Although this weekend is going to be hectic, it's going to be fun! My mother is getting married on the 18th of this month and on Saturday I am throwing her a bridal shower and bachelorette party. It seems to be a lot in one day, but it's okay considering it worked out for everyone. I'm not big into the "girly" bridal shower parties and all but I'm actually really excited because I am the host! I researched a lot of fun games we can play. Although I am a good cook, I asked that each guest bring a dish of food because god only knows I don't have time to make a feast for 15 women! I hope you all have a great weekend! -Lanna
Vocabulary:
1. married- a committed ceremony for two people
2. bridal shower- a party celebrating a bride's marriage
3. researched- looked up something; past tense
4. cook- to make edible dishes
5. party- a type of celebration
6. host- a person who gave a party
Cloze exercise:
1. The bride and groom got ________ in a church.
2. The bride wanted to have a ________ ________ to celebrate her upcoming marriage.
3. I ________ different bridal shower games on the computer.
4. The ________ made the most delicious dinner I have ever had!
5. My brother wanted to plan a _______ for my graduation.
6. My brother will be the _______ of my graduation party.
Read the paragraph above and change the entire paragraph to the past tense.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
grammar practice
I forgot to post an assignment... Think of 6 proper nouns and put each one in a complete sentence.
This week
This week has been a crazy one! We had Tuesday and Wednesday off and today I had an ESL conference I attended all day long. Although it was a great conference and I have to attend two more sessions, it was overwhelming. A colleague and myself were chosen for this conference because it is a pilot program which means it is new and therefore we must try the strategies in our classes. What is so overwhelming is the time involved. Don't get me wrong, I am up for anything and love trying new practices but I feel that at times administration wants too much. They need to understand and remember how time is very limited and it can be a challenging task for teachers. I know my principal relies on me for many things, and I will try my very best, but we, the educators, need a little break at times. I will share these new practices in class which focus on vocabulary.
Vocabulary:
1. Conference- meeting
2. overwhelming- too much at once
3. challenging- hard
4. educators- people who teach
5. principal- a person in charge of a school
6. vocabulary- unknown words
1. The class learned new ___________ to improve their reading comprehension.
2. The ___________ told her staff that there was going to be a dress code in the school.
3. Another word for hard is ________________.
4. I have had many ______________ in my life who have taught me many things.
5. The meeting was very ____________, there was too much information to learn at once.
6. The ____________ was interesting, new ESL strategies were presented.
Proper nouns are nouns that must contain an uppercase letter, even in the middle of a sentence. For example, the words Tuesday and Wednesday are proper nouns.
Vocabulary:
1. Conference- meeting
2. overwhelming- too much at once
3. challenging- hard
4. educators- people who teach
5. principal- a person in charge of a school
6. vocabulary- unknown words
1. The class learned new ___________ to improve their reading comprehension.
2. The ___________ told her staff that there was going to be a dress code in the school.
3. Another word for hard is ________________.
4. I have had many ______________ in my life who have taught me many things.
5. The meeting was very ____________, there was too much information to learn at once.
6. The ____________ was interesting, new ESL strategies were presented.
Proper nouns are nouns that must contain an uppercase letter, even in the middle of a sentence. For example, the words Tuesday and Wednesday are proper nouns.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
My week
As an educator, I try to take each day one at a time. I feel successful and accomplished like that! Last Thursday my students took their first math unit test. I like giving a test like this on a Thursday so that I can grade them, review with them, and have them get it signed over the weekend. I wasn't surprised to see the results of the test. The scores ranged drastically from a 4% to a 98%. I was trying to figure out how I can motivate the students to get higher grades. I wrote down all the grades and I haven't done so yet but I will get the average math score of the entire class. I was thinking a lot about the motivation when it clicked! I shared with my students that I was going to create a line graph of the average grades for each month. We discussed what line graphs are, what average means and what we would like to see happen to the graph (line constantly moving upward= higher grades). The kids loved this idea and are excited to begin the next unit in math. It's amazing what a small idea can do for students.
Vocabulary Words:
1. educator
2. successful
3. accomplished
4. motivate
5. excited
6. discussed
Cloze Exercise:
1. We __________ her grades in school and thought she should study more.
2. To be _________ means to feel a type of great emotion.
3. The teacher decided to _________ her students by creating a line graph.
4. Donal Trump is a __________ man. He has many businesses and takes pride in what he does.
5. My brother felt __________ when he graduated High School.
6. A teacher is also an ___________.
I chose to write in the past tense because the events that occured already happened. One can assume that things have already happened just by reading my blog. Choose 6 past tense verbs and change them to present tense verbs.
Vocabulary Words:
1. educator
2. successful
3. accomplished
4. motivate
5. excited
6. discussed
Cloze Exercise:
1. We __________ her grades in school and thought she should study more.
2. To be _________ means to feel a type of great emotion.
3. The teacher decided to _________ her students by creating a line graph.
4. Donal Trump is a __________ man. He has many businesses and takes pride in what he does.
5. My brother felt __________ when he graduated High School.
6. A teacher is also an ___________.
I chose to write in the past tense because the events that occured already happened. One can assume that things have already happened just by reading my blog. Choose 6 past tense verbs and change them to present tense verbs.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
grammar
Hi all! I finally figured this out! Better late than never. Here are my 6 vocabulary words:
1. verbs- things someone can do
2. tense- when something is done
3. comprehension- understanding a concept
4. multiword verbs- is more than one verb and more than one particles.
5. formality- the context in which something is said
6. avoid- not doing something
Directions: Read each sentence below. Use the 6 vocabulary words above to fill in the blanks below.
1. She wanted to ________ the boy because they did not like each other.
2. Running is called a _______ in grammar.
3. Lanna's ___________ was low because she did not understand the story.
4. The _________ in which she said that was inappropriate!
5. What is the past _____ of "to do?"
6. The teacher explained that __________ ________ is more than one verb with more than one particle.
I have been having a great week so far. My students are great and are eager to learn. We had professional development in Math today and I found it to be helpful considering there is a lot to choose from the teacher's manual. I hope everyone is well. See you in class.
The sentence "I have been having a great week so far" can be somewhat confusing. The words have and having together may confuse an ELL. I would teach them that to have is something that I possess and the word having means that so far my week has been going well.
Excerise: Read the above paragraph and rewrite a sentence that you think needs revision.
1. verbs- things someone can do
2. tense- when something is done
3. comprehension- understanding a concept
4. multiword verbs- is more than one verb and more than one particles.
5. formality- the context in which something is said
6. avoid- not doing something
Directions: Read each sentence below. Use the 6 vocabulary words above to fill in the blanks below.
1. She wanted to ________ the boy because they did not like each other.
2. Running is called a _______ in grammar.
3. Lanna's ___________ was low because she did not understand the story.
4. The _________ in which she said that was inappropriate!
5. What is the past _____ of "to do?"
6. The teacher explained that __________ ________ is more than one verb with more than one particle.
I have been having a great week so far. My students are great and are eager to learn. We had professional development in Math today and I found it to be helpful considering there is a lot to choose from the teacher's manual. I hope everyone is well. See you in class.
The sentence "I have been having a great week so far" can be somewhat confusing. The words have and having together may confuse an ELL. I would teach them that to have is something that I possess and the word having means that so far my week has been going well.
Excerise: Read the above paragraph and rewrite a sentence that you think needs revision.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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