VIP Class Notes (Nick) [W]
Homework
Write about the holiday Halloween! What do you want to dress up like? Police? A ghost? A dog? A firefighter?
Use “in,” “on,” and “at” in your story to tell me when.
Vocabulary
Butterfly – a colorful, flying bug
Months:
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Harvest – to bring the plants your grew in before the winter, once they are ready to be eaten or made into other things 收麦
e.g. In October, we harvest the corn we grew in the summer.
Countries that speak English:
United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, South Africa
Bees – an insect that makes honey and can sting
Hive – a home for bees
Honey – sugar that bees make
Nectar – what bees get from flowers and use to make honey
This is a bee hive! Look at all the bees! ————————————————–>
Patient – to wait for something without asking when it will happen
Excuse me! – when someone is in your way, and you want to ask them politely to move
Grammar
When you want to tell me when you do something, you need to use in, on, or at.
e.g. In July, I like to go swimming.
e.g. Sophie was born in 2012.
e.g. Sophie played basketball on Sunday.
e.g. On my birthday, I like to eat cake.
e.g. I will go to have a class at SmartEnglish at 4:30.
For dates, say the number in pairs of 2:
2018 – 20/18 “twenty eighteen”
1992 – 19/92 “nineteen ninety-two”
1066 – 10/66 “ten sixty-six”
Halloween – a day when ghosts come and people dress up so that the ghosts won’t find them
Dress up – to put on special clothes so that you look like someone or something else
e.g. This year I will dress up like Batman.
e.g. Sophie will dress up like a ghost!
Ghost – 鬼
Writing exercise
October 4th,
Today is Sunday. It is a cloudy day. Afternoon I played the piano. And I went out to play the basketball. I made three shots. I’m so excited.
October 4th,
Today is Sunday. It is a cloudy day. In the afternoon I played the piano, and I went out to play the basketball. I made three shots. I’m so excited!
Pronunciation
Attract – /u/ – trakt
July – j/00/ – l/ai/
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