RECAP on Mathilda’s interview :
Draft and vocabulary to write an article about Mathilda :
- Exchange program is very expensive
- Host family ----> kind. Host sister/host brother/host mom & dad.
She celebrated feasts & bank holidays (Thanksgiving, Xmas, wedding).
Went on a spiritual retreat in the mountains.
- Hobbies/activities : horse riding, worked on a farm (7$/hour), baby sitting for free, parties ---> homecoming dances, Prom, her farewell party, she visited CA, AR, New York, Missouri, Ohio
- Michigan ----> North Branch high school.
-->Tee shirt with the equestrian logo & the name of her host family written at the back (Wilcox).
--> Tee shirt with the American school football team ---> the Broncos ---> season’s matches at the back.
--> Graduation day (photo). 6 classes per day (same class every day at the same hour for one trimester).
She chose/took English, ceramics, American government, creative writing, painting, 2D-3D design, cinema analysis.
--> Fellow students (school mates) ---> very welcoming. But some students asked her strange/weird/bizarre/uniformed questions.
- She was amazed, elated, found of her experience, this experience was wonderful, awesome, enriching, outstanding.
USEFUL VOCABULARY TO WRITE A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON MATHILDA’s EXPERIENCE IN THE USA:
expensive = pricy/costly
Nice ----> kind/ friendly /welcoming/reliable/warm
Good ----> awesome / enriching / outstanding / wonderful
Happy ----> glad / elated / amazed / in wonders
Graduation day is the ceremony when you graduate
-> to graduate from high school = to obtain your diploma
-> on graduation day you wear a mortar board and a long gown
To be in touch with = keep contact with
To improve your English = to ameliorate
To speak with an American accent
To speak fluent English = speak English fluently = without stopping / looking for your words
A scholarship = a grant = a sum of money given to students to pay for tuition fees or daily expenses
A fellow student = a classmate = a peer
CIVILISATION :
the CREDIT SYSTEM IN THE USA (Wikipedia)
In high schools, where all courses are usually the same number of hours, often meeting every day, students earn one credit for a course that lasts all year, or a half credit per course per semester. This credit is formally known as a Carnegie Unit. After a typical four-year run, the student needs 24 to 28 credits to graduate (an average of 6 to 7 at any time). Some high schools have only three years of school because 9th grade is part of their middle schools, with 18 to 21 credits required.
HOMEWORK:
1- Learn voc
2- Write the news article on Mathilda
3- Finish VIDEO
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