My Pals 6A

Dear Pupils

Please start reading MyPals6A Unit 1 & Unit 2. We will only one term to complete the whole book.

English Textbook

The pointers below are meant to guide you in your self-study.
Here's what you need to cover for Unit 1

Page 2
- Go through page 2 briefly
- What do you think is the purpose of the having book covers?
- Would you choose your story books based on the covers?
- When do you think you would need to use this skill (of choosing story books)?

Page 4,5,6 (Main Text)
- Practise using Questioning the Author technique (Ask questions as you read)

Page 7
- This is just a recap on plot structure.


Page 8 to 10 *Grammar
- Grammar to express thoughts, opinions, feelings, beliefs
- Revision on "to+ infinitive".
- There are many situations in which to + infinitive could be used. Make sure you know all the ways.
- You need to know what is the meaning of main clause and subordinate clause (their purpose and differences).
- You also need to know what an infinitive clause is, and how to use them.

Page 11 *Recount
- This is a recap on Recount - remember in Term 4 (2011), we learnt about the features of recounts.
- Can you remember what a recount is?
- To write a recount, you need to focus on ..... diction, elaborating, .....
- Read page 11 & 12 to find out more

Page 15
- Just read the first half of the page.
- You need to know that it is important to understand how story develops - and in order for you to know it well, you need to be able to see the connections within the text.
- I will elaborate more on this in class.

Page 19
- Formal and informal language in speech
- This will teach you the importance of knowing purpose, audience, context and culture.
- Apply this to Situational Writing. Do you talk/write to your teacher in the same manner as you would to your friend? Why, why not?

IDIOMS
- Remember to complete revising all the idioms in the Idioms Package Set 1.


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Regards
Mr Andy