Come Back!!

Where are you going to go this summer?  Where are the best places to visit?

Wake Me Up!

What time did you wake up this morning?  What time do you wake up every day? 

Do you have plans to travel this summer?  Where are you going to go?

Shack

A shack is a small house in very bad condition. 


Would you enjoy staying in a shack on the beach in the summer?  Would you enjoy camping during the winter?

Spelling CVC words

BUT ONLY WITH CVC (consonant-1 vowel-1 consonant) WORDS!!

One of the hardest things about comparatives is remembering when to double the consonant at the end of the original adjective before adding -er.

• Never double x or w.  
• We usually double the last consonant of CVC words--One-syllable words that end with one vowel then one consonant. 
•  If there are two vowels or two consonants, don't double.  (heater, harder)
• The vowel in a CVC word is usually "short."  It doesn't say its name.  It sounds like you were punched in the stomach.

The grammar word for any letters added to the end of a word is suffix.  ER, ED, ING, and EST are common suffixes.  CVC words double their last consonant for all of these endings.

Tap -- tapping  Pet- petted  big--bigger  pin-pinned  pin-pinning  hop--hopped  trotter

Silly Children's Videos to help you remember:   (If you like children's materials.)

Silly Song with doubled consonants (Mostly with --ing)

What CVC words do you use?

   

My Love is....

Can you use as -------- as or a comparative to describe an emotion or a friend or a member of your family?

What Makes You Happy?

Are you usually happy?  What habits make you happier?  What events made you happier in the past?

Like I do...

Practice Relative Pronouns

Do you think the singer is conceited?  Describe someone that you love.

Happy Flag Day!!

The U.S. National Anthem has many old words in poetic language.

The meaning is:

 Look!  There's the flag!  

Last night we were proud to honor it!

We watched it in the dangerous battle, and it looked handsome.

You can see it moving because the sun is coming up and there are many explosions!

The battle's explosions made it possible to see the flag in the fort all night last night.

Is the star spangled banner still a flag for people who are free and courageous?

dawn=sunrise

twilight- outdoor lighting between sunset and total darkness

gleaming-shining-light glowing

perilous-dangerous

o'er= over

ramparts- a wall that people made for defense

Write about the flag or national anthem of your native country.

Comparing things

Adjectives that compare 2 things

1 syllable -  add ER  (short -- shorter, tall--taller)
1 syllable that was spelled with 1 consonant -- 1 vowel -- 1 consonant-- repeat the last consonant to keep the short (not the name) vowel sound -- add ER  (big-bigger, thin--thinner)
2 syllables that end in ow or le  add ER (yellow-yellower, little--littler)
2 syllables that end in Y -- change the Y to I and add ER  (pretty--prettier, happy-happier)
Other 2 syllables act like
3 or more syllables:  Use the word more before the adjective.  (more modern, more beautiful, more interesting)


Rules and Examples in a slideshow

Comparative

Comparative and Superlative

Reading Advertisements

Abbreviation Flashcards on Quizlet

Abbreviation Quiz

Some Job Ad sites and Advice for Looking for a Job

Say Something

I love the tune and the pace of "Say Something" for my students, but I don't like "I'm giving up."
Give up means "quit."  I never give up on my students, and my students always learn a lot when they don't give up.

Practice Indefinite Pronouns: Words like something, anything, someone, anyone, somewhere, anywhere, everyone

Good English:  I won't ever give up.  I'll never give up.  NO: won't never

When you find a way home, I hope it's a happy place in Virginia.

Write about a time you wanted to give up, but you didn't.  Now, you are happy because you didn't give up.

Happy Challenging Friday!!

"Learn to Fly" Video Practice

It's difficult to find easy practice for only the indefinite pronouns in Ventures 2,

but click here to practice

Anyone=anybody -- one person, it's not important who

Someone=somebody -- one specific person I am not naming

Anywhere -- any location -- one place-- it's not important where

Somewhere -- one specific place that I am not naming 

Use any_____ for questions

Everyone=everybody -- Each person in the one group -- no exceptions (All the people in the group)

No one --Zero people in the group -- no exceptions

Everywhere -- In every location (in all the locations)

Nowhere -- In zero locations

Describe somebody that you used to know...(hopefully nicer than this singer)

Where will you go?

Directions to the Art Museum

Directions -- Red 1 Unit 5 Around Town

More Practice with Prepositions and Directions

Challenging Videos: Prepare for the behind the wheel test


Do you plan to travel soon?  Where will you go?

Directions-- starting from the beginning

Cartoon Listening Quiz -- Directions

Driving Road Test

Happy Ramadan!!

Did you celebrate Eid last night?  What did you do?