6 DANUBE: a description!

 

Enoncés complexes:

The man has small round black eyes, short curly brown hair,  a tiny nose, a big mouth and a big smile.

He is wearing a big purple and green tie, light brown trousers, a yellow shirt, big red glasses and black shoes.

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3 PURY: today's work

 

She says “I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South” because she was born in Louisiana which is a southern state.

She says “cotton fields” because her siblings and her parents were former slaves who worked in cotton fields.

She says “I was promoted to the washtub” because she first worked as a washerwoman.

She says “I was promoted to the cook kitchen” because she then worked in a kitchen.

She says « I promoted myself…preparations » because she started a business selling hair and beauty products.

When she says “I was promoted” she uses the passive voice because she didn’t have a choice: she had to work as a washerwoman and as a house servant.

When she says “I promoted myself” she uses the active voice because she took control of her life starting her business.

 

Have a choice : avoir le choix

Take control : prendre le contrôle

Life: la vie

 

3 DAUDET: today's work

 

She says “of the South” because she was born there, in Louisiana where segregation was present after the Civil War.

She says “cotton fields” because her parents were former slaves who worked in cotton fields.

She says “I was promoted to the washtub” because first she worked as a washerwoman.

She says “I was promoted to the cook kitchen” because next she worked as a house servant.

 

6 DANUBE: practice!

Place les adjectifs au bon endroit dans la phrase. Attention à la place et à l’ordre!

My brother has a jacket. (blue – long)

My brother has a long blue jacket.

She has eyes. (green – round – small)

She has small round green eyes.

He is wearing a hat. (red – small)

He is wearing a small red hat.

I have a T-shirt. (white – large)

I have a large white T-shirt.

I can see a girl with hair. (curly – long – black)

I can see a girl with long curly black hair.

She is wearing a skirt. (brown – short)

She is wearing a short brown skirt.

She has a nose. (round - tiny)

She has a tiny round nose.

Elves have ears. (pointed – big)

Elves have big pointed ears.

She has hair. (dark – wavy – short)

She has short wavy dark hair.

The man has eyes. (round – blue – small)

The man has small round blue eyes.

You have a nose. (round – small)

You have a small round nose.

My sister is wearing a dress (red – short)

My sister is wearing a short red dress.

I have hair. (long – straight – ginger)

I have long straight ginger hair.

The clown has a mouth. ( red – huge)

The clown has a huge red mouth.   

 

Vocabulary:

Round: rond

Pointed: pointu

Tiny: minuscule

Huge: énorme

With: avec