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The 70th Bahasa Inggris class is on! We practice speaking English in a friendly, easy-going Zoom class so you can expand your vocabulary skills!

Topic: Zsolt Zsemba’s Zoom Meeting Time: Aug 23, 2025 09:00 AM WIB

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87020726329?pwd=3JvC1bkPSBAzYWQNOriLAfOJ6JzXmi.1

Meeting ID: 870 2072 6329
Passcode: 505811

Zoom Class Plan: Sentence Extension & Fill-in-the-Blanks

1. Warm-Up (5 minutes)

  • Quick icebreaker: Ask everyone to share a funny or unusual sentence about their morning.
    Example: “This morning, I accidentally put ___ in my coffee instead of sugar.” (students fill in with silly answers).

2. Sentence Extension Game (15 minutes)

  • Start with a short sentence on screen:
    “The cat jumped on the table.”
  • Each student adds one word or short phrase to extend it, taking turns.
    Example:
    • Student A: “The cat jumped on the table and knocked over…”
    • Student B: “…a glass of milk that splashed onto…”
    • Student C: “…my homework, which was already…”
  • Keep going until it becomes a wild, funny paragraph.
  • Highlight grammar points: connectors (and, but, because), descriptive adjectives, action verbs.

3. Fill-in-the-Blanks Challenge (15 minutes)

You share short stories or dialogues with blanks. Students guess the missing words.

Option A: Funny Story Blanks
“Yesterday I went to the market to buy ___, but instead I found a ___ wearing a ___.”

Option B: Real-Life Dialogues

  • Teacher: “Excuse me, where is the nearest ___?”
  • Student: “It’s next to the ___.”

Encourage multiple answers — both serious and silly.

4. Speed Round: Fast Blanks (10 minutes)

  • Share quick one-line sentences with missing words.
    Example:
    • “I like to eat ___ for breakfast.”
    • “The best movie I saw this year was ___.”
    • “If I had a million dollars, I would buy ___.”
  • Students type their answers in the chat for speed and fun.
  • Read out the funniest/most creative ones.

5. Creative Writing Wrap-Up

  • Students make a mini story using 3 sentences with at least 2 fill-in-the-blank prompts.
  • Example starter: “One night, I heard ___ outside my window. When I looked, I saw ___ holding a ___. I decided to ___.”
  • Each group shares their story.

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Zsolt Zsemba

Zsolt Zsemba has worn many different hats. He has been an entrepreneur, and businessman for over 30 years. Living abroad has given him many amazing experiences in life and also sparked his imagination for writing. After moving to Canada from Hungary at the age of 10 and working in a family business for a large part of his life. The switch from manufacturing to writing came surprisingly easily for him. His passion for writing began at age 12, mostly writing poetry and short stories. In 1999, the chance came to write scripts. Zsolt took some time off from his family business to write in Jakarta Indonesia for MD Entertainment. Having written dozens of soap operas and made for TV movies, in 2003 Zsolt returned to the family business once more. In 2018, he had the chance to head back to Asia once again. He took on the challenge to be the COO for MD Pictures and get back into the entertainment business. The entertainment business opened up the desire to write once more and the words began to flow onto the pages again. He decided to rewrite a book he began years ago. Organ House was reborn and is a fiction suspense novel while Scars is a young adult drama focused on life’s challenges. After the first two books, his desire to write not only became more challenging but enjoyable as well. After having several books completed he was convinced to publish them for your enjoyment. Zsolt does not tend to stay in one specific genre but tends to lean towards strong female leads and horror. Though he also has a few human interest books, he tends to write about whatever brews in his brain for a while.