Thursday, 1 March 2012

Luck by Mark Twain can be listened to here.
We finished unit 4 by correcting the homework you did in the self-study section on page 101. I then handed out the vocabulary list with unit 4, which can also be found here. You can import this list, and the other Let's Talk 3 vocabulary lists I made before, to your own personal account you can create at wrts. How to import lists to your own account and answers to other FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) can be seen here. We read the vocabulary list together to mark the stress in each word. This helps with pronouncing them correctly. 
We then started unit 5 about Education and learning with 5A called School days We finished the session by reading the first page of Mark Twain's story Luck.

Thursday, 23 February 2012

We started off with telling stories with the cartoons on pages 76 and 85 of our book. We then finished unit 4B and started the accompanying self/study section by making sentences with 'seem', 'look like' and 'look as if'. Next week I will hand out the vocabulary list for unit 4 and we will correct the rest of the self-study section. 
We then answered your own comprehension questions with stave 5 of A Christmas Carol and we finished reading The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by taking turns reading out loud. try to make your own vocabulary list with this story and then listen to the video below: 
National Geographic on Sleepy Hollow:  
Try to recognise as many words as possible while watching this short video. You will already know most of what is told.

Thursday, 16 February 2012

This week there were only six of us due to illness. We talked about the past week. We finished unit 4A and moved on to unit 4B (page 16). We then collected the questions we drew up for stave 5 of A Christmas Carol. We will answer them collectively next week. We finished our session by reading a version of The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, which can be listened to here This famous American legend fits perfectly into our Surprises and superstitions theme. Next week we will finish unit 4 and the Legend Of Sleepy Hollow.

Thursday, 9 February 2012

After a brief look at page 99 we started unit 4 about Surprises and superstitions. In unit 4A we had a look at optical illusions. How do they make you feel? How would you describe them? Does your brain fool you? We finished our session with answering the comprehension questions with stave 4 of A Christmas Carol. Reread stave 5 and think up at least two questions along the same lines as we answered for staves 1-4.