English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.
Hey, today we nearly finished dealing with the text "Gun Culture" after you taking a vocabulary test. I can already tell you it was really NOT brilliant... Gosh! you do need to learn better and more precisely. Here is what we said about the text: "correction...
Hey, today we worked on how to express what black people could and above all couldn't do when segregation was a law in the US. Here is what we said about the topic: "to be written by ..." (correction of the HW + lesson) Then you had to highlight all the...
Hi guys, today we continued working on "Vincent" but it was hard to make you actually work at the beginning since you had not gone over your notes very well before coming to class... Well, then you watched the short movie again and you had to match adjectives...
Hi guys, today we first recapped the lesson about the text with Amélie who did a pretty good job on the whole. Then we watched a report about Ruth Simmons. You can watch it again below: Here is what we said about it: This afro-American woman has had the...
Hey, today after briefly recapitulating what we had said last time about the movie and the situtation, we continued the lesson with the viewing of two more extracts from the film "In the Name of the Father", explaining the situation in Ireland. You can...
Hey guys, today we worked in groups of 4 to prepare the debate over the death penalty. Here are the arguments + examples that you have come up with (see pictures of the board below; you can enlarge them by clicking on them). HW: - les secrétaires de chaque...
Hi guys, today you first had to perform the scenes you had prepared about Billie Holiday's life (that she narrated in her auto-biography). You did quite a good job! Congratulations! I might ask you to do it again some time :)) Then we continued the lesson...
Hey guys, today we first corrected your homework with the different types of humour that there is in your text and here is what you finally wrote from the board: Types of humour : Bernard's proposition -> "My tea is rich" Situational comedy: it doesn't...
Hey guys, today we read the text about the experiment in a school with shorter holidays. Here is the information that we took out identifying arguments for (in favour of) and against long holidays: Vocabulary Staggered = disturbed = changed Bored = Un...
Hey guys, today we worked on how to improve your essays and above all, how to organize your ideas in a coherent way and really answer the question. "Do you think that some internet services or websites should be banned / outlawed / forbidden?" (200 words)...
Hey guys, today after making fun of my sexy voice, we continued the class with the analysis of a WWII propaganda poster aimed at women. Some of you made pretty good comments. Bravo! Here is what we finally said briefly: I - The document is a placard /...
Hey, today you took your final test about the text Southern Trees. I hope that you will have achieved to have good grades since I believe it was rather easy... We'll see about that new week. Then we began to review some vocabulary thanks to a translation...
Hey, today we first corrected your test from last week and then we continued the lesson with the reading and the very beginning of the comprehension of our last text this year: "Guns". Here is the correction for the test: "to be written by ..." Here is...
Hi guys, today we began a new sequence where you had to be detectives. You had to try and find the culprit in the video. And even if I tricked you, you did a good job on the whole. Watch the video again here: Here is what we said about the document: "to...
Hey guys, today we first warmed up about the advantages and disadvantages to be a super hero and to have super powers. Here is what we said: Pay attention to your super powers. There are advantages and disadvantages Advantages Disadvantages (drawbacks)...
Hey guys, today we started our new sequence but you still don't know its title for sure... we'll see about that next time. Here is what we did today. You had to describe this picture paying attention to details so as to be able to locate it and give it...
Hey, today as neither Joris nor Aurélie had prepared their oral presentation correctly, we had to correct your mock exams immediately. We first focused on the reading comprehension with some highlighting of important elements in the text. Here are the...
Sujet des sections littéraire et scientifique LV2: Proposition de traduction pour la série L (d'autres variantes sont bien sûr possibles): Dee se mit à rire. -"Oh que oui, c'est tout à fait hypocrite. Mais y a vraiment beaucoup d'hypocrisie dans ce pays....
Hey guys, today we continued studying the extract from the Heart of Darkness. I hope you now understand better what is going on and the symbols behind the words (= interpretation). Here is what we said about the text today: The title gives us indications...
Hey, today we first listened to a report as a warm up about illegal downloading. You can listen to the document again below: Here is what you said about it: Illegal downloading The document is a report about a conference that took place in London about...
Hey, today we finished our tour of San Francisco's most famous historical landmarks. Here is what we said about the top 5 attractions in the city: Top 5 attractions in San Francisco The document is a report or an advert from the internet. The journalist...
Hey, today we first made a quick recap of what we had said about smoking and we tried to finish commenting on the question: "what is the most efficient government measure to make people quit smoking?" Here is what you answered: "to be written by ..."...
Hey, today we first warmed up with the viewing of this video: Here is what we said about it: "to be written by Léna" Then we continued the class with the reading and the global understanding of the text. Here is what we said about it: "to be written by...
Hey guys, after taking a quiz about irregular verbs, you had to recap the lesson about "the car in the gilded cage" and Rémi did quite a good job talking about it. Then we continued the lesson with listening to a document about Mark and his friend talking...
Hey guys, today I hope you had fun performing your scenes from the text "The Heart of Darkness". You all did a pretty good job as it was rather difficult but you did prepare your staging and acting quite well! Congratulations! Let's keep it up and try...
