Hi. Welcome to my blog. This is my first time creating a blog and it was totally frustrating. However, I finally got it to work and I am glad for that. I am excited to take this grammar class because I don't remember most of what I learned in grammar during my early schooling and I have always felt unprepared in college grammar wise. I look forward to learning more about grammar so that I can adequately teach my students in the future. I can't believe how much I have forgotten as I have gotten older. It will be interesting to re-learn all that I have forgotten and I hope it will improve my ability to write. I have always loved writing and reading and look forward to improving my skills. I work as a preschool teacher and I love teaching my students. Right now we are teaching the children to write their letters and for some it is easy and for others very difficult. I also teach toddlers who are very sweet. Even at this young age children are beginning to learn about grammar and when they speak you can hear all the common mistakes that young learners make. It is great to be a part of their early beginnings in language learning and to have an influence on their lives during this important time period. My passion for teaching began when I was very young. As a fifth grade student I was required to make a picture of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I drew a picture of myself as a teacher and now I have accomplished that goal. Even though over the years my goals changed off and on as I got older, in the end I came back to where I began and followed my initial dream. I also love traveling, languages and learning about cultures. This is why I chose to study TESOL for my Master's degree. I would love to someday go abroad and teach English in a foreign country in the summer time. After finishing my Master's degree I would like to study more languages. At the moment I don't have enough free time to do it, so I have to wait until I've graduated.
I hope you will enjoy reading my blog. I am looking forward to reading your comments.
Vocabulary:
1. creating: to make
2. frustrating: easily upset
3. unprepared: not ready for
4. adequately: well enough
5. forgotten: did not remember
6. ability: something a person can do
7. improving: to make better
8. influence: make an impact on
9. required: something one is made to do
10. accomplished: fulfill, completed
Fill in the blank
1. She had to do the homework assignment because it was __________________________.
2. She believed her paper was written __________________ enough to receive a good grade.
3. When he graduated from high school she felt ________________________. He had achieved his goal.
4. When she started the painting she didn't know she would be ___________________a masterpiece.
5. Her mother told her to behave well in order to be a good __________________ on her younger siblings.
6. It was very ________________________ when he continued to hit foul balls during the baseball game.
7. When he sat down for the exam he felt _______________________ because he had not studied.
8. When he got home and saw the puddle on the floor he realized he had ____________________ to let the dog out.
9. After studying the language for one year, she realized that her English was ___________________.
10. When she received a C on the test she knew she had the ________________________ to do better.
Grammar Point:
In my blog I used several different tenses. When I wrote, "This is my first time creating a blog," I wrote the sentence in the present tense. I also used the past tense. One example of the past tense is shown in the sentence, "As a fifth grade student I was required to make a picture of what I wanted to be when I grew up."
The paragraph also contains the future tense. An example of the future tense can be seen in the sentence, " have always loved writing and reading and look forward to improving my skills." Can you find other sentences in my paragraph that include the present, past and future tenses? After searching the paragraph, please write a paragraph about yourself using the present, past and future tenses. Please write about what you like to do now, your past accomplishments, and what you would like to be in the future. Please use at least 3 of the vocabulary words in your paragraph.
