VIP Class Notes (Li)[S]

Pick an important part of Lord of the Flies. Write down what you think the author is trying to communicate in this part of the story?

Vocabulary

stranded – to get stuck somewhere

ex. A group of kids were stranded on the island.

genres – categories of films/books (fantasy/science-fiction/action/adventure/romance/comedy/mystery/horror/biography)

ex. What’s your favourite book/film genre?

romance – a love story

mystery – a type of story where information is not fully revealed until the end

biography – a real-life story of a person written by somebody else

ex. biographies – more than 1

autobiography – by the author

sometimes they will broadcast/put the news on repeat 

broadcast news

shows/depicts/illustrates/communicates  

pay attention to sbd/sth 

Grammar

simple present tense – he/she/it

ex. he watches/She sees/It runs

My father like to watch movies

My father likes to watch movies

on the weekend/on weekends (every weekend/as a habit)

I don’t often watch the news/I don’t watch the news very often. 

-very + often is usually acceptable at the end of the sentence

I’ve been reading the Great Gatsby. I think maybe when Gatsby working hard for being a great man and when he wants Daisy pay attention on him.

I have lots of free time in summer holiday so I just read it for fun.

It shows that the darkness of the upper-class at the time.

Not very usually.

I’m very keen on history books and some novels when I’m free.

She doesn’t watch news on weekend very often.

Revised: 

I’ve been reading the Great Gatsby. I think (the most interesting part is) maybe when Gatsby was working hard and he became a great man and when he wanted Daisy to pay attention to him.

I had lots of free time during summer so I just read it for fun/as entertainment. 

It shows/illustrates/depicts the dark side of the upper-class at the time.

Not usually/often

I’m very keen on/I’m a big fan of history books and some novels when I’m free.

She doesn’t watch the news on the weekend often.