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. 

Practice these terms before you interview

Captioned video for interview skills with Vietnamese sub-titles, accompanying the Oxford Picture Dictionary, page 174 (2nd ed) or page 185 (1st ed)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIsatjvZMlo (Jun 9, 2017. Length 04:28)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcrkjHbe3u4 (Jun 7, 2017. Length 3:48)

 

in Chinese, 1st edition:

in Chinese, 2nd edition

research on using Oxford preparation material

in French: AqhaCgAAQBAJ

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=AqhaCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=oxford+picture+dictionary+interview+french&hl=en&newbks=1&#v=onepage&q=oxford%20picture%20dictionary%20interview%20french&f=false

in Korean:

 

in Spanish: 

table of contents

https://books.google.com/books?id=dKlaCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA86&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

health fair: https://books.google.com/books?id=dKlaCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA122&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false

arts https://books.google.com/books?id=dKlaCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA123&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=snippet&q=arts&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=dKlaCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA86&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

in Vietnamese:

 

from these links

Terms and acronyms used in California’s education system

Be prepared for an issues essay by understanding these terms, some of which refer to controversial issues.

• https://edsource.org/glossary/multitrack-year-round-education-mtyre
• https://edsource.org/glossary/portfolio-assessment 
• https://edsource.org/glossary/pupil-teacher-ratio
• https://edsource.org/glossary/retention  pros&cons
  

from https://web.archive.org/web/20200812153331/https://edsource.org/glossary

Growing your roots (and prefixes and suffixes)

See also https://grosslearning.blogspot.com/p/root-power.html and exercises

The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition - NCELA produced this 5-page list of prefixes, roots, and suffixes (with examples) to open up 100,000+ words for you!  The link goes to a pdf that you can download or you can view these jpg images on this post.

Developed by Judith Wilde, PhD for Beta Group – Albuquerque, NM and Arlington, VA (rev 8/06). Reprinted by NCELA with permission. Multiple copies permitted for educational purposes and with this credit line.

Vocabulary games and study aids

Words from Focus 4
Unit#9 Kung Fu Battles AND Film Animator
Unit #6 Reading 1 AND Reading 2
Unit #5  Art Detectives

parts of speech using vocabulary and readings from Unit-1, Unit-2, & Unit-3
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/c6067750-eadc-4cba-a7ab-571c1299b4ab

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