Spring Semester-Week 3

 "Lewis and Clark and Me"

Story Summary

In 1803, Lewis and Clark were planning to explore the Louisiana territory after being asked by the USA's third leader, President Jefferson.

Meriwether Lewis buys a dog named Seaman from a dog seller.

Mr. Lewis tells the dog seller that he's heading west which is up the Missouri River.

The seller knows the Mississippi River, but not the Missouri River.

The two rivers are connected. The dog seller tells Mr. Lewis that the dog has webbed feet.

Mr. Lewis bought the dog with webbed feet called Seaman for twenty US dollars.

Mr. Lewis wrote that Seaman is a Newfoundland dog in his journal.

While Lewis, Clark, and their crew were in the Ohio River, Seaman helped them catch fish and squirrels.

There were hundreds of squirrels that were attracted to the hickory nuts near the Ohio River.

Seaman's webbed feet made it easy for him to swim in the water to catch dinner for the crew.

After that, Seaman continued to help Captain Lewis and his crew hunt for their dinner for three years.

Seaman saw Lewis and Clark talk to Indians, which are now known as Native Americans, and they talked to them about President Jefferson's orders to explore the area.

One of the Indians, who spoke some English, said that Seaman was a bear.

Captain Lewis showed that Seaman was really a dog and made him fetch a stick.

The group of Shawnee Indians called him "bear-dog" and wanted to buy Seaman.

Mr. Lewis didn't want to trade Seaman and left them.

Vocabulary

 1 dock (n.): area of water where ships are loaded and unloaded 

 2 migrate (v.): to move to a different country or place 

 3 scan (v.): to look at something carefully 

 4 scent (n.): the smell of something

 5 wharf (n.): platforms built so that ships can load or unload cargo or passengers

 6 yearn (v.): longed for

 7 sigh (v.): to breathe in and let out air

 8 height (n.): a measurement of how high or tall a thing or person is 

 9 slight (adj.): a very small amount; thin and not muscular 

 10 highway (n.): a major road 

 11 right (adv.): directly or straight into 

 12 spray (n.): liquid in very small drops 

 13 thigh (n.): the top part of your legs 

 14 frighten (v.): to cause someone to be afraid 

 15 weigh (v.): to measure how heavy something is

 16 sleigh (n.) : a type of transportation that goes downhill in the snow

 17 vacation (n.) : a time for relaxing, traveling, and playing 

 18 always (adv.) : something that happens 100 % of the time 

 19 might (v.) : it will possibly happen

 20 pioneer (n.) : a person who does something that nobody or only a few others have tried to do before. 21 travel (v.) : having gone to and explored a place because of interest

 22 settler (n.) : a person who settles a new land for himself or herself and makes it their home

 23 territory (n.) : lands that belong to a country, a tribe, or an empire 

 24 seek (v.) : to look for something that is valuable or hard to find

 25 fortune (n.) : something worth a lot of money like gold or silver 

 26 experience (n.) : things that have happened to a person or people 

 27 prepare (v.) : to have gotten ready for something 

 28 foreign (adj.) : something or someone from another country 

 29 improve (v.) : to get better at something

 30 historical (adj.) something that is from history and is written down 

YouTube Resources:

US Presidents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NanFtO_16rs

RS Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9JoBUrDLBE

Lewis and Clark Expedition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91IbDuiJNdM

President Jefferson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r91tkfkrUAk

Week 3	Homework 回家功課
Monday Feb. 24th	1. Write Week 3 Vocabulary 1-15 x2 + definitions + Chinese
Tuesday Feb. 25th	1. Write Week 3 Vocabulary 16-30 x2 + definitions + Chinese 2. Worksheet 1: Story and Vocabulary
Wednesday Feb. 26th	1. Worksheet 2: Reading Practice 2. Write short sentences with ten of the vocabulary words
Thursday Feb. 27th	1. Read the "Lewis and Clark and Me" story 2. Sensay 3. Study for the test
Friday Feb. 28sth	No School