Saturday, December 15, 2012

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Let's Have Some Fun with Past Tense!

Story Telling (for 8th graders):  Past Tense

1. Watch the silent film and guess what happened to Mr. Simpson
2. Watch the video clip with sounds to see if you get it right or wrong
3. Tell your partner what happened by using past tense


***For bigger screen, please click here.

                            Made by Jasmine Hung, adapted from the video clip of The Simpsons

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

SanMin B3 L2 Let's Dig In!


Class, in lesson 2 we learn a lot about food.  There are some interesting idioms and phrases about food.  Check how many of them you understand!



1.      Bad egg
2.      Egghead
3.      Not my cup of tea
4.      Too many cooks spoil the broth
5.      The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
6.      Have a finger in every pie
7.      The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
8.      All meat pleases not all mouths.
9.      go bananas
10.  the apple of one’s eye
11.  bring home the bacon
12.  full of beans
13.  bread and butter
14.  pie in the sky
15.  butterfingers


Friday, September 21, 2012

English Song --- The Chain of Love

Class, in Lesson 1 we learn about the story of The Chain of Love. 
Let's enjoy the song sung by Clay Walker.
For listening test, you can try to fill in the blanks of the lyrics.

The Chain of Love


He was ____________________ home one evening,
In his beat up Pontiac
When an old lady flagged him down,
Her Mercedes had a ________________
He could see that she was ____________________,
Standing out there in the snow
'Til he said I'm here to help you ma'am, _____________________________ my name is Joe


Thursday, August 16, 2012

Summer Reading --- James and the Giant Peach Trailer

This summer we are going to finish the novel James and the Giant Peach, so here's a movie trailer for you to preview the story.  Enjoy!