F2F Class Notes 25th February (Tony)
Spelling rule:, I before E, except after C
Vocabulary
draw a picture (by hand)
take a picture (photo)
I was born
Lunar (moon) Calendar
phonetics – a way to write words as they sound, sometimes using a different alphabet
eg: “Learning phonetics is not always necessary with a new language.”
EPA – environmental (adj) protection agency
eg: “The EPA in China has a lot of work to do.”
ethnicity – your genetic(DNA) background
eg: “Each tribe of Native Americans is probably a different ethnicity.” “I like ethnic people.”
Pronunciation
sun – u has a soft sound, uhh suhn
sue – u has a hard sound, because it is followed by an E. suuu
hat – soft a haht
hate – hard A , because it is followed by an E. hayt
photo – fo toe
photograph – fo ta graf
photographer – fuh tah gra fer
photography – fuh tah gra fee
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