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Week 1: Choose or take a picture and write about 4 sentences describing the picture. (completed) A++!

Vocabulary/Phrases: "slip of the tongue": something you said that you should not say or did not want to say

"used to ______" : to be comfortable with, to do something many times

pod: group (of dolphins)

mouthwatering: very delicious

browsing: looking around, not looking for anything specific

 




Week of 2/13


Homework: This weekend please think about a story. It can be a story from real life or one that you imagine. Be ready to tell me the characters, setting, and plot.  We will write the story together in class on monday.


Thanks!

-Lowrie





Homework: Due MONDAY February 20th


-Please write 3-4 sentences about your favorite animal. Explain where it lives, why it is your favorite, and where you have seen it. Think about the VERBS form/tense: are we writing about now (present), the past, or the future? Try to make sure all of the verbs are in the same form/tense.


example: My favorite animal is the tiger. Tigers come from India, but many people think they live in Africa. I like tigers because I think they are very beautiful. I have only seen tigers in the zoo.


FEBRUARY VOCABULARY 

height: length of person/animal/thing (how tall you are)

crowd: a large group of people

brief: a short time

abstract: not realistic (does not look like real life) or something that is difficult to understand, not easy or direct

surreal: like a dream, fantastic, unbelievable (surrealism is a kind of art http://www.aoiportfolios.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dali.jpg)

native: being from a place (usually for more than one generation) example: Native Americans are naturally and historically people who live in America


EXPRESSIONS

'the face of': the best visual example of

mid-point: the middle, half-way through the whole