Welcome to Grammar Class!

Welcome to the Structure and Application of American English! I know some of you already and hope to get to know the rest of you very quickly. This semester, for the very first time, our class has been scheduled in the model classroom. I hope that we will be able to make good use of the technology at our fingertips. For some people, grammar is very boring; for others, it is thrilling. What will it be for you? Only time will tell. I hope that the infusion of more technology in the course will give you every opportunity to practice grammar and find many games and activities for your future ESL students. Starting today, you will have the chance to blog about grammar and vocabulary yourselves.

I am looking forward to a great semester! Let the grammar begin!

Vocabulary
at our fingertips (prepositional phrase) --  easy to find, available (an idiom)
boring (adjective) -- not interesting
thrilling (adjective) -- very exciting
infusion (noun) -- adding
opportunity (noun) -- chance
to blog (verb) -- to write in a web journal (web + log = weblog = blog)

Vocabulary Exercise
Please fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary word.
I was not interested in prepositions, so I thought grammar class was _____________. However, we played a fun grammar game that was _____________. Susan hopes there will be an _________________ to play it again.

My juice had an ___________________ of cranberries.
I had time to _________________ about my trip to Jamaica.
On the my computer, I can find information __________________________ .

Grammar Point
The indefinite article an is used instead of a when the noun after it starts with a vowel sound. Write two sentences using an + the two nouns on the vocabulary list.