2011-2012 - 1ere es

For or Against the death sentence?

2011-2012 - 1ère ES

By English Prof

Hi guys, today you had to determine after listening to some people speak about the topic whether they were for or against this kind of punishment. You can listen to the document again below: Here is what we've said so far about their arguments: "to be...

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Amnesty International, the death sentence and alternative punishments

2011-2012 - 1ère ES

By English Prof

Hi guys, today we worked on the following video by the charity "Amnesty International": Here is what we said about it: "to be written by ..." HW: - rapporter demain dans mon casier les lettres ou timbres/enveloppes que vous avez oubliés de rendre aujourd'hui......

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Quick correction for your oral presentations + homework

2011-2012 - 1ère ES

By English Prof

Hi guys, today we finished the presentation of the prisoners you had selected and I have to say that you all did good research on the whole. Congrats! Now you will have to write to those prisoners during the holiday and bring me your letter when you come...

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The convicts on death row

2011-2012 - 1ère ES

By English Prof

Hi guys, today we had the presentation of 4 groups of their research about some death row inmates who are to die very soon. You had to give an oral account of your findings and take notes. Here are the notes you took: "yet to be uploaded" HW: - que les...

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Death Row - the text

2011-2012 - 1ère ES

By English Prof

Hi guys, today we began to study a new text entitled: "Death Row". You had to find some missing words in the text just by infering them thanks to the context and to give an oral account of the basic elements you could understand thanks to the WH-. Here...

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Tookie Williams Execution

2011-2012 - 1ère ES

By English Prof

Hi guys, today I had you watch a news report dealing with the death of Tookie Williams. You can watch it again below: Here is what we said about it: THE DEBATE OVER THE DEATH SENTENCE The document is a news report about Tookie Williams, a former gand...

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Dancer in the Dark - Selma's sentence

2011-2012 - 1ère ES

By English Prof

Hi guys, today we finished talking about Selma's predicament and made hypotheses about her possible sentence. Here is what we said about her motives for acting in such and such a way and also the possible verdicts if she had to face a trial: Warm-up "But...

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Dancer in the Dark - Analysis

2011-2012 - 1ère ES

By English Prof

Hi guys, today we watched the extracts from Dancer in the Dark again and we talked about the intentions of the character and of the director by analysing the words and camera angles. Here is what we said: Analysis of the scene : The intention 1) Bill:...

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Speaking in chains...

2011-2012 - 1ère ES

By English Prof

Hey guys, today you had class with Holly. We sat in a circle and you had to make sentences from words in different categories. The first one who broke the chain because they didn't remember the sentence properly or just made a mistake had to take a challenge....

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Dancer in the Dark - Extracts

2011-2012 - 1ère ES

By English Prof

Hi guys, today we started a new sequence with the studying of 3 extracts from Dancer in the Dark . You can watch them again below: Here is what we said about the movie in general (situation and brief analysis): Dancer in the dark : first scene The main...

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