Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

called / assembled a meeting

she called a roll / she did roll-call
eg. she called a roll and the goslings said “here here here!”

it’s my idiosyncrasy – mannerism
eg. she has really lovely mannerisms / that’s just one of her mannerism

pucker your lips 
eg. she would pucker her lips just by looking in the mirror

didn’t respond / reply / answer 

maintain / keep / continue 
eg. we need to maintain it / we need to keep doing it / we need to continue it / continue doing it

i need to spin another web / write it in the web / weave
eg. she weaved the words into the web

she didn’t approve / she said which words she approved and which words she didn’t / she was deciding which words she approved

advertising / advertisement = ad 

clippings – pieces of paper from the magazine
eg. he tore some bits off the magazine and brought the clippings to Charlotte

dump / tip – garbage area

focus – pay attention to sth strongly

you can save his life! – stop him from dying

you need him / you rely on him
eg. babies rely on their mothers for food and care
eg2. I rely on my job (I need my job so I can live)

leftovers – food that you didn’t eat but you keep for later
eg. I had leftovers for dinner

that’s all I read / I didn’t read past that / that’s where I’m up to
eg. I’m up to chapter 13

I saw an ad on TV (advertising)
I add milk to coffee (put it in)

saw (v)
eg. I saw the tree with my eyes
saw (n)
eg. I use a saw to cut the wood

“How’s this?” he asked, showing
the ad (advertisement) to Charlotte. “It says ‘Crunchy.”
‘Crunchy’ would be a good word to
write in your web.”
“Just the wrong idea,” replied
Charlotte. “Couldn’t be worse. We don’t
want Zuckerman to think Wilbur is
crunchy. He might start thinking about
crisp, crunchy bacon and tasty ham. That
would put ideas into his head. We must
advertise Wilbur’s noble qualities, not
his tastiness. Go get another word,
please, Templeton!

Grammar

templeton to hear that, he felt bad – templeton hears that and he feels bad / after templeton heard that, he felt bad / after hearing that, he was sad 

some of them they say some words / they say some words

my plan working – my plan is working / my plan works 

why I need to help Wilbur? – Why do I need to help Wilbur? you NEED food
How do you say? I SAY “hello”
What do you want? I WANT coffee
Who are you? I AM Jesse

Pronunciation

cellar – “SELL la”
eg. I went down into the cellar

trough – “troff”
throw – “thoe”
through – “throo”
rough – “ruff”
tough – “tuff”
thorough – “thahh roe”

appeared – “peer” 

angry – “angg” 
hungry – “ung”

ship – sh i p
sheep – sh eeyyee p