Class 6-A1 - 2nd Semester - Week 8

  

Monday
星期一
□1. READING STREET 5.2 - Ghost Towns

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□3.        Children's day activities

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R_ppSGL7Y8

Tuesday
星期二
□1. READING STREET 5.2 - Ghost Towns

□2.  Vocabulary / Sentences 1 - 30 

□3.     write  30 Vocab words 3x, Chinese, definition in your A writing-book    

            Pick 10 words and write 5 sentences      
□4.      WorkSheet 

□5.        

Wednesday
星期三
□1.   READING STREET 5.2 - Ghost Towns
□2.    Science - Day and Night

□3.      READING STREET NOTEBOOK -    368,369,370                                               

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□5.   Experience Class  - Mirror Maze

   

Thursday
星期四
□1.  READING STREET 5.2 - Ghost Towns
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□3.         UNIT TEST

□4.    READING STREET 5.2 -  SAVVAS Online Assignments 

□5.    SENSAY online homework - login and practice - get the highest score you can        

Friday
星期五
□1. READING STREET 5.2 - Ghost Towns
□2.                              
□3.        Holiday - No School
□4.                                         
□5. 

Week 8 – Ghost Towns of American West

Word POS Definition

1 stream v. a continuous flow of things or people

2 vigorous n. very forceful or energetic

3 spring up phr. to start to exist suddenly

4 immigrant n. a person who has come to a different country in order to live there permanently

5 homestead n. a house and the surrounding area of land, usually used as a farm

6 storekeeping n. the occupation of keeping a store; the management of a store

7 convict n. someone who is in prison because they are guilty of a crime

8 simpering adj. smiling in a silly or annoying way

9 stalwart adj. (especially of a person) physically strong

10 brimful adj. full of something (good)

11 strewn v. to spread things in an untidy way over a surface, or to be spread in an untidy way over a surface

12 straggling v. to move or spread untidily and in small numbers or amounts

13 clapboard adj. a clapboard building has walls which are covered with long narrow pieces of wood

14 wield v. to hold a weapon or tool and look as if you are going to use it

15 bypass v. to avoid something by going around it

16 furnishing n. an object that tends to increase comfort or utility

17 transcontinental adj. extending or going across a continent

18 occasionally adv. from time to time; sometimes

19 seek/sought v. to try to find or get something, especially something that is not a physical object

20 lawsuit n. a problem taken to a law court by an ordinary person or an organization rather than the police in order to obtain a legal decision

21 migration n. the process of people traveling to a new place to live, usually in large numbers

22 cornerstone n. something very important that something else depends on

23 headlong adv. quickly and directly

24 flock to v. to move or gather together in large numbers

Recognize Only Words 

25 inhabitant n. a person or animal that lives in a particular place

26 venture v. to risk going somewhere or doing something that might be dangerous or unpleasant, or to risk saying something that might be criticized

27 flourish v. to grow or develop successfully

28 pan (for gold) v. wash gravel in a pan to separate out (gold)

29 strike it rich phr. acquire a great deal of money, typically in a sudden or unexpected way

30 lay out phr. to arrange something on a flat surface