Telling Stories

Watch the video and write down the main ideas.

Click on "stories" in contents and have a look at old posts about narrative tenses, how to tell stories and anecdotes and listen to some stories.

Relative clauses

Click here to see a lesson about relative clauses and do the exercises at the bottom of the page.

Do another activity here.

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Story of Thanksgiving. Watch the video and fill in the gaps (check your answers in "comments").

The year was ________________________ (1). It was a normal day for me, sitting on the beach, getting some sun, ________________________ (2) my own business when lo and behold along comes this boat.

So the pilgrims got off the boat and began the hard work of ________________________ (3) a settlement in the New World. Now, I don't know  ________________________ (4) it was to try to build a settlement at the beginning of winter but ________________________ (5)the pilgrims had it ________________________ (6).

Finally came and the pilgrims went out to ________________________ (7). God had heard ________________________ (8) and sent along one of the ________________________ (9) to help them- an English-speaking Indian by the name of Squanto.

Add lots of hard work and working together with their new friends, the Indians. By the end of the ________________________ (10), they had an abundant ________________________ (11).

The tradition of Thanksgiving began and now people get together and eat and thank God for his ________________________ (12). 

Glossary:

• Lo and behold - Used for introducing something surprising that you're about to tell or show someone.
• Hereby - Used for stating that something said or written in a statement or document is now official or for emphasizing what you're saying.

Click here to do another listening activity using a video from "Friends".







There are more posts about this topic (see "contents") where you can learn about the food they eat and more historical facts.

Integrative Medicine

This is the video for the photocopy I gave you in class. Check your answers in "comments".

Christmas Contests

Christmas Card Design Contest

Dessert Contest. See the recipes here

How to talk about science and technology

Technology

Click here to see an old entry about this topic.