Hey,

today we first worked on defining Ireland a bit more and on correcting your homework.

Here is what we said and wrote in your copybooks:

  Adjectives to qualify Ireland:

- Wild / rural : Eire is wild and rural because there are not a lot of cities. The countryside has an important role.

- colourful: The country is colourful because there are lots of colours in the architecture of the cities.

- traditional: Irish people like traditions and many still speak Gaelic, the traditional Celtic language.

- independent: Contrary to Ulster which belongs to the UK, Eire is an independent nation / State.

- Catholic: Eire is mostly Catholic whereas Ulster is mostly Protestant.

- attractive / gorgeous landscapes

Then we first listened (without watching) to the following video. You had to guess thanks to the sounds only what was happening, who the characters, where it took place, ...

You can watch the video again below: 

Here is what we said about the video:

The video: Extract #1

The scene takes place in England, more precisely in Guilford in 1974, i.e. (LW: that's to say) 2 years after the beginning of "The Troubles".
Four people are walking in the street and entering a pub. They look / seem happy. They are going to a pub to have a drink / to have fun when a bomb explodes.
It's an attack.

• Who is reponsible for the attack?

The Catholics are probably responsible for the attack.
The Irish Republican Army (the I.R.A.) may be responsible for the bomb / for planting the bomb.

(to) plant a bomb.

Hypothesis:

They may have planted the bomb because there was a war of religions and territories. 

HW: learn your lesson! and enjoy your break.  

Hey,

today you took your final test about the sequence "Love relationships during world war II". Here are the two assignments you could choose to write about:

1- Essay: "Is it possible to fall in love at first sight" (200-300 words)

2- Narrative and dialogue: "Philip finally comes back home from the war. Stella and Joe are present." Write the scene and conversation. (200-300 words)

Hey,

today we first discussed about Quentin's trip to England and then we did a quick warm up about Saturday's Earth Hour.

Here is the document we studied:

Here is what we said about it:

Earth Hour

The document is an awareness campaign, a form of ad to sensitize people about a topic. The scene depicts 3 men who don’t care about energy saving.
The atmosphere is scary / horrifying / dark/ gloomy / gruesome / macabre.
Something is going to happen.
A hord / throng of moths arrives and attacks the men. They take refuge / shelter in the cabin. But the light won’t turn off. They are doomed.
The slogan reads: “don’t be the only one”, “switch off”.
The document promotes “Earth Hour”, a time when you should switch off your appliances during 60 minutes.

Addtional vocabulary:

"to be written by Nolwenn"

Then we continued the lesson with the analysis of the essay assignment and how to comment on it:

"to be written by Nolwenn"

Link words mentioned and use:

"to be written by Nolwenn"

HW: finish the worksheet that you should have done for today but had forgotten... + answer this essay: "Do you believe in long distance love relationships? why or why not?" (200 words)

Hey,

today we first commented on a gruesome picture that is going to be depicted on cigarette packs by the end of April in France. Here is what we said:

The new law in France:

Type: awareness campaign

Target: everyone, in particular people who smoke

Goal:

- to prevent people from smoking
- to shock people
- to make people react

Efficient? Yes, power of the picture

It's on cigarette packs:
You can really picture the consequences of cigarettes.

Here:

- throat cancer / lung cancer
- mouth disease (teeth, gum)
- gangrene
- risk of miscarriage of the baby

+ problems of erection

Then we continued the class with a quick recap of what we had said about the situation in the text and we went on talking about the characters feelings and reactions:

The feelings of the characters:

Philip is deeply in love with Stella, he wants to marry her. He is in search of a wedding ring. He doesn't know Stella and Joe are having an affair.
Stella feels guilty not telling Philip but she wants to break up face to face. She is not cruel / heartless / disrespectful.
She has not had the opportunity to tell him.
She doesn't want him to come back because she has already cheated on him.
She tries to hide her real feelings for Joe and Joe also tries to conceal their affair.
The verbs of speech that are used are neutral ("said") and reinforce this idea.
The unlawful couple doesn't want their relationship to be revealed / disclosed.

HW: Get ready to answer this question briefly -> "If you had been Stella, would you have stood by Philip?" Why or why not?

Hey,

today we first warmed up with the biography of Barbie, the famous doll. You can watch it below:

Here is what we said about it:

The document is about the story of Barbie since its creation.

It deals with the love she used to have with Ken, her perfect husband.

However, the perfect couple split up / broke up in 2007.

Barbie ditched / dumped Ken on Valentine's Day.

-> "Shame on you Barbie!"

-> "You're heartless Barbie!"

-> "What a bitch*** / whore*** / slut*** !!!!!"

Then we continued the lesson with the correction of your homework:

War-related words:

fighter / bomber -> (to) bomb

(to) kill / (to) destroy -> destruction ... terror / fire / flames

The Luft Waffe

invasion

attack / assault / incident

shelter

warfare (l'art de la guerre)

weapon / arsenal -> a gun, a bomb, ...

a bombing = un bombardement

(to) bomb / (to) bombard / (to) blast

air raid

(to) flee = to go away from the war

a tactical shift = a change of tactics

(to) subdue = to make someone capitulate

R.A.F

a soldier (intro)

(to) take up arms (intro)

l. 19 : he's lost a leg

l. 22 : air raid

l. 23 : shelter

l. 23 : warning

l. 34 : pain

l. 45 : death

l. 30 : the darkness (connotation of something bad).

Additional vocabulary:

aquamarine = a type of precious stone (ex: diamond)

Then we continued the lesson with the reading of our new text and here is what we said about it:

If I were in Stella's shoes, ...

... I would break up with Philip because I would want to be honest.

... I would continue to cheat on Philip because if he died, I would not be single.

...  I wouldn't know what to do; I would feel torn apart.

...  I would feel pity for Philip because he's lost a leg so I would stay with him.

Stella has to make a choice. She has to face a dilemma / a difficult situation / an ordeal.

  Her possible choices:

- break up with P.

- break up with J.

- break up with both

- continue to cheat on P.

- fall in love with Joe's father

- commit suicide out of despair.

Grammar : le conditionnel

If ... verbe au prétérit modal (attention à la forme de BE -> were à toutes les personnes)

+ .... would + V

HW: you will take a vocabulary test! Get ready!