North Star Reading and Writing Introductory Level

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North StarReading and Writing Introductory Level

• Presented by
• Miss Jehan Jahin

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Unit 4 Strength in Number

• Theme Fighting against Crime.
• Topics Reading One Urban Angels.
• Reading Two Two Real Angels.

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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 brothers nickname is Bob. His real name is
  Robert.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Vocabulary for Comprehension

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

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Skills for ExpressionPronouns and Possessive
Adjectives

• A Pronoun a word that takes the place of an
  noun.
• Use when you dont 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.

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Skills for ExpressionPronouns 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.

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Skills for ExpressionPronouns and Possessive
Adjectives

• Object Pronouns include
• me, you, him, her, it, us and them.
• They visited her.

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Skills for ExpressionPronouns 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 isnt an Urban Angel. But her friend is.
• Include my, your, his, her, its, our and their.

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StyleWriting 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 persons name.
• 3 Message
• Write your message in paragraphs.

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StyleWriting a Personal Letter

• 4 Closing
• End with sincerely, Best wishes, Best
  regards, Love or something similar.
• 5 Signature
• Write your name after the closing.