Week 7

 

Week 7 (13th October - 17th October)

 Reminder:

💓Please sign the communication book every day

💗Please sign the quiz or test every Monday. I usually deliver the quiz or test paper on Monday.

💗Test on Friday (17th October)

💓Finish Sensay every week (This is important! It is part of the exam scores)

Homework: (13th October)

1. Vocabulary (1-15) 2 times

2. RWN p.275

3. worksheet correction 

Homework: (14th October)

1. Vocabulary (16-30) 2 times

2. read Reading Street p.84-93

Homework: (15th October)

1. Worksheet

2. RWN p.278

Homework: (16th October)

1. RWN p.279

2. Worksheet correction

3. Study for the test

Homework: (17th October)

1. Sensay (answer questions)

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🌟🌟Useful resources🌟🌟

📌 Listen to the you tube video, Exploding Ants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW8pX2PWqfE 

Worksheet

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IC1J_wPnDKmJ-myz3hri71WQAW4GhAQa/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112562655832662129080&rtpof=true&sd=true

Vocabulary

No. English Chinese Preselected Words from the Text 1 adapt v. 改造;改裝;改編 2 gross adj. 令人噁心的 3 nauseating adj. 令人噁心的，令人作嘔的 4 swell v. 腫脹，腫，膨脹 5 gobble v. 狼吞虎嚥 6 nutritious adj. 營養的 7 predator n. 捕食性動物 8 digestive adj. 消化的 9 chemical n. 化學的；化學製品的 10 nutrient n. 養分;營養 11 organ n. 器官 12 provide v. 提供 13 protective adj. 保護性的，防護的 14 regurgitate v. 使咽下的食物返回口中;反芻 15 abdomen n. 腹部

No. English Chinese 16 antennae n. 觸角 17 manufacture v. 製造 18 mandible n. 上顎（昆蟲嘴的兩部分之一，用於切割和撕咬食物） 19 intruder n. 闖入者，侵入者 20 invader n. 入侵者，侵略者 21 contract v. 收縮，縮小 22 pellet n. 小硬球 23 prey n./v 獵物 24 roosting n. （鳥的）棲身處 25 examine v. （仔細地）檢查 26 diet n. 飲食 27 ligament n. 韌帶 28 dung n. （尤指牛或馬等動物的）糞便 29 gulp v. 大口地吃（或喝） 30 prevent v. 預防

Week 7 – Exploding Ants

	Word	POS	Definition
1.	adapt	v.	to change something so that it is suitable for a different use or situation
2.	gross	adj.	very unpleasant
3.	nauseating	adj.	making you feel as if you are going to vomit
4.	swell	v.	to increase in size
5.	gobble	v.	to swallow or eat greedily
6.	nutritious	adj.	contains substances that your body needs to stay healthy; nourishing
7.	predator	n.	an animal that kills and eats other animals
8.	digestive	adj.	relating to how the body breaks down food and drinks to get energy and help the body grow and stay healthy
9.	chemical	n.	a substance that can change or cause changes in other things
10.	nutrient	n.	any substance that animals need to eat and plants need from the soil in order to grow
11.	organ	n.	a part (like a kidney or leaf) of an animal or plant that is made up of cells and tissues and is specialized to do a particular task
12.	provide	v.	to supply something to someone
13.	protective	adj.	giving cover or shield from something that would destroy or injure
14.	regurgitate	v.	to bring back swallowed food into the mouth
15.	abdomen	n.	the lower part of a person’s or animal’s body, containing the stomach, bowels, and other organs, or the end of an insect’s body
16.	antennae	n.	a pair of long, thin organs that are found on the heads of insects and are used to feel with
17.	manufacture	v.	to make
18.	mandible	n.	in insects, one of the two parts of the mouth used for biting and cutting food
19.	intruder	n.	someone who enters a place without permission
20.	invader	n.	someone who disturbs or intrudes
21.	contract	v.	to make or become shorter or narrower or generally smaller in size
22.	pellet	n.	a small hard ball or tube-shaped piece of any substance
23.	prey	n./v.	(n.) an animal that is hunted and killed for food by another animal; (v.) to kill and eat an animal
24.	roosting	n.	a place, such as a branch of a tree, where birds rest or sleep
25.	examine	v.	to look at or check carefully
26.	diet	n.	the food and drink usually eaten or drunk by a person or group
27.	ligament	n.	a tough band of tissue that holds bones together or keeps an organ in place in the body
28.	dung	n.	solid waste from a large animal
29.	gulp	v.	to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one swallow

Weekly Sentences

Weekly Sentences

1. When the ants explode, they spray out a sticky chemical that kills or glues their opponents in place.

2. Every evening before it goes off to hunt, an owl splits up a few balls of fur and bones.

3. Owls normally split up two pellets a day.

4. The snake’s ability to swallow big prey results from the special design of its jaw.

5. Because snakes eat such big meals, they don’t need to eat every day.