English 1 Basic: Class 8

English 1 Basic: Class 8

Richard Wilson.

Agenda•Registration•Notices• Idiom•Homework Review• Scan Reading•Reading & Discussion: ‘The

Healthy Eating Pyramid’

NOTICES

Sherlock Holmes Quiz Results

•At the end of class.

Graded Reader Quiz

Friday October 18th

Midterm ExamWednesday October 23rd

IDIOM

“Making a mountain out of a molehill”

“I was really worried about meeting my boyfriend’s friends but it turned out I was making a mountain out of a molehill, they were really nice!”.

“You're making a mountain out of a molehill. You wrote one bad essay - it doesn't mean you're not going to graduate”.

“I was really worried about meeting my boyfriend’s friends but it turned out I was making a mountain out of a molehill, they were really nice!”.

“You're making a mountain out of a molehill. You wrote one bad essay - it doesn't mean you're not going to graduate”.

HOMEWORK REVIEWChapter 9: ‘As the Junk Food World Turns’ (Pg. 57-59)

Vocabulary Building1. G2. D3. I4. F5. A6. J7. H8. B9. E10. C

Vocabulary Review1. Consume2. Ads, publications3. Encourage, unhealthy4. Guidelines5. Pressure, market

Text Analysis: Making Inferences

1. A, C2. ???3. ????

SCAN READING

ScanningFinding specific pieces of information by looking

around the text for:

• Important words.

• Important facts.

• Important phrases / quotations.

You Already Scan!

Scan Exercise – TV Guide

THE HEALTHY EATING PYRAMIDChapter 9: pg.54-56

DISCUSSION TIMEPg. 60: Thinking about the Topic

PREVIEWINGPg. 60

FIRST & SECOND READINGPg. 62

Homework

•Pg. 63-64

•Vocabulary Building, Vocabulary Review, Text Analysis