Homeschool - February 26 - March 1

 Elements of a Perfect Narrative

• Setting - Where is your story set? 
• Highlight all the senses (What does it sound like/ look like/ smell like/ feel like?)
  
  
• Characters - Who is your story about? What do they look like? How do they behave?
  
  
• Conflict - What goes wrong? How do your characters react?
  
  
• Solution- How is the problem solved? How do your characters feel?

1. Who was older between Ojoma and Obide?

2. How do you know that Obide was a greedy man?

3. What did Ojoma see his sister-in-law doing?

4. What did Ojoma do with the heads of the yam?

5. Was Ojoma wrong for taking the heads of the yam? Give a reason for your answer. 

6. What did the King do?

7. Was the King's judgement fair?

                        ****** Plurals******

There are several nouns that do not follow any rules and have irregular plural form.

1. She has eaten two ______ (chocolate).

2. (Child) _____ are jumping.

3. There were Five (lion)______ in the forest.

4. There are four (knife) ______ in the kitchen.

5. They bought three (Pencil) ________.

6. Marley bought (tomato)____, (potato)_____, and

(onion)_______.

7. Suman saw two (man) ______ in the park.

8. Hen gives three (egg) ______.

9. Heena likes the Pink colour of (dress) _______.

10. She drinks two (glass) ______ of milk daily.

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

         Activity 1: POSTER CREATION

Assignment: Create a poster on one of the topics below:

A.  The government of Barbados hopes to improve the eating habits of school children. This means limiting children's consumption of sweet drinks, candy and junk food at school. Create a poster to encourage your classmates to eat healthier. 

B. The government of Barbados hopes to encourage Barbadians to be kinder to the environment. This means reducing wastage, littering and using materials which do not pollute our seas. Create a poster encouraging your classmates to be kinder to the environment.             

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Grammar

LUC: 

Active & Passive Voice

Example: The repairman fixed the laptop. (Active Voice)

                  The laptop is fixed by the repairman. (Passive Voice) 

1. The chef prepares the meal. 

    The meal........................................................................ 

2. The teacher writes the homework. 

    The homework..............................................................

3. The artist creates a lovely painting. 

A lovely painting..............................................................

4. Luc watches YouTube. 

YouTube is .........................................................................

5. The child eats pizza. 

Pizza ...............................................................................

6. Kimmy feeds the baby. 

The baby........................................................................

ISRAEL/ANISHKA

Turn the nouns in brackets into the plural form.

1. Many _________ (child) do not like to take a nap.

2. There were lots of _________ (mouse) in the barn.

3. During migration, Canada _________ (goose) fly in

a V formation.

4. Look at these _________ (person), they are wearing

costumes!

5. I always brush my _________ (tooth) in the morning.

6. These _________(fish) look fantastic!

7. Look at your _________ (foot). They are dirty now!

8. White-tailed _________ (deer) have excellent horizontal

sight, but they don’t see well vertically.

LUC ONLY: 

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Activity 1: POSTER CREATION

. The government of Barbados hopes to encourage Barbadians to be kinder to the environment. This means reducing wastage, littering and using materials which do not pollute our seas. Create a poster encouraging your classmates to be kinder to the environment.           

Activity 2:  

Active & Passive Voice

Write these examples and then complete the questions which follow. 

Example:

Kayla wrote the work. (PAST TENSE)

The work was written by Kayla. 

Luc drew a picture. (PAST TENSE)

A picture was drawn by Luc. 

Try these: 

1. Mum ate pepperoni pizza.

2. Nathaniel spoke to Carlos. 

3. My aunt watched the news. 

4. The chef prepared a delicious meal. 

5. The children took the bus to school. 

6. The parents punished the rude child. 

7. My friends watched Disney movies today. 

8. Noah controlled the drone.