Thursday, December 12, 2013

Wizard of Oz (Part 2)

The Wizard of Oz (Part 2) has been posted on the CUTe Language Learning blog. Here is the fifth page:


Please post comments on the LL blog, not here.

Wizard of Oz (Part 1)

The Wizard of Oz (Part 1) has been posted on the CUTe Language Learning blog. Here is the first page:


You can read the other pages on the CUTe Language Learning blog. Please leave a comment there: What do you think of the pictures? Are the words easy to understand?





Unit 4 Review


Thursday, October 31, 2013

Grammar: Long Sentences (The Elephant Man sat very quietly on the chair in the cold, dark, dirty room)


"The Elephant Man sat very quietly on the chair in the cold, dark, dirty room"

This sentence seems a little long and hard to understand.  If we break into parts, it becomes easier to understand and say it.












Looking from top to bottom, this sentence has two parts:

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Content Words and Function Words

Many English words describe things, actions, feelings etc. If we can see, smell, touch and do these things, actions, and feelings, we use content words.

Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs are content words. N, VB, ADJ and ADV are important words, so we make them easy to hear (they are very clear). When we speak English, N, VB, ADJ and ADV are LONG (Loooooong), LOUD (LOUD) and HEAVY (heavy).

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Cards for Sentence Patterns-1

Please bring the following craft supplies to class with you:

#1: One steel ruler (15 or 30 cm is OK)

#2: 100 white business cards

#3: 100 pink (or some other color) business cards

#4: One small pair of scissors (OR a craft knife/box cutter plus a cutting mat, but this might be more difficult to carry)


 
A box cutter
A cutting mat