8/30/22 – Topic: Our Hobbies

Today’s Words

hobby (noun) / hobbies

Meaning: A hobby is something you like to do in your free time. It is different from your job.

EXAMPLE: My brother’s job is a bus driver. But his hobby is playing the guitar and writing songs.

enjoy (verb)

Meaning: To have a good time.

EXAMPLE: I enjoy cooking. I enjoy playing soccer.

skill (noun)

Meaning: To be able to do something.

EXAMPLE: I know how to cook for my family. Cooking is my skill.

This hobby is cooking.

Where is she doing it?

Is cooking your hobby?

What is this hobby?  

Where are they doing it?

Small Group Questions

 

1.     Do you have a hobby? What is it? 

2.    How did you get started with your hobby? 

3.    What do you need to know? What skills do you need? For example, if your hobby is football, you need to know the rules of the game.

4.    How did you learn the skills? Did someone teach you?

5.    What do you enjoy about it? How does it make you feel?

6.    Do you need special tools or materials for the hobby? For example, a bicycle helmet or a musical instrument. What do you need?

7.    Do you work on your hobby alone, or together with friends or family?

8.    How often do you work on your hobby? When?

9.    Some hobbies are dangerous. For example, rock climbing. Can you name an example?

10. What does a person’s hobby tell you about them? For example, are they artistic? Do they like to be indoors or outdoors?

8/25/2022 – Topic: Our Daily Routines – part 2

Today’s Words

spend time / save time / waste time

watch the time / keep track of time

Meaning: To make sure you know what time it is so you aren’t late

EXAMPLE: I watch the time so that I won’t miss the bus to work.

past / yesterday

Meaning: Time gone by.

EXAMPLE: Yesterday is the past.

present / today / now

future / tomorrow

Meaning: Time that is to come; What is going to happen.

EXAMPLE: Tomorrow is the future. Next week is the future.

deadline / due date

EXAMPLE: The deadline for Fall quarter registration at Literacy Source is September 1, 2022.

This a dog's morning routine. What is he looking for?

Small Group Questions

 

1.     What time do you wake up in the morning? Is it the same on the weekend? Or your day off work?

2.    Tell us something you will do on Saturday. Do you do this every Saturday?

3.    Tell us something you will do next week. How much time does it take?

4. What part of your day do you like best? Why? What do you do at that time?
5. Is there something you would like to change about your daily routine? For example, spend more time exercising or less time watching TV?

6.    Give an example of something you do to save time. For example, when you go to the supermarket, you take a shopping list?

7.    Bad traffic can make us waste (lose) time. What is another example of wasting time?

8.    April 15 is an important deadline in the U.S. What is it? Is it an important deadline for you?

9.    Sleep is healthy for us. When you can’t sleep, what do you do?

10. If you could be alive any time in history, what would it be? Past, present or future?

 

Guess the answers:

1. How many hours of exercise do Americans get each week?
2. How many hours of exercise do doctors recommend?

ANNOUNCEMENT

Fall Quarter Registration Opens

Summer quarter ends on September 1, 2022

BREAK: September 5 – 30, 2022

Fall Quarter: October 3 – December 15, 2022

Conversation Class: Tues & Thurs from 9:00am to 10:15am

Class is by Zoom

Do you want to register for Fall Quarter? Please email Cynthia at cynthia@putnamprice.com by 9/1.

 

8/23/2022 – Topic: Our Daily Routines 

Today’s Words

 

routine / daily routine

The things or activities you do every day.

EXAMPLE: Eating breakfast is part of my daily routine.

 

“To-Do” list

A list of things you want to do during the day – at home or at school or at work.

EXAMPLE: I write a “To-Do” list at the office to help me remember my tasks.

 

clock / alarm clock / wristwatch

 

early / late / on time

 

busy / busy time of day

To do a lot of things or activities during the day.

EXAMPLE: I am busy today. I am doing four different things -- go to work, go shopping after work, come  home and help my kids with homework, then cook dinner for my family.

 

save time

To complete a task quickly, efficiently.

EXAMPLES: I save time making dinner by cooking a big pot of soup I can eat for 3 days.

I save time by taking a Zoom class instead of going to the school.

 

waste time

To not complete a task by doing something else instead.

EXAMPLE: My son doesn’t like to do his chores. He wastes time by playing games instead of cleaning his bedroom.

 

watch the time / keep track of time

 

English saying: “The early bird gets the worm.”

Meaning: The person who is first, or early, has success.

EXAMPLE: She went the supermarket early to get the best discounts. The early bird gets the worm!

 

Small Group Questions

 

1.     What is your favorite time of day - morning, afternoon, or evening? Why?

2.    A daily routine is the activities you do every day. For example, eating breakfast. What are some things you do every day?

3.    Is your daily routine different on the weekend? For example, do you wake up later? What else is different?

4.    Do you make a “To-Do” list? Name some things you put on a “To-Do” list.

5.    What is your favorite thing to do on the weekend or a day off?

6.    What is the busiest time of day for you? Why?

7.    How do you keep track of time? Do you wear a watch? Use an alarm clock to wake up?

8.    When you have an appointment, do you like to arrive early or just on time? Why?

9.    Describe a time when you were late for an appointment. What happened? What did you do?

10. Have you heard the saying “The early bird gets the worm”? What does it mean? Are you an “early bird”?

8/18/2022 – Topic: Street Map Directions – part 2

Thursday's Class (8/18/2022)

Give us directions from your home to your supermarket.

