Password :

" How did the party end? "

B&B for next class:

Search for interesting information about:

• TWIN BROTHERS or 
• The physiological reactions in front of FEAR

Pin the Tail of the Donkey:

 

 

  

VOCABULARY Focus 1:

CHILDHOOD GAMES:
card games

chinese whispers

cops and robbers

double dutch (jump rope)

follow the leader

hangman

hide-and-seek

hopscotch

I spy

marbles

Marco Polo

musical chairs

musical statues

pick-up-sticks

pin the tail of the donkey

skipping the rope

Simon says

tag

tic-tac-toe

tug of war

VOCABULARY Focus 2:

• turf: the surface layer of land on which grass is growing, consisting of the grass and the soil in which its roots grow, or a piece of this that is cut from the ground and is usually rectangular.  the sport of horse racing
• peg: a small stick or hook that sticks out from a surface and from which objects,especially clothes, can hang
• Play Do or plasticine: a soft substance produced in different colours, used especially by children to make shapes and models
• petticoat or underskirt is an article of clothing for women; specifically an undergarment to be worn under a skirt or a dress. The petticoat is a separate garment hanging from the waist 

SONG:

PASSWORD:

" A child is..........................................."

B&B for next class:

         

Finish reading the short story: Should Wizard Hit Mommy?

Bring a photo of your childhood.

Write down a childhood short story with a happy ending and add a "twist" to it.

VOCABULARY Focus 1:

Nursery school         Chipmunk: /ˈtʃɪp.mʌŋk/       Skunk: /skʌŋk/

Fatiguing: /fəˈtiː.ɡɪŋ/     Futile: /ˈfjuː.taɪl/          Zest: /zest/

          

Roughened voice: /ˈrʌf.ən vɔɪs/     Tug: /tʌɡ/

Bugs:  a very small insect ( also: illness, computer problem, to annoy someone)

Window sill:  a flat piece of wood, stone, etc. which forms the base of a window or door

Creek: a little river

Crick: a painful, usually sudden stiffness in a group of muscles in the neck or back

To Spill: to (cause to) flow, move, fall, or spread over the edge or outside the limits of something:

To Relapse: /rɪˈlæps/ to become ill or start behaving badly again, after making an improvement

Sly: seeming to know secrets / deceiving people in a clever way in order to get what you want

To Rap on the door: to hit or say something suddenly and forcefully

Clench: to close or hold something very tightly, often in a determined or angry way

To Scrunch up his face: to make your face or part of your face into a tightshape in order to show an emotion, or to go into a tight shape that expresses anemotion:

To Whine: to make a long, high, sad sound: If you whine, especially as a child, you complain or express disappointment or unhappiness repeatedly

Rheumy: /ˈruː.mi/ rheumy eyes have a lot of water in them and are not clear: The old man peered at him with rheumy eyes.

To rummage: /ˈrʌm.ɪdʒ/ to search for something by moving things around carelessly and looking into, under, and behind them: She rummaged in/through all the drawers, looking for a pen.

To feign: /feɪn/ to pretend to feel something, usually an emotion

smugly: in a way that shows too much satisfaction or confidence:"I own three cars and two boats," he said smugly.

Curtly: If someone's manner or speech is curt, it is rude as a result of being very quick

Cranky: easily annoyed or upset

rumbled      lacrosse    pick-up-sticks     apprehensive    "of all the nerve!"

dabbling      fright     skittered off    underbrush     astounded      lima beans

pie-Oh-My dessert      crouching       gingerly      heave         smock 

       weariness          baseboards

VOCABULARY Focus 2:

SONG:

3 Little Smelly Skunks:

http://www.songsforteaching.com/animalsongs/threelittlesmellyskunks-short.htm

PASSWORDS for next class:

Choose one of the following sayings:

The phoenix must burn to emerge.

I guess I don't mind so much

being old,

as I mind being

fat and old.

As you get older, three things happen:

The first one is that memory goes,

and I don't remember the other two.

We turn not older with years,

but newer every day.

Did you know that childhood
is the only time in our lives
when insanity is not only permitted
but expected?

B&B for next class:

• Write down titles of Childhood Stories you were told when you were a child.
• Read pages 10 and 11 of short story "Should Wizard Hit Mommy?" 
• Read about the author & the story (extra copy)

VOCABULARY and SOUND Focus:

• restroom
• pacifier
• mocking bird
• billy goat
• YOUTH  /juːθ/

LIFE SEASONS 1:

  

  

  

LIFE SEASONS 2:

SONG:

Password for next class:

" Life is like................................."

B&B for next Tuesday:

• Write down a short funny anecdote about your childhood.
• Ask Agustina to make a copy of the Booklet R&R 2014 - selected short stories.

VOCABULARY Focus 1:

VOCABULARY Focus 2:

Childhood: 

infancy  pester power (the ability of children to make their parents buy things for them by continuing to ask them until they agree to do it) Disney films, picture books, innocence, tree climbing, fairy tales, den building, school age, junior.

Teenage Years: 

puberty, adolescent, inexperienced, puerile, immature, green, raw, undeveloped, blossoming, flowering, naïve, unaware, freshman, fresh meat.

Youth:

fresh-faced, legal age ( the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs), minor, juvenile, salad days (The period when one is young and inexperienced)

Adulthood:

grown up, of age, prime of life, manhood, parentage, maturity, ripened, completion, ripe, fertile.

Old Age: 

aged, long-lived, old, oldish, golden age, over-the-hill, senile, barren, retired, seasoned.

Rebirth:

reborn, regeneration, renewal, resurrection,reinventation, reactivation, renaissance, awakening, reincarnation, comeback, outset (the start of something)

Story Time:

Class Contract:)

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