The characters in the story

Hi guys,

today we worked on understanding the text again.

You had to find some elements about the 3 characters (Jacob, the inspector, and the doctor).

Here is what you said:

Jacob was a Jewish immigrant from Russia. He wanted to escape the pogrom. He went to the USA to flee his country and to become free.

He wanted to have and practise his religion.

He was maybe in his 30's or 40's.

Jacob took two tests.

One test was the literacy test. The inspector didn't trust Jacob because he didn't speak good English and he limped (he was hurt).

One test was the medical test. It was Carl Travers who made him take the test.

He was kind. He was nice-looking; he had sandy hair. He wanted to help.

Conclusion:

The doctor was nice whereas the inspector had a negative behaviour / attitude. 

Vocab:

- Jewish / (to) escape / pogrom / (to) flee / (to) practise / in his 30's / literacy test / (to) trust / (to) limp / (to) hurt / kind / nice-looking / sandy / behaviour

__________________

Homework:

- contrôle de verbes irréguliers.

- leçon à réviser (sur internet car pas encore écrite dans les cahiers).

- texte à relire. Chercher le vocabulaire qui pose encore problème. 

- Connaître les éléments du texte qui font référence à la peur ou à la douleur (= comment les sentiments de Jacob sont exprimés).

- Anticiper le devoir de fin de séquence qui aura lieu la semaine prochaine, mercredi ou vendredi (= relire ses cours, faire ses fiches de vocabulaire, ...).