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Thursday, October 30, 2025

Far from the Shallow

 NEVER dive in shallow water...

Many students in our class said they don't like Halloween.  If you want to see a Halloween post, click here.


Today, a student asked me why falling was spelled fallin'. 
Many songs do that to show that the pronunciation of the ing sounds more like silver pin "in" 
rather than green tea ing.  You should always write the full word: falling with the g.

(warning: in the next link, men are only wearing small bathing suits)

Video about diving history for anyone that says, "What is dive?

Do you like to swim?  How often do you go swimming?  Do you like to watch diving at the Olympics?


Ellii Videos: Conversations -- Going to a doctor









Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Election Day is soon!

Most of these videos are very challenging.  You may want to turn on CC-closed captioning and change playback speed to .75 



Long Challenging Video:  Virginia Decides

Quizlet: Political Vocabulary

Quizlet Vocabulary 


Quizlet: Political Terms

If you want to vote by issue or candidate rather than by party, you can get information about who's on the ballot from  Ballotpedia.  If you don't want to enter your home address, put in the address of the closest elementary school, and you can still get your information.  Once you have the names on the ballot, you can google the names and read their websites.  

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?

Friday, October 24, 2025

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Picking a costume for Halloween

 





I don't like the way these teens think so many costumes are boring, but it's good conversation practice.


Do you celebrate Halloween?  What do you do?  Are you taking your children trick or treating?  What are they going to be?