Monday, January 28, 2008

The Weekend

I love the weekend because I can relax at home with my husband, Zak. I can sleep longer, read the newspaper, watch T.V., go shopping, or take a nap. This is my favorite time of the week!

On Saturday, I wake up at 7:00 a.m. I take a shower and eat breakfast. I go to Truman College to teach English. The class is from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. After class ends, I go home to Pilsen to eat lunch with Zak. Usually, I watch a little T.V. to relax after teaching. After this, Zak and I like to clean up our apartment. We do the dishes, the laundry, and vacuum. Sometimes, we go to Target to buy different things for our apartment. We eat dinner around 7:00 p.m. On Saturdays, we like to go out to dinner. We go to our favorite Mexican restaurant near our house called Pancho Pistolas. I love the nachos and margaritas. After dinner, we either go home and watch a movie, or we go out to a bar with our friends. Usually, I go to bed at 11:30 p.m.

On Sunday, I wake up late because it is the only day that I can! I usually wake up around 10:00 a.m. I eat breakfast and take a shower. I watch some T.V. I eat lunch around 12:00 p.m. In the afternoon, we like to go to Dominick's to buy food. When we come home from the grocery store, I look at my lesson plans and grade homework and tests. I do this for a few hours. We eat dinner at 7:00 p.m. After dinner, I watch a little T.V. and plan for next week. I call my parents to say "Hello" because I think about them during the week. I try to go to bed at 11:00 p.m. so that I can wake up in the morning.

What do you do on the weekend? Think about Saturday and Sunday from the time you wake up in the morning until the time you go to bed at night.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Countries of the World


Today we started talking about the continents and countries of the world. If I could visit any country in the world, I would visit Brazil because I want to learn how to speak Portuguese. What about you? What country would you like to visit? Why?

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Describe This Picture


Look at the picture above. Please use adjectives to describe this picture. What do the men look like? What are they wearing? Where are they standing? Use your imagination!



Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Welcome to Level 2 ESL Class!

Welecome to Level 2 ESL! This term we will learn about family, home, neighborhood, a typical day, food, shopping, jobs, and past tense.

Please write an introduction about yourself. Here are some ideas to write about:

Tell me your name.
Where are you from?
How old are you?
Do you have children? If yes, how many?
Where do you live now?
Why did you come to Chicago?
What do you like about living in Chicago?

Tell me as much as you can about yourself. Don't worry about grammar and spelling! Just WRITE, WRITE, WRITE!