q('2^20110825^g^20110823^Read for about 20 minutes in Sadako.');
q('1^20110825^g^20110823^Read for about 30 minutes in your mysteries book.');
q('1^20110826^h^20110825^Practice for vocabulary test 103. Practice test');
q('3^20110905^f^20110826^Be finished with reading and ready to talk about Nothing But The Truth.');
q('2^20110906^g^20110826^Be finished with reading and ready to write about Sadako.');
q('0^20110906^g^20110905^Be ready to say 10 definition sentences for the classroom words. Example: "We use a compass to draw circles."');
q('2^20110907^h^20110906^Be ready to talk about last week: 2 things you liked and why; 2 things you didn\'t like and why. Plus recommendations for improving next year\'s week for 7th graders.');
q('1^20110912^c^20110908^Finish sheet 103, check your answers, and do the practice quiz in preparation for the test next week. You can login or go directly to the page .');
q('2^20110912^c^20110908^Do vocabulary sheet 75. You can login or go directly to the page .');
q('3^20110912^c^20110909^NBTT and Trip writing must be printed out, checked and ready to turn in.');
q('2^20110914^e^20110913^Finish body words sheet 122 part A.');
q('3^20110915^f^20110914^Choose a topic to teach the class in a 2-3 minute presentation. Write the following sentence in your planner:
I will teach the class how to .. [e.g. fix a puncture] .
Possible topic areas: sports or games, hobbies, food, fitness, making things, learning things.
Recommendation: Choose a topic for which you can easily find pictures. ');
q('1^20110916^g^20110914^You will soon have to give a short presentation to the class about an interesting animal. Your homework for Friday is to choose an animal and three topics to talk about; for example, how it catches its food, where it lives, how it protects itself from other animals, its connection with humans');
q('2^20110919^h^20110916^Finish sheet 123 and practice for the test.');
q('0^20110921^b^20110919^Finish sheet 63.');
q('1^20110923^d^20110920^You should be finished with your reading of The Incredible Journey.');
q('2^20110929^h^20110928^Be ready to give your presentation: Daan, Ori, Jae-Seop, Marjolein.');
q('2^20110930^a^20110928^Be ready to give your presentation: Hong-Joo, Soo-Min, Noh-Young, JeongYeon, Constanza. (Rebecca)');
q('2^20111017^e^20111017^Decide on a topic to research for your web site.');
q('1^20111019^g^20111017^Read for about 30 minutes in The Yearling. (Do forget to take notes on the note sheet).');
q('1^20111021^a^20111019^Write translations of your 20 words.');
q('0^20111020^h^20111019^Finish the 20-word practice sheet.');
q('3^20111024^b^20111020^Be finished with your reading of Slumdog Millionaire.');
q('2^20111021^a^20111020^Be finished with your 20-word list.');
q('1^20111021^a^20111020^Choose a working animal.');
q('2^20111025^c^20111021^Rebecca only: Be ready to give your presentation.');
q('1^20111026^d^20111025^Bring your Yearling book and finished notes to class.');
q('2^20111026^d^20111025^Be ready to talk about Walkabout.');
q('0^20111028^f^20111025^Learn the 20 words for the word list 1 test.');
q('2^20111027^e^20111026^Your 6 vocabulary cards should be finished.');
q('2^20111031^g^20111027^20 word vocabulary test.');
q('1^20111101^g^20111027^20 word vocabulary test.');
q('3^20111031^g^20111028^20-word vocabulary test. (Also coming soon: Slumdog speaking test & English sentence structure test).');
q('3^20111103^b^20111031^Slumdog oral.');
q('3^20111107^c^20111031^English sentence structure test (Postponed until Wednesday 9 November!)');
q('2^20111102^a^20111101^Be ready to say your health topic title, topic question, hypothesis, and questionnaire question. Examples');
q('1^20111108^d^20111101^Do the idioms quiz and learn 4 of them. Animal idioms');
q('2^20111121^e^20111109^Your survey table must be complete with answers from at least 20 students.');
q('1^20111115^a^20111114^Use the internet to find answers to 2 of your "What I want to know questions." (You can use own-language websites if you wish.)');
q('1^20111118^d^20111115^Read the Training a Guide Dog sheet and write 4 questions about the information in it. At least one question must be a question-word question (who, how, what, when, where, how long, etc). At least one question must be a True/False question, and one question must be a multiple choice question with 3 answers (one of which is correct).');
q('0^20111117^c^20111116^Be ready with a journal topic to start writing on the computer in class on Thursday.');
q('3^20111121^e^20111117^The first draft of your writing must be finished and printed ready to give to the teacher at the beginning of the lesson. (You can do a computer spellcheck, but you do not yet have to edit your writing for grammar or punctuation mistakes.)');
q('1^20111121^e^20111118^Test on 170 / 172. Use the web site to practise!');
q('2^20111123^g^20111118^Test on 170 / 172. Use the web site to practise! (Rebecca, Ori, Daan, Hong-Joo need 25 answers to their survey question.)');
q('1^20111123^g^20111118^Test on 170 / 172. Use the web site to practise! (Cedric, Andrea, Wiktoria, Sophie)
Bring your guide dog questions.');
q('1^20111129^a^20111128^Finish the Training a Guide Dog True / False sheet.');
q('1^20111202^d^20111201^Be ready to give an oral summary of how guide dogs are trained.');
q('1^20111207^g^20111205^Use the internet to find one more fact about training a guide dog - write it in your planner ready for inclusion in your work');
q('3^20111212^b^20111208^1. First draft of the Shackleton writing, printed and ready to hand in. 2 Words 51-100 in the computer.');
q('1^20111213^c^20111208^Words 50-100 must be in the computer.');
q('2^20111213^c^20111208^Words 50-100 must be in the computer.');
q('0^20111213^c^20111212^Your 20-word vocabulary preparation sheet should be finished.');
q('3^20111215^e^20111212^Twenty-word vocabulary test.
