EF34 Class 30 - Ramadan

 

EF3/4

 

Today’s agenda-

·      Test#3 – narrative paragraph

·      Article to read “Ramadan”

·      Continue review of verb tenses

 

Wednesday

·      “The Kiwi” Facts and Figures

 

Thursday

 

 

 

Test#4 (Submit it by 1 pm)

Choose one topic.

Write a 80-120 word narrative paragraph.

 

Your Favourite Vacation

Your Most Exciting Day at School/Work

 

*Focus on good sentences and verbs.

 

 

 

“Ramadan”

1.    fast(v) – blood test “Fast for 12 hours before getting a blood test.”

You have to fast before getting surgery.

breakfast- first meal of the day, after sleeping,

You break your fast.

2.    prophet (noun, person)- a person who gets messages from God

3.    faith(noun) – belief, religion, trust in a person or institution

I have faith in you. I know that you will keep your promise.

She is a faithful person. Butter is very faithful dog.

4.    self-sacrifice- giving up something that you like to help somebody else

The soldiers sacrificed their lives for their country.

Parents sacrifice money and time for their children.

5.    lunar(adjective) – about the moon

China is on a lunar calendar.

We follow the lunar phases of the moon.

When the moon is getting smaller, it is waining.

When the moon is getting larger, it is waxing.

6.    solar(adj)- about the sun

The solar system is the collection of the sun and all of the planets and moons.

sun- Mercury- Venus- Earth-Mars-Jupiter-Saturn-Uranus-Neptune- Pluto

solar panels-

We can generate clean energy from solar panels.

solarium- solar- sun   arium-room   A glass room for growing plants.

 

7.    entire(adj)- while, all of something  I ate the entire bag of chips.

8.    provide(v)- to give

The food bank provides dry foods and canned food for people who are struggling.

My wife always donated a few things to the food bank when she goes to Superstore.

9.    energy – power, strength(n)

MISPRONUNCIATION-  strens,   strenf

strong(adj)

10.                       mosque- ‘mosk’- religious building for Muslims

church- religious building for Christians

temple- religious building for Sikhs

shrine- religious building for Buddhists and Shinto (Japan)

You can burn incense in a temple.

 

11.                       Quran – holy book for Muslim people

Bible- holy book for Christian people

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