Spring Semester-Week 12

 Story Summary: The Man Who Named the Clouds

  As a boy, Luke Howard wondered about the weather and daydreamed about clouds, and ended up creating a scientific system for naming clouds. 

Luke Howard was born in the city of London, England in the late 1700s. 

As a young boy, Luke noticed that some clouds were feathery, some were puffy, and others looked like gray blankets.

He started keeping a weather journal at the age of ten.

Luke had three younger brothers and a younger sister.

Many of the siblings and half-siblings worked hard in the family's ironworks business and studied hard as well.

Many others in London also kept weather journals to learn what caused clouds and weather for curiosity and to advance science.

In the 1700s, the causes of weather were still a mystery, and sailors relied on signs.

They might rely on pinecones and on rhymes to predict the weather.

One such rhyme was "Red at night, Sailor's delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning."

Luke and his family were Quakers, and one class in his Quaker boarding school was to learn to recite Latin words.

Luke Howard was always interested in clouds and often painted clouds as a schoolboy.

He later became an apprentice in a Quaker chemist shop where they made medicines.

He later got married and had a weather watching room in his new house.

Then, he joined a club called the Askesian Society in 179 to study the weather.

He later read an essay on clouds and started giving Latin names to them.

For example, Cirrus means "curl of hair".

Reading Street Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrLNLto6GAQ

Today, the World Meteorological Organization still uses the ten basic names that Luke Howard developed which include Cirrus, Status, and Nimbostratus clouds.

1 apprentice (n): a person who learns a job by working with someone skilled. 

 2 atmosphere (n): the layer of air around the Earth. 

 3 chemical (n): substances used in science or to make things. 

 4 club (n): a group of people who meet to do something they enjoy.

 5 essay (n): a short piece of writing about a topic. 

 6 manufacturing (n): the process of making things in factories. 

 7 pressure (n): the force of something pushing on something else. 

 8 scales (n): the small, flat pieces on a fish or reptile's skin. 

 9 feathery (adj): light, soft, and thin like a feather. 

 10 journal (n): a notebook for writing thoughts, events, or ideas. 

 11 ironwork (n): things made from iron, like tools or fences. 

 12 medicine (n): something used to treat sickness or pain. 

 13 theory (n): an idea or explanation about how something works. 

 14 predict (v): to say what will happen in the future. 

 15 hobby (n): something you enjoy doing in your free time.

 16 accomplishment (n): things you have done well or achieved.

 17 puffy (adj): soft, round, and full of air. 

 18 society (n): a group of people who live together and follow rules. 

 19 popular (adj): liked by many people. 

 20 mackerel (n): a type of fish found in the ocean. 

 21 curious (adj): wanting to know or learn more about something.

 22 belong (v): to be in the right place or part of a group. 

 23 bubble (n): small balls of air or gas in a liquid. 

 24 mystery (n): something hard to explain or understand. 

 25 boarding school (n): a school where students live and study. 

 26 religion (n): a belief in and worship of a god or gods. 

 27 recite (v): to say something aloud from memory. 

 28 observe (v): to watch something carefully. 

 29 fog (n): a thick cloud of water near the ground that makes it hard to see.

 30 loan (v): to let someone borrow something.

Week 12	Homework 回家功課
Monday Apr. 28th	No School
Tuesday Apr. 29th	1. Write Week 12 definitions 1-30 x 2 + definitions + Chinese
Wednesday Apr. 30th	1. Week 12 Grade 4 Shared Worksheet
Thursday May 1st	1. I2 Week 12 Worksheet 2. Reading Worksheet Recording
Friday May 2nd	1. Sensay homework 2. Write sentences with five vocabulary words from Week 12