Peanuts: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown - Pumpkin

Peanuts: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown - Pumpkin 

The History of Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Pie

Prepositions: Throughout

Prepositions: Throughout

http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Prepositions/throughout.html

Commonly Confused Words in English: BEFORE & AGO

Commonly Confused Words in English: BEFORE & AGO

Table Setting Series: Family Style

Table Setting Series: Family Style 

Basic Table Setting 

Celebration (with Lyrics)

Celebrate Good Times!

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

Sarah Plain and Tall  

Chapter One and Two Exercises--Nancy Hill

Choose two words you don’t know; try to guess their meanings from their context. Then look them up and write their definitions.

1.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 1-- Pages 3-11

1. Why do you think Caleb keeps asking about his mother and father singing? Why did his father stop singing? (p.4)

2. What does Anna say Caleb looked like when he was born? (p. 5)

3. According to Anna, what was the worst thing about Caleb? (p. 5) How long did it take for her to love him? (p.6)

4. What were Anna’s mother's last words to her? (p. 5)

5. What did Anna forget to do? (p.5) Do you think this affected Anna emotionally?

6. What does it mean, “They tried to fill the house but couldn’t”? (p. 6)

7. What did Papa place an advertisement in the newspaper for? (p. 9)

8. Where is Sarah from? (p.10)

9. What is the one question Caleb wanted his father to ask Sarah? (p. 11)

Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

Chapter Two:

Choose two words you learned from Chapter 1 and write each of them in a sentence.

1._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Choose two words from Chapter 2 you don’t know; try to guess their meanings from their context. Then look them up and write their definitions.

1.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1)      There are five things that Caleb worried about on pages 13 and 14—list them here.

a)       

b)       

c)       

                   d)

2)      What does “pesky” mean? (p.13)

3)      What did Caleb always do at night? (p. 15)

4)      How did Sarah describe herself on p. 17?

5)      What did Sarah write at the bottom of her letter? (p. 17)

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Prepositions: For, While, During

Try this online interactive quiz. See how many you can get correct.

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_prep4.htm

I Love Lucy and Harpo Marx Mirror Episode

Lucille Ball and Harpo Marx Mirror Routine--1955

 

Harpo Marx was a comedian during the early days of television."His comic style was influenced by clown and pantomime traditions. He wore a curly reddish wig, and never spoke during performances (he blew a horn or whistled to communicate)."

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpo_Marx

"With a top hat, a blond wig and a bike horn, Lucy transforms herself into Harpo Marx, then meets---and mirrors---the man himself. Why? As usual, the redhead's in a jam: a friend's in town, and Lucy's been fibbing to her about stars with which she hobnobs."

http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/i-love-lucy-1955/episode-27-season-4/harpo-marx/100217

 Assignment: Use the Present Tense to write a few sentences explaining what the previous paragraph is saying. To do this exercise, you may need to use your dictionary to help you understand the following vocabulary words underlined in the text.

Vocabulary Words:

1. wig (noun)

2. to transform (verb)

3. to mirror (verb)

4. redhead (noun)

5. in a jam

6. to fib (verb)

7. to hobnob (verb)

8. the previous

9. the following

Three English Study Quizzes:

English Study Quiz: "The Internet" (23 Questions by Charles Kelly)
http://www.manythings.org/voa/010511am.htm

Peanut Butter and Company:

http://www.manythings.org/voa/000421am.htm

Pizza:

http://www.manythings.org/voa/010720am.htm