VIP Class Notes (Kyle) [S]

Homework

Read your finished story to someone.

Next Class Focus

Choose a new topic, maybe politics 政治 or culture文化

radioactive waste 放射性废料

documentary (n): 1-纪录片

Speaking exercise

Once upon a time, I was on a lonely/deserted island, and it will be was surrounded by the beautiful sea and behind me there were big/large mountains/a mountain range and green trees were covering the mountains and besides the mountains there is was a big forest. There are were some seabirds staying on the beach, and of course crabs! The crabs are working/walking sideways/skittering on the beach happily. I enjoy the sunshine and sit on the beach relaxing. … The sun goes down and there is dark all around me.  The winds started to blow and the sea starting to get louder, and louder! Suddenly the lightning flashed across the sky! I waited … no, the thunder immediately followed! The lightning was very close. I’m afraid and I feel worried and want to run away but the wind is too stronger that I cant move my feet. A lightening flashed through the sky and hurt a tree and then a fire started in the forest behind me. I am disappointed because I might die. So I just laid there like a helpless crab on the beach, until the morning, the fire was put out by the heavy rains and the sea was beautiful again.

Corrected:

Once upon a time, I was on a lonely and deserted island, and it was surrounded by the beautiful sea and behind me there were large mountains and green trees were covering the mountains and besides the mountains there was a big forest. There were some seabirds staying on the beach, and of course many crabs! The crabs were happily walking sideways on the beach.  I was enjoying the sunshine and sitting on the beach, relaxing. … The sun went down and there was darkness all around me.  The winds started to blow and the sea started to get louder, and louder! Suddenly the lightning flashed across the sky! I waited … no, the thunder immediately followed! The lightning was very close. I was afraid and I felt worried and wanted to run away but the wind was too stronger that I could not/couldn’t move my feet. Lightening flashed through the sky and hurt a tree and then a fire started in the forest behind me. I was disappointed because I might die. So I just laid there like a helpless crab on the beach until morning, the fire was put out by the heavy rains and the sea was beautiful again.

Vocabulary

lightening = the flash of electrical light in the sky, what you see

thunder = the sound of lightening, what you hear, Boom boom boom 

New Vocabulary ci hui 

my friends and I ….

politics 政治

sports 体育

Switzerland 瑞士


Grammar

I was enjoyed the sunshine today. = Simple Past Tense

I was enjoying the sunshine and sitting on the beach, relaxing. = Past Perfect Continuous  (2p) 

Object + past tense verb: to be + Infinitive/Regular Verb + Subject. = grammar formula for 2P

I had been enjoying = Past Perfect Progressive (3p) 

——- You can have a present tense feeling in the Past tense story.

ex. I was disappointed because I might die

Past Tense + conditional Present tense (a possibility in the past) 


Punctuation= 标点符å·Â 

…  = ellipsis, a form of punctuation, and so on…. and then… three periods in a line. 

. = a period, to end a sentence, has another meaning , difficult to say


The Plan for Today:

  • Finish the Story
  • Mini Test Review
  • Teach Kyle more Chinese Words è¯æ±‡ ci hui
  • Do something Fun that Henry wants to Do
  • Game: Pictionary (Draw a Picture Game) , Charades å“‘è°œ (acting game) 表演游æˆ, watch a video, read about Fu Hao