My Favorite Food

My favorite food is pasta. I love pasta with cream sauce with some kind of vegetable like spinach or brocolli. I eat a lot of vegetables, fruit, whole wheat pasta, rice, bread, and cereal. I don't eat much junk food (potato chips, french fries, soda...) and I don't eat meat. But I eat fish and other kinds of seafood. For breakfast, I eat yogurt, cereal, and blueberries mixed together and I drink my favorite beverage - coffee. I love chocolate, so for my last birthday, I had chocolate cake. And because I don't know how to cook very many things, I usually buy spinach dip from the grocery store when I go to a party.

Now, write your answers to the conversation questions from the beginning of class. When you are finished, you can practice vocabulary with Oxford Picture Dictionary or typing with Mavis Beacon. If you want to practice reading, grammar, or listening, click on one of the links on the right.

1. What is your favorite food? Describe what is in it.

2. What do you usually eat for breakfast?

3. What is your favorite thing to drink?

4. What kind of dessert did you have for your last birthday?

5. What kind of food do you usually bring to a party?

6. Do you know how to cook? If yes, what is your specialty?

Have fun!

My Favorite Room

My bedroom is my favorite room because it is comfortable. When I want to relax, I sit on my bed and read a book or listen to music. My comforter and sheets are white and I like my big pillows on my bed. My bed is between 2 night tables. There are 2 lamps on the night tables and I have red flowers and an alarm clock on one of the tables. I have two dressers. One is short and the other is tall. There is a big mirror over one of the dressers and a picture over the bed. I have a beige rug under the bed. I don't have a TV because I like my bedroom to be quiet.

Now write about your favorite room. When you are finished, you can practice vocabulary with the picture dictionary or typing. Or you can practice reading, grammar, or listening with the links on the right.

My Routine

This is my normal routine. I usually get up at 6:00 and I eat breakfast and drink a cup of coffee. Sometimes, I eat an egg and toast for breakfast, but I usually eat cereal with yogurt and blueberries. I brush my teeth and I get ready for work. Then I work from 9:00 to 5:00. After I get home, I make dinner and wash the dishes. I usually read or watch TV before I go to bed. Next, I take a shower and get ready for bed. I usually go to bed at about 10:00. I don't stay up late because I get up early in the morning. On the weekends, I like to sleep late. I do my laundry, go grocery shopping, and clean my apartment. I sometimes meet my friends for coffee or go to a movie.

Now write about your routine and post it on the blog. You can use the conversation questions from the beginning of class or your writing from yesterday. When you are finished, you can practice listening, grammar, or reading.

Classes and Schools

We are studying classrooms and schools this week. In computer class today, we are going to learn how to use a reading program and the articles are about school. First I will give you a demonstration and then you are going to use the program on your own. When you are finished, please return to the blog and answer the questions.

1. Do you like to read in your language?

2. If yes, what do you like to read? Books (romance, history, science), magazines, newspapers...

3. What is your favorite book? If you don't know the name in English, you can write it in your language.

4. Who taught (past tense of teach) you how to read (your mother, your brother, a teacher)? How old were you?

5. What is more difficult for you - reading, writing, listening, or speaking in English? Why do you think so?

Welcome!

Welcome to Level 2 computer class! I'm happy that you are studying with us. In computer class, we are going to practice listening, reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary. Today, I want you to write an introduction. I will teach you how to post your writing in this program. This program is called "a blog". When you are finished, everyone will read the introductions.

Here is my introduction:

My name is Robbin. I am an English teacher and I have been teaching for 11 years. I am from the United States and my hometown is Holt, Michigan. It is a very small town in the middle of the state. Now I live in the Uptown neighborhood in Chicago on Sheridan and Foster. I am not married and I do not have any children. I have a cat and her name is Sophie. My favorite flavor of ice cream is chocolate and my favorite food is pasta. My favorite color is blue because it looks like the sky and ocean.

Now you get to write. Please write the answers to these questions.

1. What is your name?

2. Where are you from?

3. Where do you live now?

4. If you have a job, what do you do?

5. Are you married? How many years?

6. Do you have children? What are their names and how old are they?

7. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

8. What is your favorite food?

9. What is your favorite color?

I'm going to go on vacation. I'm going to go to Hawaii in August because I've never been there and I heard it's beautiful. I'm going to go with my boyfriend and we are going to fly. I think we are going to stay for 3 weeks. I hope the weather is going to be sunny and warm because when we are there, we are going to go scuba diving, swimming, and hiking. But of course, we are going to relax. I'm going to bring 2 bathing suits - one for swimming and one for sunbathing. I'm also going to bring my sunglasses. I think we are going to see some beautiful tropical flowers and gorgeous beaches. I'm definately going to take a lot of pictures.

I'm going to give you $10,000 to go on vacation. You can go anywhere you want. You can do anything you want. You can see anything you want. Talk to you partner about these questions.

1. Where are you going to go?

2. Why are you going to go to this place?

3. What is the weather going to be like?

4. When you are you going to go?

5. How are you going to get there (transportation)?

6. How long are you going to stay?

7. Who is going to go with you?

8. What are you going to do there?

9. What are you going to see?

10. What are you going to bring with you?

Now take turns writing your partner's answers. When you are finished, read about other students' vacations and then practice reading, listening, grammar, or typing on your own.

This is Adele. She lives in France, and her husband's name is Philip. He is not at home because he works on a boat. He lives on the boat for many months at a time. She misses him, so she is writing him a letter to tell him that she loves him. She is sitting in a chair and remembering how handsome he is. She is leaning her face on her hand because she is thinking about what to write him. The sun is shining through the window, but she doesn't care because she is dreaming about when her husband will come home.

Now you are going to type the story you wrote in class. On the right, you will find links to the pictures we used in class. Find the picture you wrote about. Open MicroSoft Word and paste the picture into your document. Then type your story. Please print 2 copies. One for me and one for you.