Works Cited
Beddall, Fiona. Stories of Survival. Harlow: Pearson, 2011. Print.
Fine, Jil. The Shackleton Expedition. New York: Children’s Press, 2002. Print.
Shackleton & Scott - Rivals for the Pole. 2002. DVD.
');
q('1^20111214^d^20111213^Finish your 20-word practice sheet. (Own language translation is optional).');
q('2^20111214^d^20111213^Finish your 20-word practice sheet. (Own language translation is optional).');
q('0^20111216^f^20111213^Vocabulary test (20 words).');
q('3^20120112^b^20111215^You must be finished with your reading and note-taking of Christmas Carol or Silas Marner.');
q('2^20120111^a^20111215^Own words Vocabulary test.');
q('3^20120111^a^20120110^Tasks 9 / 10 on page 23 of your composition coursebook. Examples
Possible outlines:
- Intro: Causes - Effects - Conc
- Intro: Before - During - After - Conc
- Intro: Where - What - Who - Why - Conc
');
q('1^20120116^d^20120111^Finish the first draft of your Christmas Carol writing. 
');
q('2^20120116^d^20120111^Finish the first draft of your Christmas Carol writing. ');
q('1^20120116^d^20120113^Be finished with your writing up to and including ghost 4.');
q('0^20120116^d^20120113^Journal 3 should be finished.');
q('1^20120119^g^20120116^Be finished with your Christmas Carol writing - first draft.');
q('1^20120123^a^20120117^You are going to do a short project on a famous person of your choice. In class today you should have a biography in English about that person ready to read and take notes. You will then write a short account of that person\'s life and make a 2 minute presentation to the class about him or her.');
q('3^20120202^a^20120125^Be ready to speak about your book (The Pearl / The Big Wave): Konomi, Jesus, Anna, Ye-Jin, Runa. ');
q('3^20120203^b^20120125^Be ready to speak about your book (The Pearl / The Big Wave): Tilde, Jemini, Mari, Ryan, Haaya. ');
q('1^20120131^g^20120126^Be ready to give your biography presentation.');
q('2^20120131^g^20120127^At the beginning of class on Tuesday your iWeb site should be set up with three pages: Home, Survey, YourTopic. Your home page should contain the text that you have copied from the corrected Health.docx file. Please do not do anything else in your site! For example, do not yet try to insert pictures or make other changes. You need to learn how to do this correctly or your website will not work.
You can find out how to do this homework by watching these two short videos: one | two.
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q('3^20120206^c^20120201^The first draft of your Unit4 writing should be finished and saved in your ESL folder with the name: unit4.docx. [250-350 words]');
q('1^20120207^g^20120126^Finish your Gandhi writing. Then choose your famous person using this website. Be ready to say three things about your person. ');
q('2^20120207^d^20120206^Watch this video to save your Excel charts as pictures. Then put it/them ito your survey page.');
q('1^20120210^g^20120208^The notes on your chosen person must be finished and ready for checking.');
q('2^20120213^h^20120210^Be finished with your 400 word health topic. The file must be in your ESL folder on z: drive.
Make sure also that your podcast is ready for recording in the Media folder of your website. The podcast needs to show at least 2 pictures that you will use from iPhoto.
View the videos if you need to remember what to do: Videos ');
q('1^20120213^h^20120210^Finish your Biography writing. Finish sheet 125 parts C and D.');
q('3^20120214^a^20120210^Be ready to give your Event / Incident presentation. You should plan to speak for 1-2 minutes with 2/3 pictures. Include dates, names, numbers on your slides, but no phrases or sentences.');