Do you want to practice?

The most important thing you can do to improve English is use English -- talk to people, read, listen, and write English.

I like to teach Grammar because if you use it well, it's an excellent short cut.  If you catch the rule with the grammar pattern, you can immediately understand how to say 10,000 things correctly.  Also, advanced classes usually use grammar rules, and understanding basic grammar ideas and how to use grammar with lots of examples to learn a language makes those classes easy rather than incomprehensible.

• Try to remember grammar rules, but don't get mad when they don't work 100%.
• Make tons of your own examples from the rule, and ask a native speaker if they are correct.
• Repeat correct useful phrases a LOT

Can you find any grammar mistakes in this grammar song?

Some people in our class got an excellent grammar education before this class.  Some never had a chance to learn grammar before. Here are links for some of grammar you should master before going to high intermediate.  If you want grammar practice, try these links.

Can you name the parts of speech?

Simple Present

Present Continuous=Present Progressive

Simple Present vs. Present Continuous

future with will

future with going to

Simple Past

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Old Fashioned Pronoun Use

Challenge: Adjective Order

Memory work:  80 Common Irregular Verbs 

Irregular Verbs - A variety of little-by-little lists, songs, and games to help you remember  

Non Count Nouns

Common expressions with Make or do

Happy Eid al Fitr

There are more than three million Muslim people in the USA, and tonight is an important holiday.  Eid al Fitr marks the end of Ramadan.

 PBS -- Eid al Fitr

Do you celebrate Eid a Fitr?  (If yes, is this information correct?)  What do you do?  Did you prepare any good food?  What did you cook?  What did you eat?

Happy Norooz! (Nowruz?)

 On March 20th, people all over the world are celebrating Norooz.  Norooz is an important Persian holiday. Many people clean their homes very well -- some shake it up so much that they get new furniture -- to prepare for the party. The party is always exactly at the time of the equinox that happens between winter and the beginning of spring. 

Are you celebrating Nowruz?

What are you doing?

Do you like spring?  What's your favorite season?

Do you like to do spring cleaning?

What do you like to eat?

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

St. Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland.

He started more than forty churches.

Legend says he got rid of all the snakes in Ireland.

Archeologists say there never were snakes in Ireland.

St. Patrick's Day is a celebration of Irish heritage in the USA,

NOT a celebration of St. Patrick.

People wear green and have parties with a lot of beer and whisky.  Stores have sales.

St. Patrick might not be happy that leprechauns -- mythical mischievous little fairies--symbolize his day.

In elementary school, any child (of any heritage) who doesn't wear green on St. Patrick's day gets pinched.  (I think some anti-bullying efforts may be stopping that now.  Tell your child to wear green anyway) 

There are usually many parades and many parties on St. Patrick's day.

Video: History of St. Patrick's Day

Usually there are parades in all the major US cities.  Some cities die fountains green.  Chicago usually dies a major river green.  People wear green.  

Some people want to change St. Patrick's Day to Immigrant's Day.

"Danny Boy" is a famous Irish song

Bide means stay and wait. It's an old word.  Don't use it.

A classic navy drinking song for St. Patrick's day.  Listen to the song and look at the words.  Can you point to the words you hear?  It's fast!

("till his sober"= "until he's sober" in good English.  Sober is the opposite of drunk.  You are sober if you don't drink any alcohol.)

drunken-adjective (description word) for someone who drank too much alcohol.  Often "drunk."

sailor-occupation-work on a boat

Video of a famous Christian Irish Blessing.

Winter 2026

 In Winter 2026, we did units 2,3,4 then we studied employment.  For employment, we talked about how to answer the question, "Tell me about yourself."  We talked about our skills. (Grammar: can)  We practiced using know how to ____(base verb) We talked about responsibilities/duties at different jobs. We practiced talking about our job histories using prepositions of time.

Here are some job interview questions that anyone in our level should be able to answer.

If you didn't understand the grammar in our class or if you are moving up without finishing our book, please study Grammar I want you to know before you go to High Intermediate

Happy Pi Day!!

 

Enjoy Pi Day in Fairfax County!

Do you like math?  Can you tell me a story about using math or eating pie?

Did you get a good deal today because a business celebrated Pi Day?

Hope to see you soon!!

Do you want to practice grammar?

