Online Class Notes (Jesse)

choose one part of the story from the book and write about it, using the words from today.

also: if you have time – do some writing using some of the words from today but write about your life.

Vocabulary

I went to my friend’s wedding / attended

my holiday is over – finished

moving – emotional / happy / sad
eg. It was very moving

i read it by my mouth – i read it out loud 

vocabulary – words

axe – used to cut trees / wood
eg. he used the axe to cut the tree down

hog – pig

runt – very small animal / person
eg. the pig is a runt

do away with it – throw away / stop sth / take sth away / kill sth

pitcher – jug / big bottle – guan
eg. I want a pitcher of beer

sob – to cry very sadly
eg. she was sobbing because the pig was going to be killed

queer – “kweer” – strange / weird 

queer sometimes means gay

wobble – to shake quickly and a little
eg. the jellyfish was wobbling

giggle – hehehe / hihihi – a little laugh
eg. I was giggling in the classroom

put it out of its misery
eg. her dad was going to put the pig out of its misery

kind hearted / warm hearted / good / compassionate 

i see it – let me have a look 

spider – zhi zhu
eg. the story is about a spider

appropriate for me / suitable for me

catch up – to talk with people about each other’s recent situation / life
eg. we caught up while walking around the shops

fiction – not true story
non-fiction – true story

director 
eg. he’s making a TV show about that book

i have heard of it