Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: On the Calendar

Lesson Notes December 5, 2023 (Elementary)

• You are a casual golfer.

• You like to golf for fun.

• Were you on the golf team? 

• Did you belong to the golf club?

• I used photos from this year, last year, and years ago.

• I met 11 close friends from junior high school this Saturday. (NOT in junior high school)

• I attended a satellite school. We had a class reunion this past weekend.

• The Hawaiian hula teacher is going to observe twenty groups and give feedback.

Vocabulary

• Casual / Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

• (Golf / sports etc) team; typically for competition

• (Golf / sports etc) club; typically more casual, for fun

• Wage; hourly fixed payment, typically paid daily or weekly

• Salary; fixed monthly payment

• Satellite (school / office / clinic / campus / store); typically refers to a school, company, business etc that is connected to a larger, main branch

• Click; (verb) make a short, sharp sound, for example a switch being operated or two hard objects coming into contact

On the Calendar

• Diary; a book to note daily appointments or information

• Calendar; a book to note daily appointments

• Take lunch vs Have lunch

• I have an appointment to see the doctor on Friday, but I don’t know what time to go.