Names for the parts of speech

Stative Verbs

Present Continuous vs. Simple Present

Conjunctions

Should    

Simple Past

Prepositions of time

Prepositions and directions

Please continue to use the blog!  Please comment to practice writing!  Please tell me how you are and what you are doing!.

Don't Cry Over Prom Dress Prices (if you have a daughter that needs a prom dress, go to Centreville HS this weekend)

For many young people in the USA, high school prom is the only formal dance they ever attend. 

Used dresses are much cheaper than new dresses, and they are often very beautiful.  

You may also find a good free dress at Centreville High School tomorrow

Kids that are willing to make and wear duct tape clothes can win the

Stuck-at-Prom Scholarship -- Grand Prize winners get $15,000, runner ups $1,000.

My daughter entered it (I bought $60 of duct tape), but she didn't win anything.  

My children already went to prom, 

but I still click the link to see all the duct tape dresses.

Did you go to a formal dance in High School?  

Did your child go to prom? 

Would you let your child go to prom?

How to Do Common Line Dances in the USA

Many people in the USA only do line dances at weddings.  Some people get together just to do them.  

I think the most popular line dance in the USA is called the "Electric Slide."  Although this video is made for fourth grade children, I think it's good.

The Cha Cha Slide is also very popular because the music tells you what to do!

The Music also tells you how to do the Cupid Shuffle

Instructions....

 and the real music for it!

Fairfax County Public School PE taught all my children to do "Cotton Eye Joe," 

with the touch across version, not the stomp.

Sometimes all the neighborhood kids did it at pool parties at our neighborhood pool.

Most people that lived in the USA during the 1990s know the "Macerena."

Instructions

The Music for the "Macerena" is in Spanish. It looks sexy!

I've heard that "Achy Breaky Heart" is the most common line dance at Southeastern USA weddings,

but I don't know it.

Challenge Listening stand-up comedy:  Don't Line Dance in the Ladies Room (restroom)

The Temptation Cha

Teenagers at my neighborhood swimming pool taught me "The Wobble"

New York, New York! (song)

Thank you for a delicious potluck party!

A potluck is a party that asks all the guests to bring food to share.  Many people have potlucks in the USA -- especially groups at schools, churches, and neighborhood pools.  Please bring something yummy.  If you really don't have the time or money to bring food, don't worry.  Come anyway.

Please don't bring pork (pig meat) children, or alcoholic drinks.

Are you going to do during the break?  Are you coming back?  

Do you have recommendations to make the next class better for you?

Patience

 

Do you hate when people tell you to be patient? I do!

English often takes time.  Thank you for working hard.  Please help us make the classes good for you.

How can the class be better?

Write about a time when your patience worked for you.

It's time to register for the next class!

 I hope you're happy with this class and want to continue!  If you are continuing in Low Intermediate, please give me advice on how to make the class excellent for you.

Tell me about yourself (in a job interview)

Volunteering -- working for NO $$$-- can give you practice in English, new friends, and connections that can help you get a job when you finish your English classes.  Religious organizations -- churches, mosques, temples, and synagogues -- can often connect you to volunteer opportunities.

Another place to find volunteer work is Volunteer Fairfax.

Tell me about yourself!  

Happy Awesome Day!

 

What makes you awesome?

What jobs are awesome?

That's not the shape of my heart...

 

Do you like to gamble?  Did you ever take statistics in school?

Did you ever decide to reject a value that many people like?

What are some of your favorite values?

International Women's Day

The symbolic colors for IWD are purple, green, and white. Purple represents justice, dignity, and empowerment. Green represents hope, growth, and new beginnings. White represents equality, freedom, and truth. 

 How is International Women's Day celebrated in different countries?  What are the best jobs for women?

Change your clock one hour forward!

 

What do you think of daylight savings time changes?

Do you have any routines to make you feel better when you don't get enough sleep?

Here comes the sun...

The weather is foggy and rainy today.  I want to see the sun!

Are you ready for spring? Do you like sunny weather?  What is your favorite weather?

Practice weather words with Languageguide.org

Practice some weather and clothing words with learningchocolate.org

Did you ever travel some place because you wanted to be in better weather?  Do you think weather changes how you feel?  What do you pack when you travel?

