My Melancholy Baby

What are the best ways to comfort someone who is sad?

What I did for Love....

OK.  So we learned in class today that most of  you don't do crazy things for love.  What do you do for love?

Video about the hand-made steps down the mountain

This story has several different details than the story we read in class.  Can you write what they are?

Who makes a good partner?

Describe a good boyfriend or girlfriend.  What's important in a future spouse?  What do you like? What don't you like?  Are there things you want to do before you get married?

How do you keep a marriage happy?

What's the secret to a happy marriage?

My husband is very patient.  He loves to cook, listens to me endlessly, and brings me coffee in bed in the morning.  I think the secret is picking a good partner.

Author John Gottman says that happily married people respond kindly to hundreds of small bids for attention every day.  When one talks about something he likes, his partner acts interested.  She doesn't roll her eyes or ignore him even if the topic is really boring.

Author Gary Chapman says the secret to a happy marriage is "speaking" your partner's "love language."  He says the languages are

• talking
• touching 
• service 
• time together
• gifts.  

Many people prefer one or two of these "love languages," and feel loved best if love is expressed that way.

When love languages are different, expressions of love may not be recognized.  If service is a love language, a man might work two jobs for love of his wife.  If time together is her love language, she may not feel loved by his service.

I have a friend with a sweet husband who constantly works around the house, loves to spend time with her, hugs her a lot, communicates well, but never remembers to buy gifts.  When he looks surprised it's her birthday again, she's angry and feels unloved.  Service and talking are his love languages.  Hers are time together and gifts.  They really love each other but they often don't feel loved.

What is your love language?  What do you think helps to make a marriage happy?

Watch this video before you do your homework!!

New spelling words!

What makes you feel better when you are down?

In the story today, Victor felt better when he walked in the sunlight or used his light box.  He felt like the lightbox was his private beach in Guatemala.  Click to learn about Guatemala. FCPS students only: Username and password is fairfax.

We talked about ways to feel better when you are down.

Pedro runs for exercise.  Kwame listens to music or calls his friends.  Abigail prays.  Abebe calls her son. Fernando calls his mother.

What do you do to feel better when you are down?

What's the weather like today?

Today was a real scorcher.  The heat was brutal.

What's the season in the video?

What's your favorite season?  What weather do you like?

Spelling

Good job on your spelling today.  Here's the next list!!

Summer Spelling list 2

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Who are the Beatles?

Do you like the Beatles?  What's your favorite song?  Can you tell me about a good memory while you were listening to a song?  What other musicians do you like?

What were you doing when....

University of Victoria explanation and practice for past continuous

past continuous = past progressive  They are two names for the same verb tense.

What were you doing at 6:30 this morning?  Yesterday morning at 4:48, Elmer was writing on this blog!!  What were you doing at 3:00 yesterday afternoon?  What were you doing during the last thunderstorm?

What's a noun?

Quiz -- which word is the noun?

Lots more detail about nouns!!

My favorite nouns include my mom, my dad, my husband, my children, my students, my friends, Great Falls, New York City, waterfalls, mountains, my grandmother's house, food, and my bed.  What are your favorite nouns?

Grammar Notes from July 6th class...

I enjoyed meeting you tonight. Please write about yourself.  What's your name?  Do you have a big family?  What do you like to do?  Do you have any pet peeves?  Who did you talk to in class tonight?  

New Class Starts Today!

We start class tonight at Plum Center at 7PM.  This summer we have a textbook that emphasizes reading and discussion.  I hope it'll be a lot of fun!