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- Newsround?

- Book of the day
- Reading & Writing

- Studying

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One of us is lying

- 2017

- Karen M McManus

- a young adult novel

- mystery/suspense

- TV-series (2021)

Synopsis

Pay close attention, and you might solve this.

On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.

Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.

Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.

Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.

Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.

And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High's notorious gossip app.

Only Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention, Simon's dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn't an accident. On Monday he died. But on Tuesday, he'd planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who's still on the loose?

Reading & Writing Skills

Goals: 

- read current news and know what is going on

- scan articles on important news in papers

- take notes of key ideas

-summarize notes > summary writing

What happened in Washington DC this a few weeks ago?

How was this reported in American papers?

Assignment:

1. find main articles in American newspapers

2. scan 3 articles and take notes on main events

3. summarize what happened, using your notes, into summary > underline the notes you took.

apnews.com

www.ndtv.com

www.bbc.co.uk

Submit the notes you took on each article of choice

Which information was unknown to you?

Reading & Writing Skills

Goals: 

- read current news and know what is going on

- scan articles on important news in papers

- take notes of key ideas

-summarize notes > summary writing

Which skills can you improve? (see goals)

Assignment

Writing prompt: 50 years from now: What will you tell people about the pandamic?

When, where, who, what was the worst, positive side?

Write in Word 60-100 words in English.

Hand in via Its learning or email 

Silently please

Reminder!

Thursday (next class) is self-study! Bring books or other English studying materials to class!