Week 14

 

Week 14 (1st December - 5th December)

 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 (5th December) 

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

Homework: (2nd December)

1. Vocabulary (1-15) x2 times

2. Quiz correction and sign

Homework: (3rd December)

1. Vocabulary (16-30) x2 times

2. Worksheet

3. Read Reading Street p.176-187

Homework: (4th December)

1. Worksheet correction

2. RWN p.322, 325

3. Study for test

Homework: (5th December)

1. Sensay (answer questions)

2. RWN p.326

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🌟🌟Useful resources🌟🌟

📌 Listen to the you tube video, The Skunk Ladder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eErnVq-ejQU

⏰Worksheet 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x0fBgpDNcsQef1rn9hLaBEHLSs159ynS/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112562655832662129080&rtpof=true&sd=true

Vocabulary

No. English Chinese Preselected Words from the Text 1 pile n. 一疊;一堆 2 stump n. (樹)殘幹;殘幹 3 screen v. 測試;檢查 4 hay n. 稻草 5 engineering n. 工程設計;工程學 6 concentrate v. 專心 7 purely adj. 僅僅 8 aesthetically adv. 美感地;美學地 9 pleasing adj. 令人高興的;令人滿意的 10 practical adj. 實際的 11 tame v. 馴服（動物);控制 12 fairly adv. 相當地 13 enthusiasm n. 熱情;熱忱 14 I bet. phr. 我相信 15 fade v. 褪色

No. English Chinese 16 ponder v. 沉思，考慮 17 possibility n. 可能 18 drag v. 拖，拉 19 undergo v. 遭受 20 fit n. 發作（指突然發生的、不能控制的動作） 21 hysteria n. 歇斯底里 22 tedious adj. 單調乏味的 23 approach v. 靠近 24 odor n. （常指難聞的）氣味;臭味 25 nostril n. 鼻孔 26 plummet v. 暴跌，急遽下降 27 inclination n. 愛好;意向 28 peek v. 窺視，偷看 29 stride v. 大步，闊步 30 excavation n. （古物的）挖掘

	Word	POS	Definition
1.	pile	n.	objects positioned one on top of another
2.	stump	n.	the part of something such as a tree, tooth, arm, or leg that is left after most of it has been removed
3.	screen	v.	to protect or hide
4.	hay	n.	grass that is cut and dried and used as animal food
5.	engineering	n.	the work of an engineer, for example, designing or building machines, electrical equipment, roads, etc. using scientific principles
6.	concentrate	v.	to direct your attention or your efforts towards a particular activity, subject, or problem
7.	purely	adj.	only
8.	aesthetically	adv.	in a way that relates to the enjoyment or study of beauty
9.	pleasing	adj.	giving a feeling of satisfaction or enjoyment
10.	practical	adj.	relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas or imagination
11.	tame	v.	(especially of animals) not wild or dangerous, either naturally or because of training or long involvement with humans
12.	fairly	adv.	used to emphasize figurative expressions that describe what people or objects are doing
13.	enthusiasm	n.	a feeling of energetic interest in a particular subject or activity and an eagerness to be involved in it
14.	I bet.	phr.	I imagine or am fairly certain (that)
15.	fade	v.	to lose color, brightness, or strength gradually
16.	ponder	v.	to think carefully about something, especially for a noticeable length of time
17.	possibility	n.	a chance that something may happen or be true
18.	drag	v.	to move something by pulling it along a surface, usually the ground
19.	undergo	v.	to experience something that is unpleasant or something that involves a change
20.	fit	n.	a sudden attack of illness when someone cannot control their movements and becomes unconscious
21.	hysteria	n.	extreme fear, excitement, anger, etc. that cannot be controlled
22.	tedious	adj.	boring
23.	approach	v.	to come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount
24.	odor	n.	a particular smell, esp. a bad one
25.	nostril	n.	either of the two openings in the nose through which air moves when you breathe
26.	plummet	v.	to fall very quickly and suddenly
27.	inclination	n.	a feeling that you want to do a particular thing, or the fact that you prefer or are more likely to do a particular thing
28.	peek	v.	to look, especially for a short time or while trying to avoid being seen
29.	stride	v.	to walk somewhere quickly with long steps
30.	excavation	n.	the act of removing earth that is covering very old objects buried in the ground in order to discover things about the past

Weekly Sentences 1. “We’ll go up to my dad’s shop and build a ladder,” Eddie said. 2. A cloud of dust puffed up out of the hole when Mr. Muldoon hit the bottom. 3. The skunk started scratching and biting, so Eddie threw it back down in the hole, where its arrival was followed by a savage bellow from Mr. Muldoon, who, to our surprise, then came running up the skunk ladder himself. 4. Eddie eventually made his way home and placed himself under the protective custody of his mother, until Mr. Muldoon’s rage subsided into the odd little facial tic that was to remain with him for several months. 5. Twenty years later, however, Crazy Eddie became a Ph.D. in chemistry.