If you love her,

 This video is challenging, but you can do the fill-in-the-blank worksheet!  Repeat as many times as you need.

Describe a person (or people) that you love.  What do they do every day?

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Pilgrims are people who travel for their religion.  

People who go to Mecca or Jerusalem are often Pilgrims.

People who move here because their government doesn't like their religion are also pilgrims.

I'd love to start an ESOL class online cookbook with easy recipes, difficult-but-worth-it recipes, recipes with national pride, and great recipes for good health.  If  you know any good recipes in any of those categories, please write them in a google doc and share them with a link for everyone at my gmail.

The next video is British English, but the only real difference is that I say "frying pan" rather than "frypan."

This video shows a common menu for a traditional Thanksgiving.  Many people buy the pies and cranberry sauce.

Links to Black Friday Deals!
Sales at Springfield Town Center
Sales at Tysons Corner
Deals at Potomac Mills
Sales at Leesburg Outlets

If you shop good Friday sales, please write about the experience!

Thanksgiving is a time to enjoy food, family, and the good things in our lives.  Many people also thank God for all the good things in life.  My job and my students often make me happy.  What are you thankful for? What makes you happy?

Romantic song

 

What songs do you recommend for learning English?

Complaining about household problems

Vocabulary: The Utility Room

Practice Using Maintenance Vocabulary with Learning Chocolate

Tell me about fixing something in your home or getting someone to fix something in your home!

Veteran's Day

Today is a day to recognize everyone who joins the military and serves.

Who are veterans?  Veterans are people who serve in the military and survive that service.  Veterans Day used to be Armistice Day,  People remembered World War I at 11:00 on 11/11.  Now, we honor all the soldiers that serve in the Armed Forces on Veteran's Day.

WE HAVE SCHOOL today!  It's a holiday for federal government employees, but not a day off for us!  

What makes you proud?  Do you know anyone that serves in the military?  Can you describe that person and what he or she does?

The Sweetest Thing

Grammar Practice with Comparative and Superlative

What makes you happy?  What is your sweetest memory?

For Tuesday, November 7 - NO SCHOOL

I am researching the candidates before I go to vote.

In the past, I've recommended Vote 411 and League of Women's Voters -- I still respect the way they show voter information, but I think they are difficult for my students to navigate and read this year.

Ballotpedia may be easier to use than the Sample Ballot on the Fairfax County website that I showed you because it has links to candidate's websites. Ballotpedia probably collects your information.  If the idea of sharing your address bothers you, put in the address of the closest elementary school.

I just saw this Washington Post article about the candidates for school board  So far, it's the easiest to read information I have found. One detail that I find interesting is that two candidates that the Post says are "Republican endorsed" say that they are Independent on their own webpages.

For Monday, November 6: We have school. Many children don't.

Don't forget to turn back time! (Fall back one hour)

Most people in the United States turn the time backwards one hour today.

We are returning to Eastern Standard Time (EST)

If you went back in time, what part of history would you want to see?

What people or stories from history do you like?

longer, stronger

Longer, stronger...when you compare two things with a one-syllable adjective add -er

longer, stronger, bigger*, wider, taller, thinner*, shorter, greater...

(*Spelling: double the last consonant if the word ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern)

Practice with www.gamestolearnenglish.com

When you compare 2 things with two-syllable words that end in w or le, add --er or r-exactly the same as a one-syllable word. For example: yellower, mellower, littler,

When you compare 2 things with two-syllable words that end in y, change the y to i and add er.
        happier. friendlier.  lovelier.  heavier.  prettier.  messier.  noisier.  sillier.

When you compare two things with two syllables that DON'T end in Y or W or R or compare things with three or more syllables, use "more" before.  More foolish.  More interesting.  More comfortable.  More intelligent.  More creative.  More  curious.

Grammar Rules and more practice for using comparatives and superlatives