Activity Two of the Project

We're baaack! It's been a long year and teachers have felt it just as much as you the students have. In my case, the fatigue has contributed to loss of memory as well as the few black hairs I still have in my head. Sorry for the confusion about which web blog to go to for your assignments, but I think we're going to be here at Abdulkarim's World for the rest of the year, although I will post everything here over at Speaking English with Abdul Karim as well.

Here's the next part of your project assignment. You will find attached here five job advertisements. On each of them you have to find the job title, job responsibility, job requirements and job location and send that to me as a Word attachment. That's it! In some cases some of the information I'm looking for is not provided and you should state that it is not available. I will send you via email a chart that you should use to input the information from the advertisements to send to me. This part of the project must be turned in by the end of the fourth period on Tuesday. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Job Ad #1
Job Ad #2
Job Ad #3
Job Ad #4
Job Ad #5

Thank you gentlemen

I really liked the passion and fervor students in both G10-06 & 10-13 put into preparing for and participating in the intra-class spelling bee, so I thought I'd highlight a few of the pictures taken along with pictures of the winners of the contest. The winners are the ones with the biggest smiles, but I think all of the students in these two sections were winners on this day and I thank them all for their spirit of competition and sportsmanship. I am honored to have them as students in my class.

Welcome Back!

Hello everybody!! I hope everyone had a rest filled weekend. As mentioned before in class last week, this week's installment of Sherlock Holmes will be due on Wednesday at 7:30, as usual. Please make sure to read the text and answer the questions at the end of the excerpt. G10-06 has the story A Case of Identity which is an intriguing suspense story with a strange ending and G10-13 has The Red Headed League which is a cops and robbers story to beat all cops and robbers mysteries. If you have any questions about these tasks, don't hesitate to ask during class between now and Wednesday morning. Happy reading!

The Red Headed League

A Case of Identity

There has been a change in plans!!

There's been a change in plans. Sorry about the confusion guys but there will NOT be a quiz tomorrow as originally planned. Instead it will be on Sunday at the 5th period of G10-06 and G10-13's quiz will be on the 6th period. It will be designed for 45 minutes so you will have enough time to complete it. Now for the bad news; you have homework that's due tomorrow, Thursday. Below is the file which you should download, complete and return to my in-box by 7:30 Thursday morning! The good news is it's all grammar review and some vocabulary for a total of 15 questions and it shouldn't take you very long to do. Of course if there are any words you don't understand you can use your online dictionaries to help you with the grammar portion of the assignment. No excuses for work not turned in on time. If you can't send it to me via email, then come to G13 and transfer via private networking, but you must do that BEFORE 7:30am. No Exceptions! Until then, have a good one!


Homework

Sherlock Holmes and The Red Headed League

The purpose for having the Sherlock Holmes stories is to expose you to a source of reading that will not only entertain but provide rich vocabulary, correct grammar and the consistently correct application of the language. Even if you are not able to understand all of the words you read, and you surely won't, you can still get an idea of the story and a sense of the action. The neat thing about your laptops is it has all the tools you need to understand the story, from a good dictionary to a translator available in google, that you can turn to for those hard to understand words and phrases, so remember to keep up with the stories as they are posted, and never hesitate to ask questions about the meaning or understanding of anything you read. This next assignment's five questions are due on Thursday. Enjoy!


The Red Headed League II

G10-06! Heads Up!

This is the next excerpt of the Holmes' story A Case of Identity. In keeping with our routine it is only 1.5 pages long and has 5 questions at the end that you must answer and turn in by Thursday at 7:30a.m. Don't forget you are having a quiz on unit 9 on Thursday as well so plan your study time around those two tasks for English. The link for the Holmes story is below.

Assignment due on Thursday

G10-13 IT'S YOUR TURN NOW!

Folks over in G10-13, I hadn't forgotten that we too have to do our daily reading of the Sherlock Holmes story, The Red Headed League. Please find the link below with the page and half excerpt and five questions to answer at the end of the text. Read the text and the instructions carefully. This assignment is due on Monday at 7:30am.

The Red Headed League

It's That Time Again!

We're back to reading our Sherlock Holmes' stories but at a much slower pace. Today's reading will be only slightly more than a page, which I have at the bottom of the post here. There are also some questions for you to answer. This assignment is due on Wednesday morning at 7:30am!


Sherlock Holmes' A Case of Identity

We're off!!

We're in it neck deep! Yup, that's right, LC3 exams are upon us and since this is the first day, here are some helpful hints you should consider when preparing for your exams.

1- Analyze how you did on a similar test in the past

2- Arrive early for tests

3- Be comfortable but alert

4- Stay relaxed and confident

5- If there is time, quickly look through the test for an overview

6- Read the directions carefully

7- Answer easy questions first, then difficult questions

8- Change answers to questions if you made a mistake, or misread the question

9- Review
Review your test to make sure that you

• have answered all questions
• did not mis-mark answers
• did not make simple mistakes

10- Decide on and adopt study strategies that work best for you

Following these tips might help you in your exams. Let me stress to the night owls the importance of getting enough sleep: it's better to go to bed early and get up early to study than to go to bed late and wake up late for school. To all IAT students, 10, 11 and 12....God speed!

Modal verbs

They can be tricky even for the native English speakers but modal verbs do serve a purpose in the language. Take a look at the worksheet on modal verbs and perhaps you can get a clearer understanding of how to use them. Click on the link below.


Modal verb worksheet

It's that time again

Exams are right around the corner. Do you know when your exams are? Check out the exam schedule below and be sure to attend school on the day of your exams!



Exam Schedule