Transcript North Star Reading and Writing Introductory Level

North Star
Reading and Writing
Introductory Level
Presented by :
Mrs. Azza Khattab Omar
Unit 1
Main points
How do people communicate?
 Through letters:
1-(Snail mail) as it is very slow
compared with other means
2-Telephone
3- Emails
 Which do you use the most?

How often do you use it ?
 Every day , sometimes , never .

Percentage of people using the
internet
 The
percentage of people
communicating through the internet
is going up .
 Internet
uses :
Banking / buying and selling stocks /
doing homework and research for
school / emailing / listening to
music/ making travel plans ………..
Vocabulary of the unit
Friendship
 Website
 Popular
 Goal
 Advice
 Laugh
 Volunteer
 Community
 Quote

The Friendship page
 It’s
a website designed by a 16 year
old girl. Her name is Bronwyn Polson
 She wanted to make the Internet a
friendlier place.
 She wanted to give something good
to the world.
 The Friendship page has : advice
about friendship / quotes / poetry/
songs / writing / humor and more.
 Bronwyn
wants her website ‘ The
Friendship Page “ to grow. She thinks
of making a book with quotes about
friendship.
 Money
from the book will help her to
keep The Friendship Page going.
Parts of Speech
Nouns :
a person / place / thing / an idea.
( Maha / Jeddah / a car /happiness )
 Adjectives
They describe nouns
( nice / friendly / good / happy/ far)
 Verbs:
Verbs show actions ( run / read / walk)

Verb To Be

Verb ‘to be” :
is – are – am
She is a nice girl .
They are good people.
I am a teacher .
You are helpful.
Yes / No questions with verb “to be”
Is he a doctor ? Yes , he is – No, he isn’t
Are you free? Yes , I am – No, I am not
Are they at school? Yes they are .- No they aren’t
Am I right ? Yes , you are – No , you aren’t
Wh questions with verb “ to be “:
Wh words :
( what / where/ why/ when / how / who )
Where is my book?
When is the meeting?
Why are you late?
How are you?
Who is Bronwyn Polson?
What is The Friendship Page ?

Writing
Sentence:
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a
complete idea.
A sentence should have a subject and a verb.
The first word in a sentence should start with a
capital letter.
At the end of a sentence there must be a period ( a
full stop )
S V
She is a good student.

 Question
:
Use a question mark at the end of a
question. ( ? )
 Exclamation
mark: ( ! )
Use an exclamation mark at the end
of a sentence with strong feeling.
What an amazing site!