Talking about liquids and love...

Count vs. Non-count slides  (my slides)

Another teacher's slides (some food is count; some non-count)

Is it count? Check the flashcard!

More explanation and practice (Including a repeat of these videos)

What do you have in your refrigerator?  Do you like to cook?  How often do you cook?  Can you please share your favorite recipe?  We ate so many delicious meals that I want to learn to cook!!

Did you shop this weekend?

The spelling on this next video is awful and it's about dating rather than shopping for stuff, but the speed and rhythm will be good for you.  "You better" should be written you'd better (had better.)  If you had better do something, refusal to do it will result in unpleasant consequences.

Thao got some great deals in Maryland.  Liliana found some good deals at the Leesburg Outlets.  Six people told me they were disappointed by the prices at Tysons Corner.  Two people didn't find any good deals at Fair Oaks Mall.  One person said that Kohl's was really crowded, but the deals weren't all that good.  Four people refused to shop on Black Friday because it was too crowded the last time they went out on Black Friday.

What did you do on Black Friday?  My cousins went to the beach.  Did you find any bargains for black Friday or Cyber Monday?  What?  Where?

History of Thanksgiving

This video has more information than the handout from class...

Do you think that being thankful and appreciating family promotes peace?

The first Thanksgiving was similar to English Harvest Festivals.  Do you have the same or similar holidays in your countries?  Please tell me about them...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Rituals we don't talk about....


I hope you are having a great day!!  Please write about it.

American Football at Thanksgiving!

  Do you like football?

American Football Vocabulary

This video isn't really made for ESOL--it's fast with a lot of talking.  Let me know if you can understand it.

Are you watching the Superbowl today?  Which team will win? 

NO SCHOOL WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 24

Enjoy your day!

Are you bored with nothing to do?  Maybe you can make a video!  Show us how to do something you like to do -- play a fun game, cook or barbecue a delicious meal, dance, or even do basic chores.  You could possibly make part of some English grammar videos like these:  (Start watching 2 minutes in--they are about 10 minutes long.  If you make a video, I'll be happy about it at any length...)

English with sound and light simple present

English with Sound and Light Present Progressive

English with Sound and Light past tense

English with sound and light future with going to

If you aren't bored, please write about your day.  How are you?  What are you doing?

Comparing Supermarket Sales

http://www.hmart.com/company_new/coupon_event_enlarge.asp?loc=VAMD&num=&lan_type=eng

http://giantfood.shoplocal.com/GiantFood/BrowseByPage?storeid=2600673&promotionid=120739&promotionviewmode=1&pagenumber=1&listingid=0&sneakpeek=N&redirected=1

http://plan.safeway.com/Circular/Mclean-1688-Anderson-Rd/713374771/Weekly/2

http://www.momsorganicmarket.com/sites/default/files/moms_nov15rev3_0.pdf

Do you see anything you want to buy on sale?  What's the best sale?

Classified Advertisement Abbreviations

If you're looking for a job or a new place to live, it's important to understand classified ad abbreviations.  There are also some abbreviations on our reading test!  Here is practice for some of the most common abbreviations.

Common Abbreviations on Quizlet

Learning Chocolate job ad abbreviation exercises

Learning Chocolate apartment ad abbreviation exercises

Snag-a-job ads for jobs

I got three former jobs from classified ads.  I found two apartments and a townhouse from classified ads.  Did you ever find a job or an apartment or something you wanted from a classified ad?

Superlative-- Simply the Best

Practice comparative and superlative
Can you describe your best friend?  or
Describe the best day you ever had...  or
Describe the best thing you've ever bought.

What questions should we ask your classmates?

What do you want to know?  What do you like to talk about?

Food! Wonderful Food!

Every day, Sandra makes coffee with Jacqueline and Erika.  They also clean up.  Today, Nathalie and Maria brought cups.  Salvador got many of the supplies we use.

Today, Faye brought delicious fruit and yummy home-made cookies!

Yesterday, Kyung brought fruit salad and fried vegetables and onions!  And Jie Di brought sushi AGAIN!

The day before yesterday, May brought yummy chinese food--"ascetic" had lamb, orange peppers, and rice.

Salvador started the trend of bringing amazing international food when his sister made pupusas for us.  She also made for us.

Gulay and Saziye brought really delicious dishes from Turkey:  Kesir and Revani.

The food has been amazing!


Did you bring food?  What did you bring?  Did you try a new food in class?  What did you try?  Write about your experience.

Do you like to cook?

Do you like to cook?  What do you cook?  How did you learn to cook?

Do you like to shop?

Shop around means look for what you want at many stores, not just one.

Do you like to shop?  Where do you like to shop?  What do you want to buy?

This Land is My Land

practice possessive nouns and pronouns

Possessive Pronoun board game
Many of you are traveling around the United States.   What do you like?   Please write about your best and worst experiences.

Make or Do

Make or Do Flashcards

PM Class at Plum :  Please use the words in the chart on p. 43 to write sentences for me.

What chores do you have to do today?  What do you enjoy making?

Veteran's Day

Thank you Veterans!!

Who are veterans?  Veterans are people who serve in the military and survive that service.  Veterans Day used to be Armistice Day,  People remembered World War I at 11:00 on 11/11.  Now, we honor all the soldiers that serve in the Armed Forces on Veteran's Day.

WE HAVE SCHOOL TODAY!  It's a holiday, but not a day off from school!!  Thank you for honoring our Veterans with a minute of silence at 11:00 AM.

This next song is a great example of a south-eastern rural US accent. "Ain't" is an "uneducated" way to say "aren't."  Cus or cuz aren't words.  They are "text" for "because."

 Do you make XXXX to mean kisses, and OOO to mean hugs in your letters?

How often do you write letters?  Were letters ever really important to you?  What makes you proud?  Do you know anyone that serves in the military?  Can you describe that person and what he or she does?

AM Comparative and Superlative Videos

Class Adjectives

more explanation and practice

Compare something you have now to a similar item from your past.  What do you like better?  What is not as good?

Things will get better. Keep trying....

Tell me about doing something hard.  Tell me about a time that you felt like stopping, but you didn't stop.  You kept trying until it got better.  You did it!

I want a happy, healthy family. What should I do?

Now, remember, "ain't no" is not educated English...

What do you do to keep your family happy and healthy?  What do you want to do?

I want to be rich. What do I need to do?

Video from a study for a book: daily habits of wealthy people (fast with ads)

High Paying jobs

Best Jobs with no high school diploma

I want peace. What should I do?

We have school today! Did you change your clock?

Last Saturday night(Sunday Morning at 2 AM) the time in the USA changed.  We moved our clocks back one hour to move from "daylight savings" time to "standard time."  We say "Fall back!  Spring Forward!" to remember to go back an hour in autumn, and forward and hour in spring.  Many people replace the batteries in their smoke detectors at the same time as fixing all their clocks.

(My husband likes to joke that since daylight savings time is now longer than standard time we should change the names to "standard time" (for the summer rather than the winter) and "daylight wasting time.")

Many kids don't have school today and tomorrow.  We have school.

Did you change your clock?  Do you have to do this in your native country?