September 18, Wednesday

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 Today's lesson 

1. Review Week 4 VW #13-25 and definition

  •     annual party / dinner  (take place once a year)
  • volcano(es) for plural 
  • extreme weather / sports 
  • ferment: food that ferments with yeast ~ bread dough / wine / bear / tofu / soy sauce, but cakes don't undergo fermentation, we put baking soda into cake flour.
2. R-controlled words: please review Google classroom flash cards for the meaning.  R-controlled review, and the youtube clips. 

  • born / corn / horn / torn (tear /tore / torn)
3.  Idioms /proverbs in RWN:
  1. have a word with (someone) ~ want to talk to someone 
  • e.g. Can I have a word with you? = Can I talk to you privately? 
      2. can't get a word in edgeways = someone is talking so much that you don’t have a chance to speak.
  • e.g. My classmates keep talking for the whole team discussion, I can't get a word in edgeways. (I didn't get a chance to say anything)
3. have the nerve = to be brave enough to do something
  • e.g. She has the nerve to dance in front of a big crowd of people.
4. down to earth (接地氣) = someone is kind, friendly, and easy to talk to

  • e.g. The princess is very down to earth, she likes to take the public transportation and eat McDonald's. 

5.earn your keep = you are doing work or helping out to deserve the things you get

6. The early bird gets the worm (早起的鳥兒有蟲吃)=  if you start something early or on time, you are more likely to succeed or get a reward.

3. Worksheet # 1 (tomorrow's homework) is given today, students have more time to work on and study for Friday's quiz. 

4. Homework: 

9/18

Wednesday

1.     RWN correction, HW p.262, 263, 267,268

2.     Study for Vocab Quiz:

9/19

Thursday

1.     WK4 worksheet 1

2.     Study for Vocab Quiz:

5. Sensay homework #3 link is here and in the Line group as well. 



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