All About Amy
This Massachusetts women’s college, part of the Seven Sisters, will always be Amy’s alma mater.
What is Smith College?
This French greeting can mean both “hello” and “good day.”
What is “Bonjour”?
If Amy wants to travel from Paris to London quickly, she might take this undersea train.
What is the Eurostar?
Amy might explain that these three words—“there,” “their,” and “they’re”—are examples of this grammar concept.
What are homophones?
Despite the growing craze for pickleball, this sport remains Amy’s true court-side love.
What is tennis?
While at Smith College, Amy majored in this field focused on the study of cities and communities.
What is Urban Studies?
In France, if you want a coffee with milk, you’d order this.
What is “Café au lait”?
To get from Paris to Marseille in just three hours, she might hop on this type of high-speed train.
What is the TGV?
When teaching sentence structure, Amy might say that a sentence needs at least a subject and this.
What is a predicate?
Amy is moving to Europe to teach this subject.
What is English?
Before Massachusetts, Amy called this U.S. state—home to the Blue Ridge Mountains—her home.
What is Virginia?
This flaky pastry’s name literally means “crescent” in French.
What is a croissant?
This budget airline is popular in Europe for quick trips but often charges extra for baggage.
What is Ryanair?
In English, these punctuation marks often come in pairs and can be curly or straight.
What are quotation marks?
This French holiday, celebrated on July 14, commemorates the storming of a Paris fortress-prison in 1789.
What is Bastille Day?
In college, Amy played this sport known for scrums and tries, not touchdowns or goals.
What is rugby?
In French, this word means “thank you,” and adding “beaucoup” makes it “thanks a lot.”
What is “merci”?
Packing light is key, especially if you want to travel with just this type of carry-on item that fits under a plane seat.
What is a personal item or backpack?
Amy might assign a poem by this 19th-century British author known for “Ode to a Nightingale” and “Bright Star.”
Who is John Keats?
Outside the classroom, Amy enjoys scaling indoor walls and cliff faces in this adventurous sport.
What is rock climbing?
At the DiscoveryLab, Amy’s creativity shone when she guided others in crafting these lively stage-ready characters.
What are puppets?
The phrase “je ne sais quoi” literally translates to this English expression.
What is “I don’t know what”?
This long-distance walking trail through Spain and France ends at Santiago de Compostela.
What is the Camino de Santiago?
This part of speech describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, often ending in “-ly.”
What is an adverb?
This French phrase, often used when wishing someone a pleasant trip, is exactly what we might say to Amy as she starts her journey.
What is “Bon voyage”?