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Saturday, December 11, 2021


Assessment: Write an argumentative essay based on ONE of the topics below. Your essay should be 250-300 words. 

You will be marked on:

- Content

-Structure (introduction, body, conclusion)

-Use of vocabulary & grammar (Use transition words)

-Techniques - (Rhetorical questions, repetition)

  

  TOPICS:

        1. The legal driving age in Barbados should be increased. Say whether                 you agree or disagree. 


            2. People live in poverty often do little to help themselves to find a                         better employment and opportunities. Say whether you agree or disagree. 


            3. Mandating vaccines and masks go against our basic human rights.                 Say whether you agree or disagree. 


Nickya Roachford

The double bar graph shows the number of donut boxes that were sold in Helen’s two shops for 5 weeks.


1. How many donut boxes did she sell in all in week 3? _________

2. Which week did she sell the least? _________

3. How many weeks did she sell more than 80
boxes in shop A? _________

4. Which two weeks did she sell the same total
number of boxes? _________

5. Which shop would you rather own? Why? 

1) Which is the most favorite among the customers?

2) How many customers like fried chicken?

3) Which is the least favorite food?

4) How many customers voted for burger as their favorite?

5) How many customers participated in the survey?


1. Find the sum of 890 and 531. 

2. Find the difference when 72 is taken from 200. 


Complete the sequences below:

3.         56    67    78    ___

4.          2    4    9    16    ____

5.        5    10    20    40    ____


6. From the sum of 78 and 65, take 49. 



Talique

Video Reflection & Comprehension: 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhixFwZiNEw&list=PLQlnTldJs0ZTswqn44CKo8prG5ph-yTHd&index=2


1. "Every animal, no matter how big or mall is quite social." Explain what social means. 


2. "The bond that is formed is incredible." Explain why this may be so. 


3. Name 3 types of animals seen in the video. 


4. Pet owners must be educated. With reference to the video, explain why this is so. 


5. What are two questions that pet owners should ask their vet? 


6. What is the most important thing about being a pet owner?


https://www.cxc.org/demo-etests/

21 -25

31-33

36-50


Teriq

https://mrnussbaum.com/word-ops-online-game


Root Word Web
 

Find the meanings of the root words below. 
Think of other words which use them as prefixes. Then create a word web for each root word. 

tele-
cent-
multi-
dis-


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