Online Class Notes (Jesse)

My best friend is carl who wears glasses. We are classmates in Primary school and we live in the same community, so we often play with each other after school. We play football, basketball, and sometimes we play ping-pang which is not very attractive. I hate John who always makes jokes on me. He is very annoying. We all fell bored playing with him.

My best friend is carl and he wears glasses. We are classmates in Primary school and we live in the same apartment community / complex / compound, so we often play with each other / play together after school. We play football, and basketball which we really love, but sometimes we play ping-pong which is really boring / which we don’t enjoy / which we’re not interested in. I hate John who always makes fun of me. He is very annoying so we all feel bored playing with him.

Grammar

I met a boy who wears glasses and is named Carl. 

do homework is tiring – doing homework is tiring

When I woke up, I felt good.
When I was brushing my teeth, my mouth felt clean / was feeling clean.
I went to brush my teeth after I got up. 
After I got up, I went to brush my teeth 

When I have class, I drink water.

they say – always, often, sometimes, never
they are saying – right now
they said – at a specific past time
they have said – already, before now
they had said – before another past time

at – like a point on a map, “I am there” – are you inside or outside? Who knows!
in – inside a place / maybe a big place like Shanghai or China – you are inside it.
eg. I am at school
eg2. I am in the classroom
eg3. I am in China

Vocabulary

community 
eg. I live in a Chinese community in America

bully – someone who hurts other kids or makes them feel bad just for fun
eg. John is a bully and often punches other kids

he makes fun of me = he says or does things to make himself or others laugh but it makes me feel bad

COVID19 – Corona Virus Disease 2019

Delta 
Omicron 

First my mother and I maybe will going to buy some red page and the day before that day maybe we are going to buy some new clothes which you know everyone has said that we have to buy new clothes in the new year. I think there’s some meaning. When you eat some fish in the new year’s day you can’t eat all of it. In China we believe every year has a fish and maybe we’ll go to visit our aunt and my aunt is very good so we often visit him almost every year. Sometimes I will play with her son who wears glasses and he is 8 years old. But for this year there’s a virus so maybe we can’t go there.

First my mother and I are maybe going to buy some red posters and the day after that day maybe we are going to / we will go to / we are planning to go to / we will be going to buy / intend to buy / intend on buying some new clothes which you know everyone says that we have to buy some new clothes in the new year. I think there’s some meaning. When you eat some fish in the new year / during the new year festival / in the new year holiday you can’t eat all of it. In China we believe every year has a fish / There is a fish for every year and maybe we’ll go to visit our aunt who is very kind / nice so we often visit her almost every year. Sometimes I will play with her son / I will play with my cousin who wears glasses and he is 8 years old. But for this year there’s a virus so maybe we can’t go there.