end of the course. Some of them we have already practised in E3 Reading. I suggest you save this picture so that you can find it in the future. If you are unsure about any of these, we can talk about them on Thursday.

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Make a plan for writing about  a special day you had in the past. In your book, make a box for each paragraph. You don't need full sentences, just bullet points is fine. When you finish, post a picture on the Answer Padlet.

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