Are you traveling this summer? What are your dream goals? How can you get them?
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Monday, June 25, 2018
California Dreamin
Are you traveling this summer? What are your dream goals? How can you get them?
Friday, June 22, 2018
Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water
What do you do to help your friends? What makes you feel better when you are stressed?
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Up, Up and Away
Balloon Tours in Central Virginia (More than a 45 minute drive out there-check distances)
Have you ever ridden in a balloon?
Horses
Horseback Riding near Fairfax County
Brenda is going to camp on Chincoteague Island. Chincoteague is famous for the wild pony swim and auction that happens every year. This year it will be on July 25, 2018. Some people say the ponies came from a Spanish ship that was supposed to take the ponies to Peru. Other people say the ponies belonged to pirates that secretly kept them there. The pony swim was an annual custom long before the USA became the USA.
Brenda is going to camp on Chincoteague Island. Chincoteague is famous for the wild pony swim and auction that happens every year. This year it will be on July 25, 2018. Some people say the ponies came from a Spanish ship that was supposed to take the ponies to Peru. Other people say the ponies belonged to pirates that secretly kept them there. The pony swim was an annual custom long before the USA became the USA.
Did you ever ride a horse? Do you like to ride horses?
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Dancing....
Progressive (or continuous) tenses -- be + ______ing are always for action in progress. The action continues after the time you talk about. Use them when your action is NOT FINISHED.
Past progressive is commonly used to tell stories in the past. I was sleeping when the phone rang. She was doing her homework when the book fell on her toe. We were riding the bus when we met. I was talking while they were studying.
What were you doing during the world cup game on Sunday?
What were you doing during the thunderstorm? Were you worried?
Monday, June 18, 2018
I hope...
Do you have any hopes or dreams for any children in your life? (Nieces, nephews, grandchildren, cousins, or actually your children?
I will return
I hope to return this summer, but many of my students plan to travel instead of taking English. If you like the class, please tell people to come and sign up. Will you return this summer?
Saturday, June 16, 2018
Winter
Are there any places or seasons that remind you of your dad? I honestly think of mine at Costco or the shopping mall....
Are you like (similar to) your dad?
The cat in the cradle = a string game parents used to play with children
Nursery rhymes are silly poems that we often teach toddlers.
Nursery Rhyme: Little Boy Blue
Nursery Rhyme-- Hey Diddle Diddle
I look like my mom, but I act more like my dad. My dad did curriculum design for ESOL. He loved his job, and I love mine too. He liked to travel, and I do too. He loved to read, and I do too.
My dad was a busy man who often worked two jobs, but he still had time for me. We were lucky. He ate with me, watched TV with me, took me shopping, and traveled with me.
Are you similar to your dad? How? Did you spend have the opportunity to spend time with your dad? What did you do with him?
Thursday, June 14, 2018
If
Don't worry about today's reading test. If I get the results soon, I will tell you.
Don't worry about your level placement. You improved a lot. I saw that you improved a lot. The levels are big and the divide between them a bit arbitrary. I keep people in LI if I think they can learn best there, but I never repeat everything exactly the same way. Levels are a tool so that you can learn as fast as possible with (hopefully) very little frustration.
What do you want to learn this week?
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
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
What's up with the "voter's" signs at Pimmit Today?
A primary is an early election to help determine who will be on the ballot for a later big election. Today is a primary. Although the USA has a number of political parties, most elected candidates are either Democrat or Republican. In Virginia, you don't have to belong to a political party to vote in the party's primary. Some Virginia Voters vote in the primary for the least-objectionable candidate in the opposition's party.
Is voting allowed in your country? Is voting required in your country? Do you think elections are usually honest?
Monday, June 11, 2018
4-leaf clover
words start around :35
If you found a four-leaf clover, what did you do with it? (Janice dried, pressed, and laminated hers.) Did you ever find something else that's supposed to be good luck?
Saturday, June 9, 2018
The End of the World...
What makes you feel better when you are sad or stressed? Do you like to do routine things? Do you like to avoid routine things? Do you cook? Do you watch movies?
When were those days?
Thursday, June 7, 2018
GO CAPS!
Most of the words you don't know in this video are names of players. "Cut someone slack" is excuse them for relaxing or not doing their work.
The biggest offense to me in this video is the spelling. The homonyms are horrible. "Witch" should be "Which." Cuz is text-spelling for "because." "Crake" is not a word, it should be "crack." "Tare" should be "tear" as in rip paper, not the eye liquid when you cry. Last, it's the STANLEY cup, not the Stanly.
Same video without the words, but with pictures that make it easier to understand...
Are you watching the game? Do you like hockey? What sports and teams do you watch?
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