Online Class Notes (Tibo)

my name is Quentin, I am 11.
I can play basketball.
In our school English is pretty easy.

I sit farther away so the teacher can see my body and how I hold the cello.

I do a lot of different things but I don’t really consider them hobbies.

I like snowboarding, I practice snowboard in a mall there is a machine.
It is like a running machine and it feels like snow -> I practice snowboarding in a mall they have a special machine and artificial snow to make you feel like you are on a mountain.

It is my older brother who first started and he left for the US and had a few classes left so I took over and I started to really enjoy it.

I am just learning this for fun.
When I was in first grade I loved reading comic books.
I like them but I am not that passionate

Our teacher said we can’t talk during breaks because we have a lot of HW.
My favorite HW is Chinese because I usually get good grades and the worst in my mind is Chinese -> Chinese is both my favorite subject and the one I fear the most because I usually get good grades but it takes a lot of time.

They ask you to do basic things like reciting passages from the text book.
It is a lot of memory work.

Teachers will call us to help them to give the test to the students / they ask us to help them distribute the corrected tests back to the students.

We have a lot of PE classes. A law says schools need to have at least 5h a week.

We first do pre exercises / warm up
then we run.

Sometimes we have free time which we could choose our favorite sport to play -> Sometimes we have free time and are allowed to pick our favorite sport.

it is the worst food I have ever ate -> the worst I have ever eaten

I think the only thing that is ok is the rice.
I like my grandma’s food it is delicious.
Sometimes I sneak out  and I take snack and go back to do my HW.

It is super busy, you get pushed a lot of work.
My job is to be the host. When they can’t find anyone to be the host they ask me. / I am very often the host of events, when the organizers can’t find anyone they usually ask me.

We have a point system, you can use / spend 20 points to get a chance to be the host but no one does it.

you can buy small items like decorations.
The teacher will give extra points to the top students.
I get about 62 points per semester.

It is true I got a lot of points when I was in third grade.
They give more points to the leader.

Luckily our school also has middle school so they won’t be wasted  / I can carry them over to middle school

We go back in Sep 1 -> on Sep 1

last time we had 31 students in our class.

From the good side I will have 4 friends and from the bad side 3
/ I estimate I may be together with 4 friends if I am lucky and 3 if it comes to the worst.

If the teachers are not always so strict I love to go to school.
but it is an if -> If the teachers were not so strict, I would love to go to school

During the last summer vacation I had it 3 times a week but this time I just went there 3 times in 2 months 

We had a party and we just ate and ran and played and drank. We had some juice, soda, soft drinks.
We just ran around had a balloon battle.

The class sings the birthday song when it is someone’s birthday.

Vocabulary

finger crossed : crossing fingers is something you do when you hope for good luck
I hope I can get good grades during my next test finger crossed.

Fingers Crossed: A gesture in which you cross one finger over another. It’s a way to wish for good luck.
Before opening her birthday present, Jenny had her fingers crossed, hoping it was the toy she wanted.

Warm up (n) preparing your body for exercise or an activity by doing gentle exercises or practice.
Before joining the soccer game, Tim did a quick warm-up, jogging around the field and stretching his legs.

Grammar

second conditional: when you want to talk about something that has a low or 0 chance of happening
If I had a lot of free time I would write a book.

in + month
We will go back in September

on + date / day
We will go back on Sept 1
I will have a party on my birthday

Pronunciation

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