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  • Understanding the article thanks to lexical fields

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

    Hey, today we worked on the content of the article a bit more and we finally made a clear summary about it. Here it reads: M.Daily was severely obese because he suffered from malnutrition. He used to be 152 kg. But now after the operation he can’t eat...

  • Analysis of the first panel + location

    15 November 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey, today we started the analysis of the 1st panel from the Spiderman comic strip. Here is what we said about it: The first panel of the comic strip: - The document can be divided into 4 parts --> ° the captions and the bubbles -> At the top ° the group...

  • Last lesson B4 the test - recap + phonetics

    23 November 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey guys, today was the last lesson before your test so we made sure the lesson was understood by everyone. We first worked on how to narrate the 2nd page of the comic book and here is what we wrote: First, Peter Parker is at a science lab when he listens...

  • Norman Rockell - Presentation (powerpoint)

    06 April 2011 ( #Teachers' Corner )

    Voici un diaporama dont l'auteure est Cathleen Dubois qui présente rapidement l'oeuvre de Norman Rockwell. N'hésitez pas à commenter cet article pour y partager vos liens préférés et vos préparations sur l'auteur. Enjoy! (to download click right on the...

  • Voc test + correction + how to understand a foreign language

    11 May 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey people, today you first took a vocabulary test and then we corrected parts of your Rosa Parks test from last week. We focused our attention on how to conjugate verbs in the preterit (positive and negative sentences). Then we went over the document...

  • Your menus and Mr Crazy's menu...

    03 October 2012 ( #4ème 1 - Juniors )

    Hi guys, today we first made a vocabulary recap about vegetables and classified them into 3 categories ("transparent", "compound", "other"). Then we continued the lesson with this question: " How often....?" = frequency You had to describe your typical...

  • Analysis of the first panel + location

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

    Hey, today we started the analysis of the 1st panel from the Spiderman comic strip. Here is what we said about it: "to be written by Mounir" Important adjectives / expressions to know: "to be written by Mounir" HW: apprendre la leçon et le nouveau vocabulaire,...

  • Correction of your worksheet - Gun Culture

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

    Hey, today we finished making the recap of the text thanks to the worksheet I gave you yesterday. Here are the answers we gave: "to be written by ..." Additional vocabulary : "to be written by ..." HW: you need to prepare a commentary of this text for...

  • The Tourists + I am Canadian

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

    Hey guys, today we first made a quick recap of what could be said about the picture of the two tourists from last time. Here is what we wrote in the copy books: The tourists = the way they look / what they are wearing Man = a cap, sunglasses, shirt (flowery,...

  • Animal encyclopedia

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

    Hey guys, today we first focused our attention on an ad campaign by the charity WWF. Here is what we said about the picture: "to be written by..." HW: - apprendre le commentaire et le mettre en forme - réviser les mots de vocabulaire liés au thème "Shopping"...

  • Population in the US + Pogrom in Russia

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

    Hi guys, we first studied how the American population was distributed in the US according to "race and ethnicity" but also density thanks to the following powerpoint presentation: (opens with open office) Here is what we said about it: The two fastest...

  • Correction - 1ère LV1

    31 January 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère ES )

    Hey, today you first took a vocabulary test... I hope it will be better than last time... Then you had to correct your letters (finish correcting them by next lesson) and your reading comprehension test. Tomorrow, some of you will be absent because they...

  • Banksy - Is graffiti art or vandalism?

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

    Hi guys, today I first gave you back your adaptations from the play "Romeo and Juliet" that were quite poor except for one of them. You really NEED to work more and understand better what is expected of you. I will be absent this Monday (because I have...

  • Spiderman - Lab Scene

    19 October 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey guys, today you first took a lesson and vocabulary test and then we made sure everybody had the correction for the outfit of the superhero (we particularly paid attention to phonetics). Here is the list of words. Those in colour have a diphtongue...

  • New Year's resolutions + South Africa's history

    05 January 2011 ( #2010-2011 - T Merca )

    Hey, today we first talked about good resolutions for this year. Here is what we said as a warm up: "to be written by Fanny" Then we continued talking about South Africa and particularly South Africa's history. Here is what we said: SOUTH AFRICA'S BRIEF...

  • The Gold Fever!

    07 March 2012 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey guys, today we first did a quick recap of yesterday's lesson and clarified some phonetic remarks about /-er/ endings. Then we listened to the document about Mark's trip to the US and more specifically about his historical visit to the places of the...

  • Final test - Detective Stories

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

    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...

  • Listening Comprehension - Test (mobile phones)

    09 February 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 1 )

    Hey, today you first took a vocabulary test about words in possible reading comprehension assignment. For those who will get less than the average, you will need to copy all the words 10 times so that you try to remember them! Then we continued the lesson...

  • Segregation Laws in the US in the 1950's

    08 April 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 2 )

    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 Fabien" (correction of the HW + lesson) Then you had to highlight all...

  • Lynching party - The visual

    18 January 2011 ( #2010-2011 - Tale L )

    Hey, today we began our new sequence and we commented on the first part of the picture below (bottom part). Here is what we said about it: How to locate things in a document - At the top - In the background - On the left - In the middle - On the right...

  • The Dead Governor

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

    Hey, today we first corrected the methodology exercises that we had begun last time and that you had to finish. Here is the correction: "to be written by ..." Then we continued with the study of our new text, entitled: "The Dead Governor" by Stan Smith....

  • Junk Food or not Junk Food....? That is the question!

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

    Hi guys, today we corrected your homework and we discussed the notion of junk food to really determine what it was. In the end we concluded that there were 3 types of junk food items and we made a short list according to the main ingredients: Junk food...

  • Spiderman - Lab Scene

    19 October 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 1 )

    Hey guys, today you first took a lesson and vocabulary test and then we made sure everybody had the correction for the outfit of the superhero (we particularly paid attention to phonetics). Here is the list of words with a diphtongue in them: "to be written...

  • Super Size Me - the opening

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

    Hi guys, today we first checked your pronunciation of some important vocabulary words from the lesson such as "chocolate", "hamburgers", "broccoli", ... and then we moved on with trying to understand the very beginning of the movie "Super Size Me". You...

  • Ireland - A green country

    08 April 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère LV2 )

    Hey, today we first worked on defining Ireland a bit more and on correcting your homework. Here is what we said and wrote in your copybooks: Adjectives to qualify Ireland: - Wild / rural : Eire is wild and rural because there are not a lot of cities....