Hi,

today you had to correct your tests (both the test about the lesson and the letter).

You will turn in your final letters next time to improve your grade.

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Homework:

- finir la fiche remise ce jour (lettre de correction dont il faut conjuguer les verbes).

- Surligner le vocabulaire de cette fiche (lié à la douleur et/ou à la peur) et actualiser son carnet de vocabulaire en y mettant la traduction.

- corriger et rendre votre lettre au propre en tenant compte des remarques et des demandes de correction. Pour ceux ne m'ayant rien rendu, vous devrez me rendre votre lettre sans quoi vous écoperez d'une zéro.

Hi guys,

today after an epic beginning, you finally managed to make something out of this class.

We corrected and wrote the correction for Jacob's speech in your copybooks.

Then we started the last activity about this text = identify the portrait and attitudes of the characters and imagine the reasons for their behaviours.

You had to fill in a worksheet. You can download it again below:

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Homework:

- finir de remplir la fiche en étant capable de parler des 3 personnages mentionnés. Préparez des phrases personnelles. Soyez capables de citer les passages dans le texte qui justifient vos choix. N'oubliez de surligner les mots de vocabulaire liés à la peine (douleur = "pain") et à la peur ("fear") dans le texte. Reportez ces mots ou expressions dans la colonne prévue dans votre fiche de travail.

Hi guys,

today we finished talking about Helen's diary and I explained the letter you'll have to write for Tuesday.

Then we continued the lesson with a final text about Jacob. You did understand lots of things in the first part. Congratulations!

We didn't have time to write everything down but here are some useful notes to remember for next time:

Who? = An inspector at the checkpoint (for the literacy test)

             Jacob: an immigrant from Russia. He was shot and hurt in the leg. So now he limps. He is worried / scared / frightened of the medical test.

                      Physical distress: "he began to sweat"

                      Mental distress: "Oh God", he thought, "Don't send me back" / "he was a wreck"

            Les traces de son passé: the Cossack's bullet.

All the verbs in the preterite have been underlined. You need to add the irregular verbs to your list.

Vocab:

checkpoint / literacy test / medical test / (to) limp / worried / scared / frightened / sweat / (to) be a wreck / bullet / (to) obey / (to) ache / (to) mark

Download a copy of the text here again.

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Homework:

- contrôle de verbes irréguliers (les 20 1ers de la liste et tous les verbes de la leçon).

- contrôle de connaissance de la leçon depuis Ellis Island = Ellis Island + The diary of an immigrant + Analysis

Hi guys,

today we studied and wrote a lesson about some pages from an immigrant's diary.

Here is what we said:

The Diary of an immigrant from Poland

In her diary, the narrator speaks about her journey and arrival at Ellis Island and New York City.

She speaks about her feelings, the good and the bad things that happened to her.

Negative things:
- When she said goodbye and separated from her family, she was sad.
- On the boat, it was difficult. She lived and slept in horrid conditions.

Positive things:
- But she was happy to be together with people with the same goal.
- She was exited to be free and she wanted to start a new life.
- When she arrived at Ellis Island, she was delighted.

Vocab:

a diary / a journey / the arrival / a feeling / (to) feel / (to) happen / horrid / awful / the same / exited / delighted

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Homework:

- apprendre la leçon.

- pensez à apprendre 10 verbes irréguliers supplémentaires pour le contrôle de vendredi prochain.

Hi guys,

today we first did a recap of what we said about Jacob's story last time and then we continued talking about him, trying to imagine what may happen to him. Here is what we said:

What happened to Jacob after he escaped? What was his story after he ran away from his village?

-> He fled and rode a horse to join another village. Someone helped him to organize his trip to the USA.

Eventually, we watched and listened to a document about Ellis Island.

You can watch it again here:

Here is what we said about it:

It was a place in the harbour of NYC (near Liberty Island) where immigrants arrived.

They took literacy and medical tests: if they didn't know how to write, read, and speak English, they were deported.

If they didn't have money, they were not accepted.

If they were communists, they had to go back to their home countries.

If they committed a crime, they were deported too.

Vocab:

(to) happen / (to) escape / (to) run away / (to) flee / (to) ride a horse / (to) help / a harbour / literacy and medical tests / home country / (to) commit a crime / (to) be deported

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Homework:

- contrôle de leçon et vocabulaire depuis 3 séances. (mardi)

- contrôle de verbe irréguliers (mercredi) = apprendre tous les verbes utilisés dans le cours et les 10 premiers verbes de la liste à la fin de votre livre. Vous devrez connaître les 4 colonnes (infinitif / preterite / past participle / translation) pour chaque verbe. Attention, vous devrez connaître également le sens des verbes dits "réguliers" utilisés dans la leçon. 

- A noter: à partir de la semaine prochaine, vous aurez, pour tous les vendredi, 10 verbes irréguliers à apprendre en plus de ceux présents dans le cours (soit 40 par mois en plus du cours, ce y compris pendant les vacances).