Vocabulary
Grammar
Christmas Carol
Culture
Teachers
100

Name 3 activities you can do outdoors.

Go to a park, hike, have a barbecue, go camping, exercise, explore, go sightseeing, go to the beach 

100

Explain how to form the past simple. (affirmative, negative, questions)

Affirmative: Subject + base verb of verb with d/ed + rest of the sentence.

Negative: Subject + didn't + verb in the base form + rest of the sentence.

Questions: Did + subject + verb in the base form + rest of the sentence.

There are irregulars!

100

What similarities do you see between The Grinch and Scrooge?

The both hate Christmas. They both usually spend christmas alone feeling hateful, unloved, and alone. The both are self-absorbed and selfish because they don't care about others. They both want the Christmas spirit to be gone.

100

What two countries celebrate Thanksgiving?

The United States and Canada

100

Which two places did Bella go to last summer?

Back to California to visit her family and on the Camino de Santiago with the school.

200

What are three adjectives you could use to describe the job of a pilot?

Difficult, frightening, boring, interesting, unique, extraordinary, fun, intense

200

Give the past simple form of these verbs:

Eat

Send

Sing

Take

Write

Ate

Sent

Sang

Took

Wrote

200

In a Christmas Carol, what does Scrooge blame the visions of Marley on? What does Marley say to him?

He blames it on food poisoning. Marley warns him that being miserable will lead him down a similar doom, where Marley is dead, but has been living as a ghost, bound with chains and attached to cash boxes.

200

What are some things you know about Lilani's country, South Africa? (Hint: people, places, language)

Cape Town, Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela, Afrikaans

200

What was Bella's job when she visited home in the summer?

She was a barista at a coffee shop.