Seconde 2 – Our Virtual Notebook
SELF-INTRODUCING ACROSTICS
Basics QUALITIES: FLAWS:
Awareness honest, cheerful, loyal selfish, jealous, shy, lazy
Concentration hardworking, brave, clever clumsy, messy/untidy
Knowledge brave, energetic, friendly talkative, proud, boring
Trust yourself thoughtful, helpful, joyful, undecided, conceited, Overcome optimistic, kind, reliable absent-minded, forgetful
difficulties respectful, open-minded, unfaithful, bossy, sad
Speak ambitious, generous, pretty ugly, biased, whimsical
Collaborate handsome, quiet, popular eccentric, contemptuous,
Have fun elegant, charming, curious moody, narrow-minded
Organize demanding, humble, sporty impulsive, aggressive,
Open up entertaining, organized, impatient, intolerant
LEARN self-confident, responsible …
IDENTITY: First Name (pré-nom)/ Surname
1st
BIRTH: I was born IN (London, August, summer, 1990)
ON (date) On August, 1st –first 2nd –second 3rd –third 4th , 5th fifth…
AGE: I AM 15 fifteen years old ( a TEENager: from 13 to 19 y.o.) =/= fifty (50 – the fifties ‘50s)
FAMILY: I have got …sisters and …brothers/no brother or sister = I’m an only child
a step-sister (with no blood connection) and a half-brother (if you share one parent)
PERSONALITY: see qualities and flaws above.
TASTES/HOBBIES: Like / don’t like / Love (see synonyms below) I like BV-ING.
NOT TO LIKE
Hate
Can't stand
Can't bear not to like sth very much
Not to like sth at all I don't care about
From LIKE to LOVE
I don't mind Enjoy be keen on
be interested in be mad/nuts..for
take pleasure in be crazy about be addicted to
be fond of can't live without
Example:
My neighbour's name is Melissa. She comes from Australia. She was born in Sidney on September, 12th 1996 / the 12th September. She enjoys horse-riding. She doesn't like working very much so we can say she is rather lazy. She has got two brothers but no pet. One of her brothers enjoys hanging out with his friends and he is too talkative .
Hello ! I'm 15 years old. I live in Pluméliau. I've got a brother, a step-sister and a half-brother. I’m crazy about music, I can play the guitar and the piano, I listen to music every day/ all day long. I enjoy hanging out with friends and laughing. I love animals, I've got a cat. And I love shopping.
I am 15 years old. I have a brother whose name is Antoine and he is 18 years old. My mother’s name is Mary and my father is called Christopher. I don't have pets. I am crazy about Basket-Ball, I play in a club. I am from Brittany and live in st caradec. I am your French pen friend. I hope you will enjoy your time with us.
I enjoy swimming and I am keen on going out with friends. I’m interested in cars and motorbikes.
I enjoy being with my friends and also my family. I'm crazy about watching movies particularly American movies and TV series (sitcoms). I sometimes jog and while jogging I appreciate listening to music. I played tennis for 4 years (si je ne joue plus) I have played tennis for 4 years (si je joue encore).
My parents are farmers, their names are Alexander and Monica, they are 49 years old. I have got three dogs and other animals like cows... My favourite hobbies are rugby and video games. I’m keen on sports in general and I sail with my family.
My birthday is on the 21st of April and I was born in 1997. I'm fond of travelling. I would like to go to the U.S.A, Australia, ...
What I like to do : I dance Zumba a lot and I am fond oflistening to music.
I'm interested in listening to music and playing the bagpipe.
My Email address is but I don't check my messages every day.
DEFINE YOUR CHARACTER
Whose: Someone who humor is bad is a bad-tempered person.
Which:A leash is the object which is used to walk a dog.
That:A wig is something that a hairdresser used to make you hair different.
Where:The beach is where you go to have a sunbath
sunbathe
When: 6.00 a.m. Is when I wake up.
Why: Learning is the reason why you have to go to school
How: A look is how a person* gets dressed, their style.
*a person/2 people 1foot/2feet 1child/2children 1man/2men…pluriels irréguliers
A reliable person is someone you can trust.
When you are amazing, you are a special character and people admire you.
