Reading newspaper articles

Media File
Each week you will need to collect news clippings about current issues and the most useful sources are The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian and The Daily Telegraph. Current concerns are usually, immediately covered by the press and it will mean you become familiar with some of the local and macro environment.

Class Activity - Take some notes using key words after reading the article you have brought in class.

Homework = Summary - Write a brief summary of the main issues the article deals with based on your notes.

Personal reflection - Respond in a written format about attitudes, feelings, reflections on the content and implications of the article.

TASK 1 - Sep 7

Choose a famous Aboriginal person and identify

the turning points and achievements in their life



TASK 2

Practise the following grammar aspects

• Past Simple Tense
• Past Perfect Tense
• Passive Voice 

this will be useful for your assessment 

Reading a Biography - Sep 14

READING BIOGRAPHIES

TASK 1 - Biography Timeline


Open the Eddie Mabbo Timeline and use it as a model

Read Edith Cowan's Biography and create the

timeline



TASK 2 - Turning points & Achievements


Open Nelson Mandela's Biography and identify

the turning points and achievements in his life



TASK 3 - BIO CUBE

Open the Bio Cube and create one for a

famous Australian 

(your choice)


TASK 4 - HOMEWORK


Choose a famous person (Australian celebrity) 

• Create the timeline

• Identify the turning points and achievements

Reading Biographies

• Click om Famous People Biographies 
• Choose a biography 
• Listen the biography 
• Read the biography
• Do the vocabulary, reading, feeling the gap, spelling and writing activities
• Record your answers in your notebook

TASK - 10/08/17 - Issues in English Program

1. Go to Issues in English 2           

2. Explore the program

• levels 
• topics
• activities

3. Choose the right level for you and one of the topics

4. Do the activities provided

5. Describe the program and reflect on it (your opinion)

    in a blog post in your blog

TASK 10/08/17 - Using Digital Technology to improve learning

• Go to Granville College Library 
• Click on Subject Guides
• Click on ESOL useful websites 
• Choose 3 website you think might help you to improve your grammar
• Add/embed the websites in your blog
• Search for Reading and Writing Biographies videos - esl resources
• Add/embed 2-3 videos in your blog
• Practise some of the activities provided

TASK 1

• Click on Topic Sentences Activity 1, 2 and 3 and do the activities

• Record your answers either by coping in your notebook or by creating a print screen

TASK 2

• Go to English Grammar and do 3 activities 

on 3 different grammar aspects

• Record your answers (print screen)

TASK 3

• Search for a video on U Tube about

Paragraph Writing

• Watch the video

• Embed in your blog / upload to your blog

(with teacher's assistance)