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English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.

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Who is this woman ?

Today we spoke a little bit about super powers as a warm up, and here is what we said:

If I had a super power, I would like to fly because I love travelling. I would go to Japan.
If I were invisible, I would spy on girls.
If I could control time, I would steal money and I would go back in time. I would stop it to have more time to do my homework. I would wake up late every morning.



Then, after making sure you had no problems of vocabulary, we went on studying the last document of the sequence. Here it is:



You had to invent an identity to this woman and make some hypotheses on who she was, what she had suffered, and what she was about to do. Here is what we wrote:

Group 1: "She may be an immigrant. She may be Polish because on her passport there are an R and a P and the eagle which I think is the symbol of Poland.
According to me, she is destitute. She is wearing an old-fashioned traditional costume.
She may have tried to escape the attacks of WWII.
She may go to the U.S. She might prepare herself to sail
(to travel by boat) to the U.S.
"

Group 2:


* WHO IS THIS WOMAN ?

She may come from Poland because she is wearing old-fashioned clothes, and necklaces. With her head-scarf, she looks like a pirate. It may be the traditional costume of Eastern European Countries.
Moreover/Besides, there are an R and P on the passeport.
It may mean Republic of Poland.
I disagree, her passeport isn't written in Polish alphabet.


* WHAT HAPPENED ?

She may have been attacked in her country. Her mother may have died. She was too young to immigrate so she may have taken her mother's identity in order to enter the US.

* WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ?

She may take a boat/sail to Ellis Island.




GRAMMAR: Dont' forget ! If you have to describe a picture -- use present Be+ing to conjugate your verbs.
SPELLING: Don't forget the capital letter (majuscule) for country-related words (nouns AND adjectives).

HW: your test will take place next week, probably on Wednesday or Friday. Tomorrow, I will ask some of you to read the text with the correct pronunciation and accentuation. Get ready!
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R
<br /> WARM UP :<br /> <br /> If I had a super power, I would like to fly because I love travelling. I would go to Japan.<br /> If I were invisible, I would spy on girls.<br /> If I could control time, I would steal money and I would go back in time. I would stop it to have more time to do my homework. I would wake up late every morning.<br /> <br /> _______________<br /> <br /> <br /> * WHO IS THE WOMAN ?<br /> <br /> She may come from Poland because she is wearing old-fashioned clothes, and necklaces. With her head-scarf, she looks like a pirate. It may be the traditional costume of Eastern European<br /> Countries.<br /> Moreover/Besides, there are an R and P on the passeport.<br /> It may mean Republic of Poland.<br /> I disagree, her passeport isn't written in Polish alphabet.<br /> <br /> * WHAT HAPPENED ?<br /> <br /> She may have been attacked in her country. Her mother may have died. She was too yooung to immigrate so she may have taken her mother's identity in order to enter the US.<br /> <br /> * WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ?<br /> <br /> She may take a boat/sail to Ellis Island.<br /> <br /> <br />
E
<br /> Thanks Romane for the lesson.<br /> See you tomorrow.<br /> Take care,<br /> M. Hattais.<br /> <br /> <br />
K
<br /> Today we have describte a picture.We have invented a story at a women.<br /> She may be an immigrant.She may have been polish because on her passport these are an R and a P and the eagle which is the symbol of Poland.<br /> According to me, she is destitute she is wearing an old-fashoned traditional costume.<br /> She may have tried to escape the attacks of WW2.<br /> She may go to the U.S.She might prepare herself to sail(to travel by boat)to the U.S.<br /> P.S:The classe was cool!!<br /> <br /> <br />
E
<br /> Hey Kevin, thanks for the quick post.<br /> <br /> Be careful to your tenses. When you want to speak about the past = USE the PRETERIT. The class is PAST so say : "we described a picture" and "we invented a story for a woman".<br /> <br /> Thanks for the positive comment at the end ;)<br /> Take care,<br /> M. Hattais.<br /> <br /> <br />