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English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.

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2-hour test

Hi guys, today you took your final two-hour test. Let's hope you did something great for the first "big" test of the year.I'll try to give them back to you next week. If not, let's say the week after. Take care, Mr Hattais.

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Duane Hanson: an art review

Duane Hanson: an art review

Hey guys, today we worked on clichés and on understanding the biography of Duane Hanson a bit more. Here is what we said about it: 1 - His life (biography) 1925: born in Minnesota 1950’s: started his early work 1953: Germany -> professor of art 1965:...

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The Propaganda Poster

The Propaganda Poster

Hey guys, today after making fun of my sexy voice, we continued the class with the analysis of a WWII propaganda poster aimed at women. Some of you made pretty good comments. Bravo! Here is what we finally said briefly: I - The document is a placard /...

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Fat tax and humour in the text

Hi guys, today we first warmed up with a news report from the website Reuters about the new Danish law (fat tax). You can watch the report below: Here is what we said about it: Warm up : News Report in Denmark The Danish government has decided to make...

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Sequence #2 - Real or Fake?

Sequence #2 - Real or Fake?

Hi guys, today you were pretty excited and not focused enough... I had to stop the class like three times! This is just imPOSsible! I know it's hard to have 2 hours of English in a row at the end of the day but we'll have to make do with it! First you...

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Understanding the article thanks to lexical fields

Understanding the article thanks to lexical fields

Hey, today we worked on the content of the article a bit more and we finally made a clear summary about it. Here it reads: M.Daily was severely obese because he suffered from malnutrition. He used to be 152 kg. But now after the operation he can’t eat...

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Information - Rectification d'absences

Hi guys, contrairement à ce qui a pu être indiqué sur les tableaux d'affichage, je NE serai PAS absent cette semaine . Les convocations que j'ai reçues ont été annulées. J'assurerai donc mes cours que ce soit Mardi, Mercredi, Jeudi ou Vendredi. Merci...

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Real or Fake? + Duane Hanson's works of art

Real or Fake? + Duane Hanson's works of art

Hi guys, today was not a studious as it should have been... but what the heck, you did work and speak a little. I forgot to give you the reward stickers I had promised you. Please remind me next time I see you but DO NOT whine for them. Here is what we...

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How to write a newspaper article - I want to be fat again

How to write a newspaper article - I want to be fat again

Hi guys, today we worked in groups around the notion of "How to write a newspaper article". From a recent article, we determined what the layout was composed of and while reading it we could identify some typical information about the content. You can...

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