ESL Unit 3 Animals, Bikes and Paul Bunyan

I. Reading Comprehension

A. Hummingbirds

Vocabulary:

1. hummingbird (n.)       The bird feeder attracts many hummingbirds in summer.
2. quite + noun (used for emphasis 強調)        He is quite a player.
3. acrobat  (n.)     I wish I was as fit as the acrobats in the circus.
4. kingfisher  (n.)      We watched the kingfisher eat a fish.
5. to hover (v.)     The helicopter hovers over the car crash.
6. to match (v.) no + match for sth/sb    Hillary was no match for Trump.
7. skill (n.)       I have no skill in math.
8. strength  (n.)   She has more strength in her writing than last year.
9. nectar  (n.)      The bees like the nectar of this flowering herb.
10. to sip (v.)    Teacher sips her coffee slowly.
11. marking (n.)     My cat has black and white markings.
12. silk  (n.)         Her hair is as soft as silk.

台灣翠鳥覓食Kingfisher feeding (Taiwan)

B. Bats

Vocabulary:

1. to stretch (v.)     Stretching your muscles after a workout prevents injury.
2. active (adj.)       Although my grandma is old, she is still very active.
3. to hang (v.)      We hung ornaments on the Christmas Tree last night.
4. expression (n.)   Your face has a funny expression.
5. to guide (v.)     The dog guides the blind man across the street safely.
6. pitch (n.)       The song's pitch is too low for me to sing.
7. echo (n.)      The hiker yells on the mountain top, to hear his echo.
8. squeak (n.)   The mice are squeaking under the floor.
9. sonar (n.)    The navy uses a sonar system in their submarines.
10. to bump (v.)  The rude people bumped into me without an apology.
11. confused  (adj.)  to get + confused   I always got confused in math class.
12. to recognize (v.)    So many years had passed, that we didn't recognize each other.

EXTRA: Pollinators 授粉

1. What are the world's pollinators?
2. Why are pollinators important for the earth?
3. Which pollinators are endangered?

Resources:

BBC Earth
1.4 Billion Jobs Depend On Pollinators

Venn Diagram: Hummingbirds and Bats

C.Giraffes

1. graceful (adj.)    My mom is a graceful dancer.
2. gracefully (adv.)  My mom dances gracefully.
3. grown (adj.) 成年男子／女子的   His neighbor's dog is a full grown pet.
4. average (n.) 平均數；平均   My average (grade) is about 85%.
5. to gain weight (v.)   I gain weight every winter.
6. awkward (adj.)  扭捏不自然的 He was so shy and awkward with girls.
7. to gallop (v.)   飛跑，疾馳  The horse gallops across the fields.
8. to pace (v.) 為…定速度     The joggers pace themselves with their leader.
9. gentle (adj.)     Be more gentle with yourself.
10. curious (adj.)     All young toddlers are curious.

Extra: Giraffes at risk of extinction

D. Paul Bunyan 保羅 班揚

1. legend傳說，傳奇故事；民間故事 (n.) The movie is based on a Japanese legend.
2. giant巨人 (n.) Many different cultures believed in giants.
3. wore  (v.) past to wear  She wore the wrong uniform today.
4. porridge 燕麥粥，麥片粥 (n.)  English speaking kids eat oatmeal porridge for breakfast.
5. footprint腳印；足跡 (n.) The footprints of dinosaurs are on the mountains near my home.
6. lake 湖，湖泊 (n.) The lake near school is named after a dragon.
7. lumberjack 伐木工人，木材採運工 (n.) Lumberjacks needed to be super strong.
8. to form 製作；成為 (v.) Volcanic islands are still forming.
9. Grand Canyon 大峽谷國家公園(n.) Astronauts can see the Grand Canyon from space.
10. to drag 拖 (v.) The car is dragging a box behind it.

++ Lumbersexual :  A male hipster with a rugged, outdoorsy look, typified by plaid shirts and a full beard (Chinese)

E. Bike Safety

1. tip 指點，指導 (n.)  Grandma gave my aunt some useful cooking tips.
2. to cycle 騎單車／腳踏車 (v.)  He cycles three times a week to work.
3. serious 嚴重的；糟糕的 (adj.) We have some serious problems understanding this lesson.
4. hand signal 信號 (n.)  Do cyclists in Taiwan use hand signals?
5. to obey (v.) 服從，順從  The drivers obey this traffic light because of the cameras.
6. bright (adj.) 光明的，明亮的  The butterfly has a bright blue color.
7. bicyclist 騎腳踏車的人(n.) Many bicyclists come to Yilan for its many trails.
8. [working] order (n.) state of being  正常工作狀況；良好使用狀況 

TV for sale in (good) working order.出售性能良好的電視機。

Are your immigration papers in order (= legally correct)? 你的移民證件是否合法？

The coffee machine is out of order (= not working).咖啡機壞了。

II. Grammar

A. Synonyms and Antonyms

Game, Games 2

B. Homophones

C. Prefixes 前綴 (rap song)

In the word "unimportant", "un-" is a prefix.
在單詞 unimportant 中，un- 是前綴。

1. Common
2. Games 
3. Quiz

D. Possessive Pronouns/ Games/
E. Compound Subject + Compound Predicate
F.Subordinating Conjunctions

Unit 2 ESL

I. Venn Diagram Sports Comprehension

Vocabulary:

