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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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Last Lesson - Famine in the horn of Africa + methodology (recap)

Hey guys, today we finished talking about the news report by Reuters. Here is what we finally decided to write about it: I : type of doc : News report / by Reuters / 2011 (summer) / Horn of Africa / Famine D : problems : There has been no food /water...

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The Heart of Darkness (follow-up)

The Heart of Darkness (follow-up)

Hey guys, today we continued studying the extract from the Heart of Darkness. I hope you now understand better what is going on and the symbols behind the words (= interpretation). Here is what we said about the text today: The title gives us indications...

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Film genres and plotlines

Film genres and plotlines

Hey guys, today we first watched the very beginning of the first season of "Breaking Bad", an American TV show that Holly advises you to watch. You can watch the whole episode below and get to know the final answer about who the main character is, where...

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Last lesson B4 the test - recap + phonetics

Last lesson B4 the test - recap + phonetics

Hey guys, today was the last lesson before your test so we made sure the lesson was understood by everyone. We first worked on how to narrate the 2nd page of the comic book and here is what we wrote: First, Peter Parker is at a science lab when he listens...

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Last lesson B4 the test - recap + phonetics

Last lesson B4 the test - recap + phonetics

Hey guys, today was the last lesson before your test so we made sure the lesson was understood by everyone. We first worked on how to narrate the 2nd page of the comic book and here is what we wrote: "to be written by Mounir" Finally, we continued the...

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Preparing for theater --- acting and performing a text on stage

Preparing for theater --- acting and performing a text on stage

Hey guys, today we had a first "special class" about how to consider acting in English. I hope you had fun but that you also learned some interesting things about staging and performing to be a good actor. Unfortunately some of you had to leave early...

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Types of humour in the text --- the examples

Types of humour in the text --- the examples

Hey guys, today we first corrected your homework with the different types of humour that there is in your text and here is what you finally wrote from the board: Types of humour : Bernard's proposition -> "My tea is rich" Situational comedy: it doesn't...

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2-hour test --- Catching the plane...

Hey guys, today you took your first two-hour test. I hope you will acheive good grades and that you will have understood the text quite alright and expressed yourselves clearly and accurately. See you on Friday. Mr Hattais.

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Let's check you understand the lesson

Hey guys, after taking a short vocabulary test, we moved on with the lesson; first recapitulating what we had said last time and then continuing with the correction of your homework adding structure to your oral interventions. Here is what we said: "to...

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Let's check you understand your lesson before the test

Hey, today I really got annoyed once more when nobody volunteered to speak about the lesson even if I had given you some time to go over your notes again. Then when I saw that some of you hadn't done their homework (or forgotten it...), it was the last...

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