READING SKILL write in your notebook
FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE CORRECT WORD
Wole Soyinka, who was born in 1934, is a Nigerian writer, poet and playwright. Many 1) __________ him as Africa's most 2) __________ playwright. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986, the first African writer to win this honour.
Soyinka has played an active role in Nigeria's 3) __________ history. In 1967, during the Civil War in Nigeria, he was arrested by the Federal Government and put in solitary 4) __________ for attempting to broker a peace between the warring parties. While in prison he wrote 5) __________ which was published in a collection. He was released two years later after international attention was drawn to his 6) __________. His experiences in prison are recounted in a book.He is an outspoken 7) __________ of many Nigerian administrations, and of political tyrannies worldwide, including the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe. Much of his 8) __________ has been concerned with "the 9) __________ boot and the irrelevance of the colour of the foot that wears it".
1986 was his most glorious year and occurred during the reigns of several violent and repressive African regimes. The Swedish Academy 10) __________ him the Nobel Prize for Literature as a writer “who in a wide 11) __________ perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of 12) __________”. The foremost Nigerian 13) __________ became the first African Nobel laureate, enshrined forever in the history of world literature. His Nobel Lecture was devoted to South African freedom-fighter Nelson Mandela. Soyinka's 14) __________ speech criticised apartheid and the politics of racial segregation imposed on the population by the Nationalist South African government. That year brought him another 15) __________ award - the Agip Prize for Literature - and he was awarded a Nigerian national decoration: Commander of the Federal Republic.
WRITING SKILLS Write in your notebook
A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete thought. A sentence can be a statement or a question. Here are some statements:
- I hate Mondays.
- She forgot to do her homework.
- Girls are cleverer than boys!
A. Add to the following groups of words to make them statements. Don't forget to check punctuation and capitalization after adding your words. You can put the words at the beginning, middle or end of your sentence.
1. the cafeteria
2. eats glass
3. homework
4. jumped out of the window
5. is disgusting
6. the angry teacher
7. noisy students
8. was late for class
9. ran after me
10. the school bus
11. she never
12. once a week
B. Now add more words to make each sentence above longer.
For example:
- I really hate wet Mondays in November.
- She forgot to do her homework for the third time in a week.
- Some girls are cleverer than some boys some of the time!
Proofreading sentences
Proofreading means carefully checking your work for errors. You
should always try to make your finished writing as free of mistakes
as possible. Your writing should be in correct paragraph form.
It should have correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
A. Read the sentences below. When you find a word that you think is misspelled, erase it, and type in the correct spelling.
1. Azusa laught at the funy joak.
2. Mads like lissening to musik.
3. Orit dosen't like her math teatcher.
4. Whitch one of you rote on the wall?
5. Anna loves lerning Sience.
B. Read the sentences below. If you find a letter that needs to be a capital letter, erase the lower-case letter and type in a capital letter. If the letter is a capital letter by mistake, erase it, and type in a lower-case letter.
6. mr. shoebottom is a good Tennis player.
7. The ESL Students come from many different countries, like
korea and japan.
8. Masako is going to visit her grandparents in march.
9. One of Peter's favorite Films is "the adventures of roger
rabbit.
10. who knows where Mr Schwaninger lives? - i do, in oberursel
C . The following exercises will give you practice in finding and correcting punctuation errors. You will need to add or erase some punctuation marks.
11. Hye-Seung had, pens pencils erasers and books in her
schoolbag.
12. Fabrizio who is your favourite, singer.
13. Kamyar asked "Have you seen my ESL workbook.
14. Look out Jutaro? Theres a spider on your shoulder
15. Were going, to the cinema Do you want to come too
GRAMMAR SKILLS Go to this link and pratice
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/alle_grammar.htm
LISTENING SKILL
Moroccan Villagers Make Their Desert Bloom (video);Disappearance of Honey Bees a Mystery
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/listening/index.html
EXAM THURSDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER 2010 IN THE ENGLISH CLASS DONT FORGET A PENCIL, ERASER, SHARPENER AND AGENDA. BRING $ 400 FOR THE COPIES
