VIP Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Next Class Focus

Correct pages 108-109 from the printed out sheet.

Continue in the Great Writing book from page 49.

Homework

Write a story of at least six sentences about this picture story.

Needs more review

Horn, Vibration, Separate, Liquid, Pulse

Vocabulary

Solid – something hard
Liquid – something you can drink
Gas – air, something you can breathe

Correct/incorrect

Great vs. Big – “great” means “very good,” but “big” tells us the size of something
e.g. This is a great sandwich! (It tastes very good)
e.g. This is a big sandwich! (It is very large)

Let – to not stop someone from doing something they want to do
e.g. I will let you go to the store with me.

Mud – wet dirt
e.g. The dog got into a mud puddle and we had to give it a bath.

To Water vs. Rinse – to water is to put water on a plant; to rinse is to clean something off using just water, without soap
e.g. I watered my flowers, because it has been dry recently (it hasn’t rained)
e.g. Before using soap, I rinsed the dishes to get the rest of the food off.

Fur – hair on an animal
e.g. The dog in the story had brown fur.

Grammar

This sentence is not any related – This sentence is not related
— “Any” is about the number of things you have
— “Related” is an adjective to show similarity to something

Speaking exercise

George has a naughty dog. One day they are playing at the park. The naughty dog going to the middle, and it is very very dirty. George want/won’t let his dog to have a bath. First he watering the dog, and then he put some soap in it. The dog is finally become clean and nice.


George has a naughty dog. One day they are playing in the park. The naughty dog goes to the mud, and gets very very dirty. George wants to give let his dog to have a bath. First he rinses the dog, and then he puts some soap on it. The dog is finally becomes clean and nice again.

TALKING ABOUT WRITING

The Topic Sentence – this tells your reader what you will talk about in that paragraph. It should match the rest of paragraph–not too specific, not to general, just right!

If you don’t have a good topic sentence, the reader may ask: why is she telling me about this? I don’t understand how this is related to the topic of the essay.

Used pages 45-48 in Great Writing to talk about topic sentences.