How Long

 

Same video with exercises

Describe the street where you live

Describe the street where you live, where you lived or where you want to live!  (Don't say the names of the streets, just what the homes and surroundings look like.)

Kayak Practicing be ____ ing verbs NOW! (This video is longer than usual)

Watch the video and write what's happening.  Use be ____ing:  The baby is running.  The bird is flying.  The dad is wearing a hat.  The dad and the baby are having an adventure on the river.

Did you ever travel with a baby?  Did you ever take a baby on a boat?  Did a baby ever get away from you?

Omelette- Practice using be ___ing verbs NOW

Click on this link to practice present continuous: Omelette: Watch the video and answer the questions!  

Did you ever have a pet?  Do you have a pet now?  What kind of pet?

Do you like eggs?  How do you like your eggs?

Practice Directions

Some of the reading tests have maps.

Cupid Shuffle Line Dance (Dancers are wearing short skirts.) Practice right and left!

Cupid Shuffle we do in class

Do

Quick Practice: Red Level 1, Unit 5 "Around Town" (Starting with the second lesson A, not the top)

Study and Practice Prepositions and Directions

Please write some directions from Plum Center to one of your favorite places nearby!

I feel better when I'm dancing

 

When we talk about actions now, we use present continuous (be _____ing)

Common Dances in the USA: Fourth grade teachers teach their students how to do the electric slide

I like to do the Cupid Shuffle  It's fun and easy!

I like to dance.  What do you like to do?  What makes you feel happy?

Unit 6 quiz on Monday. Study irregular verbs: have, do, tell, think, find, go, say, make come, know, get, meet, write, give, take, buy, sleep

On a Wednesday -- in a cafe -- I watched it begin again

 

ESL Lounge Prepositions of Time Quiz

Write about a friend and how you met.

Read all about it

 Great talking today!  Thanks!

What is your favorite genre?  What are your favorite books?

President's Day! NO SCHOOL TODAY!

Mt. Vernon

George Washington Masonic Memorial in Alexandria

Sales at Potomac Mills

Sales at Tysons Corner

Sales at Springfield Mall  

Do you like to go shopping?  Many people in the USA celebrate President's Day by shopping for good deals.  If you see any bargains, write about them!!

My Valentine

 

Did you ever enjoy Valentine's Day?  What did you do?

Are you going to enjoy a Galentine's Party?  What are you going to do?

Do you have any friends that make you feel everything is going to be okay?  Describe a friend who can do that.  How do they do that?

Happy Valentine's Day!

Nobody usually gets off work or school for Valentine's Day.

While named for a Catholic Saint, Valentine's Day is not a Christian holiday.

When  preschool or elementary school kids go to school, they often make or buy (a big pack of)

little paper valentines for everyone in their classes.  Some children will add lollipops.  

Many children will wear red and/or hearts.

Side by Side video:  Talking about emotions

Another gap-fill exercise with a Valentine's Day song

Do you celebrate Valentine's Day?   What do you do?  

Challenge: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War

No school on Monday for President's Day.  President's Day is a time to remember Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.  We read about Abe Lincoln today.  His birthday was on February 12.

Challenge ESOL reading -- Can you keep your mouse on the words?

PebbleGo Biography

Challenge Listening: Kids pretend to be Abraham Lincoln talking about his childhood

Did you ever visit any of the Lincoln Memorials or Ford's Theater?  Where did you go?  What did you do?

No School February 12, 2025! Please be careful out there!!

 

Traction - ability of a tire to stay on a road and turn.

Are you enjoying your day off?  What are you doing?

SNOW DAY!!! No School Wednesday, February 12!

Did you have snow days when you were in school?  Did you have snow?  Do you like snow?

Tuesday, February 11 - Come to school! Classes start on time!

 Only afternoon and evening classes are canceled. ACE ESOL PHONE: 703 658-1274

I hope I see you.  Come whenever or however long you can.

 Listening Exercise: Tell me about your life

How Did you Know?

SxS video past

S x S video  (was were)

Listen and practice speaking the most common regular past tense verbs (Press the speaker icon next to past tense to hear them)

Simple Past Grammar Explanation and Practice

When did you first fall in love?

