May 19, 2012 - English Class

White Dog - I

Vocabulary:

Roam= vaguear
countryside= campo, zona rural
Yelled= gritou
whistled= assobiou
hid= escondeu
coiled up= enrolada
towards= em direção (ao menino)
sniff out= farejar
wiped= enxugou
sweat= suor
brow= testa
ventured farther= se aventurou mais longe
edge of a ravine= borda de um barranco
creeks= riachos
Woods= bosques
Suddenly = de repente
he lost his footing= perdeu o equilíbrio
gave way= cedeu
ledge = saliência
bellow= abaixo
twisted and scraped= torcido e arranhado, raspado
neighbor= vizinho
spotted= farejou, suspeitou

According to the text:

1) What is the boy´s name?

2) What is the dog´s name?

3) What farmer Green thought when he saw Joey and Ghost together?

4) Why was Ghost barking close to the rock? What did it find?

5) What were Joey and Ghost hunting?

6) What did Joey´s father say to him?

7) what did Joey´s leave to his dog at doorstep?

8) What did Joey´s father do about Ghost?

9) How did Joey feel when his dog died?

10) What about Joey´s behave after his dog left?

11) what was the name of Joey´s neighbor?

12) what happened when he was walking along the edge of a ravine?

Saturday, May 11th, 2012

Tom is a guittar player and a good student aswel. He has 3 sisters: Mary, Sheena and Ruby. He feels happy playing for his sisters and parents. Tom´s parents are: Raymond, 57 years old, and Rachel, 54 years old.  They are a happy family.

Tom´s favorite fruit is strawberry, but he also likes pineapple. His mother use to make great brunchs on Sundays, like:  strawberry pie,  juices, rolls, cupcakes, spinach pie, scrumbled eggs, lettuce, tomato, onions, olives and broccoli salad, pasta with fried garlic and fruit salad.

Mary is on diet, she always prefer a low fat meals.  She´s trying to loose weight, then she goes jogging at mornings and swimm at the end of day. Sheena, though, likes cream and breads with cream cheese and butter.

Family´s dog – Max – always follows them everywhere. There are many pets in the house, like birds and fishes. They got this habit from grandparents, both side. They got plants also, like daisies, violets and herbs.

When the spring comes, their garden gets full of flowers. When the winter comes, everybody misses the colorful plants.

Questions:

11)      What are Tom´s activities?

22)      Tom is a lazy student. Is that right?

33)      Does Tom has five brothers?

44)      What are Tom´s parents names?

55)      What kind of pet they have?

66)      Does the family has plants?

77)      How does the family looks like?

88)      What plants can we see in their house?

99)      There are flowers in the winter?

110)   How old are Tom´s parents?

- Write all the verbs found in the text.

- Let´s find the articles in the text.