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Saturday, January 22, 2022 


Reading Comprehension (Alexander Graham Belle)

https://mrnussbaum.com/alexander-graham-bell-reading-comprehension-online


Active & Passive Voice

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Active & Passive 2

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Error Correction - Plurals






















































Week 3 - Class 4 Lessons 

Expository Writing


Expository writing means writing to inform or to explain. 


Types of Expository Writing

Descriptive Essay – describes a place, thing or an experience

Problem-Solution Essay – presents a problem and its solution

Cause-Effect Essay – finds the cause of something and its impact

Comparison Essay – compares and contrasts two things

Process Essay – explains a process


You must prepare an outline first of what you plan to write about. 

  1. You have invited your two best friends to spend the afternoon at your home. Write an essay telling how your prepare for their visit.

2. Compare and contrast a typical day in your life today and what you think a typical day in your life will be like when you are 25.



3. Discuss the causes and effects of bullying in schools.


4. Animal Abuse and Its Solutions


5. How can we make our Community a Better Place?


6. How to Take Care of your Dog


7. Most students do not read or watch news, resulting in a lack of knowledge about the world outside of their immediate neighborhood. Write an essay describing why this is a problem and telling how this problem might be solved.


FRACTIONS REVISION

























Section B- Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions







Section C- Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers








Section D- Reducing to Lowest Terms (If your answer is not in simplest terms, it will be marked as incorrect.)





Section E - Adding Fractions












Section F- Multiplying Fractions







Thursday, January 27th, 2022

Mistakes to Avoid



Parts of Speech 


Word Formation

Draw the table below and complete:




























































We are writing paragraph by paragraph. 

Setting 
Characters
Conflict
Resolution











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