Online Class Notes (Jesse)

3rd person verbs (+s for verbs)
don’t use “one”, just say “a”
think about the time with verbs
always make full sentences… not like Spanish

one day at morning fern was with her mother to prepare breakfast or lunch and fern told her mother “you know, my friend, talking and charlotte is very very clever spider, she is very storytelling… her mother say “oh yes? what’s she talking about?” and she say “she talking about her cousin, like very clever and smart… one cousin wrapped one fish in her web”… her mother think “fern is a little bit crazy”, her mother continue ask “she told you about what?” … Fern said “her cousin wrapped a fish in her web, do you think this is amazing mum?” …. “all talking is true” … and she say “yes the fish jumped too high and fallen in her web, and then the cousin tried to wrap … and when the fish was tired, finally wrapped all, and then she eat. Also, Fern say yes and another cousin is aeronaut … so her mother said “interesting stories”, so in that moment Fern is leave and her mother said “i need to go to the doctor to talk about it, because it’s impossible”… when she leave from home her mother say “Fern you can go to play with your playmate and enjoy in the playground… not every time at the farm”.

one day in the morning fern was with her mother to prepare breakfast or lunch and fern told her mother “you know, my friend can speak and she is a very very clever spider, she is a very good storyteller… her mother says “oh yes? what’s she talking about?” and she says “she was talking about her cousin who is clever and smart like charlotte… and her cousin wrapped a fish in her web”… her mother thinks “fern is a little bit crazy”, her mother continues to ask / continues asking “she told you about what?” … Fern said “her cousin wrapped a fish in her web, do you think this is amazing mum?” …. “all stories are true / every story that she told me is true” … and she says “yes the fish jumped too high and got caught in her web, and then the cousin tried to wrap … and when the fish was tired, finally was completely wrapped up, and then she ate it / him. Also, Fern says / said yes and another cousin is an aeronaut … so her mother said “interesting stories”, so in that moment Fern is leaves / left and her mother said “i need to go to the doctor to talk about it, because it’s impossible”… when she leaves / left from home her mother says / said to her “Fern you can go to play with your playmate and enjoy in the playground… , I don’t want you to go to the farm every day.” 

Vocabulary

demanding – to want a lot of things, and want them urgently
eg. sometimes I am very demanding of myself

to have high standards / high expectations
eg. sometimes I have higher standards for myself than other people do

it’s relative to your expectations

uncle < > aunt / aunty
cousin – a kid of your aunties / uncles / other kids younger than you in your family

knit – to make clothing using wool
eg. I knitted a scarf

starts to believe / changes her mind / starts to change her mind 

scraps – little bits of food that are left over in the garbage
eg. rats like to eat scraps

hideaway 
eg. he likes to go to his secret hideaway

Grammar

she’s thinking the animal can to talk – she was thinking every animal can talk 

I am a teacher

up = direction or finished
stand up = direction
clean up = finished

Clean up the room
Clean it up
Clean the room up

Pick up the kid
Pick him up
Pick the kid up

I catch the fish – active
the fish is caught – passive

The spider caught the fish – active
The fish was caught by the spider – passive

every coffee is expensive
every coffee that is in China is expensive
every coffee from China is expensive

I continue my class
She continues speaking

Pronunciation

gypsy – “jipsee”

miracle 
mirror
my
mine – long
min – short

fin – short
fine – long