Session 20

 9th February 2022

cloudy, chilly 

Wednesday 

Biographies - writing 

to get married = a se casatori 

to marry (ed) to = a se casatori cu ...

to sing - sang - sung = a canta cu vocea 

 to play (ed) the ...= a canta la ...

https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary/celebrities-famous-people/guided-writing-writing-biography-helen-keller/109890

deaf = surd 

 blind = orb 

to earn (ed) = a castiga prin munca 

lecturer = lector ( profesor universitar)

childhood = copilarie

illness = boala

ill = bolnav 

to found (ed) = a fonda / a pune bazele 

achievement = realizare 

Helen Keller was born on 27th June eighteen eighty in Alabama, in the USA. She was famous because she was the first deaf- blind person who earned the title of Bachelor in Arts degree. 

She was an author, a political activist and a lecturer. 

At nineteen months old an illness left her deaf and blind. Beginning with March eighteen eighty-seven Anne Sullivan taught Helen to communicate by spelling words. 

In her life she was an advocate for people with disabilities and founded the Keller International Organization . She also published several books and articles , including her autobiography in nineteen oh three/ one thousand nine hundred and three. 

She died in Connecticut , on June 1st , in nineteen sixty-eight when she was eighty-seven . 

1876 = eighteen seventy-six 

2005 = two thousand and five 

1804= eighteen oh four 

TADDDDAAAAAMMMMMM

AFFIRMATIV

the girl started to rise from her chair.

zOMBI STYLE . 
You have a good family.

You had a good family .
there are classical,modern and commercial schools.

There were classical...? 

Alice it's a movie star.

Alice was a movie star. 

He might think you're a thief.

He thought you were a thief .
We can go out and walk around.

We could go out and walk around .
Give me some information.

You gave me some information.
He heard the birds sining.

He heard the birds singing .

HOMEWORK 

NEGATIV

The girl didn't rise from her chair.

The girl didn't stand up from her chair . 
He didn't have a good family.

:)

They didn't have a commercial schools.

..school. :)
Alice didn't a movie star.

Alice wasn't ...
He didn't a thief.

He wasn't a thief .
We don't go out to walk around.

We didn't ...
He didn't give me infomation.

:)
He did not hear the birds sining.

...singing . 

You didn't rise from the chair

You didn't stand up ...
INTEROGATIV
You have a good family?

Did you ...?
Are they commercial and modern schools?

Were they coomercial schools ? 

Is Alice still a super star?

Was Alice ...?
Did you catch the thief?

:)
Can we go out for a walk?

Could we ...?

Did she give you useful information?

:)
You guys heard the birds sining?

Did you guys hear the birds singing ?
Did you rise from the chair?

Did you stand up ..? 

1950s ....