English is always fun!

English is always fun!

By Andy Hdez. Figueroa

A life saving cow​

Six consecutive days of spring rain had created a raging river running by Nancy Brown's farm. As she tried to herd her cows to higher ground, she slipped and hit her head on a fallen tree trunk. The fall knocked her out for a moment or two. When she came to, Lizzie, one of her oldest and favorite cows, was licking her face. The water was rising. Nancy got up and began walking slowly with Lizzie.​

The water was now waist high. Nancy's pace got slower and slower. Finally, all she could do was to throw her arm around Lizzie's neck and try to hang on. About 20 minutes later, Lizzie managed to successfully pull herself and Nancy out of the raging water and onto a bit of high land, a small island now in the middle of acres of white water.

A life saving cow​

​Even though it was about noon, the sky was so dark and the rain and lightning so bad that it took rescuers another two hours to discover Nancy. A helicopter lowered a paramedic, who attached Nancy to a life-support hoist. They raised her into the helicopter and took her to the school gym, where the Red Cross had set up an emergency shelter.

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When the flood subsided two days later, Nancy immediately went back to the "island." Lizzie was gone. She was one of 19 cows that Nancy lost. "I owe my life to her," said Nancy sobbingly.

Multiple Choice

Why did the rescuers take Nancy to the school gym?

• Because the school gym was clean.

• Because the school gym was on an island.

• Because Lizzie was there.

• The school gym is a place for people to live temporarily.

Multiple Choice

Why was there a flood?

• Because it had been raining for six days on end in the spring.

• Because there had been six continual days of summer rain.

• Because the river was too small.

• Because there was an earthquake.

Multiple Choice

What happened when Nancy tried to herd her cows to higher ground?

• Lizzie slipped and lost consciousness.

• Cows ran in all directions, frightened by the flood.

• Nancy fell down and lost consciousness.

• A tree fell down and hit Nancy.

Multiple Choice

Where did Lizzie manage to pull herself and Nancy to?

•  small island nearby.

• A piece of high land.

• The top of a hill.

• To a farm house.

Draw

Using your imagination, how would you illustrate the word "frustration"?

Draw

Using your imagination, how would you illustrate the word "feel"?

Open Ended

Write a short story using the words "live, put, talk, move, come, understand, meet, take". You may use them in any tense form.

Watch the following video and get ready to answer some questions​

https://youtu.be/UF6LRHIviIw​

Multiple Choice

Where do they have dinner?

• They have dinner at the young woman’s house.

• at a restaurant

Multiple Choice

Why does the boyfriend leave?

• He feels uncomfortable.

• He has to go to work.

Multiple Choice

Why do the father and daughter argue?

• He doesn’t like her boyfriend.

• He doesn't want her to get a tattoo.

Multiple Choice

Where does the father work?

• He works at a hospital.

• He works at a University.

Multiple Choice

What does the doctor think about the nurse?

• He thinks the nurse is funny, helpful, and caring.

• He thinks the nurse is lazy.

Multiple Choice

Why doesn’t the doctor recognize the nurse?

• No, he doesn’t.

• because the nurse is wearing gloves and a mask

Multiple Choice

Who is the boyfriend?

• He’s the friendly, fun-loving nurse that the doctor works with everyday.

• He gives her father a present.

Open Ended

Answer the following question using 50 words max. "What makes a person a good friend?"

Draw

Using your imagination, how would you illustrate the word "find"?

Sweaters from Grandma

Steven loved almost everything about his grandma. There was only one thing he hated. She always knitted sweaters for him. Steven understood that she did it to be nice. However, all the sweaters were very ugly. Steven visited her once a week. She had a new sweater for him each time. Steven lived in a small apartment. There was no room for him to keep all the sweaters. He had to give all of them away. "Grandma will never find out," he thought. One day, Steven's grandma visited him by surprise. She asked to see his sweaters. "Someone stole all of them!" he said. "They were too nice." She made him ten more.​

Open Ended

Add a different ending to the previous story.... (50 words max.)

Draw

How are you feeling today?