Movie for tomorrow, 5/27

Hey everyone!
We will be watching a movie tomorrow for class. Please come if you want a study break! I hope to see you all on Monday, too.

Conversation for 5/17

Teki: How are you?

Connie: I’m fine. How are you?

Teki: Not bad. How’s your family?

Connie: My mom is a little under the weather, but everyone

else is fine.

Teki: What’s wrong with your mom?

Connie: She has a cold and doesn’t feel well.

Uses of in, on, and at

Conversation for 5/13 (3.1, Context 2)

Joe: What do you speak in your apartment?

Kiyo: I speak English as much as possible.

Joe: How about with your friends?

Kiyo: With my Japanese friends?

Joe: Yeah, what do you speak with them?

Kiyo: Japanese, of course.

Reading for 5/12

Can you build a boat from cardboard? You don’t think so? Well, two men from England say that you can!

They take 300 old boxes. They make a boat. They have life jackets, a small motor, and a flag. They make the flag from bubble wrap.

They put the boat into the River Thames. Everything is fine.

Difficult words: cardboard (the strong paper from which boxes are made), motor (a machine which moves the boat), bubble wrap (plastic material which is used to cover things for protection).

Read more: http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/cardboard-boat-level-1/


1. What is the boat made of? What other things is cardboard used for?
2. Do you think this is dangerous? Why?
3. If you made a boat, what would you make a boat out of?

Conversation for May 11 (2.7, Context 2)

Joe: This is my parents’ house.

Kiyo: It is? It looks like a mansion.

Joe: Well, we do have 7 kids in my family.

Kiyo: 7 kids? Isn’t that a bit strange?

Joe: Not really. Many families here in Utah have a

lot of kids.

Kiyo: That’s different from other places.

Reading 5/10

Office chair racing is from Japan. This year, people organize it overseas for the first time. They organize it in Taiwan.

People are happy about the event. It is a lot of fun. Hundreds of people race. One man dresses in a Dragon Ball costume. He wants to show respect to Japan. He also wants to give out positive energy.

This sport is fun, but it is not easy. It can make you tired. One person says that it is good to listen to music before the race. The music warms you up.

Difficult words: race (a sports event when people try to be the fastest), overseas (in a foreign country, especially a country across the sea), costume (special clothes).

Read more: http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/office-chair-racing-in-taiwan-level-1/

1. What is office chair racing? Where is it from?
2. How do the people prepare for the race?
3. Have you ever raced before? What did you do?

Conversation for May 6 (2.5, Context 2)

Joe: Do you go to study group on Saturdays?

Kiyo: Not always.

Joe: Why not?

Kiyo: Sometimes I have to work.

Conversation for 5 May (2.4, Context 2)

Connie: Will you be at the activity?
Teki: Yes, I will.
Connie: Will you bring juice?
Teki: Sure. What kind?
Connie: Any kind of juice . . . like orange.
Teki: Okay.

Reading Homework 5/5

Four orcas are in the far east of Russia. They get trapped between ice. People help them. They take a small boat and go to the orcas.

People move the ice. They make space for the orcas. This takes hours. Three orcas get free. One of them is young.

The fourth orca is still trapped. People wait for higher waters. When there’s more water, the orca joins the others.

Difficult words: orca (a big, black and white toothed whale), trapped (not able to move), join (to get to the others, to become part of the group).

Read more: http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/orcas-in-russia-level-1/

1. What is an orca? Where do orcas live?
2. What was the problem?
3. How did people fix the problem?

Conversation for 4 May (2.3, Context 2)

Joe: Won’t you please come to our party?
Kiyo: Where?
Joe: At the bowling alley on campus.
Kiyo: What time?
Joe: Around 7:00.
Kiyo: Okay, I’ll come.