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dinner time 2nde3
Today we've started working on "dinner time", an extract from desperate Housewives in which Andrew and Danielle complain about their meal. The conversation is quite tense and Rex doesn't help his wife but feels unconcerned... Homework: n°4 and 5 + translation....
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Zombie T.L.
Today we've worked on "Zombie" by the Cranberries and you've had to fill in the lyrics after having spotted the sound [ai] in the song. We've noticed that most of the words containing the sound [ai] refer to violence and death but one: child; thus we...
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DST T.L
Today we've gone on correcting your dst and we've tried to put all your answers in correct English after seeing what you had to answer ...Some of you really misunderstood the text but now seem to have understood what was implied ... Homework: spot some...
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No need to worry T.S
We've worked on the geneal understanding of the text and I've given you a nulber of facts concerning the US and the American culture (we've talked about the constitution, le bill of rights, the frontier , two famous lobbies concerning guns...) Homework:...
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Ad for tourism in France T.Spe
Today we've listened to 2 people talking about the pictures they had to comment, then we've analysedan ad together:it was an ad published by a Canadian company and aimed at Caadians to make themvisit their own country. I've then asked you to create an...
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Modules 2nde3
Today we've worked on how to pronounce sentences in English: We've seen that some words are stressed unusually to mean something, the voice is rising or falling according to the type of sentence we're uttering, we have to take the meaning of the sentence...
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New movies directed in English
The dead girl: In Los Angeles, a story about a dead girl, told in five chapters. A woman, miserable in her circumscribed life caring for her domineering mother, finds a body. Somehow, this discovery allows her to change. At the morgue, the sister of a...
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a Mural in Belfast and "Cal"T.L
We've started by analysing a Unionist mural that can be found on a wall in Belfast. On this murals we could see several elements showing it is loyalist (or unionist). I've looked for some elements I couldn't give you this afternoon: ° the term "jack"...
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Zombie and bloody sunday 1°ES
Today we've finished working on zombie and then we've worked on the construction of remember and remind. We've seen that a huge number of people can be considered as "zombie" in this song. Then we've started working on bloody sunday. Homework: 1) General...
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A lesson before dying and why the caged bird sings T.Spe
We've focussed onto chapter 6 to 8 and we've seen what new elements we are given. Then I've given you another text entitled "Why the caged bird sings" dealing with the rag to riches story of Ana, a Mexican who immigrated to the USA and has achieved the...
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The oval portrait T.Spe
First we've corrected your homework (description of the portrait, its location and technical details) and then I've asked you to work in pairs on the questions I've given you before telling the class. Camille and Marine have told us about the narrator's...
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" a lesson before dying" incipit T. Spe
We've worked on the incipit of "a lesson before dying" and we've seen it rises quite a number of questions since it doesn't fulfill its role: the narrator makes us question everything, even our role a readers... Actually we don't have a clue who the narrator...
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The name of the rose 2nde3
We've worked a bit on grammar and then we started waching "the name of the rose", a film by Jean Jacques Annaud based on the book by Umberto Eco. Most of you hadn't seen the film before ... We concentrated on the prologue and on the first scene. Remember...
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grille oral
A. S’exprimer en continu B. Prendre part à une conversation C. Intelligibilité et recevabilité linguistique Degré 1 Degré 1 Degré 1 Produit des énoncés très courts, stéréotypés, ponctués de pauses et de faux démarrages. LV1 et LV2 : 1 pt Peut intervenir...
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protest songs Tle 2007
On Monday we started by correcting the exercice I gave you for the holidays (p 73 in your workbook) and we wrote some rules for the "s".Then we worked on a new theme entitled "Songs of freedom". We started by reading texts on the evolution of jazz in...
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"Thrillers" 2nde3
We've finished correcting your grammar and voc test and then we've started working on a new theme. First I've asked you to give me words you could think of related to the word "thrillers", and I 've been surprised to see most of you din't know what to...
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new movies
Today some new movies were released like " the reaping" (a horror movie), " Mr Bean's holiday ", "shooter ", "a casa nostra", "Jean de la Fontaine, le défi", " Jesus camp " ... Last week "Goodbye Bafana" went out, I have not seen it yet but will watch...
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Method T.S
We've started working on a "baccalaureat" subject for you to know what you're expected to do by the end of the year. Understanding a document is not understanding it all and you've had to spot some elements (who, when, where and what) to help you understand...
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tenses 2nde3
Since the video projector was broken and you didn't have your books we've worked on grammar and we've explained when to use the pret, have + en and its past form ... We've seen that using a number of sentences and you've had to vote for the right answer...
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A lesson before dying T.Spe
We've analysed the title of our novel and we've seen that it implies a number of things. We've said that it may deal with someone who's dying (illness, condemnation, accident ...) and who wants to learn one last thing (from life, a subject, religion,...
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tests
a sense challenge All right here's what I want you to do - while sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction...
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Lord of the rings
This is a song by Manowar I love on extracts from "Lord Of the Rings" "The fellowship of the ring" is the first film of the trilogy, then comes "The two Towers" and "The Return of the King". And this is the supertrailer (the trailer for the trilogy itself)I...
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Fashion victim 1°S
Today we've worked on the song by Greenday once more and we've focussed on its message and all the references that are made. The man is seen as a victim, a pet following its owner whereas the woman is almost compared to the devil, she aims at trapping...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
First of all I'd like to wish you all a happy new Year full of health, wealth and bliss. May it see your dreams and hopes fulfilled, and of course your success (especially if you're sitting for an exam ;p ). Standing by your side is a pleasure and I 'll...
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The 2nd Amendment T.Spe
Today we've worked on the 2nd Amendment and Gun control. I've given you some background information if you have an unknown document on this subject on D Day since you're meant to know a number of elements on this. Then we've started working on a picture...