VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W / S]

Homework

Write about your favourite toy at home. Take a photo and show me next class. Tell me when you got the toy. What it looks like. What you like to do with it when you play. Use long sentences with:

because, if, but, so, and, when, and then, which, who…

Writing exercise

I got home at 5:30 then i ate my dinner with my father and my mother. We ate a lot of food because we were hungry and then we were full. We walked in the room for 5 minutes so we were not full. Then, I did my homework, I did it so fast. I go to bed at 9 o’clock but I didn’t feel tired. I read a book which is interesting. Then, I slept at 9:30.

I got home at 5:30 PM then I ate some fish and vegetables with rice for my dinner with my father and my mother / with my parents. We were very hungry so we ate a lot of food which made us full. We walked around the room for 5 minutes so we were not really full anymore. Then, I did my homework, which I did so fastand I did it so fast. I went to bed at 9 o’clock but I didn’t feel tired so I read a book which was interesting. Then, I slept at 9:30 PM.

Pronunciation

interesting = “in chrestin” / “in ter res ting”

minutes = “min uts”

Grammar

I have a friend who I like so much! 
I have a toy which I really like!

I had breakfast
What did you eat?
I had dumplings for breakfast

I had dumplings to make myself not hungry

Vocabulary

I am in grade 4. Last year I was in grade 3.
I’m not in grade 3 anymore.

let / make – rang
let = you want to do it
make = you don’t want to do it
eg. Mum says I can watch TV = Mum lets me watch TV
eg2. Mum says I must go to school = Mum makes me go to school

dumpling – jiao zi, hun tun, xiao long bao

bun – bao zi

a type of – yi zhong
eg. cha shao bao is a type of Chinese bun

AM = morning
PM = afternoon + evening 

exercises (n) – things you do to help yourself learn something and remember

practice (v) – to do sth to try to get better
eg. I do maths exercises every night to practice my maths
eg2. I practice speaking with Jesse

Speaking exercise

because, if, but, so, and, when, and then, which, who…

I got up at 7 AM because I was not tired. Then, I washed my face and brushed my teeth which were clean after that, and then I had an egg and some dumpling and fruits, then I had some milk which was very yummy. I finished breakfast at 7:45 AM and then I did some maths exercises for 1 hour because my mother made me do it.