Abdul and I began by speaking about the simple past for regular and irregular verbs. He gave me a rundown of his day: I studied English; I picked up my son; I got home; I ate lunch; I slept; I came to the library.
We discussed the difference between got, as in 'got home', and went, as in 'went home'. I drew a timeline and showed him the duration of the actions and the point or period in time of each.
He then described specific facts about his life, again using the simple past of regular and irregular verbs, which began as follows. "My birthday was May 5th, 1981. I started school in 1987. I began middle school in 1993. I began high school in 1996.
We then spoke about certain adverbs of time: first, next, then, and finally, and how they would be used in thee narrative of his life above.
Next, we had a long conversation about banking, the different types of bank accounts, overdraft fees, etc.
We then read aloud an article about the new leaders of Egypt. Among the vocabulary we explored were: military, Christians, constitution, elections, protest, supporters, improvement, and cooperate.
Last, we looked at a picture book about reptiles and amphibians. I asked him to name the general categories represented by certain of the pictures, and asked him to write down those that he did not know.
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