Video: When professional basketball players fell in love with basketball

Write about the time you first met a friend.  Where were you? How old were you?

 What did your friend look like?

Little Things

Relax, keep practicing.  Your English is improving.
Little things add up to big things.

What little things make you happy?  What little things make you happier with another person?
Are you looking forward to any little things during the holidays?

The Eagles won the Superbowl

 

The Eagles won the Superbowl.  They dominated the game.  Are you a sports fan?  What team do you like?

American Football

Practice American Football Vocabulary

Challenge Listening -- How to Understand American Football

American Football Vocabulary (again--same as at the top)

Challenge Listening: The first Superbowl Halftime show had rocket packs!!

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Do you ever watch American football?  Do you like any football teams?  Which ones? Are you watching the s

Superbowl?  What's the best ad?

Good Job

 Grammar is good for your inner coach.  You can learn how to say 10,000 things correctly in a few minutes if you remember the rule and can make many examples.  

For producing English, relax and repeat until you remember.  Songs are good for repeating.

In this song, you matter means you are important.  It doesn't matter = It's not important.

Write about things you can do well.  What do you say when someone asks, "What are your best skills?"

I Can Love MYSELF better...

 Valentines Day can be a hard day for single people, but being single can be better than having a relationship with a terrible person.  How can you treat yourself?

(Pop music rarely uses good spelling and grammar, but it will help you understand people here.  

Some translations:  kinda - the kind of / 'til - until/ wanna - want to)

Practice reflexive pronouns

Do you buy yourself flowers or chocolate or anything you really like?  What do you buy yourself?  What do you do when you want to treat yourself very well?

Make you feel my love

 Are you planning for Valentine's Day?  What are you going to do?

Picky English teacher note:  Most of the time, you shouldn't say, "ain't," but "you ain't seen nothing yet" is a common expression that promises amazing improvement. 

make your mind up = decide something=make a choice

What makes you feel loved?  I like when my husband brings me coffee in bed or when my children hug me.

Please come back!!

Wow!  Weather and sickness are making many students stay home.  Don't be afraid to come back!

It's okay to be late.  Five minutes of class is better than no time at all. 

We are starting Unit 6 and we have a new vocabulary set. 

Did you have to stay home today?  What did you do?

Challenge Videos!

 Today, the Red & Blue Group read about Hedy Lamarr, an immigrant to the USA from Austria who became famous as an actress and as an inventor.  Bluetooth and Wifi were invented from her ideas.

They also read about Jane Goodall, a British scientist who studied primates.

Red & Blue Vocabulary Group

 Who do you admire?  Write about an interesting person.

Melancholy Baby

Green Group vocabulary

Melancholy is a very old word for sad or depressed.  People don't say "melancholy" anymore.
When I am sad and anxious, I don't like people telling me that my fear is foolish.  We don't say "fancies" for daydreams either.

Cuddle up means hug together for a long time.

One idea of clouds with a silver lining is that those clouds have the sun behind them.  Sometimes if you keep going during bad times, good times are right behind the bad times.

What makes you feel better when you are sad?  What is a good way to cheer up a sad child?

Challenge Video: A Day without Immigrants

I didn't hear about this event this morning. Do you think it will help people? 

Demonstrations are people getting together to say their opinion as a big group.

Many immigrants work hard and make this country better for everyone here.  It is my goal to make immigrant's lives and new jobs easier.  I want my students to be comfortable and happy in my community.  I don't want anyone feeling scared or in danger.

What are good ways to support immigrants now?

Happy Groundhog Day!!

2025 Challenge Live News: The Groundhog predicts six more weeks of winter

Prognosticate means predict

Prognosticator is someone who predicts the future.

EL Civics

ESOL Courses GH day Explanation Video listening quiz

Groundhog Day Movie Listening Quiz

Is this your first Groundhog Day in the United States?  Are there any superstitions about weather in your native country?

Ramadan is Here

Many English students are Muslim.  Every day during Ramadan, they fast during the day -- they don't eat or drink anything, not even water -- for one month.   They get together with family and friends to feast at night.  

Islam is the third largest religion in the USA.  More than 4,400,000 people in the USA are Muslim.

 

Do you celebrate Ramadan?  What do you do?