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Food revolution + Stella's difficult decision

Hey,

 

today we first talked about the following trailer:

 

 

Here is what we said about it:

Food revolution is a TV show presented by Jamie Oliver, a British chef. He wants to change the eating habits of American children who live in West Virginia. In his TV show, he denounces the fast food industry. Throughout the trailer, he experiences some difficulties to get his ideas across.

The chidren don't make the difference between tomatoes and potatoes; it's shocking because they are used to eating junk food (like pizza) even for breakfast.

 

Reactions

- It's dangerous, the children can die of heart attack or diabetes.
- It's shocking because the children don't have the choice, they can't decide.
- It's disgusting, it's yucky! Jamie wants to prevent children from eating unhealthy food; he puts a lot of fat in a large container in order to make them feel disgusted / so as to make them aware of the dangers. 

 

Grammar: used to + V ----- be used to + V-ing

To speak of habit in the past, we use USED TO + V.

However, to speak of habit in the present we use BE + USED TO + V-ING

 

Then we continued the lesson talking about our "soap opera" text. Here is what we said about Stella's final decision:

 

Philip has lost a leg; he's handicapped / crippled. So Stella was moved by his condition and she decided to stand by him. She felt guilty and ill-at-ease. She didn't want him to be depressed and devastated. Now, she's torn apart as it's written in the title.

 

HW: add a verb of speech or expression each time the characters say something to reveal their feelings.

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J
<br /> On monday we saw a recap :the utilisation of "used to". In fact ,to speak of habit in past we utilise USED TO + V . Moreover, to speak of habit in present we utilise BE+ USED TO + V-ING<br /> <br /> <br />
E
<br /> <br /> thanks for that<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
J
<br /> Reactions of the classe: - It's dangerous, the children can die by heart attack or diabetes.<br /> - It's shocking because the children don't have the choice, they can't decide.<br /> - It's disgusting, it's yucky!! Jamie to stop the children to eat unhealthy food, he put a lot of fat in the large box, to disgust the children.<br /> <br /> <br />
E
<br /> <br /> done!<br /> <br /> <br /> By the way, I have seen Mrs Menenteau and told her about your vegetarian / no fish diet and she told me she had specified it on the "family sheet" but not all the choices people have made will be<br /> respected.<br /> <br /> <br /> Take care,<br /> <br /> <br /> Mr Hattais.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
J
<br /> Today on monday ,we finished the text "TORN APART" and we have saw the Final Decision of Stella : Philip has lost a leg so he's handicaped or cuppled , so Stella was moved by his condition , she<br /> decided to stand by him . She felt guilty and ill-at-ease . She didn't want him to be depressed and devastated . She's torn apart like it's written in the title .<br /> <br /> <br />
E
<br /> <br /> thanks for this part.<br /> <br /> <br /> See you tomorrow.<br /> <br /> <br /> Mr Hattais.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
J
<br /> Today on Warm Up we saw a trailer of 'Food Revolution' a TV show presenting by Jamie Oliver a British chef. He wants to change the eating habits of American children who live in West Virginia. In<br /> his TV show he denounces the fast food industry . Throughtout the trailer , he experiences some difficulties and moreover, the chidren don't make the difference between tomatoes and potatoes ,it's<br /> shocking but they are used to eating junk food ever for breakfast (like pizza) .<br /> <br /> <br />
E
<br /> <br /> Thanks Julie for the update but you haven't posted the whole lesson...<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />