Nice to meet you!

 

Hi!  What's your name?  Do you have a big family?  Do you like to talk about your family?  Do you like to talk about your job?  Do you have any hobbies?  What do you like to do?  Do you like to travel?  Where did you go?

I think they call this love

 

How old were you when you first fell in love?

What kind of music do you like?  Slow oldies are often good for my class because students can hear them and they are more likely to have correct grammar.  Can you believe this song is new?  What is your favorite song?

Happy Summer!

 Did you enjoy your first day of summer?  When I was a child, many ice cream trucks and merry-go-rounds played this tune, but I never heard the words.

Do you like ice cream?  What's the best flavor? Are you planning to travel this summer?  Where do you want to go?  Do you like to go to the beach?  What's your favorite beach?

Happy First Day of Summer

 What are you favorite activities in the summer?

Happy Juneteenth

 

My mother grew up in Galveston Texas 
where people had beach parties to celebrate Juneteenth 

throughout the twentieth century.

Juneteenth is new as a federal holiday,
but it's an old celebration of freedom 
even though many people were still enslaved after that date.

Do you celebrate any historical events?  Which ones? How?

Potluck Party on Monday!

A potluck is a party that asks all the guests to bring food to share.  Many people have potlucks in the USA -- especially 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 candles (no fire), gifts for the teacher, children, or alcoholic drinks.

Are you going to bring food?  What are you going to bring?

What are you going to do?

wanna = want to

oughta= ought to=visualized ideal (best in my mind)  Everyone ought to use the blog!

Low Intermediate Grammar - Please remember and be good at these language patterns before studying any perfect tense or conditionals.  Grammar describes patterns.  If you use it well, you can learn how to say thousands of correct things in a few minutes.  Don't try to understand grammar because it's crazy-- try to remember rules and exceptions. Make examples that you can use in your life.

Review, expansion, and practice with "going to"

What are you doing tonight?
What are you going to do tomorrow?
What are you going to do this weekend?
Where are you going to go the next time you travel?
What are you going to do next summer?