Hello everyone,

Here are our last lessons:

Thursday, December 8th: LISTENING : ELLIS ISLAND TODAY

HOMEWORK: learn the information from the document.

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Friday, December 9th:

Become a guide at Ellis Island immigration museum

Pairwork: choose a place in Ellis Island. Present it to tourists.

1. The passage  2. The arrival  3. The baggage room  4. The stairs to the registry room + The Great Hall

5. The registry room  6. The medical exam  7. The legal inspection  8. The detainees 9. The stairs of separation 10. The kissing post

-> Then, you were touristic guides and you presented the place you chose to the class.

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Group work: Monday, 12th or Tuesday, 13th: GRAMMAR:

Grammar: structures in the preterit

1.Exprimer l’obligation au preterit:

Ex: I had to move to the U.S.A.

   S + “had to”+ BV + Complément

                             C’est “have to” au preterit.

2.Exprimer la nécessité/le besoin au preterit:

Ex: I needed to have money               / I needed money.

     S + need + ed + to + BV + compl. / S + need + ed + nom.

3.Exprimer l’impossibilité au preterit:

Ex: I couldn’t afford the trip to the U.S.A.

     S+ could + not + BV + complement.

                                  “could”, c’est “can” au preterit.

Exercise 1: Re-organize the words:

a)          food – to – I – needed – for – buy – my – family.

b)          Jersey – pay – she – to – for – New – had – the – ticket – to

c)           brother – because – my – couldn’t – he – eat – money – have – didn’t – any

Exercise 2: Translate:

a)          Je ne pouvais pas voir ma famille car je devais rester dans l’hôpital de l’île. J’avais besoin de guérir (recover)

HOMEWORK : 16/12/16 : learn the grammar lesson.