Bachelorette Party!

As you all know if you read my first blog, my sister is getting married in, oh my, about forty days. So although the bride-to-be is not supposed to have much involvement in the planning of the bachelorette party, my sister told us exactly what she wanted to do. Good thing she did because I am not good with planning these types of things; I am lucky that I made it through the bridal shower (bride-to-be and bridal party in image). She loves country music she was “tossing around” different ideas, maybe going out to the country bar in Commack, NY, but decided that she just wanted it to be her and her close friends and family at home.


My sister is big into cooking. She loves to create different foods and see what people have to say about her cooking. She also loves to have a good time and dance. She decided on having celebrity DJ Chef Mark Weiss come and do her bachelorette party. Although a little expensive, it is a cheaper alternative to renting a limo and spending the night with strangers in the city or something like that.


It looks like it is going to be a lot of fun and the food he is making sounds very tasty. If you have never heard of DJ Chef check-out this website (http://www.fourstarchef.com/home.html) because I had never heard of him before my sister mentioned him to me. Besides being good-looking, he looks like he will put on a good show for us ladies.

Vocabulary –

involvement- to be included, have a say in
bachelorette party- a gathering of close friends or family of a bride-to-be, a singles night before she gets married.
country- a genre of music
tossing around- thinking about different things
big into cooking- cooking is something he/she likes to do
celebrity- somebody famous
expensive- costs a large amount of money
alternative- a different choice
strangers-someone that you do not know
check-out-to look at
good-looking- a way of describing a man or a woman as handsome or pretty


Cloze Exercises –


1. As a party for the bride before she gets married, the bridesmaids throw the bride a _________________.
2. The genre of music that is more prevalent in the south is _______________ music.
3. Parental ___________________ in the wedding planning is to give as much support to the bride and groom as possible.
4. My family is _________________ some different ideas for a gift for the bride-to-be.
5. Emeril, a famous chef, could be described as someone who is ____________________.
6. Emeril is a famous _________________ chef.
7. Some men can be described as _______________.
8. When giving a choice one should always give an _______________ choice.
9. It is very __________________ to pay for a wedding.
10. There are so many different websites that you can _________________ to look at different wedding dresses.
11. When two people do not know eachother they are called ________________.


Grammar Point –

Pronouns are used to take the place of a noun. When writing a paragraph and the writer is referring to the same person over and over again, instead of writing the person’s name again and again it is good to replace it with a pronoun.

Edit the Paragraph replacing the nouns with pronouns.

The girl decided to go for a drive around town. Eventually the girl came to a street she did not know. After a while, the girl found a shop that the girl wanted to go into. The girl bought a dress to wear to a party and then the girl began the trip home.

It’s about time! I absolutely love this time of year. Who wouldn’t love the different colors of the fall foliage(image left)? The green, orange, brown, red, and yellow colors of the leaves all are brightening up the ground where we walk. I love driving upstate to all the different harvest fests to experience the changing of the seasons.
There are so many exciting things to do in autumn. In preparation for the upcoming holidays, Halloween and Thanksgiving, families enjoy cooking their own desserts for the family get-togethers. In my family, it is a tradition to go apple-picking and get at least three bushels of apples. After apple-picking, we all head back to the house and make an easy two dozen pies and give them out to different family members and friends. This is a great way to bond with the family and to enjoy a day out in the beautiful cool weather.

Vocabulary-

fall foliage- changing of the leaves
harvest fests- festivals during the fall season
autumn- fall season
Halloween- holiday where children dress up
Thanksgiving- holiday meant for giving thanks
get-togethers- gathering of many people
tradition- a continuing pattern of something
apple-picking- activity of gathering apples
bushels- a large amount of something

Cloze Exercise-

1. Just wait until you see the different colors of the ___________________.
2. Another name for the season of fall is ________________________.
3. The holiday that people give thanks for what they have is _____________________.
4. Around the holiday season families plan many holiday ______________________ with extended family.
5. The best time to go __________________ is in early autumn.
6. There are a lot of apples in a ___________________.
7. Children love ____________________ because they get to dress-up in costumes of their favorite characters.
8. One of my favorite family ____________________ is going apple-picking.
9. At various __________________________ they have different foods and drinks of the season.

Grammar Point-

One form of adjectives are words that describe nouns. In this passage adjectives serve to describe the fall season. Your task is to add an adjective to make the following phrases more interesting.

1. The __________ house

2. A __________ zebra

3. The ___________ car

Create 3 of your own sentences using as many adjectives as possible in each sentence.

Everyone is Getting Married

When girls are young they play dress-up and pretend. As they get older they plan their whole wedding. I was never one of those girls that had their wedding planned before they met the guy they were going to spend the rest of their life with. I think the vision is different depending on the groom, and call me old-fashioned but I think the groom should have some say, it is his day too! Whereas some girls plan their whole wedding and just tell the man to show up that day.
Why the talk about tying the knot? My dad just got married in August (photo of me at my dad's wedding on right) and my sister is getting married in November, the day before Thanksgiving, and I am her Maid of Honor. I guess you can say the topic has been brought up a significant amount in my family. The bridal party and I just threw her surprise bridal shower at the end of August. My sister was so surprised; it was great! We planned a bunch of games and everyone enjoyed themselves. There were a lot of girls to help out with the planning because there are 9 brides maids.
I am looking forward to telling you more about the upcoming wedding. If anyone has any pointers for me as the Maid of Honor please feel free to share them.




Vocabulary:

pretend-(verb) to make believe
wedding- (noun) the ceremony of marrying
groom- (noun) the husband of the bride
old- fashioned- (adjective) having a taste of an earlier time
tying the knot- getting married
Thanksgiving- (noun) a day set to give thanks to God
Maid of Honor- (noun) unmarried woman who attends to the bride
significant- (adjective) more than most




Cloze Exercise:

1. The children were going to ______________ that they were astronauts going to the moon.
2. My sister’s _____________________ is on November 25, where she will marry Shawn.
3. The bride and __________________ will take many pictures the day of their wedding.
4. Times have changed from the mermaid style wedding dresses, and have gone back to a more _____________________ look to the big puffed out dresses.
5. A slang phrase for getting married is to say that the couple is _____________________.
6. A holiday known for giving thanks to God and the ones you love is ____________________.
7. The _________________________ at a wedding is in charge of making sure the bride has everything she needs.
8. There are a _________________________ amount of guests at the wedding, there are over 300 guests.




Grammar Point:
Have you ever been to a wedding? What are some things you saw at the wedding or that were in weddings of different cultures? Write down your thoughts in an organized paragraph.