Nate's Reading and Writing Classes

  Because I was sick yesterday, I had to miss class.   Cause: I was sick Effect: I missed class   If I am sick, I will miss the class If I don’t take medicine, I will stay sick   Cause: don’t take medicine Effect: stay sick   When I kicked the chair, it went backwards Cause: kick the chair Effect: it went backwards       Because I am your teacher, you must listen to me Cause: I am your teacher Effect: you must listen to me   You must listen to me because I am your teacher I am your teacher, so you must listen If you lie to me, I will never trust you again I will never trust you again if you lie to me I lied to my teacher.   Then, he became so angry with me. I stole money from my teacher.   Then, he called the police on me.   You said a bad thing about me.   Therefore , I will not speak to you again.   I didn’t want to talk to Nate anymore.   Therefore, I gho...

                                        How to Make Pancakes Pancakes are a delicious weekend breakfast for many American people.   If you want to make the perfect pancakes, follow these steps.   First, get flour and put two cups of flour in a bowl.   Then, add about a cup of buttermilk to the flour.   Get an egg and crack it and add it to the mixture.   You should also put in a teaspoon of baking soda, baking powder, and sprinkle some salt.   Get a whisk and begin stirring the mixture.   Then, get out a griddle.   Heat up the griddle and spray some oil onto it and wait for it to become hotter.   After that, pour the mixture into circle shapes on the griddle.   Flip them over with a spatula every minute or two until it is brown on bot...

 By Nate Feldman Essay Topics:   *We are writing Argumentative-style essays.   We have talked about many topics.   Choose the topic you would like to write about. 1. Should we use infographics to explain complex information? 2. Should we have a common language, or should we continue to speak many languages? 3. Should school uniforms be mandatory or not? 4. Should ELS do more online classes like we did on the snow day?   5. Should Tomio be kicked out of class for hitting Hikaru?   6. Should Momoka come to class every day?   7. Should ELS have longer school days?   Level 7, 225-300 Level 8, 250-350 Level 9, 250-350   Most students who come to ELS behave appropriately during the class.   They focus on the lesson, and even if they are not focused, they don’t bother others.   But, every now and again, some students don’t leave their hands to themselves.   Recently, Tomio has begun hitting Hikaru in class....

 By Nate Feldman                                           Should People Try and Save Dying Languages           According to researchers, there are 7,000 languages in the world, but every two weeks, one of them faces extinction.   This is because of a variety reasons, but quite often it is due the rising influence of dominant languages in the world.   However, there is an organization called “The Living Tongues” institute that sends its employees around the world to collect information about and record languages that may be dying.   However, is this a good idea?   Should they do this, or is this a waste of time.   In my opinion, preserving dying languages is useful.         ...

 By Nate Feldman I was in a futbol match, and I my team won 7-0.   We dominated our opponent.     My team won 115-73.     None of my business.     Someday, people will live on another planet.   (prediction about the future).     Very soon, you will complete the ELS program.   (prediction about the future)   Someday, we will take vacations in space.   (prediction about the future).     I expect you to do well on the exam.   I believe you will become fluent in English. I anticipate my team will dominate the match. You likely will pass the level.     You probably will do well. You seem like you will do well.     You may do well. You might do well.     Enduring = doesn’t stop; keeps going on *You may try to destroy, but I promise you, I will endure.   Abandon = to leave something and not return for it Extinction = all g...

 By Nate Feldman Should We Go Outside in a T-shirt today? (155 words) Lately, the temperatures in Philadelphia have been really, really cold.   It’s especially cold because the wind is blowing so hard, which makes it so much worse.   Some people said they don’t care and want to go outside in a t-shirt?   But, is this a good idea?   In my opinion, they are nuts!   First of all, if you don’t wear a jacket, your body will be shaking all of the time.   You will be extremely uncomfortable.   Also, if you go outside without a jacket, you can get sick very easily, and then you will have to spend a lot of time in bed.   Our bodies can’t deal with such cold.   Some people say they can handle the cold and that they are strong.   But, wearing a jacket does not make you weak.   It makes you intelligent.   So, I insist that you do not wear a t-shirt outside and that you bundle up for the cold weather.  

