Week 11

 Main Reading of the Week! 

Homework For the Week! 

 Monday

1. Write words 7 – 13 three times.   

2. Write the word in Chinese and definition.

3. Write a sentence with each word.

    4. Sensay, and Savas homework

   Tuesday

   1. Write words 14 - 20 three times.   

2. Write the word in Chinese.

3. Write the definition.

4. Write a sentence with each word.

    5. Sensay

   Wednesday

   1. Finish Worksheet!

   Thursday

   1.Study for the Unit Test!

   

   Friday

    1.Week 12: Write words 1 – 13 three times.

2. Write the word in Chinese.

3. Write the definition.

4. Write a sentence with each word.

5. Sensay Homework 

Week 11 Vocab Definitions 

1) country: the land of a person's birth, residence, or citizenship

2) interpret: to explain or tell the meaning of

3) imagine: to form a mental image of (something not present)

4) homeland: native land

5) immigrant: a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence

6) freedom: the quality or state of being free

7) religion: a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices

8) escape: to get free of; break away from

9) famine: an extreme scarcity of food

10) opportunities: a good chance for advancement or progress

11) foreman: a person in charge of a group of workers, a particular operation, or a section of a plant

12) accomplish: to bring to completion

13) foundation: an underlying base or support

14) bulldozer: a tractor-driven machine usually having a broad horizontal blade for moving earth

15) jackhammers: a tool that drills through rock by hitting it very hard and quickly  

16) lumber: to move ponderously

17) volunteers: a person who voluntarily undertakes or expresses a willingness to undertake a service

18) flatcars: a railroad freight car without permanent raised sides, ends, or covering

19) whistle: a small wind instrument in which sound is produced by the forcible passage of breath through a slit in a short tube; a shrill, high sound

20) shrill: to utter or emit an acute piercing sound

21) blast: a violent gust of wind

22) pierced: having holes

23) sledgehammers: a large heavy hammer that is wielded with both hands

24) gandy-dancer: a laborer in a railroad section gang

25) wrenches: to twist violently

26) aligning: to bring into line or alignment

27) tamper:  to interfere so as to weaken or change for the worse 

28) gravel: loose rounded fragments of rock

29) ballast: something that gives stability (as in character or conduct)

30) mammoth: of very great size

*Important Reminders:

• Enjoy the week!
• Remember to speak English in class!

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