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Do you want to practice grammar?

Names for the parts of speech

Stative Verbs

Present Continuous vs. Simple Present

Conjunctions

Should    

Simple Past

Prepositions of time

Prepositions and directions

Please continue to use the blog!  Please comment to practice writing!  Please tell me how you are and what you are doing!.

Don't Cry Over Prom Dress Prices (if you have a daughter that needs a prom dress, go to Centreville HS this weekend)

For many young people in the USA, high school prom is the only formal dance they ever attend. 

Used dresses are much cheaper than new dresses, and they are often very beautiful.  

You may also find a good free dress at Centreville High School tomorrow

Kids that are willing to make and wear duct tape clothes can win the

Stuck-at-Prom Scholarship -- Grand Prize winners get $15,000, runner ups $1,000.

My daughter entered it (I bought $60 of duct tape), but she didn't win anything.  

My children already went to prom, 

but I still click the link to see all the duct tape dresses.

Did you go to a formal dance in High School?  

Did your child go to prom? 

Would you let your child go to prom?

How to Do Common Line Dances in the USA

Many people in the USA only do line dances at weddings.  Some people get together just to do them.  

I think the most popular line dance in the USA is called the "Electric Slide."  Although this video is made for fourth grade children, I think it's good.

The Cha Cha Slide is also very popular because the music tells you what to do!

The Music also tells you how to do the Cupid Shuffle

Instructions....

 and the real music for it!

Fairfax County Public School PE taught all my children to do "Cotton Eye Joe," 

with the touch across version, not the stomp.

Sometimes all the neighborhood kids did it at pool parties at our neighborhood pool.

Most people that lived in the USA during the 1990s know the "Macerena."

Instructions

The Music for the "Macerena" is in Spanish. It looks sexy!

I've heard that "Achy Breaky Heart" is the most common line dance at Southeastern USA weddings,

but I don't know it.

Challenge Listening stand-up comedy:  Don't Line Dance in the Ladies Room (restroom)

The Temptation Cha

Teenagers at my neighborhood swimming pool taught me "The Wobble"

New York, New York! (song)

Thank you for a delicious potluck party!

A potluck is a party that asks all the guests to bring food to share.  Many people have potlucks in the USA -- especially groups at schools, churches, and neighborhood pools.  Please bring something yummy.  If you really don't have the time or money to bring food, don't worry.  Come anyway.

Please don't bring pork (pig meat) children, or alcoholic drinks.

Are you going to do during the break?  Are you coming back?  

Do you have recommendations to make the next class better for you?

Patience

 

Do you hate when people tell you to be patient? I do!

English often takes time.  Thank you for working hard.  Please help us make the classes good for you.

How can the class be better?

Write about a time when your patience worked for you.

It's time to register for the next class!

 I hope you're happy with this class and want to continue!  If you are continuing in Low Intermediate, please give me advice on how to make the class excellent for you.

Tell me about yourself (in a job interview)

Volunteering -- working for NO $$$-- can give you practice in English, new friends, and connections that can help you get a job when you finish your English classes.  Religious organizations -- churches, mosques, temples, and synagogues -- can often connect you to volunteer opportunities.

Another place to find volunteer work is Volunteer Fairfax.

Tell me about yourself!