2VIP Class Notes (Li)

Homework

1) Summarise 3 chapters of a book that you’ve read recently + BRING the book for next class

2) REVIEW the vocabulary – education topic + crossword
3) Write 3-4 sentences to answer this question: How do students prepare for the Gaokao? 

Today we focused on:

Conversation on school life and comparing schools in other countries

Vocabulary

shapes – like circle, square, triangle, rectangle

ex. This t-shirt has many colourful shapes.

enjoy – to really like and have a good time doing an activity

ex. I really enjoy having PE class because the teacher is cool.

gentle – soft, kind

first/second/third/fourth/fifth/sixth grade – grade 1/2/3/4/5/6

captain – leader of your class dui zhang

experiment – to do a test in science class to help you learn something or to find out if something is true or false

ex. My friends and I all want to do experiments in class, but we can’t.

buddy – a close friend/a friend that helps you when you have a problem

ex. Adam and I have been buddies for 8 years.

patient – to describe a person who doesn’t get angry, annoyed or worried easily

ex. She is very patient with young kids.

ex. I like Mrs. Henderson because she is always patient with us even when we’re noisy.

ill – sick

ex. He won’t be in today because he’s ill.

Speaking exercise

I have many friends and my teachers is like very good.

I have many friends and my teachers are very good/kind/patient/gentle. 

Many days we have different class for one day.

We have many classes for each day. 

Lunch time it has one hour.

We have one hour for lunch/We have an hour lunch break. 

I will like to change a new teacher.

I would like to have a new teacher.

Our act class teacher is very funny and great too.

Our art class teacher is very funny and she is also great. 

She can draw people and she will like…

She can draw people, and she will act them out.  

The music teacher is very wen rou.

The music teacher is very gentle. 

One teacher come our class and she teach us.

One teacher came to our class and she taught us. 

I think this kind of school is very fun because our school one student has one desk.

I think this kind of school is very fun and has many students sitting together, but our school only has one desk per student. 

8 Student have one desk.

8 Students sit together.