I remember it all too well

Was-were SxS videos

Was Were Quiz Game -- Woodward English

Was were in Questions

Was were in short answers

Write about a day that you are happy to remember.

Get it done

Today, Safaa asked how to say, "She needs to get her tooth pulled."  

We use get-object-past participle to indicate that someone else does the action. The get uses verb tenses, but the past participle doesn't change.

She likes to get her nails done.

I got my car fixed last month.

She will get her clothes cleaned on Saturday.

When Kim heard, "do your nails", while we practiced make or do (in 2022), she said that she often heard, "get" not "do" at work. She is correct.  I do my nails at home, but Kim's customers get their nails done in a salon.  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 DONT practice using have for passive causative 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.

Don't stop now!!

Please keep coming and working.  It's not over yet...

I've "hit my limit" means I am very frustrated and

ready to quit.

Learning English is difficult and takes a lot of time, but most of you are doing excellent work.

My curriculum is designed for students to study for one year -- three sessions -- before they move up to the next level.  Some people can move up after one session, but they usually have great listening skills and they often had great reading with our alphabet and a good English grammar education before they came to my class.  Some people come in with reading or listening below my level and need more than three sessions.

 I had a student that took my class eleven times.  Last time I saw here, she had finished her GED and had gotten a good job at the Post Office. Persisting works.

I often keep really excellent students for a second session so they have the opportunity to practice and learn more vocabulary and topics that we didn't do in this session.

  

Please don't compare yourself to other students, and 

please register to come back and keep improving!!

Our Class in on time Tuesday, March 3

 Hope you can come.  The rain washed most of the ice and snow off the streets.  Driving near Plum Center isn't too bad.

Why should I worry?

What is your favorite city?  What should I do if I visit your favorite city?

Ellii on Should and other common modals

Modals are helping verbs.  They are never used in continuous tenses and they have their own way to do past tense.

Should I put more grammar on the class website?  Should we do less grammar in class?

Our class is on time on Tuesday, February 24, 2026

PLEASE COME TO SCHOOL if you can get here safely

We are on time in Trailer 4! (Actually, we had to move to Trailer 2)  If it takes a while to get your car out, come whenever you can.  20 minutes is better than 0 minutes.

When you were a child, did you like school?

Write one thing you liked and one thing you didn't like about getting your education.

Did your teachers teach you the "Golden Rule?"

 

NO SCHOOL TODAY (Monday, January 23, 2026)

NO SCHOOL TODAY

The grammar in the next kid's video is terrible,

but it may be a good video for training your ear to listen.

Remember-- wanna = be want to

gonna = be going to (future)

Don't want no = don't want any

Don't want no company no way= I don't want any company anyway

What are you doing today?  Are you cooking? Are you reading?

Are you enjoying time with your family?

Did you enjoy watching the snow?

Read all about it

Our school gives reading tests mostly to show people who give us money that we are a good program.  The tests are completely different than our curriculum.  It often takes 100 hours of reading to move up 5 points on the test.  Last summer, however, three people moved up almost 10 points in only 5 weeks, possibly because they committed to reading one hour every day.  Don't worry if you don't have that kind of time, but please read as much as you can.  

Reading specialists say it's best if you feel interested in the reading and understand most of the words -- no more than 7 new words per page, but at least 1-4 new words every 2 pages.  

I subscribe to Ellii.com to get reading materials for our class.  My subscription allows me to have online "classes" with their materials.  Sign up requires your information, but doesn't require payment because I already paid.  There's no requirement that you use Ellii for our class.

You are welcome to join any of my online reading groups, but I have recommendations.

If you talked to my volunteer, Mary Ann on our first reading day, you should probably join ellii.com/students 82449N

If you talked to Jennifer on our first reading day (working with the sounds of C), or me after break, you should go to  Green Group on Ellii.com or Phonics Awareness Class  If reading or listening is difficult, try to point to words of YouTube songs while you listen or sing with them.

If you are interested in citizenship, you can try:  Online Citizenship on Ellii.com  -- it may be very  difficult.

If you are interested in driving, look at my class for Driving -Including Trucks.

If you are interested in medical English, try English for Medical People

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

I should probably go to bed...

 

Challenge Reading: 3 ways to Health

Practice should ___(base verb) and shouldn't ____(base verb)

Today's Kahoot

What time should you go to bed?  What time do you go to bed?  What time did you go to bed last night? What do you like to do at night?  How much sleep do you usually get?