If you are organized, you try and settle everything in the right place to keep your room tidy.
Being clumsy means that you fall or drop objects very often. You are unsure of your gestures.
Energetic someone whose motions and actions make people react. They are very lively.
Impatient people can't stand waiting/having to wait.
IF YOU WERE…A CHINESE PORTRAIT.
-If I were a famous character, I would be Orelsan because I find his songs’ lyrics very (=quite) well/written.
-If I were an animal, I would be a bird on account of their freedom.
-If I were a neighborhood, I would choose to be Manhattan because it is wonderful and lively place.
-If I were a means of transport, I would be a bicycle because it is ecological/eco-friendly.
-If I were a season, I would be summer because I am keen on relaxing and having fun with friends.
If I were = prétérit modal (On utilise "were" à toutes les personnes)
Prétérit (action datée, révolue, terminée)
MODAL (non survenu)
Le prétérit modal est donc le temps de l’irréel:
soit non encore réalisé / soit irréalisable, impossible.
Usages du prétérit modal:
1)- I'd rather you went to bed early to night. Je préfèrerais que…
2)- I wish I were older, I wouldn’t need/have to go to school anymore.
si seulement…/je regretted que …pas
3)-If (only) I won the lottery ! si seulement…
4)- It's (high) time you took a decision. Il est (grand)temps que…
5)- As if she know everything ! comme si…
6)- Imagine/Suppose you lost on an island, what would you bring along?
Imaginons supposons que…
PPS pron perso sujet / PPComplément / Adj Possessif / Pronom PossI / ME / MY / MINE
YOU / YOU / YOUR / YOURS
HE/SHE/IT / HIM/HER/IT / HIS/HER/ITS / HIS/HERS/ -
WE / US / OUR / OURS
YOU / YOU / YOUR / YOURS
THEY / THEM / THEIR / THEIRS
JE MOI MON, MA, MES LE MIEN/LA/LES…
Examples:
-What colour is his sweater?
His sweater is grey
-What about him? Et lui
His sweater is black
- What about yours? Et les votres
Our sweater are navy blue
Mine is black
Workshop 1 – Welcome to Grade 10!
Have you got brothers and sisters ?/ How many brothers and sisters have you got ?
Can you play an instrument ?
Where were you born?
What is your favorite dessert ? /Do you like death by chocolate?
Do/can you speak German? /What foreign languages do you study ?
What colour is your bike ?
Do you collect anything?
Are you right-handed *? *blue-eyed – blond-haired
Did you go abroad this summer ?
Have you ever been abroad ?
I can play the piano = So can I
≠ I can’t
wow, can you ?
Un étranger (you don’t know) STRANGER
≠ Un étranger (from another country) FOREIGNER
≠ Étranger (adj.) FOREIGN
≠ L’étranger ABROAD
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES
I use my mobile/cellphone to both call my friends and send SMS/text them.
I also* surf the web in order to find translations for my English homework, to match video.
* I surf the web too
I use it as a/my camera too and to listen to music.
It is all-in one: a phone, a camera , a music player , a computer.
I often play games on it, when I am bored.
I can’t live without my phone.
I keep it on day on night.
I use it several times a day
-ant :boring, exciting, shocking, interesting
=/=
-é: bored, excited, shocked, interested
S.M.S Short Message System
To dial = (type the numbers)
Keyboard =Clavier
Photography=art photograph = picture photographer = artist
DEVICES
Computer:PC/Mac desktop laptop
Mobile phone /Cellphone Television a TV-Set
I-Pod – Mp3 player The internet : www. WorldWide Web
Social Network : Facebook, twitter… Spiderweb
Office files Video Games.
Questions: What do you own / use? How often/longdo you use them? What for? Which one is your favourite device?Why?
I often use my computer at least once a day for half an hour. I use my cell phone all day long to keep in touch with my friends by sending text messages. I also use textspeak*² not too lose too much time. I play video games twice a day* and I usually spend an hour on my games. My favourite games are war games. I surf the web on social networks three times a day because I’m fond of the possibility it gives to meet and chat with friends all around the world. I’m not allowed to log on my facebook account during the week because my parents want*° me to do my homework first.
