English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.
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Today we reviewed some vocabulary and structures so that you don't have any problems for your test tomorrow. You will have a test both on vocabulary (you should be able to use it in sentences and to give equivalents) and on the text. BRING YOUR BOOKS...
Read moreToday we first warmed up about topical issues / burning issues and in particular the news about the 13-year-old child: Yesterday, a 13-year-old child took the gun of his father in order to kill his teachers and his classmates. Luckily, the police arrested...
Read moreHey, today we first warmed up about your future jobs while waiting for those who were late. Here is what you said: I would like to become an architect when I leave highschool. (Selma) I want to study law to be a lawyer maybe. (Jérôme) Structures: WANT...
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Jim Crow laws were laws in favour of racial segregation as is illustrated with these pictures: There were dedicated waiting rooms for blacks and whites. There were two entrance doors in cafés and restaurants. You can find more information here: Jim Crow...
Read moreHey, we first did a warm up about your vacation and we did some phonetics. Here is what we wrote: Warm up : During the vacation, - I wandered / strolled in the streets of Paris. (=alone) - I hanged out with my cousin and we did some shopping in Chatelet....
Read moreHey, after doing a quick blind test about Afro-American music, we spoke about the different music genres with Afro-American roots. We also commented on the pictures pp. 50 and 51. Here is what we wrote: Picture 2 p 50: - This scene probably takes place...
Read moreToday, we did a quick recap about the picture we had studied last time and we called it: "a lynching party", "a necktie party". The picture we studied is particularly infamous in the USA and throughout the world since there are only very few pictures...
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Hey, we worked on the picture with the two black men who were hanged on trees and here is what we said: The picture actually deals with racial segregation in the US in the 1950's. It depicts two black men who are hanged on a tree. The crowd / mob (connotation...
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Today, after highlighting the link words and the main arguments in Manon's paper, you had to correct your own mistakes. We then started our new sequence. It's going to deal with Afro American music. But for the moment, we have only commented on this picture......
Read moreHere are the two subjects that you could choose today: 1- Science is going too far, do you agree with this statement? (200-250 words) 2- After the interview at the geneticist's, Maria and Antonio have a conversation about what happened and about their...
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