Living a healthy Lifestyle

Many people are working to live a healthier lifestyle. They do this by trying to eat fresh foods, like fruits and vegetables.  Some people also eat organic foods. There are others who exercise regularly. Many people find that exercising can be relaxing and gives you more energy. It is hard work and expensive to live a healthy lifestyle. Organic foods are often more expensive than regular produce foods. Maybe that is why they say that you can't have your cake and eat it too! 

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What do you do to stay healthy?

What produce do you enjoy eating?

What things do you like to eat?

What do you think is nutrition?

Idiom: You can't have your cake and eat it too. What do you think this means?

Click on the link to find out!


http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/british/have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too


http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/have+your+cake+and+eat+it+too.html


Ordering Food at a restaurant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXwlWJm6-rE

At The Market

 Today I am going shopping at the market. I will make a list so that I can remember the different things I want to buy. The market is near my home, but I plan to drive there. The market is run my local farmers that want to sell their products.  At the market I want to buy fresh fruits and vegetables.  I'd like to buy broccoli, peppers, and onions. I want fresh fruit so I will look for what is in season and on sale at the market.  I hope to get apples and bannanas.  I will also buy chicket cutlets and steaks to make for dinner.  While I am at the market I will look for juice that my family likes to drink.  I think I will use the food I get at the market to make a tastey dinner tonight!

Vocabulary Terms:

Farmers- People who work on a farm to produce food or a product for sale at market or grocery stores.

Broccoli- a green vegetable.

Vegetables-A plant or part of a plant used as food.

Products- The outcome of something. In this case it would be the outcome of farming.

Market-A place where people gather to buy products.

 

Fruit- A plant or part of a plant that is used as food and have seeds inside or outside of it. 



Onions- A type of vegetable that has a thin layer of skin that must be peeled to reveal the inner vegetable. See this picture:

 

Peppers- A type of vegetable that varies in colors and shape it has seeds within it. See picture:

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Vocabulary Activity:

Please unscramble the letters below to create the vocabulary words.

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3	soonin
4	smarfer
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6	tiurf
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8	mkarte

Grammar Point: A noun is a person place or thing. Please find and circle all the of the nouns in the paragraph above.

Grammar Activity: Come up with a list of Nouns that you know and can use.  Hint: Think of some of the fruit and vegetable names!

Welcome!

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I will post assignments on the blog so that you can practice your English at home, on your phone, tablet, or wherever you choose! Some posts will be required homework and some will be for practice. You can also message me on the blog if you have any questions.

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My family is ...

In my family ....

We live ...

They like to ...

"My Shadow"

"My Shadow" From Child's Garden of Verses

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow--
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,
And he sometimes goes so little that there's none of him at all.

He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close behind me, he's a coward you can see;
I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed. 

-Robert Louis Stevenson

I chose this poem to write about because it was one of my favorite poems as a child. I have many memories of my parents reading this to me at night.  I thought that the poem was interesting and silly as a kid and some of the stanzas still stick with me.  

Vocabulary:

Proper: Acting in a good manner or with manners.

Notion: an idea or clue.

Arrant: completely or thoroughly.

Coward: A person who is timid and scared.

Shame: dishonor or embarrassment.

Dew: The mist that is sometimes on plants and grass in the morning.

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Grammar Point:  Adjectives are words that describe nouns (persons, places or things.) Find the adjectives that are used in the poem. Grammar Activity: Find and circle each adjective used in the poem. Then write down how the word is being used and what it is helping to describe.

Drink Your Soup!

No one enjoys getting sick! Even adults do not enjoy the common cold.  When we are at school we need to be extra careful we don't spread our germs. Germs are everywhere, especially at schools! Some of the ways we can prevent getting sick is by washing our hands often. The only thing that I enjoy about getting sick is sleeping and slurping some hot soup! I recently read that soup, including chicken noodle soup, can help to prevent the early stages of a cold.  Some studies say that soup can also help to prevent the flu! The soup helps because there is a chemical within it that boosts the immune system.  This means that it can help us to recover from any sickness quicker and it helps our body fight off  illnesses. So next time you feel a cold coming on be sure to get yourself some hot soup! 

Vocabulary:

Common cold: a viral infection that usually includes sneezing, coughing, stuffy nose and sore throat.

Germs: microscopic (very small) disease that can spread sicknesses.

Prevent: to stop something from happening.

Slurping: loud sucking noise made while eating.

Immune System: a complex group of cells and tissues inside the body that help keep a person healthy.

Recover: to get back or make good again.  

Vocabulary Activity: 

Unscramble the vocabulary words below!

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Grammar Point:

The word 'cold' is used in the text above to explain the common cold and not the cold as in temperature.  This means that the word has more then one meaning! Words that have more than one meaning are called multiple meaning words. 

Grammar Activity:

Using the words: cold, sweet, and close. Create two sentences for each word that show their multiple meanings. 

Example: Fly, 1.There was a  fly on the garbage can. (noun)

                     2. She saw the bird fly into the clouds. (verb)

Traveling at the Airport

Traveling can be a lot of fun because there is so much to see and do! Some of the places I have traveled to include Italy, Ireland, and England.  Traveling is exciting because there is beautiful architecture and landscape in different places. The thing I like least about traveling is the airport. Airport security is an important thing in all countries, but it takes time away from sightseeing! At the airport you must first check in and get your boarding pass.  If you have bags, they must be checked onto the correct flight. Then you walk through security to get to the gate that your plane will be leaving from.  The security uses a conveyor belt to view your personal belongings and looks at them using special cameras and videos.  The airport security officers will ask you to walk through a metal detector to be sure that you do not have any items that can harm yourself or others on the flight.  Once you get to your gate you must wait until they call your row number to board the flight. Some flights take longer then others, but you are on your way to a great vacation! 

Vocabulary:

1. Landscape: Scenery that usually includes nature and a rural area.

2. Sight-seeing: visiting and seeing places of interest.

3. Airport: A station where airplanes land and take-off.  

4. Boarding Pass: A ticket used to show a airplane seat.

5. Conveyor belt: A machine that moves objects from spot to another. 

6. Metal detector: A security machine that shows concealed metal objects either on a person on in luggage.

Vocabulary Activity: 

Match the vocabulary word number (from above) to the correct definition.

____ A ticket used to get onto a plane.

____ A machine that moves objects in a circular motion from one place to another.

____ A station where planes land.

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____ A machine that allows security to see metal.  

Grammar Point:

The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something. Find and circle all of the subjects in the text passage above.

Grammar Activity:

Create 5 sentences that include underlined subjects, about traveling or going to the airport.