Tom's Diner

 Do you have a favorite restaurant?  Do you like to watch people?  Where do you go to watch people?

What are they doing?

 

Practice Present Continuous

What are you doing right now?  What is your friend doing right now?

Here comes the sun

 

Practice simple present

Are you looking forward to the weekend?  Do you feel happier on sunny days?  Do you like the Beatles?

It's you

 

What do you like to do with your friends?

Close Your Eyes

 

Describe a safe, healthy relationship.  

Perfect

 

I love this song because we once had a class engagement party, 

and this song was the couple's favorite song.

What do you wear when you want to look good?  

Happy Lunar New Year!!

What is your favorite holiday tradition?  What is your favorite holiday food?

I have a dream

 

When I hear "I have a dream," I think of Martin Luther King's vision of a United States in which all people live together in peace and prosperity.

When you dream good daydreams about the future, what does it look like?

Old hat

 In honor of National Hat Day, I'm posting a story that my children loved when they were little.  This story uses too before adjectives to show that the adjective is very intense.  Remember to only use too before an adjective if that adjective causes a problem.

Do you like to wear hats?  What's your favorite kind of hat?  What's your favorite color?

National Bird Day

Lake Accotink is a great place to watch birds, and there are other local parks with lots of birds.  If your listening is very good, you might enjoy the challenge of learning about winter birds at Lake Accotink   The program is designed for native speakers including children.

 Tuppence means 2 pence-british money

Vocabulary:  Common Birds from Grammar Monster (Hoopoe, Kiwi and puffins are NOT common here)

Do you like to watch birds?  Did you ever have a pet bird?  Can you write about an experience with birds?