Seconde 09

This is where you will find information about our classes.


January 15, 2013

No class on Friday, January 18th. (Pas de classe le vendredi 18 janvier.) 

A lundi le 21!!! Bring your books! 

December 14, 2012

Next week: Monday: Finish Texas (Emily will be absent.)
Tuesday: review for those not going to the theater.

Friday: Texas test


December 14, 2012

How would you spend your time if you lived in Texas?

If I lived in Texas, I would attend football games on Friday nights, eat Tex-Mex food, and visit places like NASA and the Alamo, where Davy Crockett died in battle.  I would go to Amarillo and see the Cadillac Ranch, where eccentric Texan Stanley Marsh 3 has buried ten cars in the ground.

Where would you want to live if you were to move to Texas?

If I were to move to Texas, I would want to live in Austin, because it is a young, vibrant city with a lot of Fortune 500 companies. Businesses like Dell have their headquarters there.

I would want to live in Houston because I am interested in the Space Program. I would go visit Mission Control Center for fun. I would support the Houston Astros, the professional baseball team. 

I would want to live in Dallas, because that is where the famous TV series was based. It is a mecca for shopping and dining. I would be a fan of the Dallas Mavericks, the professional basketball team.

I would want to live in San Antonio because I love basketball, and the San Antonio Spurs have won the National Basketball Championships four times. They are a strong team. I also love the arts and there are 25 art museums there.

Can you explain Texas cities’ sizes?

The cities are ranked in order of population like this: Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and Austin.

Houston	San Antonio	Dallas	Austin
2.1 million people	1.3 million people	1.2 million people	820,000 people

Houston is the biggest city; Austin is the smallest.

San Antonio is larger than Austin, but smaller than Houston.

San Antonio falls between Houston and Austin in size.

Dallas is slightly smaller than San Antonio.

Houston is about two and a half times the size of Austin, population-wise.

Paris has 2.2 million people, so it is similar in size to Houston.

November 29, 2012

I did NOT include the future tense on your test. We will have a test on that later. It was too much.
We will not have class on Tuesday, December 4th, 2012. I have a meeting to attend.

November 22, 2012

Your next test will be Friday, Nov. 30. The subjects: technology, future tense, and a small part about Thanksgiving.  
 
November 14, 2012

Technology Questions

1.      People were happier when computers and television did not exist.

2.      Children under 16 should not have cell phones.

3.      You learn more on the Internet than you do in class.

4.      Cell phones should not be allowed in class.

5.      Because of the Internet and television, people don't talk to each other anymore.

6.      Parents should not let their teens have personal computers in their rooms.

October 22, 2012

These are great grammar quizzes!

http://a4esl.org/a/g.html

October 11, 2012

GRAMMAR TEST on Friday, October 19: present, present be + ing, past (preterit), preterite be + ing, present perfect, present perfect be + ing, since vs. for and irregular verbs.


October 8, 2012

chores
to complain, a complaint
consequences

an IT expert

to go viral

poll

scrutiny

rant

to be grounded

to overreact

hindsight

Yahoo

Hannah Marie was angry with her parents. She said she had too many chores. She wrote an angry letter about her parents and posted it on her Facebook page. Her father, an IT expert, saw the letter. He was furious! He made a video. In the video, he shot her laptop nine times! He posted his video to her Facebook page. The video went viral. So far, 34 million people have seen the video.

We have an expression, "Two wrongs don't make a right."

September 23, 2012


TEST ON MONDAY (exam lundi, 1 octobre)

Subject/sujet: Food, vocabulary

Oral reports begin Thursday, October 4 (exposés le 4 octobre)

Grammar review:

Here are the verbs to study:

Irregular Verbs

Base Verbale	Préterit	Participe Passé	Traduction
be	was, were	been	être
begin	began	begun	commencer
break	broke	broken	casser
bring	brought	brought	apporter
buy	bought	bought	acheter
catch	caught	caught	attraper
choose	chose	chosen	choisir
drink	drank	drunk	boire
eat	ate	eaten	manger
find	found	found	trouver
forget	forgot	forgotten	oublier
go	went	gone	aller
have	had	had	avoir
know	knew	known	savoir, connaitre
learn	learnt (learned = US)	learnt (learned = US)	apprendre
leave	left	left	partir, quitter
lose	lost	lost	perdre
make	made	made	faire, fabriquer
meet	met	met	recontrer
say	said	said	dire
see	saw	seen	voir
sell	sold	sold	vendre
show	showed	shown	montrer
sleep	slept	slept	dormir
spend	spent	spent	passer, dépenser
take	took	taken	prendre
teach	taught	taught	enseigner
tell	told	told	dire, raconter
understand	understood	understood	comprendre
win	won	won	gagner
write	wrote	written	écrire

 



September 13, 2012
September 13, 2012

Oral Reports: “Texas”

Please choose a topic related to Texas for your oral report. Be creative! Teach us something useful about your subject. Please don’t simply read to us. There should be some form of visual support (computer presentation, poster, etc.) Check your USB key in advance to be sure your software works at school.

Suggestions:

• ·         One of the major cities (Dallas, Houston, Austin or San Antonio)
• ·         A lesser-known city or town like College Station, Lubbock, LaGrange, Cut n Shoot, etc.
• ·         A person such as one of the former presidents from Texas (George Bush senior, George W Bush, Lyndon Johnson), a famous actor or singer, or a person in history like Davy Crockett
• ·         A food that comes from Texas (Old El Paso Mexican food, Lays Potato Chips)
• ·         A product that comes from Texas (Texas Instruments)
• ·         A sports team (Dallas Cowboys, San Antonio Spurs)
• ·         A famous athlete

Reports must be about three minutes (not much more, please!) and you will be graded on the following:

• ·         Content
• ·         Grammar
• ·         Pronunciation
• ·         Knowledge about the subject matter
• ·         Presentation (time and attention given to what you present)

Additional information:

·         If you have questions about pronunciation, don’t hesitate to ask me or you can check www.dictionary.com and click on the speaker symbol.

·         Please give me a small sheet of paper with your name, class and topic as soon as possible.

·         Reports will begin the week of Monday, October 1. Volunteers may go first; otherwise, we will go in alphabetical order.