Mr Sellick English B HSD/IB 2019-2020

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Criterion B 67% Reading section (estimated 45 minutes time) C1 level Cambridge/IB reading tasks Use your 33% Crit B exam to revise for this – ask me about any doubts you may have. You should prepare for this by reading regularly and noting down phrases/expressions or vocabulary that you have not understood. You can email me or speak to me in class for explanations. You should be reading regularly anyway. Criterion C 67% Three parts, equally weighted Grammar (33%) Reported speech exercises like in class and on the  class exam . Blog post More practice Vocabulary (33%) Vocabulary – from the first 58 pages of Purple Hibiscus. On Quizlet here Writing section (33%) You will be asked to to respond with 200-220 words on a topic. You will be given three options of tasks: Essay  OR  Review  OR  Article. The topic will be related to what we have studied this term, but you will be given some ideas to help you. You should revise all text typ...

Read the extracts and complete the table with 3 points in each box. Three things you like, three you dislike, three things it reminds you of (memories) and three questions. Likes: Dislikes: Memories: Questions:

Most modern British schoolchildren are taught that imperialism was pure evil, and slavery was the clearest manifestation of this. Niall Ferguson is not blind to the shortcomings of the British Empire, but he argues that it brought trade and uncorrupt institutions to vast tracts of the globe. In 1955 British per capita GDP was just seven times greater than that of Zambia. Today it is roughly 28 times. Most Africans are less well-off than under British rule, even if they have a vote and are no longer excluded from white clubs. In 1946 there were 74 independent countries in the world. In 1995 there were 192. Such fragmentation has created a host of nation states too small to be economically effective. Almost the only advantage many former imperial possessions enjoy is a grasp of the English language. “No organisation in history has done more to promote the free movement of goods, capital and labour than the British Empire in the 19th and 20th centuries…to impose Wester...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pis5f085P3M Questions: 1.What is the “Scramble for Africa”? (0:00-0:30) 2.How did the Europeans justify colonisation? (0:30-1:10) 3.How did Britain divide and rule Uganda? (1:25-2:05) 4.What other countries colonised Africa? (2:05-2:15) 5.How did Belgium divide and rule Rwanda? (2:30-2:45) 6.What difficult questions arose after colonialism? (3:50-4:00) Write a short summary of these articles in your groups. Pick out the important info with respect to Purple Hibiscus, set in 1990s Nigeria. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6657259.stm http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13951696 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/83449.stm https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36139908 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35312370

RULES: 1.When we report what was said, we put the sentence one tense back in time. Eg: “I  am  hungry” – he said he  was  hungry. “I  was  tired” – he said he  had been  tired. 2.If it is already past perfect, it doesn’t change. Eg: “I  had  already done that” – “he said he  had  already done that” 3.Will -> would. Can -> could. “I  will  call you later” – he said he  would  call me later. 4. Must, should, might, would  do not change. Eg: “I  must  do it” – he said he  must  do it. 5. This  becomes  that.  “I  want this  one” – he said he  wanted that  one. 6. Tomorrow  becomes  the next day  etc. “I’ll do it  tomorrow ” – he said he would do it  the next day. 7. Questions maintain subject-verb-object word order. “ Where is the book ?” – he asked  where the book was . Yes/no questions use  if ....

The arrival of the missionaries had caused a considerable stir in the village of Mbanta. There were six of them and one was a white man. Every man and woman came out to see the white man. Stories about these strange men had grown since one of them had been killed in Abame and his iron horse tied to the sacred silk-cotton tree. And so everybody came to see the white man. It was the time of the year when everybody was at home. The harvest was over. When they had all gathered, the white man began to speak to them. He spoke through an interpreter who was an Ibo man, though his dialect was different and harsh to the ears of Mbanta. Many people laughed at his dialect and the way he used words strangely. Instead of saying “myself” he always said “my buttocks.” But he was a man of commanding presence and the clansmen listened to him. He said he was one of them, they could see from his colour and his language. The other four black men were also their brothers, although one of them did not ...

