That's My Goal

Why do you want to learn English?  What are your goals?  What will you do when your English is excellent?

Please write about another goal that you are happy that you got.

Happy Lunar New Year! We have class today...

 

What are they doing in this video?

Fair Oaks Mall Celebration

Challenging article on places to celebrate

Remembering the celebration for the Year of the Pig (2019 before the shutdown)

Do you have any New Year's traditions? What?

I'm going to love you...

 

Are you making plans to do something with someone (or a pet that) you love?  What are you going to do? When are you going to do it?

What are you going to do next?

 

Next Year...(Song about resolutions)

Do you want to study grammar?  Click here!!

What are you going to do tomorrow?  What are you going to do next weekend?

It's going to be a great day!

 

 Very informal: It's gonna be a great day!  Why're you standing there?

Better English:  It's going to be a great day! Why are you standing there? (Same pronunciation as above, with a little more "are" in Why are you standing there?

Can you describe what's happening in the pictures?  Can you write about a great day?  If you want to have a great day, what are you going to do?

Drill -- practice for emergency

There will probably be a lockdown drill at Plum on Friday at 8:30 AM.  If you come early and it looks like you can't get in, don't leave.  Stay in your car with the heat on until the doors are open.  

Drills help students practice what to do in emergencies.  In a fire drill, we leave the classroom and get away from the building.  In lockdowns, we lock the door, turn off the lights, and no one can go in or out until we hear an announcement that it's okay.  For a fire drill, we go outside and stay together.  If you are late today, wait in the car for a short time or join us in the parking lot..

Challenge Video (Best with CC ON) How to do a lockdown

Our school will NOT announce in a lot of ways.  Other than that, the idea is the same.

Stand by Me

 

English is a difficult language, but I've seen hundreds of students become fluent partly because they worked together.  Tell me about working together with someone to do something.  What did you do?

Our Class started at 9 yesterday, and it'll start at 9:00 today. Come when you can!

 Any time before 12 noon is not too late.  Five minutes of English class is better than zero!

Challenge Listening:  This song is FAST

If you can't come, please study vocabulary, do homework, try links, answer questions on this page, and check what we did!

What did you do this morning?

I am enchanted to meet you!

 Today, we reviewed verb "to be" and get-to-know you questions.  We wrote about a classmate.

Hi!  I am Laurie.  I am from the USA. I am an ESOL teacher.  I came to this area in 1990.  I like to talk about my family.  I was an only child so I don't have any brothers or sisters.  I am married, and we have five children.

Please write about yourself. If you can, write about a classmate you met today!

Brrrrrr...Love in the cold

 

What do you like to do in cold weather?  How do you truly get to know people?

Inauguration Day

Did you go to the Inauguration?  Do you know anyone who did?

Do you have any advice for the incoming president?  What should he do?

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! NO SCHOOL TODAY!

Martin Luther King Jr. worked to make laws equal (the same/similar) for everyone, rather than different for people who were not white.

On Martin Luther King day, some people work for NO $(volunteer) on this National Day of Service.  Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only federal holiday for volunteer work.

People who protested that the United States Laws were not good for everybody often sang this song while they walked.  Shall = will.  "Shall" is an old word . We usually say, "will" now.  Overcome -- means "win" or "keep going" when it's very, very hard to win or keep going.

You will overcome the difficulty of learning English soon.

Animated Children's Video about Martin Luther King Jr. Turn on subtitles

Children's Video about Martin Luther King Jr. with actual photographs.


Challenging Video that shows Bloody Sunday -- King's followers did NOT fight back when physically attacked, and got a LOT of white people's support for changing the constitution to say that there could not be different laws for different skin colors

Another Video about Martin Luther King Jr.'s life -- also difficult...

Vocabulary from Martin Luther King Reading and Video

What are you doing this weekend?  What helps you keep going when you need to do something difficult?

I want to know what love is!

 

What do you want to learn about?   

I want to grow old with you

Goals are things we want to do.  Today, we practiced saying, "want to _____."

When people text, they write, "wanna _____(base verb)"

Don't write "to" with wanna, the "na" is the "to"

Always use a base (simple form of the) verb (action word) after want to.

Don't use to before nouns.  I want some chocolate. I want to eat candy.

(I don't want to cry, but sometimes I cry when I watch this video)

What are some things you want to do when your English is excellent?

 

He doesn't want to talk, and she doesn't either.

Formal English:  The stars in the sky don't mean anything to you.  Not 

The stars in the sky don't mean nothing to you.

Using English Quiz: Practice Simple Present

EasyESOL.blogspot: agree with too or either

Quiz to practice too vs. either. The ones that aren't at the end of the sentence are "too" meaning also.

What are some things you and your partner/friend/family member agree on?

My husband likes spicy Chinese food, and I do too.

My daughter likes chocolate, and I do too.

My mother likes to read novels, and I do too.

My husband doesn't like to run marathons, and I don't either.

My daughter doesn't like scary movies, and I don't either.

I don't like to iron clothes, and my mother doesn't either.

Can you tell me how it used to be?

 Can you tell me how it used to be when you were ten years old?  

Did you ever make a dream into a plan?  Did you achieve your goal?

Kahoots so far

Please tell me if a link doesn't work  -  links expire after a few weeks, but I can assign it again.

Kahoot: ID the verb tense Kahoot: forming questions Kahoot: WH questions

Kahoot with prepositions.

Kahoot: Duplicate of ESL frequency adverbs

Kahoot: How often

Kahoot: Prepositions of movement

Kahoot: How long vs. How often

Kahoot: Pronouncing ed

Kahoot:  Prepositions of Time (at, on, in)

Present continuous verbs (Practice spelling ing forms)

Past tense affirmative (Practice spelling past forms)

Kahoot:  Contrast past tense in negative and affirmative

Unit 2 Kahoot. 

Future-with-will Kahoot

Base verbs and present continuous verb questions: Kahoot

Kahoot to practice do or does.

Identify Verbs with a Kahoot. 

Tricky Identify the Verb tense Kahoot

Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water

What do you do to help your friends?  What makes you feel better when you are stressed? 

Welcome Winter Classes!

 Good morning!  It's good to meet you!

Please write about yourself, and tell me about a beautiful place!

Write to introduce yourself

 

gonna is informal pronunciation for be going to (future verb tense)

What's your name?

Where are you from?

Do you have a big family?

Do you work?

What is your occupation?

What was your occupation before you moved here?

When did you come to Virginia?

What do you want to practice in this class?

Write about yourself!  What do you want me to know about you?

Come away with me

 

Where do you want to go?

Kahoots So Far

 Future-with-will Kahoot

Base verbs and present continuous verb questions: Kahoot

Kahoot to practice do or does.

World Typing Day

Challenge Listening:  This one is fast, but it repeats! 

Can you type?  How fast?

Here are some free websites to practice:

Typing.com -- Learn Keyboarding

Peter's Learn to Type Lessons

Practice typing from books with Type Racer

Shooting Style Typing Game

Happy Introvert Day

 

What are your favorite books, TV shows, and English websites?

Happy Science Fiction Day

 

My family loves science fiction.  My daughter loves Star Trek.  My son loves the Expanse and the Martian.  My husband likes quoting from a funny character on Babylon 5.  Do you like science fiction or space history?  What are your favorite movies or TV shows?