Studio TaoYuan--Friday & Saturday, December 24^th & 23^rd, 2011

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Giftmas!!!

Here come the queens, kings, princesses and princes!

Time to vote for the party queen, king, princess and prince!Hmm... here come the Party Queen, King, Princess & Prince!

Let's welcome our

Party Queen of 2011, Wendy Yang!

Party King of 2011, Brian Fang!

Party Princess of 2011, Jasmine Fang!

Party Prince of 2011, Howard Tsai!

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Studio TaiPei--Saturday, December 17^th, 2011

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All rights reserved.

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All rights reserved.

You are welcome to go to Studio Taoyuan at 6:00pm to join the Christmas Eve party on December 24th, 2011. Please dress up! We are going to vote for the Party Prince, Princess, King & Queen!

Saturday, December 17^th, 2011

Reading Club B—8:30am~10:30am

Reported by Amber Wu

Instructor: Ms. Wendy Yang

Reading Club B—8:30am~10:30am

Reported by Amber Wu

Instructor: Ms. Camilla Wu

＊ The Living Habit: We Play board games or read books during our break time in the studio.

＊ Littérature française pour la jeunesse  Samedi, le 17 décembre 2011

 Institutrice : Anne Ma

 L’album : “Moi j’attends…”

 Joyeuse fête de Noël! 

＊ Newspaper Reading

＊ National Theater Concert Hall: Monthly Program

◎ TaiWan International Festival of Arts Stars from February sixteen to April first in two thousand and twelve.

◎ You are welcome to go to Studio Taoyuan at 6:30pm to join the Christmas Eve party.

＊ Aladdin and His Magical Lamp

◎ Retold by Katie Daynes

◎ Illustrated by Paddy Mounter

◎ Chapter 5: Aladdin Gets Married

△ procession: A group of individuals moving along in an orderly often ceremonial way.

◎ The sentence "I want forty plates full of jewels and carried by eighty servants dressed in silk" shows an amazing scene and makes readers excited. 

◎ The members could not grasp the meaning during the class. Camilla told the members that we said“Excuse me, I'm sorry but I don't quite understand or I don't quite follow you" instead of yelling at each other to show the feelings.

◎ Chapter Six: Abanazar Returns

△ snarl:  To growl angrily and threateningly.

◎ The sultan tells Aladdin to bring his daughter back by saying “You'd better, or else you're dead” to show his wariness and his strong emotion that reveals the sultan's love for his daughter.

◎ Please preview from page one hundred and fifty- three to one hundred and seventy.

◎ Please review from page one to page one hundred and fifty-two.

＊ What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know: Page 123 to page 152

Reading Club C -- 3:00pm~4:30pm

＊ The Living Habit: We play the board games and read books during our break time.

＊ Presents exchanging: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

◎ We are welcome to go to Studio TaoYuan at 6:30pm on December 24^th to celebrate Christmas Eve. We will have a party from 6:00pm until 11:00pm. Please bring the pass to join the party.

＊ Aesop's Fable

◎ Retold by Carol Watson

◎ Illustrated by Nick Price

◎ Chapter Seven: The Fox and the Crow

△ lump: A shapeless piece of something.

◎ The sentence “A fox was out for a stroll when he saw a crow perched up in a tree” uses the vivid verbs to describe the elegant actions of the fox and crow.

◎ Chapter Eight: The Lion and the Mouse

△ jungle : Land in warm, tropical areas as near the equator that is thickly covered with trees and bushes.

◎ “It was too hot to prowl, so the king of the jungle lay snoozing in the sun" makes readers feel the hot weather and the laziness of the animals in the jungle.”

＊ What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know: America History and Geography

◎ The War of 1812

◎ The Battle After the War

＊ A Child's Book of Values: Generosity

◎ The fifty stars stand for the fifty states in the United States of America.

◎ The members said that they forgot the things they learned in a short period of time, so they thought it was not necessary to learn a lot of things. Camilla told them that it was exactly the reason why we needed to review and practice more.

Reading, Writing & Drama Club A-- 6:00pm ~ 9:00pm

＊ Moi j’attends… 

＊ Newspaper Reading

＊  The Odyssey of Homer: A verse translation by Allen Mandlebaum: Page 30 to page 35

△ thwart: To prevent someone from accomplishing something.

