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?

You should be here

 

You should understand "ain't" (negative helping verb "to be" in every verb tense) and "ya'll" (plural you - you all) because they are very common in songs and speech.  You shouldn't use these words because they are stereotypes as speech for people with no education and no money.

cutting up - joking and playing

dial up the weather -make a phone call to order the weather exactly how I like it

Stop and take it in - stop to really see what's happening

freaking out -- acting crazy with excitement

Do you like to go camping?  What do you like to do with your friends? What should we talk about in class?  

Song: doctor, doctor

Learning Chocolate: Medical Symptoms

Learning Chocolate: organs of the body

Medical Items (Easy World of English Picture Dictionary)

Write about a doctor's visit.  Why did you go?

Trying my best

 Everyone who is coming to class is improving a LOT.  We are working together and getting better.

What do you do when you are trying your best?

We can make it

 Make it = succeed

What do you like to do? What do you like to make?  Can you teach the class how to make it or do it?

How do you try to improve a relationship?

Get it done

 When Kim heard, "do your nails" today, she said that she often heard, "get" not "do" at work. She is correct.  We often use get with a past participle form of a verb (regular ---ed/irregular-3rd column) to say that someone else is doing something for us. 

(Official grammar name for this word pattern is passive causative.  You can officially use have instead of get, but using have for passive causative is a bad pattern to practice before you are good at ALL the verb tenses. Anyway, get is more common for speaking in this area.)

My daughter gets her nails done for all the holidays.  I only got my nails done for my wedding.

I don't fix my car.  I get my car fixed by Backlick Road Service Station or Community Car Care.

I don't cut my hair.  I get my hair cut at a beautician.

My mother doesn't clean her house.  She gets it cleaned.

I don't repair watches.  I get my watch repaired at Silver Dolphin.

I brush my teeth twice a day, and I also go to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned three times a year.

I rarely wash my care and I rarely get my car washed. My car is pretty dirty. (Pretty as adverb=mostly)

The past participle verbs in these examples do NOT show time.  The form of get shows the verb tense. 

Examples: I am getting my car fixed now.  I will get my car washed tomorrow.  My dad used to get his shoes shined every month.  Mark gets his car serviced four times a year. We got the kitchen floor replaced last month.  My mother never goes to Zales Jewelers because when she got her engagement ring cleaned there, they lost her diamond and offered her a much cheaper stone.

Make or Do

Woodward English Presentation Make or Do

Woodward English Printable Chart

Make or Do Expressions on Quizlet -  some common expressions to "collo"

Make or Do flashcards -pick the make or do

English online make or do game

similar blog post with a few more links

Mixed Tense Make vs. Do game from Woodward English-- really challenging, but easy to change your answer!!

Challenge: Small talk and health

One of my English teaching websites recommends this video for our level, but I think it's really difficult.  I am surprised by it.  I don't want you to feel bad if your friends aren't here.  I really want you to talk to strangers in English!

Do you go a place where you can make small talk?  Where?  Do you meet with anyone to practice English or try different international foods?

Reading Day

My group played with contrasting the sound of brown cow ow with rose boat oh.  Both sounds can be spelled "ow."  Rose boat bow is a noun - ⋈⋈⋈.  Brown cow bow is an action -- bending to show respect.

Maryann's group read about relaxing in nature and tipping.  If you want to listen to the article on tipping on the computer, go to ellii.com and sign up for my class with this code.  I put a group of mostly challenging readings there.  If one is not good for you, try a different one.  Please tell me what is good or not good for you.

ellii.com/students

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Citizens Vote in the USA today!

 

CNN 10- Student news in ten minutes or less

What are the most important issues in this election?  Who will be a better president?

It's Going to be

We often say it's going to be a long day if we expect to be bored or sad.  

Tell me about a time that you expected a long day, but it wasn't bad after all.

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?