Level+5+English

Semester Two, Term 3 18 July - 22 December

 * 18 July || Burning Eddy ||  ||
 * 29 August || Cyber-bullying Issue ||  ||
 * 18 October || Tomorrow When the War Began ||  ||
 * 21 November || Tomorrow When the War Began film study ||  ||

Debate preparation:
Are social networking sites generally beneficial to our world? That Facebook does more harm than good. Should schools block social networking sites? what are the dangers of online social networking?

Term One
Thinking tools: [|Essay map]This interactive guides you through the process of writing a persuasive essay. This term's topics:

 2. Where should your class go for an outing? 3. Cell phones should be banned from school. 4. Healthy foods only should be sold in school canteens. 5. Recreation is hard work. 6. Should homework be abolished? 7. All school uniforms should be abolished.

8. Homelessness has many causes. 9. 'The homeless need our help and understanding.' [|Notemaker:]This interactive helps you to make notes. It allow you to organize up to five levels of information for reading and writing activities.

Shrek
//Shrek//, is based on a picture book Shrek William Steig, a famous American cartoonist and illustrator. The film uses the concepts but changes the plot and characters to suit the audience as well as the format of a feature-length animated film. Click on the link to go to an interactive study guide: [|Shrek]

Homelessness topic.
1. Homeless people and homelessness. [] 2. [|Crisis Help Network.] This website was started by a homeless man. It gives information to help the homeless. Homelessness is a human right. This website is aimed at adults. It contains some interesting information as to why homelessness is a human right. [|An Interactive Story:] How to use MS Powerppoint to make an interactive story.

1.[|Hatchet] online assignment. 2. Language: Confusing pairs. a. [|Quiz 1] b. [|Quiz 2] has the rules explained. 3. What are [|adjectives?] 4. **Parts of speech:**Do you know the difference between a noun and a verb? Can you recognise a preposition? Do the exercises and take the quizzes on this website. a.[] b. [] 7. Next try this quiz on adverbs: [] 8. Next try this quiz on conjunctions: [] 9. Next try this quiz:Choose between adjectives or adverbs: [] 10. Now try this quiz on conjunctions: [] 11.Do you know where to use an adverb? Try this quiz. [] 12.Here is another quiz on conjunctions: [] 13.Creative activities from ABC3. 14. Skillswise Improve your English and Maths with Skillswise.