Relative clauses, the media, best commercials and more!!!

Hi Class,

This week we are studying various clauses, such as defining and non-defining relative clauses.

Here's a youtube video that will help explain more about relative clauses, as a review of what we've learned in class:

How to Use Relative Clauses

In Chapter 2 of our book we are studying English through the context of Media.  Here are some of the best television commercials that aired during the Superbowl last year.

Best "Big Game" Commercials

Yay!
Bonnie

Martin Luther King's Birthday

Hi Class,

Monday we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  He was a powerful civil rights leader and activist. He believed in peaceful protest. His leadership changed America by advancing equal rights in the US. Without the actions of the civil rights movement under his leadership, you would not be in this ESL class today, there probably would not be ESL classes at community colleges for free if it were not for MLK.

Here is a short video on his life and work.

http://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-king-jr-9365086

What do you think about his leadership?  How does the civil rights movement of the 1960s affect you today? Think about it...

Best,
Teacher Bonnie