Never google your symptoms

Symptoms are signs of a medical problem like a headache or stomachache or fatigue (feeling really tired)  Hypochondria is obsessing with the possibility that you have a terrible disease.

Practice Health Vocabulary with Learning Chocolate

Quizlet: Health Problems

Do you have any symptoms right now?  Do you have a good doctor?

Why Should I Care?

Singing this song should help you pronounce questions with should.  Be careful to say "Should I?"  Not "I should" in a question.

Who do you look like?

What do you care about?

Can you write about a time that your own emotions surprised you?  

Ramadan is Here (Skip if you don't like religious information)

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.

 

What's your favorite holiday tradition? Do you celebrate Ramadan?  What do you do?

What is Ash Wednesday? (Skip if you don't like religious information)

Approximately 65% of people in the USA say they are Christian.  Ash Wednesday is a Christian Holiday.  Many Christians fast (don't eat) on Ash Wednesday.

Ash Wednesday is a time to remember and regret any bad things you did.  It's a time to think about the fact we are all going to die and that we may want to be better people right now.

There is an organization called "ashes to go" run by the Episcopal Church (Anglican (British English) Church in the United States)  Ministers impose ashes at the METRO, in the streets, and in coffee shops.  This custom has only been around for about ten to fifteen  years.  Many old-fashioned Christians dislike it.

Is your religion important to you? Does religion help people have good habits?. What are your routines? What are your best and worst habits?

The US Buddhist Walk for Peace

 About 1% of the people in the US (Much more than 3,000,000 people) say they are Buddhist.  Many more practice Buddhist-inspired meditation. 

Song inspired by the walk

Do you think that this walk has made life in the US better? 

When do you feel peaceful?

How can I promote peace?

What makes people more peaceful?

Happy Tet!

Tet is a big holiday in Vietnam!  It's lunar New Year!

 Are you celebrating Lunar New Year?  What are you doing?  What are your New Year's traditions?

Korean New Year

February 17, 2026 is Korea's Lunar New Year!

What are your favorite New Year's traditions?  Are they similar to the ones in this video?

What are you going to do this year?

Doing and Making on Fat Tuesday!!

The biggest Fat Tuesday celebration is Carnival in Brazil.


How to do the Samba

Class Expressions with DO

How to make mini king cakes with cinnamon roles

Class Expressions with Make

What are you doing or making today?  Did you or your children make Valentines?

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras Webquest

Gap Fill "Take me to the Mardi Gras" --- 

Lyric Video-- Mardi Gras Mambo

Do you like parades?  Did you ever go to a Carnival or Mardi Gras Celebration?  

(Please write about it!)  Do you ever eat pancakes on "Fat Tuesday?"  Are you going to a pancake supper tonight?

President's Day! NO SCHOOL TODAY!

What are you doing today?

Don't come to school!

We have school tomorrow, Tuesday, February 17.

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!!

Nirvana Day

 

 

Where did you see a statue of Buddha? Did you ever go to a temple?  

Write about a time when you felt peaceful and relaxed.

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?  

Using Like

Learning Chocolate: Characteristics (Personality Adjectives)

Learning Chocolate: More words to describe Personality

 Write about a person or some people you like.  What do they look like? What are they like?  What do they like?

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?

Friday the 13th

Are you superstitious?  Are you extra careful on Friday the 13th?

 Juan Carlos made a lot of sense when he said that a live cat should be better luck than a dead rabbit.

How is today going for you?  What brings good luck? 

Can you write any examples that show that a superstition is true or not true?  (Faride wore pearls on her wedding day and has a wonderful marriage.  Reham's sister was born on the 13th and is a very lucky person.)

Remember When

This country song has great examples of past "to be."  

Remember:  Was for 1, were for 2 but always were for you (1 or 2!) 

Study and practice simple past

Some of my best memories were meeting you and talking with you.

Write about a pleasant memory.

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!!

Brrrrrr...Love in the cold

 

Learning Chocolate: Practice weather vocabulary

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

Pronouncing ed

 

Past tense examples: Long video with some irregulars. Start at 3:50 if you don't have much time

Regular verbs -ed pronunciation, an interactive worksheet by DGTS
liveworksheets.com

Pronouncing -ed

 

Which words are easy to say in past tense?  Which words are difficult?

