VIP Class Notes (Li)[S/W]

Write a story about a difficult experience you had. Practice using speech in your writing by adding some dialogues.

Vocabulary

I got an A – for 1 subject (singular)

I got all As – for all subjects (plural)

after school activities – classes kids go to after school

get used to sth – to become familiar with sth

ex. She’s worried that her son can’t get used to the environment.

guide – to provide support, advice, help etc.

ex. It’s an everyday struggle for parents to guide their children.

if you can keep doing it, you can…

work overtime – OT

Grammar

In writing, try to use the pronoun after you mention the proper noun once

ex. I saw my trainer today. He said,  “Oh you look great!”

ex. He talked to me on the phone.

busy with my work/studies/clients

due to (formal)= because of (general writing)

-same usage

Using speech in writing

ex. He told me, “My son is not good at studying.”

-use a comma after the verb or the object pronoun if it’s there

-The first letter after the quotation marks should be in capital letters

-Put the punctuation (./!/?) inside before you close the speech

I think to be a parent is so difficult.

I think being a parent is so difficult. 

My colleague told me it’s not necessary but she said because his son’s classmates all have more hobbies so she decided to let his son to join more activities.

My colleague told me it’s not necessary but she said because his son’s classmates are all taking more classes so she decided to let his son to join more activities.

How to product games?

How to produce/make games?

I working out at a gym which is a personal fitness studio, my trainer is also the studio’s boss. Due to his wife is busy on her work, he always goes to the studio with his sun on weekend or after school.when I saw the boy, I find he always play games. I was confused, because as far as I know, most students are busy on their homework or various of interest classes.Then I ask my trainer, he told me his son is not interest on learning, so he didn’t spend more time on his son’s study. Until the last Monday morning, he was later than before. He explained he have to spend some time on his son’s study, because his son always got D on test and teacher criticized his son in parents group on WeChat, he told me “this morning , when I and my son walking to school, I also require my son recite words which today he will test .” It makes me laugh and cry.

Revised: 

I work out at a gym which is a personal fitness studio, my trainer is also the studio’s boss. Due to his wife’s busy work, he always goes to the studio with his son on weekends or after school. Whenever I see the boy, I always find him playing games. I was confused because as far as I know, most students are busy with their homework or various after school activities. Then I asked my trainer and he told me his son is not interested in learning, so he didn’t spend more time on his son’s studies. But, on last Monday morning, he was unusually late. He explained that he needs to spend some time on his son’s studies because his son always gets Ds on tests and his teacher criticized him to parents on WeChat. He told me, “This morning when my son and I were walking to school, I required him to recite words which will be on the test today .” It makes me laugh and cry.