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