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Silly stuff.

Edward Lear

and Nonsense Alphabets (he also wrote many limericks).

This "Nonsense Alphabet" is one of several that Lear wrote. He liked the silly sounding things in his rhymes.

what do you think about this alphabet?

POEM:

"Boats Sail on the Rivers", by: Christina Rosetti

Listen for different things the poem says. 

There are boats, ships, bridges, and more. 

What are these things? How many can you hear?

Christina Rosetti says that there are some things that are 

more pretty or prettier than other things? What are they?

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Episode 19. Punctuation: The Period

What is a period and what does it do? Let's take a look at it today. 

One of my students is currently reading the story "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett and so makes a great example for the episode.

Here are the selections I use in the episode.

Chapter 1, page 1 "“Nobody seemed to care about Mary. She was born in India, where her father was a British official.”

Page 2 “ What are you doing here? she asked crossly. “Go away! And send Kamala to me at once!”

Now it is your turn when you are reading. Pay attention to the periods in the writing. 

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It's the end of 2022, but the start of 2023.

Happy New Year!

Listen to this old poem about Winter and Christmas.

Does this sound like another character we know these days?

#winter #christmas #poem

Sometimes it is useful to learn a list of words that are random. That means, they are not connected or part of any category. Visit the blog to see the words and compare your own list.

https://usefulenglishtodaygo.wordpress.com/2022/07/05/a-list-of-18-words/

#learnenglish #listofwords #18words #english

This poem is fun to read and listen to. Kids have good imaginations. Making boats, going on great adventures, and even eating along the way. You can listen and read the poem as well.

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Poems are very good to help you learn English. Learn this one about boys and girls and playing. 

Read it at the blog.