DLI 6-9

In this lesson, read through the information for each character. In your character notebook, draw a picture or cartoon of the story that will help you remember the character. Then take the quiz.

hài

harm [n.]
宀 + 丰 + 口
house + bushes + mouth

In Minecraft, stepping on the bushes causes harm, you yell "ouch!"

death
歹 + 匕
carcass + spoon/person sitting

This is death personified, someone sitting slumped over dead.

jiàn

build
聿 + 廴
writing brush + stretch

To build: an architect first plans with a writing brush, then stretches it into reality.

gào

declare
牛 + 口
cow + mouth

Chick-Fil-A cow declaring “Eat more chikin”

cow saying: ”I do declare

accuse
讠 + 斥
microphone + bloody axe

camp leader comes across a bloody axe and says in the microphone: What happened here? Everyone accusing each other.

yuè

surpass
走 + 戊
walk + cannon

They walked with the cannon in order to surpass the enemy during the night; it got caught on something (hook stroke).

guǎn

Bldg
饣 + 官guān
food + bureaucrat

"unmarked food Bldg for Disney bureaucrats" (Disney Map)

huó

lively
氵 + 舌
water + tongue

lively tongue can spray water

chéng

city
土 + 成chéng
soil + turn into

soil turns into a city when you make it into walls and buildings

DLI 6-9

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