＊ What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know: Page 153 to page 170

＊ Grammar: Punctuation

1. Apostrophe ，

2. Brackets [ ]

3. Colon :

4. Comma ,

5. Dash －

6. Ellipsis …

7. Exclamation Point!

8. Hyphen –

9. Parentheses ()

10. Period.

11. Question Mark?

12. Quotation Marks, Double“”

13. Quotation Marks, Single‘’

14. Semicolon ;

15. Slash/

16. Foreign Marks

Studio TaoYuan--Friday & Saturday, December 9^th & 10^th, 2011

Copyright © 2009-2012 by cAmilla Studio of Children's Literature & Culture 
All rights reserved.

 The lovely words are written by Elisabeth Tsai who is four years old. Those four characters mean "happy birthday" and they are the birthday present for Elisabeth's grandmother!

Serving spoons and serving chopsticks are always our good friends while we dine with the group!

Aloe has the magic power to heal the wounds. Aloe vera is also a kind of wonderful drink for human beings to obtain the energy.

Yeah! Presents! Ho~Ho~Ho~ Merry Christmas and Merry Giftmas!!!

Studio TaiPei--Saturday, December 3^rd, 2011

Saturday, December 3^rd, 2011

Reading Club B—8:30am~10:30am

Reported by Amber Wu

Instructor: Ms. Wendy Yang

＊ Littérature française pour la jeunesse Samedi, le 3 décembre 2011

Institutrice : Anne Ma

L’album : “Moi j’attends…”

Les quatre saisons : le printemps, l'été, ; l'automne, l'hiver

＊ Newspaper reading

◎ Please circle the name of the newspaper, the date, the price, the website, the journalists, the headlines, and the advertisement.

＊ Read the newspaper in the morning and listen to the CD before going to bed every bed.

＊ Chapter 4: The Wrong Husband

 △ nightmare:(noun) A frightening dream.

△ palace: (noun) The official residence of a chief of a state.

◎ “I want forty plates full of jewels.”

＊ Chapter 6: Abanazar Return

△ poison: (noun) A substance that through its chemical action can injures or kill.

◎ “New lamps for old.”

＊ What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know: History and Geography.

＊ Please review from page one hundred and fifty- two. Please preview from page one hundred and fifty- three to one hundred and seventy.

Reading Club C -- 3:00pm~4:30pm

＊ The living Habit: After washing hands, please use the hand towel to dry the hands so that the washroom floor would stay dry and clean for the next user.

＊ The Value: Kindness

◎ Be kind to others.

◎ Don't expect rewards.

◎ Kindness feels good.

◎ Be a friend to everyone.

◎ Be kind to animals.

＊ Aepseop's Fables -- retold by Carol Watson; illustrated by Nick Price

＊ Chapter Four: The Fox and the Stork

 △bowl: (noun) A deep dish.

◎ Play mean tricks on people and they may play them back on you.

＊ Chapter Five: The Mouse's Tale

△ countryside: (noun) The land that is not part of towns or cities.

◎ A simple, quiet life beats a rich, dangerous one.

＊ Chapter Six: The Dog and the Bone

△ brige: (noun) A structure built over a river, railway, etc., so that people or vehicles can get to the other side.

◎ One day, a naughty dog stole a big, juicy bone from the butcher.

＊ What Your Second Grader Needs to Know

＊ Olympics

Reading, Writing & Drama Club A-- 6:00pm ~ 9:00pm

＊  French Children's Literature

＊  The Living Habit: After washing hands, please
use the hand towel to dry the hands so that the washroom floor would stay dry
and clean for the next user.

＊  The Value: Kindness

＊  Newspaper Reading: Circle the name of the newspaper, the price, the date, the website, the headlines, the journalists and the page numbers.

＊ The Odyssey of Homer: page twenty-eight to page thirty.

＊ What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know: History and Geography (page one hundred and twenty- three to one hundred and fifty- two)

＊ Grammar: Irregular Verbs:

Infinitive Form/Present Tense(A)- Past Tense(B)- Past Participle(C):A-B-C

Studio TaoYuan--Saturday, November 26^th, 2011

Saturday, November 19^th, 2011

Reading Club B-- 8:30am ~ 10:30am

Reported by Amber Wu

Instructors: Ms. Anne Ma & Ms. Camilla Wu

＊    Littérature française pour la jeunesse                

Institutrice : Anne Ma

Bonjour !

