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Class Objectives Do you know the feeling when one thing reminds you of another thing that seems completely unrelated? In this lesson, you’re going to think about that. By the end of the class, you will have:
Difficulty: Blue Belt and above MODEL: Baby Food Reminds Me of When I Broke My Jaw  This is me riding on a bull named Titanic. This was the largest bull I've ridden. I was feeding my 7-month-old son today, and he was eating some baby food of chicken and rice. As I was looking at the baby food, I thought back to when I would eat blended up food for a month because my jaw was wired shut after I had broken it bull riding in the American rodeo. I spent the years of 2004-2005 riding bulls in the rodeo circuit around Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, and Ohio. At a rodeo in Canton, Ohio, I had a wreck on a bull and my face collided with the back of the bull’s head, and the bull won this one. (Fortunately, I was wearing a helmet with a face mask, so the damage was minimal.) I say the damage was minimal, but actually I had broken my jaw in two places, and I needed metal plates to hold it together (which I still have to this day), and I needed to get my jaw wired shut. There were four weeks where I couldn’t eat any solid food because I couldn’t open my mouth. When your jaw is wired shut, it’s just like having braces on your teeth except there is a piece of wire that weaves through the braces to lock your mouth into place so you can’t open it. This allows the jaw to heal… It sounds a lot worse than it really is… kinda.  This wasn't the bull that broke my face. "I had broken my jaw in two places, and I needed metal plates to hold it together." Since you can’t open your mouth, you obviously can’t eat, so you’re stuck to drinking protein shakes, milk shakes, smoothies, and any other liquid food you can find. After a while, you begin to get tired of milk shakes, so you start to get creative. I remember one of my favorite meals to eat was meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and baked beans. I used to eat this almost every Sunday at my grandmother’s house. I’ve heard of other people, who had broken their jaws before, putting food, like hot dogs, spaghetti, and other food into a blender and drinking it, so I figured I’d give it a try. I asked my mother to make meatloaf and mashed potatoes with baked beans for me to put into a blender. She thought it sounded weird, but this whole situation was weird, so she did it. I put it into the blender and made it into a puree. It surprisingly tasted pretty good! Don ‘t get me wrong, I wouldn’t do it again unless I need to, but it was good enough to make several times. Since that went so well, I tried it with spaghetti and tomato sauce. #BreakingMiarma What about you? Is there something in your life that reminds you of another thing that seems unrelated? VOCABULARYTake notes about the following words so you can understand the meaning. Use context, dictionary definitions, synonyms, explanations, example sentences, pictures, or any other creative way to learn the new words and phrases. NOTE: Try NOT to use your language to understand the concept. To remind me of - Something causes you to remember something 7-month-old - Used as a noun or an adjective Thought back (to) - (Phrasal Verb) To remember an event Blended up - (Phrasal Verb) To make a solid food into a liquid To have a wreck - To have an accident To be wired shut - To not be able to open your mouth because a metal wire is keeping it closed To weave through - (Phrasal Verb) To weave is to go in and out in a pattern To be stuck (to) doing something - (Expression) To be stuck to + ~ing To get/be tired of (something) - To not want to do something because you've done it a lot Pretty good - Normally less than 'very good' FLUENCY BUILDERS and EXPRESSIONS Most of the Fluency Builders from this lesson are in the phrasal verbs. I suggest you review the phrasal verbs above, AND USE THEM, to build your fluency. ASSIGNMENT: Finish the sentences below with creative endings.
... to this day - So I figured... To give it a try. Try them together: So I figured I'd give it a try. I wouldn't do it again unless... GRAMMARBuilding longer sentences is something that is very important when we learn different language. Follow my model and make longer complex sentences in your story. Let’s look at some grammar from the text. Since you can’t open your mouth, you obviously can’t eat, so you’re stuck to drinking protein shakes, milk shakes, smoothies, and any other liquid food you can find. Since A, B: Use this to describe a cause and result of something. Since + cause, result. Since it’s raining, we can’t play football. Example: “Since you can’t open your mouth, you obviously can’t eat.” Subject A, so B: Use conjunctions to connect two ideas and put them together. Subject 1 + verb 1, so subject 2 + verb 2 We can’t play football today, so we’re very bored. Expression: “You obviously can’t eat anything, so you’re stuck to drinking shakes.” Assignment: Combine these simple sentences in creative ways
would + verb. ‘Would’ For Past Habits: use these for actions of past habits.
PAST PERFECT had + past participle the past of the past Example: “I had broken my jaw in two places.” My story is about what I said about my jaw (I say the damage was minimal), I broke my saw BEFORE that (I had broken my jaw). The past of the past. PREPAREBrainstorm and write down ideas for your story of something that reminds you of another thing. Think about the W questions (who, what, where, when, why, how). Also think about the transition words, phrasal verbs, and fluency builders you will use in your story. YOUR TASK: Tell Your Story Now it’s your turn to tell your story of something that reminds you of another thing. It will be better if the two things seem to be unrelated, but they don’t have to be. Use the grammar and expressions from this lesson if it’s applicable. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Share your story:
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