"A Window of Opportunity"

On October 26, 2010 I was sick in bed with the Flu. I had a fever of 102 and felt sore all over my body. The last thing I expected during these conditions would be a phone call that would open the doors to my career. Later that day my cell phone rings and it was Peter, the Assistant Supervisor of the international ESL program at Adelphi University. He told me that he heard from Amy, my classmate and friend, that I would be a perfect fit for their ESL teaching position. I admittedly got out of bed feeling dizzy and weak and forwarded Peter my resume. Two hours later Peter called me and told me I was hired and would need to start Monday morning. At that moment, my career path had changed and all my prayers were answered. I said to myself, “I can’t believe that I will be a teacher with no experience and no certification, this just sounds to be good to be true, but I am grateful for this opportunity.”

Definitions

Career- Noun- A profession for which one trains for.

Flu- Noun- Any of several virus diseases marked especially by respiratory or intestinal symptoms.

Classmate- Noun-A member of the same class in a school or college.

Dizzy- Adjective: Having a whirling sensation in the head with a tendency to falling.

Opportunity- Noun- A good chance for advancement or progress.

Sore- Adjective- Painfully sensitive : tender .



Practice: Using the words above place the word in the space that it fits in the sentence.

Sam and Sue are____________. They attend classes together and love to work together on projects. Any __________________ that comes they grab it so they can work together. They plan to major in the same_____________ once they graduate from college. One day Sam was feeling sick and felt that he was coming down with the ______. He went to the Doctor's office and told the Doctor his body felt ______________ and he also felt ___________. Unfortunately Sam and Sue had a big project due in class that upcoming week. Sue had to work on her own on the project with you Sams help, but Sue understood because Sam was sick and couldn't work on his conditions.


Grammar:

Noun: A noun refers to a person, a place, or a thing. Look over the reading and see how many nouns you can come up with.