English Term 1 - 10EV
I have enjoyed English so far. At the start of every class we do a 'big question' to get us in the habit of writing and to prepare ourselves for the English period. Last term, we started reading a novel called The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie. Which I really enjoyed. After we read a few chapters we would have an activity to do related to the book. I made a timeline of the main events that happened during the book. Click on the link too see my timeline . We also practised the S-e-x-y paragraph structure. I know this might found a bit odd, but the letters actually stand for something. S - s tatement, E - e xplanation, X - e x ample and Y - y our opinion. I found this method handy to write a good, detailed paragraph. Here is an example: We both have a strong opinion which is that Juniors biggest challenge was finding hope and, breaking the chains that stereotype Indians as nobody's. This is his biggest challenge because i...