Planning a Wedding

Planning a Wedding

While getting engaged and planning a wedding is lots of fun, it is also very stressful. I began planning my wedding in January 2015 and got married in July 2016. It was 18 months of decision making... Something I am not very good at doing. The planning started with trying to figure out the season that we wanted to get married. While we both love the fall, being a teacher made it a bit difficult, so we decided that the summer would be the best time. Once we made that decision we had to find a venue. Having two large families, we needed to find a place that would hold up to 300 people! After many weekends of exploration, we found our place. Once that decision was made, I (being the bride) had to choose a theme. Did I want bright colors? Did I want bold colors? Did I want pastels? This was just the beginning. Well, after much thought went into it, I decided on blush pink and gold. This decision led to bridesmaid dresses, decorations, invitations, seating charts, favors, and the list goes on and on. Once we picked our setting and figured out our theme, we needed to search for vendors. We researched DJ companies, photographers, videographers, limousine companies, florists, places for invitations, etc. After many months of planning and decision-making, I can honestly say, it was all worth it. Our wedding day was better than I ever imagined!

 

Vocabulary:

• venue - the place where an event is held
• exploration - the act of looking into something
• pastel - a soft color
• bridesmaid - a female that is part of a wedding party
• setting - time and place of an event
• vendor - a person or place that sells a specific product or service
• research - to look into the facts about something

Exercise: Complete the word search by finding the vocabulary words.

Grammar Point: Different types of sentences include: statements, commands, interrogative sentences and exclamatory sentences. Statements and commands both require a period (.) at the end of the sentence. This is the most commonly used end mark. Interrogative sentences are questions and require a question mark (?) at the end of the sentence. Exclamatory sentences are sentences that show emotion and require an exclamation mark (!) at the end of the sentence.

Activity: Write 4 statements or commands, 4 interrogative sentences, and 4 exclamatory sentences.