1. hockey
2. football
3. soccer
4. tennis
5. golf

II. Sharks Reading

Types of Sharks:

1. whale shark 鯨鯊
2. pygmy shark 侏儒鯊
3. bull shark 低鰭真鯊
4. tiger shark 鼬鯊
5. black tip reef shark 烏翅真鯊
6. hammerhead shark 雙髻鯊
7. cookie cutter shark 雪茄達摩鯊
8. goblin shark 歐氏尖吻鮫
9. dogfish shark 白斑角鯊
10. saw shark 鋸鯊
11. mako shark 尖吻鯖鯊
12. great white shark 大白鯊

Vocabulary:

1. Mississippi River
2. cartilage
3.spiky (adj.) [not sharp!]
4.scales (n.)
5. jaws (n.)
6.clamp (v.)
7.prey (n.)
8. to thrash (v.)
9. (deadly, deadlier,) deadliest
10.stomach
11. hammer (n.)
12. circular
13. snout
14. saw (n.)
15. fascinating

Videos from the Reading: Bull sharks in freshwater, Great White Thrashing its Prey, Sharks Eating Other Sharks, Crazy Things Swallowed by  Sharks, Cookie Cutter Bite, Mako Leaping Into Boat

Grammar: Compare and contrast using superlatives, (Practice /Game)
Activity: each person to make a list using positives superlatives to describe a good characteristic about someone in the class/school. Absolutely nothing even remotely negative allowed.
Writing: Choose a shark and write an acrostic poem, use your dictionary (Shark and Ocean Words)
Extra: Shark Conservation, The Importance of Great Whites, Shark Fin Ban

Sharks are in big trouble. Between 63 and 273 million sharks are killed every year due to human activities like overfishing and bycatch. As predators, sharks have played a vital role in maintaining healthy oceans for hundreds of millions of years, and any decline in populations can create a domino effect of unintended consequences.  The demand for shark fins is one of the biggest threats to shark populations worldwide. In fact, it’s estimated that fins from as many as 73 million sharks are bought and sold in the global shark fin trade every year.

In 2011, Taiwan was the 1st Asian country to ban shark fin fishing, but illegal fishing is still a huge problem. Sharks are still killed in Taiwan for their fins. Restaurants still serve shark fin soup.

What is the _________ problem in the world? (great)
The ____________ problem in the world is_________.

我叫珍古德而我的年紀是 80 歲，希望您能留下寶貴的 5 分鐘，聆聽我說一些話... Jane Goodall 珍·古德 interview

III. Earthquakes 地震

Vocabulary:

1. event (n.) it Yesterday was the school sport's event.
2. section (n.) it  Mom cut the pizza into eight sections.
3. to occur (v.) An earthquake occurred in Italy.
4. damage (n.) it My car has a lot of damage.
5. electric (adj.) adj + noun I wish I could buy an electric car.
6. landslide (n.) it The house was covered by a landslide.
7. to predict (v.) The weather report predicts sunny skies.
8. to warn (v.) Teacher warns us to get better.

to warn (警告；告誡；提醒)

I warn, you warn, they warn

he, she, it warns

to be+ warning ( I am warning you)

past: warned (I warned you)

IV. The Grasshopper and the Ants Fable

Vocabulary:

1. to haul (v.) to pull something heavy slowly and with difficulty
（用力）拉，拖（重物）

They hauled the boat out of the water. 他們把船拉上了岸。

She hauled herself up into the tree. 她費勁地爬上了樹。

IDIOM: "haul ass" to move very quickly to a different place

快速散開

When the shooting started we hauled ass out of there.

槍擊開始後，我們就趕快離開了那裡。

2. grain- a seed or seeds from a plant,  like a grass such as rice or wheat
（尤指像穀谷、小麥等像草一樣的植物的）穀粒，穎果，穀（物）

grains of wheat/rice 麥／米粒

Grain  is one of the main exports of the American Midwest.

穀物是美國中西部地區主要的出口商品。

V. Helpful Trees

Video: Chicago Trees

Vocabulary:

1. energy- the power from something such as electricity or oil that can do work, such as providing light and heat
能，能量；能源

The energy generated by the windmill drives all the drainage pumps.

風車産生的能量爲所有的排水泵提供動力。

energy conservation/efficiency.節能／能源使用效率

2. bill (n.) a request for payment of money owed, or the piece of paper on which it is written
帳單

an electricity/gas/phone bill電／煤氣／電話費帳單

3. sewer (n.) a large underground pipe used for carrying wastewater and human waste away from buildings to a safe place
下水道；排水管；陰溝

a sewer pipe 排水管

A complicated system of sewers runs under the city.

城市的地底下布有複雜的排水系統。

V. Grammar: 

1. Synonyms and Antonyms
2. The Verb BE
3. Main and Helping Verbs

VI. Writing

1. Making questions out of statements
2. Combing a sentence out of two sentences
3. Cursive practice