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  • Have you ever...? + Correction of your tests

    29 May 2012 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 2 )

    Hello guys, today we first worked on remembering the important structure: "Have you ever...?" and its possible answers. I hope you liked discovering interesting stuff about me and about your classmates... Then we continued the lesson with the correction...

  • Building a story from the fragment of a poster - Characterization and plot lines

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

    Hey guys, today during Holly's conversation class, you had to finish and imagine the plot of your story from the only tiny bit of poster that you had. You came up with pretty good ideas on the whole but you definitely need to be faster and more focused...

  • Jacob has gone to the US

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

    Hi guys, today you first took a vocabulary test. I hope you did alright. I'll give you your results asap. Then we continued the lesson with a quick recap of what you had said earlier and we moved on thinking about Jacob's future. What will he do in the...

  • India, a land of contrasts

    24 January 2012 ( #2011-2012 - 1ère ES )

    Hi guys, today we first brainstormed about India and what you knew about the country. Then you had to read some documents to add some more information in the spidergram. Here is what you said about it so far: ANIMALS: elephants MONUMENTS and IMPORTANT...

  • A new kind of murder weapon...

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

    Hi guys, today you first took a lesson, vocabulary and listening test. You can listen to the recording here again: Then we continued the lesson with a "mysterious document" that only two of you watched. You can now all watch it here: Here is what we finally...

  • Cry Freedom - Comparison text / movie & final analysis + Bac Blanc

    29 May 2012 ( #2011-2012 - Tale STG )

    Hi guys, so today we first tried to understand the story of Donald Woods, Steve Biko, ... a little bit more focusing on analysing the content of the different characters' speeches. Here is what we said about the oppositions in the text: "to be written...

  • Aids - Recap + blood test

    07 December 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 1ère ES )

    Hey guys, today we continued working on the topic AIDS. We first did a quick recap of important things to remember about the illness and how blood testing and tranfusion were safe. Here is what we said: - a landmark / a monument -> to go sight seeing...

  • International Women's Day - March 8th + end of the "Mexican immigration" sequence

    08 March 2012 ( #2011-2012 - Tale L )

    Hey guys, today we first talked about women's day with Maheen who did quite a good presenting the video and talking about it. You can watch it again below: Here is what we said about it: Women's Day (since 1977, created by Americans) Goals: - to raise...

  • Poems + Billie Holiday, a sensitive singer

    01 March 2011 ( #2010-2011 - Tale ES )

    Hey, today you had the visit of Michelle, our new language assistant. I hope it will be possible in the future to have her again so that she can teach you some stuff in English. Then we continued the lesson, studying the text and in particular Billie...

  • Real or Fake? + Duane Hanson's works of art

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

    Hi guys, today was not a studious as it should have been... but what the heck, you did work and speak a little. I forgot to give you the reward stickers I had promised you. Please remind me next time I see you but DO NOT whine for them. Here is what we...

  • King Kong VS Heart of Darkness --- Theater

    01 December 2011 ( #2011-2012 - Tale L )

    Hey guys, first today we warmed up with the atmosphere in the class (curtains drawn so that it was really dark). Then we watched an extract from the movie King Kong and you had to concentrate on the connection with our text as far as the lines of analysis...

  • Describing VS Narrating

    16 November 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 1 )

    Hey guys, today we first warmed up with a little choreography to make sure everyone remembered the prepositions to locate something in a visual document. Here is the chart we finally drew to make sure you will not forget: "to be written by Mounir" Then...

  • First Hour of Class

    12 September 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 1ère LVA )

    Hi guys, today was our first hour of class. We studied what your exam was going to be next year and you filled in a form to introduce yourself very quickly. Here is the document I handed out to you: In the final minute of class, we had time to listen...

  • Hello how are you? Feelings + Name Bingo

    17 September 2012 ( #6ème 2 - Freshmen )

    Hi guys, today we worked on the song again and you had to sing along the video with the correct pronunciation and mimes. Here are the adjectives you must remember: - hungry / tired / cold / sad - happy / great / good / okay Then we played "Name Bingo"....

  • South Africa - The "old" and "new" flags

    11 May 2012 ( #2011-2012 - Tale STG )

    Hi guys, today I wanted to show you this video but my computer wouldn't work properly (no sound... :s ... sorry about that...). Here it is anyway: Then we started the last sequence of the year about South Africa, we'll determine the exact title next time....

  • The perfect Shopping experience

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

    Hi guys, today we almost finished our sequence about shopping and you learnt lots of important vocabulary to remember. Here is what we said and did for this last but one lesson before the end of the sequence: "to be written by ..." HW: - vous devrez être...

  • Oral presentations - Rosie the Riveter / Liberty Girl + report

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

    Hey guys, today, after 2 volunteers talked about their selected pictures and our comments about their presentations, we summed the important ideas to tackle when talking about the war in the US. We finally watched a short documentary about the war effort....

  • Amnesty International + forms of humour + Guns (the text)

    05 April 2011 ( #2010-2011 - Tale ES )

    Hey, today during the first hour of class, three students presented the charity Amnesty International. I would like them to write the oral commentary down on "paper" and to upload it to the blog as a correction for some students who hadn't done their...

  • The Jell-O experience

    07 October 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 1ère ES )

    Hey guys, today you had both a Jell-O and Lucky Charms experience. I hope you had fun and that you will remember it for long. Here is what we said about it: Jell-o smells tasty It smells like lemon and fruit It smells as if it contained a lot of sugar...

  • Father and Child - Commentary

    28 April 2011 ( #2010-2011 - Tale ES )

    Hey, today after explaining you in French that you NEEDED to work more and more regularly, we continued the lesson about American gun culture. We corrected the commentary that you had to make for today about the picture with a father and his child. Here...

  • American Election Campaign - 2012 (documents, ideas and lesson plan)

    14 September 2011 ( #Teachers' Corner )

    Here are 4 wordles to compare. The first one was created with words from Obama's re-election ad campaign. The second one is the result created from Eva Longoria's support speech in Charlotte. Let's compare the wordles and identify the converging topics:...

  • Lamb to the Slaughter (viewing & pathetic fallacy) + Possible essays

    30 May 2012 ( #2011-2012 - Tale L )

    Hi guys, today we first watched the rest of Hitchcock's adaptation of the short story and concluded that it was a rather faithful adaptation where we could see Mary Maloney's folly at the end of the movie above all. We also concluded our analysis of the...

  • Dabbawalas + translation

    01 February 2012 ( #2011-2012 - Tale L )

    Hey guys, today we first worked on the following video as a warm up: Here are the notes we took about it: India: Who? Dabbawala: a person who brings / transports food to customers at their schools or offices for example. They are 5000 throng. They work...

  • Amnesty International + New Sequence

    29 September 2011 ( #2011-2012 - Tale L )

    Hi guys, today you first took your vocabulary tests. I'll be giving you the results next time. Then we continued the class with studying this ad campaign by Amnesty International: Here is what we said about it: "to be written by Maheen" Then we continued...

  • Who has the best plotlines...?

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

    Hey guys, today you had to present your movies to the class and your audience had to find out about the genre, the possible title, and the layout of your poster. They also had to give you points as far as your plotlines were concerned and say if they...