Nice Group of people sharing dinner on a rainy night...

Nice Group of people sharing dinner on a rainy night...

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

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:

 

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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:


SONG:

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

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:

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

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

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    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

    Wednesday, April 16, 2014

    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:

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    LIFE SEASONS 2:


    SONG:

    Wednesday, April 9, 2014

    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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