'Despite' 'In spite of' 'Prepositions'

Dear all,

It is the start of Week 2. Hope you have adjusted to school life.
Today's learning points:

We recap on prepositions and learnt about the synthesis structure of 'Despite' and 'In spite of'.

In spite of / Despite
Both are conjunctions that carry the same meaning. They have about the same meaning as 'even though' and 'although'. Both show two different actions in a sentence. They join them together.

The rule here for synthesis when you come across such structures is to add the words 'the fact that' after 'in spite of' and 'despite'

In spite of the fact that [Noun] [Verb] ......... , ................
Despite the fact that [Noun] [Verb] ........ , ................

Despite the fact that the girls are intelligent, they are not proud.

In spite of the fact that James is short, he can jump very high.

I taught you the skills of highlighting the key words and looking out for key words that would give you the answers. Do not forget about it. It may seem like a small action but this small action gives you the BIG ability to answer correctly.

Newspaper Articles Exercise

Every Monday would be our newspaper article exercise sharing and submission. This is to strengthen your reading and exposure to different text types. Newspaper articles are usually information reports that are factual.

Do look for an article from the 'World' or 'Home' section either from the newspapers or online news articles. Do approach me if you have difficulty in doing so.

We will use the '3...2...1' strategy of reflecting on the news articles.
- 3 main ideas
- 2 vocabulary words with the meaning
- 1 image/picture associated with the article

A picture speaks a thousand words. The ability to summarise your story or main idea through an image is a powerful one.

Homework:
- Grammar Exercise 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4

Sincerely,
Mr Nelson Ong