Today the class is writing poems. Olga writes a haiku: three lines, five, seven, five. Read it, clap the beats, then write two lines about you.
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read the poem three times and clap every beat with the room: "The / class / is / qui / et." Five. "Number 1 — put your answer in the chat." ★★★ has no key: any two true lines with am and am not are right.
Four new words. Tap each one and listen. Your language is under every word.
Olga is writing a poem. Read. Clap the beats of the poem.
Olga is a student in Room 5. She is from Ukraine. She is a nurse, too. Today the class is writing poems. Mr. Tyler is the teacher.
This is Olga's poem.
The class is quiet.
We are counting all the beats.
I am not alone.
Mr. Tyler is reading the poem. The students are clapping the beats. Five, seven, five. Olga is happy. “I am a poet!”
Citizen life: on the citizenship test, you read one sentence. You write one sentence, too.
Write the missing word. Then type it in the chat.
Read again. Count the lines and the beats.
Now YOU. Two lines about you, with am and am not.
I am ___. I am not ___.
Like this:
Write two short lines about you. Type them in the chat.