How To Decorate A Tiny Living Room Space

Do you have a small living room and are not quite sure how to arrange the furniture? The living room is the place for family and friends to sit and visit, so a very special effort should be made to create a comfortable space.

1) Place of your living room furniture should center around a focal point which may be an entertainment center, bookcase or a very large window.

2) Think about your guests when you arrange the room. The living room should promote conversation. Set up cozy areas with a couple of chairs or a loveseat. Ideally, there should be between 4-10 feet between your sofa or loveseat and chairs so that the space does not seem cramped. If you move the pieces of furniture too far apart, conversation would be difficult.

3) Don't block your windows. Small living rooms need natural light if it is available to help create the appearance of a larger room.

4) Side tables should be at least as tall as the arm of the chairs and sofa. This will ensure that serving is easy.

Vocabulary

Room - (noun) a portion of space within a building or other structure separated by walls or partitions from other parts

Window - (noun) an opening of wall in a building

Cozy - (adjective) snuggly, warm

Conversation - (noun) informal interchange of thoughts

Available - (adjective) suitable or ready for use

Ensure - (verb) to secure or guarantee

Fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary words

The _____ was filled with toys.

Please close the _____, the room feels cold.

The couple shared a ____ dinner for their anniversary.

Are you _____ to work next week?

They exchanged small _____ at the bus stop.

Wearing a seat belts helps to ____ safety during accident.

Grammar Point

The first paragraph has 2 different sentences: a question or interrogative (?), a statement or indicative (.). Please write one of each on the same topic in the same paragraph.

For more information about sentences, go to this website:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/definitions.htm

How To Motivate Yourself To Clean

How To Motivate Yourself To Clean

Have you ever had one of those days when you just can't get started? Clean the kitchen, clean the bathroom, clean the living room, make dinner, wash the dishes? It nevers seems to end.

Here are some tips on how to motivate yourself to clean your home.

Turn on your radio or MP3 player to the music of your choice:

Nothing motivates me more than music. You can use your broom stick as a microphone and sing to the top of your lungs while cleaning. Before you know it, you're on to the next room

Get rid of clutter:

Even if you concentrate on a small piece or an area, the feeling of watching unwanted items being removed from your home can be invigorating and freeing.

Rearrange the room:

Once I start cleaning, I tend to move things around to give my space a new look. Changing up a room gives you the motivation to keep it clean and clutter free.

Try a new cleaning product:

I like trying out new products, so when something new comes along, take that as an opportunity to discover something new that can lighten your workload.

Watch home improvement shows:

Watch HGTV. Seeing renovated houses can motivate you to get up and start cleaning.

Vocabulary

Motivate - (verb) to provide with motives
Clutter - (verb) to fill or litter with things in a disorderly manner
Invigorate - (verb) to fill with life and energy
Discover - (verb) to see; to get knowledge of to learn of; to find
Enlighten - (verb) to give intellectual or spiritual light to
Watch - (verb) to be alertly on the look out; look attentively or observe.

Cloze Exercise

Most disorganized people have _______ filled living spaces.
Hector wanted to _______ his car with an air freshner.
Angela tried to ________ her brother to stop smokings
Going to bible study on Sunday mornings always seemed to _______ Anthony
Vera did not want to ______ television today.
Delores went to Hawaii to _______ the joy of a tropical climate.

Grammar Point
Can you name all the verbs in the paragraph?
How do you motivate yourself to organize your living space? Write a paragraph

For more information about verbs, please go to this website
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verbs.htm

Hearts For Haiti

For Valentine's Day, let us all give our hearts to Haiti. With the purchase of a chocolate lollipop made by our 10th Grade ESL students, for $2.00, the proceeds will go to purchase much needed items for the victims of the recent Earthquake in Haiti.

The items needed by the Haitian victims are hygenic products such as personal care items, first aid kits, baby bottles, over the counter medication, and clothing which will be purchased and sent over to Haiti via our 10th Grade ESL representatives for our Hearts For Haiti organization. We look forward to putting all our hearts together to make a difference.

Vocabulary

Purchase - (verb) to acquire by payment of money or its equivalent
Proceeds - (verb) something that results or acrues
Hygenic - (adjective) conducive to good health, sanitary
Medication - (noun) the use of or application of medication or medical substance
Representative - (noun) Person or thing that represents another or others
Organization - (noun) the act or process of organizing

Fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary words:

Washing your hands often is a _______ act.
She went to ______ three apples from the market.
Mr. Juarez was prescribed a ______ called Provacit for his inflammed ankle.
A ______ from the cell phone company contacted Mrs. Lopez about her bill.
PETA is an activist ___________against animal cruelty.
The ______ from the bake sale will help the soccer team purchase uniforms.

Grammar Point
Can you find all the nouns and verbs associated with helping people?
How are people who are victims of natural disasters helped in your country? Write a paragraph about it.