Dear Marquis' parents,

Marquis had another excellent English language lesson today. He is so engaged in his lessons and he tries so hard to reinforce and extend his knowledge. He is such a wonderful student to teach!

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PLEASE NOTE:

I will need to miss next week's lesson with Marquis because my wife and I are moving into our new home on Sat.Feb.10th (Beijing Time). Please accept my apologies for missing my lesson with Marquis next week. I very much look forward to seeing Marquis in two weeks (on Sat.Feb.17th - Beijing Time).

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For today's lesson, we reviewed Marquis' excellent weekly test homework and we also covered Lesson 5 - Task 1 - U1L4 - In Class - Rosa's Garden.

We covered the following literacy concepts and strategies: 

1) Pre-reading strategies: identification and connection (text-to-self and text-to-world)

2) Visual reading strategies: using only story illustrations to comprehend story themes and plot structures.

3) Problem and Solution strategies in a community

4) Genre: Realistic Fiction

5) Idioms: English and Chinese

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For HOMEWORK, can Marquis please complete the following:

Lesson 5 - Task 2 - U1L4 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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For Marquis' next lesson in TWO WEEKS on Sat.Feb.17th (Beijing Time), we will cover the following lesson and homework assignment:

Lesson 7 - Task 1 - U1L5 - In Class - To the Rescue

HW: Lesson 6 - U1W2 - Feb 17 (Beijing Time) - Homework - Weekly Test

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Have a wonderful Chinese New Year Festival to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Marquis in two weeks.

Happy Lunar New Year!