* once: 1x a day, a week, a fortnight, a month…
twice: 2x
three, four…times: 3, 4, …x
*² examples: CUL8tR: see you later
BRB: Be right back
ASAP: As Soon As Possible
*° Sujet + WANT + someone (PPC) + TO + Base Verbale (Action)
Les adverbes de fréquence se trouvent le plus souvent devant le verbe
I always do my homework on time.
Anne doesn't usually smoke.
Sauf quand il s’agit de BE: ils se placent après.
I am never late.
They were always noisy.
Ou used to /have to qui font office de verbes
I always used to celebrate bonfire night.
I usually have to get up early to walk my dog.
Les adverbes de fréquence often, usually, sometimes et occasionally peuvent exceptionnellement se placer en début de phrase:
Usually I don't give personal advice. = I don't usually give personal advice.
Occasionally we go for a drive on a Sunday. = We occasionally go for a drive on a Sunday.
Si quelque chose arrive régulièrement à date fixe on peut utiliser les formules suivantes comme adverbes
Mais ils se placent après:
I get a newspaper every day. = I get the newspaper daily.
I pay my rent every month. = I pay my rent monthly.
World of Warcraft: it is an online game
MMORPG: massive multiplayer online roleplay game
it consists in a quest, a scavenger hunt, which players have to complete.There are plenty of missions, options are illimited. Each player creates his own persona ( or avatar) and customizes it. There are levels to achieve until the twentieth. From then on, you have to pay to play.
FIVE CLUES indices THAT YOU ARE ADDICTED TO FACEBOOKText 1
One day recently -ment, Cynthia Newton's 12-year-old daughter asked her for help with homework, but Newton didn't want to help her, because she was too busy on Facebook. So her daughter went upstairs to her room and sent an e-mail asking her for help, but Newton didn't see the e-mail, because, well, she was too busy occupée affairée business = affaires on Facebook.
The problem exists when a Facebook user crosses the line from social networking into social dysfunction.
"I'm an addict. I just get lost in Facebook," Newton said. "My daughter gets so PO'd Pissed Off (very angry) Politically Correct language at me, and really it is kind of pathetic. It's not something I'm particularly proud (Fière) Pride (n) of. I just get so sucked in =absorbed."
Newton (that's not her real name; she's embarrassed = ashamed by her Facebook use and requested = asked for anonymity) says she spends about 20 hours a week on the social networking site, half the time for work - she runs an online business - and half just for fun. She's tried to cut down on = reduce, limit her Facebook use but failed = didn’t succeed.
"I can go a whole = an entire day without Facebook," she said. "But I've never made it through an entire weekend."
Although = even if/ even though there are no statistics on "Facebook addiction" - it isn't an actual = reel, véritable medical diagnosis - therapists say they're seeing more and more people like Newton who've = have crossed the line from social networking to social dysfunction.
"Last Friday, I had three clients in my office with Facebook problems," said Paula Pile, a marriage and family therapist in Greensboro, North Carolina. "It's turned into a compulsion = necessity, obligation - a compulsion to dissociate from your real world and go live in the Facebook world."
So how do you know when your Facebook use has turned into a compulsion? You can take Pile's "Facebook Compulsion Inventory" to find out. Pile and the other therapists interviewed for this article were quick to say that Facebook itself isn't the problem and that the vast majority of its 200 million users probably function just fine.
"I'm on it myself," Pile said. "My daughter just got married, and I got great happiness posting her wedding pictures for all my friends to see."
She says problems arise = appear when users ignore family and work obligations because they find the Facebook world a more enjoyable place to spend time than the real world. Newton says she checks Facebook first thing when she wakes up, and then she checks her Facebook page as many as seven times while at work, and then she'll check Facebook again when she gets home and one more time before she goes to sleep. If you've been keeping count, that's about 10 times a day. A single = célibataire parent, Newton includes "Facebook flirting" with men and meeting up with old schoolmates among her favorite activities.
"One old friend told me he had a huge =enormous, gigantic crush = béguin, amourette on me in kindergarten = maternelle, and it tore = to tear tore torn déchirer him apart when we weren't put in the same class in first grade," she said. "When I read that, it was like, wow. I blushed at my computer. I had no idea I was so important to him. It felt very real and warm and dear."