 By Nate Feldman Vocabulary Warm-up: *What causes you to have indignation ? *What is a pursuit of yours? *When did you have a confrontation with someone else? *What is something you advocate ? *What was/has been a transformative experience for you? *When did you do a bad thing?   What was the consequence ?   Today, I’ll be talking to you about The World School.   Let’s start with what kind of school it will be.   It will be a school for people from around the world.   It will have students from many continents.   Now, let’s turn to where I plan to have this school.   This school will have different locations depending on the years.   What I mean is we are going to build more than one school building.   For example, for two years, the school might be in a city in North America.   However, after that, we will have it in Asia for two years.   The importance of this is if we want people from around the world ...

 By Nate Feldman The fifty states constitute the United States of America.   I can speak some Spanish, but Rolando is considerably better at it than I am.   Acquire = to get something *I came to ELS to acquire more knowledge of English.   Lead to = cause *Getting bad grades can lead to failure *Smoking too much can lead to cancer *Ali was always late for class.   This led to him failing the level.   Competence = having the ability to do something well *When you have a class, you want a teacher with competence Competent = a person who knows how to do something well Anticipate = what you think will happen next *I anticipate you will do well on the quiz tomorrow.   Native = the first *English is my native language.   Furthermore = an additional thing I am sad today because I got a bad test score.   Furthermore, I ate a bad breakfast and now my stomach hurts.   Expand = make larger *ELS has decided to expa...

By Nate Feldman Compound-Complex Sentences: *When I am in class, I learn a lot of things, so I am very happy in class.  *After I come home, I take a nap, so I always feel rested at night.  *When it is cold, I drink hot chocolate, and I really love it!   Compound Sentence: My name is Nate, and I work at ELS.  It is so cold today, so I am wearing a jacket.  It is so cold today, but I am wearing a t-shirt.  I will have pasta for dinner, or I will have pizza. I can’t go out tonight, for I have a quiz tomorrow.  It is so cold today, yet I enjoy this weather.  I don’t like class, nor do I like being at home.   Should we Study on Saturday? People come to ELS five days a week, but some people want to come on Saturday.  In my opinion, I think this is a bad idea for many reasons.  So = as a result So = for this reason   I studied well, so I got a good score.  I came here so I could meet new pe...

 By Nate Feldman Sentence Structure: Four Types of Sentences 1.    Simple Sentence 2.    Compound Sentence 3.    Complex Sentence 4.    Compound-Complex Sentence   Simple Sentence: *I am a teacher.   I am a teacher at ELS.   I work with students from many countries. *My name is Nate.   I work with students from many places.   I have been here for several years.     Compound Sentence: *My name is Nate, and I am a teacher at ELS. *I work in Philadelphia, but I don’t live there.   *I live in Berwyn, so I must drive to ELS every day. *For dinner, I will either cook at home, or I will go to a restaurant.     Complex Sentence: *If it snows tomorrow, we will be online again.   *Before I go home, I turn off the lights in the class.   *After I get home, I take my dog for a walk.   *When I am in class, I listen to the teacher.   *As soo...

 By Nate Feldman ELS offers English classes to students throughout the week, Mondays through Fridays.   However, recently, some people said that ELS should have classes on Saturday, too.   But, is this a good idea?   In my opinion, this is absolutely nuts.   First, students are tired during the week, so on Saturday it will be even worse.   Imagine a class on Saturday?   The students will be tired and miserable.   Another reason students shouldn’t come on Saturday is because there are other things to do here.   For example, students can go out and explore Philadelphia or other cities.   Keeping them in class will turn the study abroad experience into prison.   Some people say that your English will get better with six days of classes.   However, actually your English will get worse because your brain will be exhausted.   So, for that reason, I think four and a half of days of class is enough.   Please no class on Satur...