First Class - WWI and the trenches

<br /> Warm up : Back to school<br /> <br /> After two month holidays...<br /> I feel distressed and disappointed to come back to school. I feel eschewsted in the morning. I already feel under stress for the A-Level. I don't want to fail.<br /> <br /> fail ≠ succed<br /> <br /> (to) fail an exam<br /> (to) pass a exam<br /> (to) take an exam<br /> <br /> Lesson : Back home from the Front. The text deals with Frank, a British soldier, who is on leave. He visit his neighbours, the Brakers for tea. During their convesation they speak about Bill<br /> Monroe, another neighbour, whose mother tried to stop the military policemen from making her son go back to the Front.<br /> <br /> The Braker family :<br /> <br /> -mother = Rachel<br /> <br /> -daughters : 1)Lillian : she works as a woman conductress<br /> 2)Nell : she was engaged to a soldiers and makes uniforms for the Belgians troops.<br /> <br /> -Percy, fiancé of Nell : but he died when he was at war.<br /> <br /> The Monroe family :<br /> <br /> -the mother : Mrs Monroe<br /> <br /> -her son : Bill Monroe<br /> <br /> Bill, Albert, Frank and Jack are soldiers.<br /> <br /> <br /> Ordre chronologique des évènements de l'histoire :<br /> <br /> Before 1915 :<br /> <br /> 1)Albert joined the army<br /> <br /> 2)the soldiers in the neighbourhood joined the army<br /> <br /> 3)-the second battle of Ypres (dead of Percy ?)<br /> -policemen came to make Bill Monroe go back to the Front and his mother tried to sopt the soldiers<br /> <br /> After 1915 :<br /> <br /> 1)Frank came home. He had tea with neighbours<br /> <br /> <br /> That it.<br /> <br /> <br />

<br /> Mots interrogatifs:<br /> <br /> What... for ?<br /> Where ?<br /> When ?<br /> Why ?<br /> How ?<br /> What happened ?<br /> <br /> Who are the main characters ?<br /> Where does the scene take place ?<br /> When is the scene set ?<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> That it.<br /> See U tomorrow teacher.<br /> <br /> <br />