I Can Love MYSELF better...

Life 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

Write about ways that you can make yourself happy.

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

Is Any Skill Actually Useless?

 

Do you have any silly skills?

I'll always remember us this way

 

Write about some good memories.  Then write about some things that you want to remember.

Do you know where you're going to?

 

Write about some beautiful places that you went to.  Write about things you're glad you did.

Where do you want to travel to next?

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.)

We found love right where we are!

Do you know any old people that are  very happy with their spouses?  Describe them.  What do they do to stay happy together?

Where were you when you first fell in love? (Or when you fell in love with the person you are with now...)  Write about it!

Happy Earth Day!!

Practice this/that/these/those

Smithsonian Events for Earth Day (some are over now)

Did you celebrate earth day today? What did you do?
When I was in elementary school in Colorado, we often planted trees and picked up litter on Earth Day.

What is litter?  Trash on the ground.   

Do you have a garden? Even when I lived in a small apartment, I had plants on the balcony. My family always grows some plants. Do you like to talk about saving the earth? Is pollution a bigger or smaller problem in your old country or in the USA? Do you have a big or a small carbon footprint?

(VERY difficult English website:  Carbon Footprint Calculator)

NO SCHOOL APRIL 21, 2026!

 If you can vote, go vote!

If you are bored:  read in English, write in English, listen to English and practice past:  

Practice was vs. were  (was for 1.  Were for 2+. Always were for you 1 or 2+)

Practice making past questions (scroll down to start on number 1)

Past tense Real English Lesson

Challenge Video: What is Gerrymandering?

Gerrymandering is changing voting district lines to try to ensure that certain people get elected.

Virginia has a special vote on whether we should change the voting district map on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. 

President Trump openly demanded Republican gerrymandering in Texas, Indiana, & Florida.  Democrats want to respond by Democrat gerrymandering in California and Virginia.                              

Do you know if other democratic countries do gerrymandering?

Quizlet: Political Terms

Can you vote? Is voting in your country similar to voting here?

What issues (ideas that people argue about) are important to you?

Did politics affect your life? How?

Practice Simple past/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?

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

Write about a pleasant memory.

Pronouncing -ed

 

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

Don't Speak

 

Practice Present Continuous

Did you ever break up with someone?  What's the best way to do it?

Write about a person that you don't want in your life.

Borrow or Lend

 

How often do you borrow or lend something?

What do you usually borrow or lend?

Write about a time you borrowed or lent something.

Was class difficult today? Maybe these videos can help!

What's Present Continuous?  It's Present Progressive!  

                                                     BE ____ING for NOW or the future.

What are you doing tonight?  What are your friends doing?

All of Me

 

Write about someone you love.  What's the person like?  What does the person like?

I feel better when I'm dancing (after coming in from the cold)

This song repeats SO MUCH!

This song is SO FAST!!

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? What are you doing tonight?

Enchanted to Meet You!

I am happy to meet you!  I like that many of you speak so well!  Write about yourself.  

What's your name?  Where are you from?  Do you live near the school now?  Do you like to talk about your family?  If so, please write about them.  Do you have a pet?  Do you like to cook?   Do you work?  What do you do?  Did you work before?  What did you do?  Do you want to travel?  Where do you want to go?

Who did you meet today?

Welcome to English Class

 Welcome to English Class!  

I post songs and questions.

Please write answers to some of the questions in the comments or on paper to turn in.

Please listen to songs. When I post a song you like, repeat listening to it until you can sing it.

Help me find good songs.

I also put many links to any website that looks helpful for our level.

On a phone, you need to go to the bottom of the page, and press "view web version" 

then click on a picture to see and use the links. 

 I usually update the class vocabulary on Quizlet after class.

If you love a helpful website, please tell me about it.

What's your name? What do you like to do?  

Nice to meet you!

 

Tell me about yourself!

What are you like?

What do you like?

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.