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Let’s Go Hiking-ZOOM Class!

Okay, This Week We are Hiking!

Let’s take a trip and head out to the mountains for some unique words and expressions. Join us today for the 70th Bahasa Inggris Zoom class. Have fun and learn in our small interactive class!

Zsolt Zsemba is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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“Up the Mountain: A Fun Hike in English”

🟢 0:00–0:05 — Tongue Twister Warm-Up

Say together on screen:
“Fresh free-flowing forest air fuels five fast-footed hikers.”

Repeat slowly, then faster. Spotlight 2–3 students. Class votes with Zoom reactions.

Chat Prompt:
What’s one word from the tongue twister that fits a mountain hike?


✍️ 0:05–0:20 — Sentence Build-Up (Fill-in-the-Blank + Sentence Extension)

Instructions (shared via screen and read aloud):
Fill in the blank using the word box. Then add one detail. Then add another.

Word Bank: gear, trail, hike, summit, steep, weather, cabin, muddy, sinking, sunset, reached


1. We packed our __________ before leaving the cabin.
👉 We packed our ____ before leaving the cabin.
👉 We packed our gear before leaving the cabin because the ___ looked bad.
👉 We packed our gear before leaving the ____ because the weather looked bad and we didn’t want to get stuck without a raincoat.


2. The __________ was muddy after the rain.
👉 The trail was ______ after the rain.
👉 The trail was muddy after the rain and our shoes kept ______.
👉 The ______l was muddy after the rain and our shoes kept sinking, so we had to walk on the edge.


3. We reached the __________ just before sunset.
👉 We reached the summit just before ______.
👉 We _______ the summit just before sunset and saw clouds below us.
👉 We reached the summit just before sunset and saw clouds below us, glowing orange and pink.

Chat Box Prompt:
Students choose one sentence and type all three levels into the chat.

Spotlight 2–3 students to read theirs aloud. Give quick feedback.


📸 0:35–0:50 — Instagram Caption Game (Creative Writing)

Prompt (on screen):
Write a fake Instagram caption for your hike. Include:

  • Where you went:
  • What you saw:
  • How you felt:
  • Two hashtags:

Example:
Went hiking at Mount Semeru. My legs are dead but the sunrise at the summit was unreal.
#sunrisewins #mountainmadness


0:50–1:00 — Review and Exit Ticket

Flash Vocabulary Review:

  • Hike
  • Trail
  • Summit
  • Steep
  • Gear

Ask in chat:
Type 1 sentence using any two of today’s words.

Zsolt Zsemba

Zsolt Zsemba has worn many different hats. He has been an entrepreneur, and businessman for over 30 years. Living abroad has given him many amazing experiences in life and also sparked his imagination for writing. After moving to Canada from Hungary at the age of 10 and working in a family business for a large part of his life. The switch from manufacturing to writing came surprisingly easily for him. His passion for writing began at age 12, mostly writing poetry and short stories. In 1999, the chance came to write scripts. Zsolt took some time off from his family business to write in Jakarta Indonesia for MD Entertainment. Having written dozens of soap operas and made for TV movies, in 2003 Zsolt returned to the family business once more. In 2018, he had the chance to head back to Asia once again. He took on the challenge to be the COO for MD Pictures and get back into the entertainment business. The entertainment business opened up the desire to write once more and the words began to flow onto the pages again. He decided to rewrite a book he began years ago. Organ House was reborn and is a fiction suspense novel while Scars is a young adult drama focused on life’s challenges. After the first two books, his desire to write not only became more challenging but enjoyable as well. After having several books completed he was convinced to publish them for your enjoyment. Zsolt does not tend to stay in one specific genre but tends to lean towards strong female leads and horror. Though he also has a few human interest books, he tends to write about whatever brews in his brain for a while.