3.19.2: 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

Eskimo – n. a member of a group of peoples of northern Canada, Greenland, Alaska, and eastern Siberia​

igloo – n. a house made of blocks of snow or ice in the form of a dome​

spear – n. a weapon that has a long straight handle and a sharp point

witchcraft – n. magical things that are done by witches; the use of magical powers obtained especially from evil spirits​

whalebone – n. a hard substance that is found in the jaw of some types of whales​

  • Listen to the story.

  • Watch the video and read along.

  • Take the short story quiz.

Take the quiz: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/keesh-jack-london/2673688/p1.html?isEmbedded=True

6 thoughts on “3.19.2: Year 3 American English Lessons with Maestro Sersea

  1. Lesson 3.19.2 Year 3
    American short story,” Keesh”
    The story of Keesh is a short story written by Jack London. The story is set in areas near the North of the Arctic circle. It tells the story of 13 years -old boy named,””Keesh” who is the son of hunts man of a tribal community. His father was a skilled hunter named,” Bok”, who dies to in order to save the tribe people from starvation. He dies while hunting a polar bear. After his death most of the villagers have forgotten about Bok’s sacrifice and treated Keesh and his mother with poor food. Even though Keesh is still little more than a boy, he struggles to prove himself as a good hunter. He gathers sufficient food for the people of his tribe and becomes the most successful hunter in his tribe history. Keesh believes that his father’s hunting methods were better than those of current hunters and his father’s method should be used instead. The hunters are not happy with the Kees’s ideas and try to silence him. Keesh decides to go out and hunt on his own to prove that his father’s method is better. He single-handedly kills multiple Polar Bears. Keesh is to place value in ” Head craft” or the art of solving a problem through intelligently, but the people of the tribe think that he used witchcraft. Old is Gold!

  2. Dear teacher,
    Lesson 3.19.2 Year 3
    American short story,” Keesh”
    The story of Keesh is a short story written by Jack London. The story is said a bout good hunter are Bok and Keesh. His father died while he was hunting a polar bear. After his death most of the villagers have forgotten about Bok’s sacrifice and treated Keesh and his mother with poor food. Even though Keesh is still little more than a boy, he struggles to prove himself as a good hunter. He gathers sufficient food for the people of his tribe and becomes the most successful hunter in his tribe history. Keesh believes that his father’s hunting methods were better than those of current hunters and his father’s method should be used instead. The hunters were not happy with the Kees’s ideas and try to silence him. Keesh decides to went out and hunt on his own to show that his father’s method is better. Keesh used ” Head craft” kill bears or the art of solving a problem through intelligently, but the people of the tribe think that he used witchcraft. One day there were 2 men follow Keesh because they want to know the way of Keesh’s hunting. They saw Keesh used meat and bone and circle it as a ball to make bears eat and become weaker and weaker power after that he kill those bear easily. He did not know the magic way to kill bears as other hunters though but he used intelligence way.
    The last, Keesh became chief of hunters in his tribe and good living with his mother.
    Thank you.

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