Week 9: The Midterms Begin

 Hello everyone, we will have our "Garden of Happiness" Story Unit Test, the Oral Exam, and the Listening Exam on Week 9.

However, it's not all just study, study, study this week; we also have our Halloween Party with games and costumes.

In case anyone lost the Exam Scope Notice, here is a digital copy below.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wkgxvZ-ti9ETsovsRqLaOsEWWnrMmJTu/view?usp=sharing

There are no vocabulary words or a new story this week.

However, please remember to study the vocab for weeks 3-8 prepare for the Written Exam in Week 10.

The Story summaries for Story 2, 3, and 4:

 The Abenaki Story Summary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsk-v3O6iQs

The Abenaki are a group of Native Americans. Their homeland is in the northeast part of the USA.

They are one of five Native American tribes that are part of the Wabanaki group.

The Abenaki story is an informational text that tells readers facts and details about the lives and culture of the Abenaki people.

They often used the bark from birch trees for many things such as for making poles, wigwams, canoes, and baskets.

The Abenkai were a community of hunters, fishers, and farmers.

The farmers grew crops such as corn, beans, and squash, and the hunters hunted deer.

Today, the Abenaki are part of American society, but they still find ways to keep their culture alive.

For example, they still tell traditional stories to their children, they still plant plants for healing and they still sing traditional songs.

They tell traditional tales like the stories of the beautiful golden haired woman who introduced corn farming to the Abenaki.

They still make pine needle tea to cure sickness.

The Abenaki people still sing the "Green Corn Song" when corn is being harvested.

The Abenaki people don't want to lose their old customs and traditions, and remembering the old stories and songs helps them to connect with the past and honor their elders and ancestors.

Anna's Surprise: Reading Summary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch1hfgaMbbc

There are many students from different nations and cultures in Anna's classroom.

The teacher, Mrs. Guzman, wants them to bring a type of food or drink from their culture to class to show their classmates.

Akiri brings some udon soup with thick noodles from Japan to show the class and puts it into cups.

Dag brings some spring rolls from Thailand to show the class and explains that spring rolls are rice wrappers that are filled with carrots, cucumbers, and purple cabbage.

The spring rolls are later dipped into a peanut sauce.

Jamal brings in some pita and hummus,  which is a flat bread and a dip, from Lebanon.

Hummus is a dip made from chickpeas.

Maria brings in some quesadillas from Mexico. Quesadillas is a Spanish word so the two l's make a /y/ sound.

Maria also brings in some spicy salsa to dip the triangle shaped quesadillas in.

Anna doesn't bring in food, she brings in a smoothie and tells the other students the ingredients.

Smoothies are popular in the United States, and are a drink made from fruit and ice.

Anna's smoothie includes bananas, milk, and blueberries in its ingredients.

The Garden of Happiness Story Summary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PuFVeKuU0s

The story is a realistic fiction story that follows a Spanish speaking girl named Marisol who lives in New York City, USA.

Marisol lives on a block near East Houston Street which has an empty lot which is full of garbage.

One day, Marisol sees several neighbors, such as Mr. Oritz and Mrs. Washington, cleaning it.

Afterwards, Mrs. Washington and other neighbors, mention wanting to plant vegetables in the lot.

The neighbors start thinking about which vegetables and flowers to plant in the new "Garden of Happiness."

Marisol wanted to find a patch of earth in the lot to plant her own flower or vegetables.

She found one that was the size of her hand, and then saw some teenagers painting a mural.

Marisol looked for some seedlings for a while, and found a big fat seed near Mrs. Garcia.

She planted the seed in her small patch, and gave it a lot of water.

It started to grow into a green shoot so she watered it and pulled the weeds near it while it grew.

Later, the plant turned into a large sunflower with petals of yellow and gold.

It was so beautiful that it even reminded Mrs. Majewska of the flower fields of Poland.

The flower of sunshine made people in the neighborhood smile all summer long.

However, it got colder in New York City and the sunflower's golden petals curled and faded.

The sunflower's vines started to tumble down as winter approached.

Marisol then collected the seeds and put them into her pockets.

She was sad during the winter as she loved her flower so much.

However, the mural that the teenagers made was of beautiful golden sunflowers like hers.

That made her happy again.

Week 9	Homework 回家功課
Monday October 27th	1. Review Worksheet-Monday
Tuesday October 28th	1. Review Worksheet-Tuesday
Wednesday October 29th	1.  Review Worksheet-Wednesday
Thursday October 30th	1. Review Worksheet-Thursday
Friday October 31st	1. Review Worksheet-Friday