It's You

Describe someone or something new in your life.

Up to vs. Up for

What are you up to this weekend?  Are you up for adventure?

Walk on

Do you like to hike?  Do you like to take long walks in the city?  Where do you like to hike?  How do you get there?

This is YOUR blog. The blog is YOURS...

Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns

What are your favorite possessions?

Shape of You

This song is too SEXY for me!!

Can you find any examples of past tense, present tense or present continuous in this song?

She's always a woman...

Describe a woman that you love.

Practicing Grammar...

Do vs. Does

don't vs. doesn't

Simple Present Practice -- Don't forget the s

a, an, or the

future with will

will not =won't

Questions with "will"

future with going to

Future that I'm not going to do

Are you going to practice?

AM going to...

Practice Blue Units 1 and 2 for review

What do you want to do?  What won't you ever do?

Listen and Repeat...

Tell me about some things you usually do and some things you are doing now.

What did you do last weekend?

In the USA, we say ON the weekend, not at

What do you do every weekend?  What did you last weekend?

Don't they know it's the end of the world?

BBC Video about Negative Questions

(British accents, but the main idea is good in American English too.)

What helps you feel better when you get bad news?

Swim

Shiro the Dog the Loved Marilyn

Did you enjoy the story of Shiro?  People can't see Shiro swim anymore, but there are now statues of both Shiro and Marilyn on the shores of their islands.

Did you ever learn about a love story that goes with a place?  Where?  Tell me the story.

Stressed Out (Fast Challenging Songs)

Today's vocabulary reminded me of a couple of songs, but they are really difficult for this level.

Don't stress out trying to understand, but if you like them, repeat them until you can sing too.

Do you think caring what other people think stresses you out?  What stresses you out?  What makes you happy?  Did you enjoy your childhood?  What did you like to do when you were a child?

Love is a battlefield...

Do you know people who always fight with the people they love?  What is the best way to calm an angry person down?

Describing People and using simple present tense

What do you usually do on Tuesdays?

Want to study grammar?

Can you find any English Grammar mistakes in this grammar video?

Some people in our class got an excellent grammar education before this class.  Some never had a chance to learn grammar before.  If you want to practice grammar that you should master before going to high intermediate, try these links.

Can you name the parts of speech?

Simple Present

Present Continuous=Present Progressive

Simple Present vs. Present Continuous

future with will

future with going to

Simple Past

Challenge: Adjective Order

Our Hearts will Go On...

It's going to be a Great Day!

What are you looking forward to?  What are you going to do that is going to be fun?

The Moon

Are you eating moon cake?  Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to my Chinese students!  Please write about your celebration!

Many families get together to eat moon cakes in China.  What is your favorite holiday?  What do you do on that holiday?

Learning to fly...

Please change ain't got to"don't have" just because I'm an English teacher.

What are you learning?