VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Writing exercise

Write about your favourite animal – hamsters!

Are they herbivores or carnivores? Are they nocturnal? Anything you can tell me about them?

Vocabulary

enormous/gigantic: colossal – very big
ie. The brachiosaurus is gigantic/enormous.

scientific experiments: when you mix things together and make something
ie. Anna likes to do scientific experiment.

toxic: a bad thing; when you drink it, you might die
ie. Sometimes, you can make something toxic in a scientific experiment.

movement: how does it move
ie. Velociraptor has very quick movements

sneeze: achooo
ie. Anna’s sneezes every time he sees a cat.

allergic: sneezes every time
ie. Anna’s dad is allergic to cats.

transparent: see through
ie. The window is transparent.

carnivore: meat eater
ie. The T-rex was a carnivore.

herbivore: plant eater
ie. Brachiosaurus is a herbivore.

camouflage: turn into the color of the surrounding
ie. Some bugs know how to camouflage.

beanbag chair: the big fluffy chair
ie. Anna really likes the dark orange beanbag chair.

Speaking exercise

I go to there.
I went there when I was 3 or 4.

She’s been a piano teacher, but not now.
She was a piano teacher before.

It have something don’t know and she can talk with the teacher and my teacher can tell…
When my mom doesn’t know something, she can ask the teacher.

That building is colossal.