VIP Class Notes (Ashleigh)

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Vocabulary

Today’s Class

Sketch (素描)

ex: Hank likes to sketch animals in his free time.

ex: Take a look at the new sketch I made!

Show Off (炫耀)

ex: Kenny showed off his new toy.

Save (拯救)

ex: The fireman saved our city. He is our hero.

From Last Class

Noise

ex: make a lot of noise

ex: The dog knocked over all of the dishes and made a lot of noise.

Grammar

When writing stories, be sure to work on including transition words in the beginning of paragraphs. For example, first, second, third, … next, then, meanwhile, finally, etc.

Keep your stories in past tense

Introduce the characters in your stories

Pronunciation

Story #1

A cat go to play. A wolf come. The cat die. Story finished.

Corrected

A cat went go to play. A wolf come came. The cat die died. Story finished. The end.

Story #2

Once upon a time, there was a Fire Man, a Water Man, a Tree Man, a Gold Man, and a Wolf Man. The fire man died. The water man alive.  The tree man died. The gold man alive. The international person to put the fireman and the tree man alive. But the water man and the gold man died. And the international person to put the water man and the gold man alive, but the fire man and the tree man died.

Corrected (with additional introduction and details)

Once upon a time, there was a Fire Man, a Water Man, a Tree Man, a Gold Man, and a Wolf Man. The Fire Man was very tall and ate a lot of fire. The Water Man is was very short. He always drink drank a lot of water. The Tree Man was very crazy. He always ate himself. The Gold Man always had much a lot of money. He always showed off his money.

One day, the Fire Man ate too much fire so he died. The water man drank a lot of water, but he did not die. The tree man died because he ate himself. The gold man stayed alive because he was playing with the gold instead of eating too much like the others.

The Wolf Man tried to put save the Fire Man and the Tree Man alive. by putting the Water Man and the Gold Man inside the Fire Man and the Tree Man. But the Water Man and the Gold Man died anyway. The Wolf Man then tried to save put the Water Man and the Gold Man alive, but the Fire Man and the Tree Man died in the process.