Looking for something to Read?

 

Here is a great site that has things to read that are easy, medium or hard and on a lot of different subjects from health to families to science and a lot more.  

 http://csal.gsu.edu/content/are-you-learner

Enjoy!

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Sugar is sweet

Do you like poetry?

If "yes" this is for you!

Sign up for a poem every day at:  https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/sign-poem-day

Hello! Is anyone there?

I hope you are enjoying your summer.  I am!

If you want to practice your English, here are some really fun games you can play:

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/index.html

Enjoy!

Confused? English can be so confusing!

Hopefully this game will help:  http://www.eslgamesplus.com/adjectives-ing-ed-catapult/

password for vocabulary

I've mentioned this before, but sometimes you need my special password to get all the vocabulary exercises on the SpellingCity site.  So you need to sign in as:

deniselleck@sbcglobal.net

and use the password:

750eddy

Enjoy!

Vocabulary from movie review of Avatar

We just read a very difficult piece with lots of new vocabulary.  You can practice the new words here.

And here's a clip from Avatar:

Be Careful Today!

It's Friday the 13th!!

 Many people think that this is an unlucky day.  Do you?

Here are some other American superstitions from Stickyball.net:

Superstition	Meaning
Baseball Bat	Spit on a new bat when using it for the first time to make it lucky.
Bed	It’s bad luck to put a hat on a bed.
Bell	When a bell rings, an angel has received its wings.
Cats	If a black cat crosses your path, you will have bad luck.
Clover	It’s good luck to find a four-leaf clover.
Knives	If a friend gives you a knife, you should give him/her a coin.
Ladybugs	It is bad luck to kill a ladybug.
Ladder	It’s bad luck to walk under a ladder.
Mirror	If you break a mirror, it’s seven years bad luck.
Salt	If you spill salt you must throw some over your left shoulder.
Umbrella	It’s bad luck to open an umbrella in the house.
Wood	Knock on wood anytime you mention good fortune.
Yawn	Cover your mouth so your soul doesn’t go out of your body.
Itchy Ear	Someone is talking about you.
Friday the 13th	This day is traditionally unlucky unless you were born on it.