EXAMPLE: Directions to Cynthia’s Supermarket

1.     Cynthia’s supermarket is Safeway. It is on the corner of East Madison St. and 23^rd Ave East.

2.    She likes to walk from her home to the Safeway.

3.    To get there, she walks out the door of her house, then takes a left turn on 20^th Ave East.

4.    She walks 9 blocks, then takes a left on Madison St.

5.    She walks another 3 blocks, then arrives at the supermarket.

This is a street block. How many houses are on the block? 

Find the blue house. Is it on the corner of the block, or in the middle?

Look at the sign. What are the names of the two streets? Are they cross streets?

 

 

Today’s Words

 

cross street / crosswalk

stop light / stop sign

ask for directions

turn left / take a left

turn right / take a right

go straight / go straight ahead

jaywalk / jaywalking

 

Small Group Questions

 

1.        What is the name of your street (where you live)?

2.       Is it easy or hard to find your street? Why or why not?

3.       Please give us directions from your home to the supermarket. Look at Cynthia’s example below.

4.       How do you get to the supermarket? Drive? Walk? How long does it take?

5.       Have you ever asked someone in Seattle for directions? What happened?

6.       Was the person helpful? Did you understand what they said?

7.       Let’s practice asking someone for directions. What do you say?

EXAMPLES:

-      Excuse me. I need directions to the library. Can you help?

-      Hello. I’m looking for the library. Can you give me directions?

8.       You are walking and you come to a crosswalk. What do you do?

9.       What are the rules for crossing the street on foot?

10.     Have you heard the term “jaywalking”? What is jaywalking? Is it safe?

8/16/2022     Topic: Street Map Directions – part 1

The woman is walking in a crosswalk. 

What do cars do at a crosswalk?

This is a street map. How many streets and avenues do you see? How many blocks?

Today’s Words

 

street / avenue

block

corner / corner of the block

cross streets / crosswalk

stop sign/ stop light

next to / across from

near / far / near by / far away

 

Small Group Questions

 

1.    How do you get around Seattle? Bus? Car? Walk? Bicycle?

2.    What do you use for directions to get around Seattle?

3.    Look at the street map on this page.  Name the streets you see. Name the avenues.

4.    How many blocks are on the street map? Are the blocks the same size?

5.    Is your home on a block? Is your house on the corner of the block or in the middle?

6.    What is the name of the street on your block?

7.    What is next to your home? What is across the street from your home?

8.    What else is on your block? A bus stop? A market? A school?

9.    What places are near your block? A bus stop? A market? A park?

10. Find the shopping center on the map. What are the 2 cross streets by the shopping center? By the barbershop?

Thursday’s Class (8/11/2022)

Pick an animal. Tell us about it in class.

1.    What is its appearance?

2.   What is its personality?

EXAMPLE:

Appearance:

1.     This animal is a spider.

2.    It is an insect, not a pet.

3.    It has 8 legs, and moves fast (quickly).

4.    It lives in a cobweb and eats small insects.

 

Personality:

1.     It is quiet.

2.    It is patient.

3.    It does not like people.

4.    It is a good hunter. 

8/11/2022 – Topic: Animal Pet and Pests – part 2

This animal is an Orca whale. It lives in the  water in Puget Sound. It breathes air, not water. Do you see Orca whales in Seattle?

It is a large animal – 26 feet in length.

Today’s Words

 

poop / dog poop

Poop is dog waste or excrement.

 

scoop-the-poop law

The City of Seattle has a scoop-the-poop law (rule). The law requires a person to pick up (clean up) their dog’s poop from the sidewalk. Scoop means to pick something up.

 

wild animal / wildlife

A wild animal lives outdoors in nature. It does not live with people.

EXAMPLES: Orca whale, bird, squirrel, raccoon, 

 

[Click on the links below]

https://www.learningchocolate.com/content/animals-and-their-habitats-1

https://www.learningchocolate.com/content/canadian-wildlife

 

Idiom: “Scoop the poop”

Scoop means to pick up something. Scoop the poop means to pick up (clean up) dog poop. A good dog owner scoops the poop.

 

Small Group Questions

 

1.     Name an animal you see in your neighborhood. Where was it - in a tree? In the water? Is it a pet or a pest?

2.    Did you pick an animal to tell us about today? What is its appearance? Personality?

3.    On Tuesday, we talked about the dog leash law.  What is the dog leash law? Is the dog leash law a good idea? Why?

4.    Do you see dogs walking with no leash? What do you do?

5.    What is the dog poop law? Do you see people pick up their dog’s poop?

6.    Is the dog poop law a good idea? Why?

7.    On Tuesday, we talked about animals that are pests. What is a pest? Name some animals that are pests.

8.    Look at the picture of the cockroaches. They are pests. Have you had this problem in your house? What can you do?

9.    Some animals are wild. Wild animals do not live with people. For example, a squirrel, a crow, a rabbit.

10. Do you like to watch nature shows on TV? What animals you like to watch on TV?

11.  There are places in Seattle for watching wild animals. For example, in Discovery Park, you can see eagles and sea lions. Is there a place where you like to watch animals?