Traçage des IP

Votre adresse IP est :

Blog Search

englishdaybyday-tag-1

About the Blog

Ce blog est à destination de tous les élèves qui souhaitent enrichir leur connaissance de la langue anglaise. Chaque jour, des cours nouveaux expliqués... (cliquez sur le drapeau de votre choix pour lire la suite dans la langue voulue)

My colleagues' blogs

Wednesday 16 december 2009 3 16 /12 /Dec /2009 14:02
- Posted in: 2009-2010 - Tale LV2
Hey,

today I first gave you your grades for the poems: congratulations to all of you for the good job you have accomplished. I will publish them on the blog as soon as I have scanned them.

Then, we moved on with the study of the text and here is what we said about the difficult situations Ana had to face:


  • Hardships / Ordeals (difficultés - obstacles - épreuves)
    Difficult situations:
    - She went through the Arizona desert.
    - She doesn’t have any ID. She an illegal alien. She is undocumented.

  • 1) She had to find money to pay the smuggler / coyote[i].
    • Helpful people: her sister gave her 1000 dollars.
    • Opponent: poverty in Mexico – find a reliable smuggler.
  • 2) She had to cross the border in dreadful conditions.
    => cf. verbs of difficult movement: Crawl – trudge – scrunch – [land]
    • Helpful people: the smuggler.
    • Opponent: border patrol – the climate.
  • 3) She had to find a job and earn money.
    • Helpful people: Christina, a teacher who employed her.
    • Opponent: immigration services.
  • 4) She had to hide from the police / border patrol.
  • 5) She had to climb the social ladder.
  • 6) She had to abandon her children.
    • Helpful people: her mother.
    • “Opponent”: she is far from her children and family; psychological problems.


    HW:
    - For Tuesday Jan. 5th: Complete the worksheet I gave you about the text.
    - For Wednesday Jan. 6th: Turn in the essay p. 31, Going Further, n°4.
    - For Jan. 20th: Turn in the type bac exercise I gave you.

Have a good holiday and Merry Christmas to you!
See you next year!
By English Prof
Enter comment - View the 2 comments
Home

Comments

Hardships / Ordeals (Difficultés-obstacles)
Difficult situations:
- She went to the Arizona desert
- She doesn’t have any ID
1) She had to find money to pay the smuggler/coyote[i].
• Helpful people: her sister gave her 1000 dollars.
• Opponent: poverty in Mexico – find a reliable smuggler
2) She had to cross the border in dreadful conditions. => Crawl – trudge – scrunch – land
• Helpful people: the smuggler
• Opponent: border patrol – the climate
3) She had to find a job and earn money.
• Helpful people: Christina, a teacher who employed her.
• Opponent: immigration services
4) She had to hide from the police / border patrol.
5) She had to climb the social ladder.
6) She had to abandon her children.
• Helpful people: her mother
• “Opponent”: far from her children and family psychological problems.
Comment number1 posted by Maxime on 22/12/2009 at 17h53
Thanks for the lesson Maxime.
I hope you're having great holidays and that Santa Claus will come and spoil you with gifts.
Take care,
M. Hattais.

PS: how come you uploaded the lesson for Alexandra ?
Reply from English Prof on 22/12/2009 at 19h53
I wrote the lesson for Claire and I saw that the lesson was not on the blog, so I sent it.

Maxime.
Comment number2 posted by Maxime on 02/01/2010 at 17h13
Thanks a bunch!!
Happy New Year to you and I'll see you on Tuesday.

Take care,
M. Hattais.
Reply from English Prof on 02/01/2010 at 17h15

Song of the moment

Abonnez-vous !

 

Contact

Grammar of the Week

Si l'auxiliaire WOULD (prétérit de WILL) est souvent utilisé ...

http://englishonline-reverso.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/18/rolls_royce.jpg
(cliquez sur l'image pour lire la suite de l'article...)

Latest Comments

 
Contact - Terms of Service - Earn Royalties - Report abuse - Most commented articles