Week 19: Written Exam, Essay Writing, and New Story-"Welcome Back, Wolves"

 Hello everyone, we are conducting the Written Exam on Wednesday, June 17th.

Afterwards, we will be finishing Drafts 2 and 3 about our "Happiest Memory" writing so please prepare well.

Afterwards, we will finish up the semester by reading through the "Welcome Back, Wolves" story, but we will not be doing the Practice Workbook section for the story as the story will not be tested.

Students will still need to write the bubble book homework as well as the shared worksheet for the story.

Week 19  Vocabulary

1. (v.): to try to win against others 

 2 reptile (n.): a cold-blooded animal with scales 

 3 explode (v.): to burst violently 

 4 translate (v.): to change from one language to another 

 5 include (v.): to contain as part of a whole 

 6 despite (prep.): in spite of; even though 

 7 expose (v.): to reveal; to leave unprotected 

 8 mistake (n.): an error 

 9 dispute (n./v.): a disagreement; to argue 

 10 subscribe (v.): to sign up for a service 

 11 habitat (n.): natural home of an animal or plant 

 12 solitary (adj.): alone; preferring to be alone 

 13 multiplied (v.) past tense: to increase in number 

 14 plentiful (adj.): existing in large amounts 

 15 ban (v.): to officially forbid 

 16 decision (n.): a choice or judgment 

 17 livestock (n.): farm animals 

 18 threaten (v.): to express intent to harm; to endanger 

 19 improve (v.): to make better 

 20 biodiversity (n.): variety of life in an area 

 21 elk (n.): a large deer species 

 22 willow (n.): a tree with long, thin branches 

 23 benefit (n./v.): advantage; to gain advantage 

 24 negative (n./adj.): a disadvantage; bad or harmful

"Welcome Back Wolves" Story Summary

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozSMu9NCHw0

Yellowstone National Park, with its plentiful food and wife-open spaces is an ideal habitat for wolves.

For many years, though, they were banned from the park because the U.S. government thought wolves did more harm than good.

The government rethought its decision, and the ban was lifted. (in 1995)

In the early 1900s, the U.S. government started a program to control predators in Yellowstone National Park.

The government believed that wolves and other predators destroyed other park wildlife.

Farmers and ranchers supported the program.

They said that wolves threatened their livestock.

To control predators, hunters hunted them.

By 1926, the last Yellowstone wolf pack was gone.

For decades after that, only a few solitary wolves were sighted.

In the 1960s, scientists began to focus on protecting nature.

They wanted to bring back wolves to Yellowstone.

By late 2014, there were 104 wolf packs in the park.

Wolves helped to control the wild elk population and this caused more willows to grow and more beavers to stay in the park because elk ate too many willow trees before.

Week 19	Homework 回家功課
Monday June 15th	No Homework
Tuesday June 16th	No Homework
Wednesday June 17th	No Homework
Thursday June 18th	1. Shared Worksheet 2. Week 19 vocabulary #1-8 x3 + definitions x1 3. Write 5 sentences
Friday June 19th	1. Week 19 vocabulary #9-16 x3 + definitions x1 2. Write 5 sentences