Part 1 Read about  three   of the years from this BBC News article:  THE MOST READ STORIES OF THE LAST DECADE Write  four   questions for each year in a google doc. Write the YEAR as a subheading. Write the answers on the next page, again with the year as a subheading. Question 1 should be a definition question – eg “find a word in the fourth paragraph of the 2010 story that means  absorbed  or  addicted”. Question 2 should be a simple factual question – eg “How long were the Chilean miners trapped underground?” Question 3 should be a conceptual question – eg “Why did the Chilean miners’ situation became known around the world? Use your own words.” Question 4 should be a personal response question – eg “Do you think this story was important? Why?” By the end you should have 12 questions (four from three different years) and 12 answers, all clearly identified on a google doc. In the next lesson we will share them with each other an...

BJ Novak – Dark Matter Comprehension questions: Page 1. What is hard to understand about dark matter? Use your own words. Find a synonym for self-satisfied on page 1. Page 2. What is meant by the “mural at the entrance. The one for tots”? How does the narrator convince the scientist to tell him what dark matter is? Use your own words. Page 3. How does the narrator know the scientist’s office is a “serious place”? What does “he’s on a dead end” mean? Look at the context. Which words show that the scientist has difficulty explaining what dark matter is? Page 3-4. What happens with the narrator’s phone. Explain in your own words. Page 4. Why is the narrator worried about his friends? Page 5. How does the scientist react to sharing his dark matter theory? Name the three gestures that the narrator makes with the scientist. Page 6. Why did they get their pizzas for free? EXTENSION:  Write a paragraph from the narrator’s viewpoint about another day he/she went out wit...

Criterion B 67% Reading section (estimated 45 minutes time) C1 level Cambridge/IB reading tasks Use your 33% Crit B exam to revise for this – ask me about any doubts you may have. You should prepare for this by reading regularly and noting down phrases/expressions or vocabulary that you have not understood. You can email me or speak to me in class for explanations. You should be reading regularly anyway. Criterion C 67% Three parts, equally weighted Grammar (33%) Passive voice exercises like in class and on the  class exam . Use this to revise active – passive transformations. More examples online  here . Some common past participles from the  sporcle  that we used for the class exam. Modal verbs – practise  here . For the exam you will have to complete sentences using modal verbs. Only modal verbs from  this  page and their uses will be included. Vocabulary (33%) Vocabulary – from everything we have read so far on technology (y...

There will be 4 parts to the Question making exam. 1) ASK ME: + AFFIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVE STATEMENT. e.g ASK ME: WHY I DIDN'T STUDY FOR THE EXAM. = WHY DIDN'T YOU STUDY FOR THE EXAM? 2) TAG QUESTIONS, NO? e.g  THIS IS A GREAT IDEA = THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, ISN'T IT? 3) MAKE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS. MR SELLICK IS GOING TO THE CINEMA TONIGHT . = WHEN IS MR SELLIK GOING TO THE CINEMA? 4) UNJUMBLE THE WORDS TO MAKE A QUESTION TO WHO CINEMA  ? THE WENT NIGHT LAST = WHO WENT TO THE CINEMA LAST NIGHT? Websites to use to practice: QUESTION MAKING ONE QUESTION MAKING TWO QUESTION MAKING THREE

Coomplete the table and then transform the sentences into the passive voice.   Active sentence Subject Verb Object Tense 1 Lots of people have seen Star Wars. 2 Elaine had chopped many onions before becoming a professional chef. 3 Adam is going to wash the car later. 4 At 3am, John will be watching the match. 5 Humanity will have visited Mars by 2050. 6 Humanity is going to have visited Mars by 2050. 7 I would always read the comics as a kid. 8 My sister gave me some peanuts. 9 Everyone thought England were going to lose. Now follow the same process (identify the parts of the sentence and the tense) and transform the following sentences into the passive voice: Remove the original subject from these sentences by making them passive. Your new passive sentence will have a “subject receiving the action”. Page 90 for help. For example: Someone stole the crown jewels in 1671. = The crown jewels were stolen in 1671. 1.Scientists have carried out research into the ...

Read  this article  about the Coleen Rooney / Rebekah Vardy Instagram scandal. This will help you understand the video that follows. Watch  this video  and answer the questions below: 1. Chantelle’s   relationship   with  Coleen  could  be  described  as: a. Best  Friends     b.  strangers      c.  friends 2. The   presenter   says  Coleen has  opened   Pandora’s  box  because : a. Coleen  went   public      b. Coleen  made  a  call   to   Rebekah      c. Coleen  did  a  lot   of   investigating 3. What   was   Chantelle’s   reaction   when  a similar  thing   happened   to   her ? a. Anger  at  her   husband      b.  Doubt   about   he...