Friday, December 7, 2012

Today in class, LV 50.1


Turn in diaries

1.  Roll call: What is your worst habit?
2.  Grammar Lesson: Compound Tenses (French equivalents accessible here)
  • Present progressive
  • Present perfect
  • Past perfect
  • Future perfect
  • Conditional perfect

Compound tenses in English

Name
French
English
Preterite
(simple past)
J’ai pris
Je pris

I took
Present perfect
« déjà »
J’ai pris
I have taken
Past perfect
J’avais pris
I had taken
Conditional perfect
J’aurais pris
I would have taken
Future Perfect
j'aurai pris

I will have taken
























3.  Book reports
4.  Presentations: sports
5.  Writing exercise (write your own points and be ready to debate in class): Do violent video games and movies negatively affect the people who play them?  Should they be classified differently, or do they share equal blame?  To what extent should the law intervene?
Second question: Should this have been published?
For another point of view: an interview with a man who DID jump down onto the subway tracks and save someone else.


Reminder: next week (December 14) you will come to class.  At the end of that class, the online assignment will be posted - due December 21.  You are not required to physically come to class on December 21.

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