Monday, November 3, 2025

Thursday, September 18, 2025

We Signed the Constitution 2025!

 Scan the QR Code

This is the original link to the Constitution padlet.




1. Go to the padlet (scan qr code or click link)


2. Click the BLUE BUTTON (with +) 


3. SUBJECT: (top line--type your name)


4. Click Blue Button (camera on the bottom)


4. Take a selfie with

  • The Constitution
  • The Flag
  • Your Name (printed and signed)
  • Friends
5.  Click USE PHOTO (or retake it) (on the bottom)

6. You can add a caption (name, greeting)

7. Click  red PUBLISH (on the top)

8. You can keep or change you "Padlet Name"

9. Click the pink DONE button

10.  You have now virtually Sign the Constitution.  You can see the other people's photos on www.milpitaschat.com

Made with Padlet


Wednesday, August 20, 2025

2025-08-20 ESL 5 am

 A Year in the Life of an ESL Student ch1 ex 5 website | amazon


2. She asked him to be quiet because he had been running off at the mouth.

Because he had been running off at the mouth, she asked him to be quiet.


3.The boy was pinned up against the window because there were six children in the backseat of the car.


4. My father told me to settle down when I made too much noise during his favorite TV program. 

When I made too much noise during my father's favorite TV program, he told me to settle down.

 

5. We arrived at the airport safe and sound even though the plane had engine trouble.


6. The young girl burst into tears when she saw her brother break her toy into many pieces.


7.  He could not get over the fact  that his sister had won a gold medal at the Olympics.


8. The teacher was appalled to hear the students using (the) foul language in the classroom.   


homophone  foul / fowl  


Skills for Effective Writing 3, ch 1 

1. A simple sentence has at least one subject and at least one verb that has only one

independent clause.


2.  A compound sentence has at least two subjects and at least two verbs.  It has

at least two independent clauses that are related to each other.


3. A complex sentence has at least two subjects and two verbs.  It has a dependent 

clause that is connected to an independent clause.