VIP Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Write about the book you’re reading. Try to use connecting words like: but, and, because, so. Try to include lots of details about the story.

For details, do it like this:
They drink cold water –> They were very thirsty, because they had played an hour of volleyball, so they drank lots of cold water.

Vocabulary

Helicopter – something that flies by spinning its blades

Shade – a place where the Sun is not shining right at you, where it is a little darker
e.g. It was very hot outside, so we sat down in the shade of a big tree to rest.

Grammar

Go, went, gone
e.g. Every Tuesday, I go to the park.
e.g. Last Tuesday, I went to the park.
e.g. I have gone to SmartEnglish for one year.

Ride, rode, ridden
e.g. I like to ride my bicycle.
e.g. I rode my bicycle to the park.
e.g. I have never ridden a horse.

Drink, drank, drunk

My cousins played volleyball
— They played the game called “volleyball”
My cousins played with the volleyball
— They played with a ball used for volleyball

It took [who] [how long] [to do what]
e.g. It took me two hours to get to work
e.g. It took half an hour to finish my homework
BUT: it took a long time for [who] [to do what]
e.g. It took a long time for us to eat dinner

To tell a story: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

Who: Cousins
What: Go to a park
When: In the afternoon
Why: Because the weather is good
How: Ride a bicycle

Introduction: In the afternoon cousins go to a park.

Body: They ride a bicycle in the park, because the weather is good. Cousins play the volleyball, 1 hours. They feel tired, they want read some book. They have a rest under the tree, and they go to the home.

Conclusion: They like parks too much, so they go to home eat lunch. It was good.

In the afternoon, my cousins went to a park. They rode a bicycle in the park, because the weather was good. My cousins also played the volleyball for 1 hours. They felt tired, so they wanted to read some books. They had a rest under the tree, and then they went to the home. They like parks so much, but they had to go to home to eat lunch. It was good.

Story 2: Eating lunch

Who: My cousins
What: Eating lunch
Where: At home
Who cooked lunch? What did they eat? Was it good? Will they eat it tomorrow?

Grandmother cooked the lunch. She cooks mushrooms and carrot, beef, rice. They drink cold water. Then they write some math homework. The time is long.

My cousins’ / Their Grandmother cooked them lunch. She cooked mushrooms and carrots, beef, and rice. They were very thirsty, because they had played an hour of volleyball, so they drank lots of cold water. Then they write did some math homework because tomorrow is a school day. The time is long. It took them a long time.