3.1.2: Year 3 American English Lessons with Maestro Sersea

Hello students. I’m proud of you for completing years 1 and 2 of our American English course.  In order for you to become a strong intermediate American English learner, you need to be able to read, understand, and discuss abridged American English short stories.  In this lesson, throughout Year 3 of your studies, you will read, listen to, and write about popular American English short stories. Please follow the directions below closely.

• Study the American English vocabulary below.

Words in This Story

broomstick – n. the handle of a broom

pesky – adj. making someone annoyed or irritated

pumpkin – n. a large, round, orange vegetable used as food and sometimes as a decoration — often used before another noun

scarecrow – n. an object that looks like a person and that is placed in a field to scare birds away from crops

puff – v. to breathe smoke from a cigarette, pipe, etc., in and out of the lungs

• Listen to the story.

• Watch the video and read along.

• Take the short story quiz.

Take the quiz: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/feathertop-by-nathaniel-hawthorne-/2880107/p1.html?isEmbedded=True

• Write a summary of the short story you just read and listened to in the comments section below.  Click here to read an article that teaches you how to summarize a story. Remember to let us know who the characters of the story are, what they do, and what the story is about.