Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

savory (cracker) < > sweet / dessert (cookie / biscuit) 
eg. sandwiches are savory so we eat them for lunch and dinner
eg2. cake is a sweet food so we eat it for snacks and dessert

hommus – same in spanish but “ooomus”, it has a silent “h”

chick peas – the peas in hommus

tax – money you pay to the government
eg. I pay tax on everything I do

property – sth you own
property – the place you live
eg. I have a really big property (house / apartment) / I have 2 properties in China (home)
eg2. that’s my property not yours! (things)

acoustic guitar < > electric guitar

string – long thing on the guitar

rusted (adj / v)/ rusty (adj) / rust (n)
eg. there is a lot of rust on the strings
eg2. the strings are rusty / are rusted

I am happy / it is rusty
I am bored / it is rusted 

the humidity is very high (n) / it is very humid (adj)

callus – the thickened skin on your fingers
eg. I have some calluses on my fingers because I play guitar

remind – make sb remember

Chapter 15 is about the end of summer, usually in big city you know when the end of summer because you counted every day that you have for holidays, but how in the farm they know? It’s easy, the crickets are who have this work. They sing a monotonous and sad song, remembering to everyone, including some plants, that the summer is ending.
For example, Fern and Avery, when they hear it, remember that school soon begin. Lurvy know it’s time to plant potatoes. Charlotte know it’s her time to lay eggs. The young geese know that they ever never would be little goslings, some plants like a maple tree, who hearing it that changed their leaves to bright red with anxiety.

Chapter 15 is about the end of summer. Usually in big city you know when the end of summer is because you counted every day that you have for holidays, but how do the people on a farm know? / how do farmers know? / how can you know if you live on a farm? It’s easy, the crickets are who have this job / the crickets have this job / the crickets are responsible for that. They sing a monotonous and sad song, reminding everyone, including some plants, that the summer is ending.
For example, Fern and Avery, when they hear it, remember that school soon begins / that school starts very soon / that school will start shortly. Lurvy knows it’s time to plant potatoes. Charlotte knows it’s her time to lay eggs. The young geese know that they would never be little goslings again, some plants like a maple trees, who hear it, that changed their leaves to bright red with anxiety.

Pronunciation

anxiety – “ang zai yet tee” (n)
anxious – “ang shuhsss” (adj)
eg. I’m a bit anxious today

Grammar

I begin / you begin
we begin / they begin

she begins / he begins / Elena begins
it begins (thing)

How do you learn English?
How do you know?
How do you feel?
How are you feeling?

When is the end of summer?
I don’t know when the end of summer is

Who are you?
I know who you are
I don’t know who you are
I know who I am

I know what you are doing (running / learning / thinking)
I am running
I run