English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.
Hi guys,
today was our last class before the holidays. We first worked on vocabulary and then on reading the police detective report about the murder case.
Here are the vocabulary words we worked on:
Vocabulary:
Mots transparents:
governor
stomach
senator
political
police
calendar
officer
radio
assistant
detective
candidate
papers
terrible
music...
Mots dérivés:
kindly
shortly
recently
disorder
himself
officer
political
faintly
Mots composés:
housekeeper
living room
bedroom
upstairs room
state senator
bathrobe
arrest warrant
trash bin (poubelle)
water glass
anything
stomach flu
Mots déduits du contexte:
spat: dispute
mend fences: arranger les choses
to rack someone's brain: se creuser la tête
stomach flu: maux d'estomac, gastro
kitchen sink: évier
pick up the mail: aller chercher le courrier
(to) jot: noter, prendre en notes
(to) be at odds: être en conflit
feud: querelle
Then you had to read the police report and tell me if you had chosen the same culprit or not and if you had had different arguments to justify your choice.
HW:
- vous devez connaître tous les nouveaux mots de vocabulaire présents dans vos textes (the dead governor + police report)
- Contrôles:
* 1er cours après les vacances: vocabulaire+ leçon
* 2ème cours: verbes irréguliers (toute la liste)
* 3ème cours: devoir de fin de séquence (compréhension écrite, expression écrite)