Work to do

Practice ad abbreviations

What work do you like to do?  What does success (making it) look like?

Duties

Duties are all the things you must or should do if you want to keep your job and have a nice home.
Video: Introducing yourself in different situations

What duties do you enjoy?  Which duties do you dislike?

Pato's Amazing Skills!

Ana Patricia made a video about decorating cakes and cupcakes.  This is fantastic!

You voted to share recipes!  Please write some in Google Docs and share with me!!

What do you like to cook?

Old Children's Song -- There's a hole in the bucket

A vs. The

Tell me about a time that a small problem made a big difference.

Somebody to Love

While this next pop song is in the style of Gospel (African-american protestant Christian music) and includes some calls to the Lord, it is NOT Christian.  It uses a lot of indefinite pronouns!

Do you love anyone?  Who?  How did you meet that person?

I've got plenty of Nothing!

Indefinite Prounouns -- what kind of verb should follow -- singular, plural, both??

Sort the nouns -- countable = count noncount = uncountable

anteater game

Do you believe that the best things in life are free?  What are the things about life that you like the best?

Potluck Party on Monday!

We had a lot of holidays recently-- Mardi Gras, Valentine's, Lunar New Year, President's Day....
We voted to have a Potluck Party on Tuesday.  Bring food if you can.  Please remember that many people in our class do not eat pork or pig products.  If you make anything homemade, I'd love to get a video on how to make it.   Don't worry about bringing food if you can't!  Come and enjoy.

What do you like to do to prepare for a party?  Write about a party in your former country.

Somewhere out there...

Where are great places to go with people you love? 

18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses

What do you like to do with your partner?  What do you want to do when you retire?

There's a Place for Us

The first video is from the movie, "West Side Story." (Romeo and Juliet in 1950's New York City)

I want you to hear the indefinite pronouns in the dialog.

as sung on "Glee" in the early 21st century -- (sung slower and they both have USA accents)

Indefinite Pronouns -- Grammar Explanation and Exercises

What is Ash Wednesday? (Nathalie asked why there were people getting ashes on their forehead at a METRO station)

Ash Wednesday is an important day for Roman Catholic Christians. This video explains it.
Ash Wednesday is a time to remember and regret any bad things you did.  It's a time to remember that you are going to die and that you want to be a better person right now.

There is an organization called "ashes to go" run by the Episcopal Church (Anglican (British English) Church in the United States)  Ministers impose ashes at the METRO, in the streets, and in coffee shops.  This custom has only been around for about five to ten  years.  Many conservative Christians dislike it.

When we were...

Write about a time you saw an old friend.

NO SCHOOL TODAY

NO SCHOOL TODAY

Don't copy the grammar for the next video. I think it's good for speed, inflection and listening and possibly celebrating the snow day if you feel like a grumpy introvert.

Remember-- wanna = be want to

gonna = be going to (future)

Don't want no = don't want any

Don't want no company no way= I don't want any company anyway

What are you doing today?  Are you cooking? 

Once I was seven

What were your favorite ages to be?  What was the best advice anyone gave you?

Ooops!

Can you find any irregular past tense verbs in this song?  Can you write a funny memory when someone didn't understand something? 

Reviewing Today -- was/were and did

Was the grammar hard today?  Listen to another explanation, more examples, and do some practice!!

Side by Side Past Tense 1  Side by Side Past Tense 2    

It's true that "to be" is a linking verb that acts more like an = than an action, so using the rule did+action and was/were with a description usually works.  Don't completely rely on it.  Other non-action descriptive verbs like look, taste, and sounds like also take Did.  Was and were is only for verb to be.

Examples of Exceptions to the Video's Advice:
Did she look beautiful?  Yes, she did.  She looked gorgeous.
Did it taste okay?  Yes, it did.  It tasted delicious.
Did it sound good?  No, it didn't.  It sounded like a daffy duck stuck in a fax machine.

Perfect

Describe the perfect date.  What do you wear when you want to look really nice?

MY way...

Practice possessive adjectives and pronouns

Do you have a special method for doing anything?  What?  Do you own anything you really enjoy?

Do your children or friends have any really special possessions?  What?