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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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2009-2010 - tale lv2

Prepositional verbs and Correction of your essays

Hey, today we first corrected the short text you had to fill in as well as the translation exercises. Here they read: Prepositional verbs: Ana was born of Mexican parents. As she was fed up with poverty she decided to leave her native country. She was...

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Expressing exasperation + end of the text about Ana

Expressing exasperation + end of the text about Ana

Hey, today, we first started the class with a warm up situtation as usual and here is what we said: Expressing exasperation : "Eat your Breakfast! Now!" the mother demands. The child spits at his mother and says: "No, I won't. You stupid cow!". He bites...

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Expressing sympathy and recap about the text

Expressing sympathy and recap about the text

Hey, we first warmed up about my poor lonely X-mas day... and here is what we said: Expressing sympathy: Oh ! Poor you ! Oh ! I feel sorry for you ! That's very unluncky ! But, Of course, I'm kidding. Then we continued on working on our text dealing with...

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Ana's ordeals and hardships

Hey, today I first gave you your grades for the poems: congratulations to all of you for the good job you have accomplished. I will publish them on the blog as soon as I have scanned them. Then, we moved on with the study of the text and here is what...

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Correction of your vocabulary + Analysing the title and picture

Hey, today after making a short warm up we talked about immigration to the US again. Warm up: My mother is 92 years old - You must be kidding me ! - You must be joking! - You must be pulling my leg ! - I can't believe you! If that's true, she shouldn't...

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New Sequence - Immigration to the US

New Sequence - Immigration to the US

Hey, today we started a new sequence on immigration to the US and you first had to read a text in your books and report about the main information. We organised the information in a temporal spidergram (in the past / today / consequences / reasons). You...

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Travelling abroad + Writing workshop

Hey today, we first warmed up about travelling abroad and here is what we said: "to be written by Jérôme Slangen" Then I helped everyone of you individually with their poems and how to improve them. You need to pay attention to the appeal to the 5 senses...

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Commenting on the song/poem Strange Fruit

Today we first warmed up about AIDS again because some of you were given condoms by the highschool. Then we continued speaking about Strange Fruit and here is what we said about the song: "to be written by Jérôme S." I hope you can now grasp the full...

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Correction of both your essays and your written comprehension exam

Correction of both your essays and your written comprehension exam

Hey, today we first warmed up about what "World AIDS day" is and the means of action and protection against the virus. Here is some vocabulary that you needed to express yourself: December 1st, World AIDS today. We can donate money to charities. Celebrities...

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Test on vocabulary + Southern Trees

Test on vocabulary + Southern Trees

Today, you took your test on the vocabulary dealing with racial discrimation in the US. Then you had to fill a comprehension sheet about the text we had studied and to express yourself about it. You can have access to the test here: I have corrected all...

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