Spring Semester Week 8 + Exam Scope Notice

  "Letters Home from Yosemite" Story Summary


  This story is an expository text that explains the history, geography, and scenery of Yosemite National Park which is located in California, USA. 
Yosemite is America's third national park and it is not too far from San Francisco, California.
In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant which deeded the land to California.
It became a national park in 1890.

One of the first Americans to visit Yosemite was a Scottish-American scientist (naturalist) named John Muir. He wanted Yosemite to become a national park.

American explorers and settlers had been visiting the Yosemite area since the 1830s and 1840s, but Native Americans had been living in the area for about 10,000 years.

The Miwok Indians were still living there when American explorers visited in the 1830s.

Yosemite National Park has several key areas such as Yosemite Valley, Badger Pass, Bridalveil Fall, El Capitan, Happy Isles, Mirror Lake, and Tenaya Canyon, etc.

The Yosemite Valley, which is located within the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, has a lot of plant and animal life. One of the most famous examples is the Giant Sequoia Trees which are quite tall and can live for thousands of years.

As for animal life, Yosemite National Park includes mule deer, black bears, bighorn sheep, jackrabbits, mountain lions, coyotes, and rattlesnakes.

Another key place is Yosemite Falls which are the highest waterfalls in North America, and Mt. Lyell which is a popular spot to go fishing, but it was a key part of the California Gold Rush back in the 1800s.

Yosemite National Park is a truly awesome place so it is no wonder that John Muir,
 President Lincoln, the US Congress, Miwok Indians, and more wanted to preserve it forever.


Week 8 Vocabulary


1. shuttle (n.): a vehicle that goes back and forth regularly over a short route 
 2 canyon (n.): a deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through it 3 reflect (v.): to throw back light or sound 
 4 creek (n.): a natural stream of water normally smaller a river 
 5 impressive (adj.): having the power to excite attention, awe, or admiration 
 6 enormous (adj.): extraordinarily great size, number, or degree
 7 species (n.): a kind; a sort of 
 8 slope (n.): ground that forms a natural or man made incline
 9 wildlife (n.): animals that are not domesticated 
 10 glacier (n.): a large area of ice that moves slowly down a slope or valley 
 11 ranger (n.): the keeper of a park or forest who enforces the law 
 12 cinnamon (n.): a light yellowish brown color or spice 
 13 aggressive (adj.): unfriendly, angry behavior that is caused by frustration 
 14 hunter (n.): a person who hunts game (animals) 
 15 reintroduce (v.): to introduce (someone or something) again 
 16 endangered (adj.): to be in danger, esp. of being extinct 
 17 swoop (v.): to move with a sweep 
 18 El Capitan (prop. n.): “The Captain” in Spanish and it is a landmark in Yosemite 
 19 dizzy (adj.): having a spinning feeling in the head with a chance of falling 
 20 granite (n.): a very hard natural igneous rock formation, used especially for building and for monuments 
 21 trickle (n.): a small flow of liquid.
 22 flock (v.): to gather or move in a large group
 23 foothill (n.): a hill at the base/bottom of a mountain 
 24 elevation (n.): the height to which something is raised above the ground 
 25 altitude (n.): the raised elevation of an object above a surface (such as sea level or land); position at a height 
 26 President Lincoln (prop. n.) : the 16th President of the USA that led the country to fight the US Civil War, freed slaves, and ordered the railroads to be built 
 27 Badger Pass (prop. n.) : a major ski spot in Yosemite National Park 
 28 Miwok People (prop. n.) : the hunter-gatherer native people of California 
 29 Grizzly Giant (prop. n.) : a giant sequoia tree that is over 2,700 years old 
 30 Glacier Point (prop. n.) : a sight in Yosemite Park that is 2,199 meters above sea level


 Exam Scope Notice:

Listening Exam: 4/9
Oral Exam:4/8
Written Exam: 4/15

Listening:

Vocabulary Focus: Week 3-8
Reading Street Stories:
Lewis and Clark and Me, The Horned Toad Prince, Letters Home From Yosemite.

Listening Skills: Listen for key words in a sentence, listen and identify pictures, listen and circle the correct word, listen for long vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u), listen for words ending in -ed, -ing, -ist, and -ive, listen for antonyms and synonyms, etc.

Oral Exams: Public speaking with a focus on intonation for story telling

Written Exam: 
RS and Vocabulary: Same as Listening Exam

Phonics and Grammar Focus: Same as Listening Exam



Resources:
Yosemite National Park Intro: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fJEFi3ccwI
"Letters Home to Yosemite" Story Review: https://wordwall.net/resource/89122845
"Letters Home to Yosemite" Reading Street: 









Week 8

Homework 回家功課

 

Monday

Mar.

31st

1. Write Week 8 Vocabulary 1-15 x2 + definitions + Chinese

Tuesday

Apr.

1st

1. Reading Worksheet

Wednesday

Apr.

2nd

1. Grade 4 Shared Worksheet (passed out on Tuesday)

2. Sensay

3. Savvas

4.  Write Week 8 Vocabulary 16-30 x2 + definitions + Chinese

Thursday

Apr.

3rd


No School



Friday
Apr.
4th

No School


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