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  • Final test - Detective Stories

    27 May 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 1 )

    Hi, today was the last written exam of the year. I hope that you will have made good detectives and good "word detective"... We'll be correcting this test next week, on Wednesday (no classes for you on Monday). HW: - Mettre à jour vos classeurs et vos...

  • Buy Nothing Day

    02 December 2011 ( #2011-2012 - Tale STG )

    Hey guys, today we first warmed up with a question to know whether you liked the Xmas season or not and what types of gifts you preferred having. Then we moved on with the analysis of the document you can watch again below: Here is what we said about...

  • Correction for your listening comprehension exam + correction of your worksheet about the text "Guns"

    17 May 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère ES )

    Hey, today we first corrected the worksheet about your text entitled "Guns" as a recap. Here is the correction for the exercises: "to be written by Leslie" Then we continued the class with the correction of last week's exam. I hope you will have understood...

  • How to introduce yourself

    07 September 2012 ( #4ème 3 - Juniors )

    Hi guys, today was our first day of class together; so you had many questions to ask since you didn't know me. We wrote some of the questions you asked me in the notebook and saw that it was much more interesting and efficient to ask questions in WH-...

  • New and original sources of energy for the Statue of Liberty

    17 November 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 1ère LVA )

    Hey guys, today we first worked on commenting on this video with Holly. I'm sure you thought it was dumbfounding... who wouldn't be surprised at seeing such a thing. But you finally admitted that it was probably not a good solution to power the torch...

  • Miles Morales VS Peter Parker

    02 December 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 1 )

    Hey guys, today we finished studying the text about Miles Morales, the new Spiderman. Here is what we said about it (comparing him with Peter Parker): Miles Morales (the new Spiderman) : - He is half-black and half-latino. - He could be gay; we don't...

  • Reading - Highlighting - Understanding - Summarizing

    15 May 2012 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 1 )

    Hey guys, today you first took a short vocab test about the words from possible assignments. I hope you did well as you will HAVE TO be able to use those words correctly and understand them to complete your future test. Then I gave you a new longer and...

  • Voc test + Holly's first class about stereotypes

    13 October 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 1ère LVA )

    Hey guys, today you first took a vocabulary test during 10 minutes and then you talked with Holly about English and French stereotypes. First you had to ask her if she thought some stereotypes that French people have about the British were accurate or...

  • Final Test - Stereotypes

    25 November 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 1ère ES )

    Hey guys, today you took your final test about stereotypes. I hope you understood the document alright.I'll try to correct your papers over the week end. HW: - vous devez corriger et mettre en page l'article de journal que je vous ai rendu ce jour et...

  • Final test - Gun Culture, your essays

    24 May 2011 ( #2010-2011 - Tale L )

    Hey, today was the last writing test that you would take this year. I hope that you will have achieve good results despite the fact that some of you seemed not to know that the test was going to take place today... Here reads the subject: "Can you imagine...

  • Journalists - Interview of a panel about Osama bin Laden's death and Barack Obama's speech

    30 May 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère ES )

    Hey, for today guys, you had to prepare an interview about the topic we are currently studying and this is what you did in groups first for 15 minutes and then one journalist in the class was designated and 4 interwees (one from each group). You had to...

  • Class rules - Dos and Don'ts - What you musn't do!

    08 October 2012 ( #6ème 4 - Freshmen )

    Hi guys, today we worked on describing a picture and giving orders (negative ones: what you MUSTN'T do). You can have a look at the picture we used again below: ex: She's eating chewing-gum They're chatt ing He 's us ing a mobile He 's writ ing on the...

  • The classroom and "classroom English"

    07 September 2012 ( #6ème 2 - Freshmen )

    Hi guys, today we checked that you knew your ABCs. Some of you still have problems and will have to repeat it again (cf. sing along with the song!). We first did a dictation with words you know (colours, ...) and also words you didn't know! Here is the...

  • 9-11 - Osama Bin Laden's death - Obama's speech and kids' reactions

    20 May 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère ES )

    Hey, today we started the last sequence of the year about "Memories of 9/11" studying first what you as children remembered from the World Trade Center attack and then focusing on Obama's speech after the death of Osama Bin Laden. Here is what we said:...

  • Phonetics chart - the basics

    18 September 2012 ( #6ème 2 - Freshmen )

    Hi guys, today we reviewed the adjectives we had seen last time to talk about your feelings. Don't forget the gestures to remember them all! Then we continued the phonetics activity, filling in the phonetics chart at the end of your notebooks. ______________________________...

  • Illegal Downloading / File Sharing + Timeline & Crime Scene

    06 April 2012 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 1 )

    Hi guys, today we first listened to an audio recoring (a news report) about illegal downloading. You can listen to it again below: Here is what we said about it (+ grammar rule about suffixes): Warm up: Illegal downloading/ file sharing The document is...

  • The discovery of the unknown

    16 November 2011 ( #2011-2012 - Tale L )

    Hey guys, today we first warmed up with a recap of what you had understood from your test and then we started a new sequence dealing partly with colonialism. You first had to comment on pictures and you did quite a good job. Then you had to work on the...

  • Role plays - Introducing someone and talking about their tastes

    10 September 2012 ( #4ème 3 - Juniors )

    Hi guys, today we conducted some interviews in class. You had to ask your partner questions and introduce them to the class saying who they were and what they liked doing. In "strategies", we talked about verbs of taste ("like" and equivalents) and also...

  • Akeelah and the Bee - Analysis

    21 September 2012 ( #6ème 2 - Freshmen )

    Hi guys, today we worked on the trailer of the film "Akeelah and the Bee" again. Here is what we said: Lesson: Akeelah and the bee The video is a trailer. It's in the USA. It's a spelling competition. The title of the film is: "Akeelah and the bee". The...

  • Cramming for the A-Levels

    07 June 2011 ( #2010-2011 - Tale ES )

    Hi, today we spent the hour correcting some exercises and trying to understand better how grammar worked in English. I hope that this will have helped you understand some mechanism more clearly. As for next class, we will finish studying the text from...

  • Drama - My grandparents' house + Romeo and Juliet's characterisation

    05 December 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 1ère LVA )

    Hey guys, today you first had to stage a poem by Steve Turner entitled "My Grandparents' House" and then we moved on with analysing the personalities and understanding the characters of the play "Romeo and Juliet". Here are the adjectives you came up...

  • Follow-up work about Junk Food

    13 September 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 1ère ES )

    Hi guys, today we continued working and talking about the cartoon with the two characters who are morbidly fat. Here is what we said about it: The picture represents two characters, a husband and his wife at their home. They have been sitting in their...

  • I-Tomb recap + Ipad 2

    07 October 2011 ( #2011-2012 - Tale STG )

    Hey guys, today we first worked about the i-tomb website and we wrote some things about the service and your opinion in the lesson copy book. Here it reads: I- Tomb: It's an internet service which costs $ 50 a year. I think it's expensive for a fake tomb....

  • Vocabulary and police report

    11 April 2012 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 2 )

    Hi guys, today was our last class before the holidays. We first worked on vocabulary and then on reading the police detective report about the murder case. Here are the vocabulary words we worked on: Vocabulary: Mots transparents: governor stomach senator...

  • The Casting Call for Real TV + recap

    30 September 2010 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère LV2 )

    Hey, today you first performed in front of the class for your casting. Then we continued the lesson with some grammar recap -> How to express hypotheses: If I won a million dollars... ... I would quit my job ... I would travel all over the world ... I...