VIP Class Notes (Li)

What would you do if Mrs Patty invited you and your friends down the basement? Do you think the mummy is Marvin? Why?

Finished “Mrs Patty is Batty”

Vocabulary

float – to stay on the surface of a liquid

ex. I’m hoping that my paper boat floats on the bath tub.

ex. You can float on the Dead Sea because it is very salty.

origami – an activity where you fold pieces of paper into shapes

cardboard – a very thick, stiff paper used for making boxes

chop – to cut something into pieces using an axe, knife or other sharp objects

dreadful – very bad, shocking and sad

ex. This is the worst experience we’ve had at a restaurant thanks to its dreadful service.

ex. You do not want to listen to her dreadful voice live.

repulsive – extremely unpleasant

ex. AJ thinks that Andrea is horrible and repulsive, but others think he secretly likes her.

A cartoon which was called Pingu.

A cartoon called Pingu.

They are talking, but I don’t really know what they are talking about.

They talk, but I don’t really know/understand what they are talking about.

Some of it sounds like English, but also not.

I have made a train by paper when I was young.

I have made a train by paper when I was younger.

Use paper from the paper box

(It is made) using cardboard from boxes 

One kid told them Mrs Patty’s house is haunted.

They think the basement is too dark and there is a door.

They think the basement is too dark, and they find a door.

Pronunciation

chop – ch (ch sound)-op

knob – nob (short sound)