Friday, 31 March 2017

Vocabulary COMPETITION!....

CAN YOU FIND DEFINITIONS FOR THESE WORDS?


HOMEWORK: Please learn this vocabulary by next Friday for a class test. The test will also include questions of past tense verbs. 


  • A meadow 
  • Roots 
  • A nightgown 
  • A very proper person 
  • A leech 
  • To snigger 
  • To be flushed 
  • A butcher 
  • Contritely 
  • A trail 
  • Overhead 
  • Pointless
  • To shimmer 
  • A mirage 
  • Man-made
  • Raspy 
  • Sheepish
  • A miracle 
  • To take a sip 
  • To peel 
  • A layer 
  • Murky 
  • A cub scout 
  • A prize 
  • To be arrested 
  • To sneak 
  • To be evicted 
  • To dunk 
  • A throne
  • To retrieve
  • Sandpaper 
  • To crawl 
  • Dizzy 


You need to produce a PP presentation with definitions/ images and perhaps the Spanish version of the word...

Friday, 24 March 2017

Holes HOMEWORK - WEEKEND TASK

Read chapter 25 individually and answer these reading comprehension questions.


1/ Who was Mary Lou?
2/ Find a synonym for the verb to paddle  on page 107.
3/ Find an example of reported speech on page 107.
4/ List the different forms of medicine that Sam offers.
5/ Find a synonym for the verb to heal on page 108.
6/ Do the residents of the town prefer to see Dr. Hawthorn or Sam if they are ill? Whose medicine works best? PEE
7/ Find a synonym for the adjective tough on page 109.
8/ What is special about the place where the onions grow?
9/ Find a verb that means to move from side to side on page 110.

10/ Why do you think Hattie Parker says ´God will punish youwhen watching them kiss? P, E.E