North Star Reading and Writing Introductory Level Presented

North Star Reading and Writing Introductory Level Presented by Miss Jehan Jahin

Unit 4 Strength in Number • Theme: Fighting against Crime. • Topics: Reading One: Urban Angels. • Reading Two: Two Real Angels.

Vocabulary for Comprehension • Crime (N): an action that is wrong and that can be punished by the law. • Gang (N): a group of young people who makes trouble. • Nickname (N): a special name, or short form of your name. – My brother’s nickname is Bob. His real name is Robert.

Vocabulary for Comprehension • Positive (Adj): good, helpful, not negative. – She is positive. She has something good to say. • Generous (Adj. ): willing to give money, help, or time. – She is generous. She gives money and time to people who need help. • Support (V): give money, food or help to someone. – Her parents support her. They give her money every month.

Vocabulary for Comprehension • Respect (V): to honour, to have a good opinion of. – We have to respect older people. They can teach us a lot. • Member (N. P. ): a person who is in a group or organization. – He was a member of the baseball team at school. • At-risk (Adj. ): may have problems in the future. – Many kids are at-risk. Adults help them to stay out of trouble.

Vocabulary for Comprehension • Avoid (v): to stay away from. – All parents want their kids to avoid drugs, gangs , and other troubles. • Role Model (N. P. ): people who are good examples for other people to follow. – Some athletes are role models for other people tp follow. • Teenager (N. P. ): young people from 13 to 19 years old. – Teenagers fight with their parents and younger sisters and brothers.

Vocabulary for Comprehension • Urban (Ajd. ): Big-city. – Life in urban areas like New York and Hong Kong is different from life in small towns.

Skills for Expression Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives • A Pronoun: a word that takes the place of an noun. – Use: when you don’t want to repeat a noun in a sentence. • Urban Angels have many activities. • They help the community. • Subject Pronouns: • They include: I, you, he, she, it , we, and they. – Urban Angels have many activities. – They go on trips to local museums.

Skills for Expression Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives • Object Pronouns: – Take the place of an object. • Urban Angels like to help people. – Come after • verbs – Urban Angels like to help them. • prepositions, like “for”, “to” and “from”. – The government helps pay for it.

Skills for Expression Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives • Object Pronouns include: – me, you, him, her, it, us and them. – They visited her.

Skills for Expression Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives • Possessive Adjectives: – Like Pronouns: • They help out in their community. – Show possession/ Ownership. • My goal is to be a doctor. – Come before a noun. – She isn’t an Urban Angel. But her friend is. – Include: my, your, his, her, its, our and their.

Style Writing a Personal Letter • There are 5 parts in a personal letter: • 1. Date: – In the top right corner • 2: Greeting: – Begin with “Dear” abd the person’s name. • 3: Message: – Write your message in paragraphs.

Style Writing a Personal Letter • 4: Closing : – End with “sincerely”, “Best wishes”, “Best regards”, “Love” or something similar. • 5: Signature: – Write your name after the closing.