Our goals begin with learning English. We can learn in class. How else can we learn? There are many activities in our community. Carolina Parent has a calendar of events. Parkgeek gives lists of outdoor events. Garner events here. Raleigh events here. Daily schedules: We use the simple present tense to talk about what we do routinely. "at" a time "on" days "every" name of day, "week", "month", "year" Examples: I don't run on Mondays. I go to NJ every summer. I brush my teeth at 9 pm. My dog takes medicine every month. My daughter works every Tuesday. My husband has off on Saturdays and Sundays. |
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We played a game, read a story and wrote about a person's day to review our daily activities using the simple present. Then we learned some banking vocabulary: withdraw ... deposit borrow ... lend save .... spend checking .... saving frugal ... spends a lot Tomorrow we will practice more. Here are some videos that can help you get ready. At the bank 0:00 -- OK. Let’s go to the bank. 0:20 -- This is my bank. 0:29 -- A T M 1:17 -- (Inside the bank) Getting a bank account 0:00 -- You don't have a bank account 0:48 -- Before you enter, What do you need to open an account? 1:12 -- In the bank Types of accounts Written dialogue to follow along. It is a little harder. We started on the computers. We practiced our daily activities. We listened to a song or some vocabulary (resources page) We practiced some sentences on Ventures Cafe. We practiced some adverbs (resources page). We always use computers on Thursdays. It is always fun. After break, we talked with Level 1 about family. That was fun. Then we learned about telling time. You can practice more here. Can you understand this conversation? What did you do today? What do you do every day? What are you doing right now? We separated into 2 groups and wrote to describe the day of a woman in the pictures: What does she do every day? What did she do yesterday?
We made a list about what we liked in our countries. We turned it into paragraphs. Mexico is a wonderful country. It has the best coffee in the world. It has beautiful lakes. The mountains are very big. There are many cities in the mountains. There is a lot of history in the country too. In the south of the country, there are famous pyramids built by the Mayas and other pre-Colombian populations. I can visit the temple of Quetzalcoatl. Tehotihuacan is another archeological site northeast of Mexico City. I love the pyramid of the moon and the pyramid of the sun. I like the beaches of Acapulco. I like the food from Mexico. I love to eat coconuts and tamarind pulp candy. I like seafood from Mexico. The pulque is a delicious traditional Mayan fermented drink made from a plant called mague. I like the traditions of Mexico. The celebrations are bigger. There are gifts, parties, serenades with mariachis, poems, and dancing. I love El Salvador because of the beaches. The pupusas and tamales are very good foods. I like the mountains. Apaneca is a mountain with very low temperatures (6 degrees Celius). I like the airport because it is the biggest airport in Central America. I love to go to the mall. It is very big. I like the anona fruit. I also like the zoo. I like the snakes because they are very big. There is also a very old elephant there. They even had a hippopotamus named Alfred, but he died. I like the volcanoes like Chaparrastque. It is the tallest volcano. In Venezuela, the people are friendly. My country is very warm. The climate is hot and I like that because I can exercise every day. I miss the food. It is healthier than food in the US. I love the national food which is black beans, white rice, shredded beef and fried bananas. We have beautiful cities with beautiful mountains and beaches. I love the national tree. It is called “araguaney”. It is a yellow colored tree. I love the liberty of my country. Although we don’t have liberty now, when we had it, it was incredible and wonderful. South Korea has wonderful food. I love kim chi. It is a spicy pickled cabbage. Gimbap is another good food. It is like sushi. Fish is also very important in the diet. There are many big, modern buildings in the cities. There is a lot of tradition. The palace guards wear traditional clothing at the palace. There are many Budhist temples in South Korea. The first birthday party is special. They count birthdays starting at 1 year the day you are born. I love my city, Guilin in China. Limestone caves are a famous attraction in my city. Guilin is surrounded by water. The city is very famous tourist city. I like the Guilin mountains and water very much. My city has crane fishing for tourists to see. Guilin noodles are my favorite food. The recipe is more than 2000 years old. Exercises like tai chi are very popular in my country. The climate in Colombia is wet. You can enjoy all weather withina few hours’ travel. The food is delicious. It isn’t too spicy or too sweet. The people are friendly and respectful and happy all the time. All cities are close. The education system is good. The cities have good transportation, except in Bogotá. Colombia is rich culturally, because all regions have their music, foods, history, drinks and languages. All cities have traditional celebrations on different days. In one year you can enjoy many different traditions of the Colombian people. There are Colombian and pre-Colombian tourist sites. We have 15 official holidays (no work!). Usually, they are on Mondays so you can have a 3 day weekend. Today we used the laptops to find free leisure activities in our communities. |
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