I'll always remember...

 Write about a pleasant situation that you'll always remember....

Our class is on time Thursday, February 5

Please come as soon as you safely can!

This Old Guitar

Google Slides Simple Past Tense

Practice was vs. were

Play a game to practice past tense

John Denver said his guitar gave him a better life.  Can you play a guitar?  Do you have a hobby that makes you happy?  Do you like to cook?  I think good food makes everyone happy!

NO SCHOOL MONDAY, FEB. 2

Stay home and learn about Groundhog Day!

Happy Groundhog Day!!

Prognosticate means predict

Prognosticator is someone who predicts the future.

Practice with basic weather words

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?

STAY HOME--NO SCHOOL AGAIN TOMORROW --THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2026

Practice future with going to ____(base verb)

In our "correct proper English dialect," say, "Don't pay any mind to the demons", not "Don't pay no mind to the demons."  Also, don't say "it" in "The trouble it might drag you down."  Last, gonna should be going to

Describe the place you live now.  Did you do anything to make it feel more like home?  What did you do?

Yesterday Once More

Practice Using Simple Past Tense when something happened one time and finished

Practice Using Irregular Verbs

Some songs always bring back memories.   This song reminds me of ice skating in the 1970's with my babysitter -- a young man who wanted to be a magician.  He always found the quarters for the hot chocolate vending machine behind my ear!  The ice rink played this song a lot.  (Shah la la la, shing a ling a ling, whoa oh oh don't have any meaning, but people often sang those sounds in the 1950s)

Do you have any memories with this song?  What songs make you think of certain times in the past?

Snowman

 This song mentions Christmas, but it's not a Christian song.

Did you make a snowman or snow bird or snow angel? Did you do anything fun?

I'd love to see pictures of snow art or a video of how to do a chore well!

No School AGAIN tomorrow, Wednesday, January 28

Soooo, some years it doesn't snow at all.  Virginia doesn't put tons of money into snow removal. 

Please read in English.

Are you enjoying the snow?  Are you able to get out of your driveway or parking lot?  Write about a time you first saw or enjoyed or hated snow.

Getting Chores Done

 Whenever I have a snow day, I imagine I'll get a lot done around the house.  What are you doing today?

What is this dog doing?

Learning Chocolate: cleaning tools

Learning Chocolate: Chores around the house

Many Make or Do Expressions

What chores did you do today?  Do you like to listen to music when you do housework?  

Describe a chore that makes your life happier.

SNOW DAY!!! No School Tuesday, January 27, 2026 as well as Monday, January 26!

FCPS closed all schools tomorrow!

Enjoy your morning off!

Where are the snow plows?  Check the map!

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

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?

SNOW!

This children's book has a lot of good irregular past verbs!!

If you like to read children's books,

 try looking at some books at

 Unite Books, or  Tumblebooks

Tumblebooks is a subscription from our school system.

Type in the name of our county starting with f as both username and password.

Vocabulary: Playing in the snow!

Driving Conditions

Winter Clothes

Do you like snow? Do you think it'll snow tomorrow? Did it snow a lot in your former country?  Write a story that happened on a snowy day.  What are you doing today?

It's going to take some time!

 

English grammar takes practice!

Try to remember the rules and make many examples. Focus on using correct examples.

: What's a verb?  What's a verb tense?

Practice future with going to

Practice simple present

Our book mixes the verb tenses a lot just like people do in real life.  

Please do not study ALL the English verb tenses on the internet.

In this level, we practice future with "will", future with "going to", Present Continuous, Simple Present., Simple Past and the modals: can, could, should, have to, & need to. 

Write about something besides learning English that takes a long time, but it's good to do.

(Sometimes beside is next to.  Besides often means NOT the following idea)

Whew! It was windy!

Unite for Literacy: Weather (Written for children)

What should We Wear?   "

Good Phone Numbers to Print out and Keep for Weather Emergencies

Do you like to go sailing?  Does your country have windmills?  Tell me a story about a windy time.

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! NO SCHOOL on Monday!

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 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

Did you ever volunteer?  What did you do?

Volunteer Fairfax lists places you can volunteer if you go to their training

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