＊    Newspaper Reading: Read USA Today every morning.

◎    Ben said that Camilla’s talking sound is just like the narrator in the Discovery channel. Camilla told Ben that Discovery is a good way to get knowledge, but we still have to gain wisdom by the living experience.

＊    Aladdin and His Magic Lamp

Retold by Katie Daynes

Illustrated by Paddy Mounter

◎    Please listen to the CD before going to bed every day.

△    command: An order given.

△ vizier: A high executive officer of many muslim countries.

◎ Chapter Three: The sentence on page eighteen “if I don’t marry badr, I’ ll die” shows strong and powerful emotion and feelings of Aladdin for the princess.

◎ Chapter Four: When Aladdin says”I won’t hurt you” to Badr, he express his coutesy as a gentlemen.

＊ What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know

◎ Please review from page one hundred and twenty- two and preview from one hundred and twenty- three till page one hundred and forty- seven.

Reading Club C -- 3:00pm~4:30pm

＊    Living Habit: Fold the plastic bag away nicely in a triangular shape after using it.

＊    Forgiveness

◎    Forgive and forget

◎    Forgive others

◎    Big or small, forgive it all.

◎    Family quarrel

◎    Be forgiving

＊    Aesop’s Fables by Carol watson

◎    copyright©2007, 2003, 1982 Usborne Publishing Ltd.

＊    Listen to the CD before going to bed

◎    Club members asked that why we have to listen to CD before going to bed. Camilla told them that it is how we become better and better through keep on learing.

◎ Chapter Two: The Thirsty Crow

△ windowsill:

△ sill: A piece of weed or stone that runs across the bottom of a door or window.

◎ One hot summer, a thirsty crow was searching for something to drink.

◎ Chapter Three: The ant and the dove.

△ rescuer:

△ rescue: To save someone who is in danger or is trapped somewhere.

◎ On his way home, an ant saw an sparkling fountain.

◎ Club member said "I am ready to learn more.”

＊ What Your Second Grader Needs to Know

◎ Civilization in Asia

Happy Thanksgiving! :)

Reading, Writing and Drama Club A --  6:00pm~9:00pm

＊ Newspaper Reading

△ forum: A medium of open discussion.

＊ The Odyssey of Homer: A Verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum: Page 24 to page 28

△ epic: A long poem, typically one derived from ancient tradition, narrating the deeds of adventures of historic or lengendary figures or history of a nation.

△ stanza: A group of lines forming a division of poem.

＊ What your Fifth Grader Needs to Know edited by E.D Hirsch, Jr. : Page 112 to page 122

◎ “We have beatiful voice, so we have to open our mouths widely to say the words nicely.” Said Camilla.

＊ Grammar: Infinitive Form (A)- Past Tense(B)- Past Participle(C)

            A- B- C Form:

know	knew	known
lie	lay	lain
ring	rang	rung
rise	rose	risen
see	saw	seen
shake	shook	shank
shrink	shrank	shrunk
shrink	shrunk	shrunken
Sing	sang	sung
sink	sank	sunk
slay	slew	slain
sow

Studio TaoYuan--Friday & Saturday, November 11^th&12^th, 2011

Instructors: Ms. Camilla Wu, Ms. Madeleine Hsueh & Ms. Wendy Yang

Studio Taipei--Saturday, November 5^th, 2011

Studio TaoYuan--Friday & Saturday, October 21^st&22^nd, 2011

Friday, October 21^st, 2011

The Young-at-Heart Club

Reported by Amber Wu

Instructor: Ms. Camilla Wu

l  French Children’s Literature

l  Writing Skills

a.     The first line: the date on the right

b.     The second line: the name on the left

c.      The third line: the title at the center

d.     The fourth line: the name at the center

e.     Check the format, tense and grammar of the article.

l  The Joy Luck Club (p. 40~48)

a.     An essay of 1,000 words

l  The New First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy

a.     P. 24~ 26

l  Grammar

a.     past, present, future

b.     I you he she it we you they

c.      Auxiliary Verbs:

ß--------- past-------------------present----------------future------>

	Past	Present	Future
Auxiliary Verbs	did	do/does
	could	can / could (for courtesy use)	will be able to
	would	would (for courtesy use)	will
	should	shall / should (for a strong suggestion use)
	might	may / might (for courtesy use)
	had	have