Don't Mess with Texas! Dame la Basura!

Reading for understanding AND fun.

Listen to my "trashy" Texas playlist while you read this Smithsonian article to practice reading for understanding AND reading for enjoyment.

Read titles and captions under photos first. Read each saying on the "Don't mess with Texas" trash cans at the Texas capitol building in Austin, TX .

Compose your own vocabulary list, starting with
- Seemingly - seems like;
- Myriad - many

- Lone Star state 1848 - Remember the Alamo

Explore more vocabulary and songs about and from Texas.

- campaign - land where you fight

- images: Cactus coyote (either two or three syllables, depending on whether you are from Texas or anywhere else) more on: Cactus coyote

- alma mater - Latin for the mother - the place where I went to college

- Elicit and incite - both cause a reaction (in+ prefix strong reaction)

- Abu Dhabi is the country's capital city.

Pronunciation: early / purple; Texas /tex.is/, slogan, Gigantic (soft g then a hard g)

Jeff Austin III (the third), neighborhood /nay.bor.hood/

He lives at home. vs. He has many lives. The “i” has a different pronunciation, depending on if “lives” is a noun or a verb.

CULTURE:

GRAMMAR

Present perfect tense.

I was in Texas in 1993. I have been living there for 20 years.

I have gone to many cities in Texas. I went to many cities in the 1990s.

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Songs: Johnny Lee sings "You've Never Been to Texas" - a lot of good words! Cactus, coyote (either two or three syllables, depending on whether you are from Texas or anywhere else)

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