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  • The Historical Truth + explanations of one of the Guilford Four victims

    29 March 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère ES )

    Hey, today we first did a quick recap about the event (Guilford bombing) and the responsibility in this case; what the intention of the I.R.A. was; and who was accused instead of the I.R.A. Here is what we wrote: In 1974, the I.R.A planted a bomb / was...

  • Final lesson on the text before tests

    09 December 2009 ( #2009-2010 - Tale STG )

    Today we first warmed up again about your dream countries and here is what we said: "to be written by Andy" Then you had to finish the written comprehension worksheet on the text about Ireland. You can download your text here again: And the worksheet...

  • Health Care Reform - "Obamacare"

    27 May 2011 ( #2010-2011 - T Merca )

    Hi guys, not a lot of you showed up today... but we did manage to write some interesting stuff about the health care reform in your lesson copy books anyway and some of you did talk a lot! Good job! Here is what we said about the problems in the former...

  • Banksy - Your arguments + Your presentations

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

    Hey guys, today you talked about whether you thought graffiti should be allowed and considered as art or not and then you did some research to select and comment on another work by Banksy. You had to: - select a piece - find where it is displayed - the...

  • Freeganism + basic information from the text

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

    Hey guys, today we first watched a document about Freeganism. You can watch again below: Here is what we said about it: Warm up : Freeganism Type of document : report / documentary Who : A man -> a biology teacher at university Where : California , downtown...

  • New York City VS London - Which is the greener?

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

    Hey guys, after quite difficult a start, we finally managed to have some of you talk and express your very interesting ideas about what projects you could implement in your city (i.e. London or NYC) to make it greener and solve some of the problems causing...

  • Detective Stories - Information about the possible suspects

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

    Hey, today you first had to try and find some important information about the 2nd and 3rd part of the text. You had to identify who the suspects of Liddy Hamilton were, where they were, their possible motives and alibis and their connection to the victim....

  • Road Safety - Awareness campaign - "Kill the conversation"

    17 January 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 1 )

    Hey, today we first did a quick recap of what we had said last time about the road safety ad campaign. Here is the correction you needed to write down this morning: Additional vocabulary: dangerous / hazardous / perilous (to) watch out (for...) (to) pay...

  • "Facebook Manners and You" + correction of your mock exams

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

    Hey, today we first warmed up with a document entitled "Facebook Manners and You". You can watch it again below: Here is what we said about it: The document is a spoof / parody. It deals with social networks and more precisely Facebook. The story is set...

  • Rosa Parks's story - The laws

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

    Hey, today we continued speaking about Rosa Parks's story and those who knew who she was talked to the others about her. Then we determined what was allowed and what was forbidden for Afro-Americans to do in the USA in the past, during segregation. Here...

  • End of the translation

    15 December 2010 ( #2010-2011 - Tale L )

    Hey, today we finished correcting the translation you had had to complete during your mock exam. I hope that you will now understand better what is expected from you. You can read the correction here: "to be written by Priscilla" HW: - Answer question...

  • Further analysis of the text + how to build an essay / letter + Your immoral games presentations

    13 March 2012 ( #2011-2012 - Tale STG )

    Hi guys, in the first part of the lesson we tried to finish correcting your mock exams. Here is what we wrote about the text and about the ideas + link words that you needed to use for the writing part: "to be written by ..." Then in the 2nd part of the...

  • 1-hour reading test + Holly's presentation of charity videos

    15 November 2011 ( #2011-2012 - Tale STG )

    Hey guys, today you first took a comprehension test about a weird internet service called "rentafriend.com" ... We'll see what you thought about it next time. Then, during the second part of the lesson, you had to talk about the content and the goals...

  • The Biography of Barbie

    01 February 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère ES )

    Hey, today as there wasn't a lot of people in class, we still talked about love but with a different point of view... Barbie's point of view actually... Here is the document that you studied: Here is what we said about the history of Barbie and what the...

  • Correction of your essays + New sequence

    11 January 2011 ( #2010-2011 - Tale ES )

    Hey, today we first corrected your essays thanks to some activities I suggested. One of them was to build better examples for your arguments. Here is what we said for "People even infringe the law to make more money.": 1- For example, some immigrants...

  • Lost and Found - London

    12 March 2011 ( #Information )

    MESSAGE à l'attention des élèves ayant participé au voyage scolaire en Angleterre Des objets (vêtements et téléphone portable) ont été oubliés dans le bus. Voici les photos de ces items. Merci de vous manifester s'ils vous appartiennent par voie de commentaire...

  • The New Spiderman - Reports

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

    Hey guys, today we first spoke about the powers of the new Spiderman and then we watched two news report about Miles Morales, a.k.a. the new Spiderman. Here is what we said about his powers: "to be written by Seda" You can watch the first report below:...

  • Summer holidays, too long or too short?

    22 September 2011 ( #2011-2012 - Tale STG )

    Hi guys, today we first did a quick warm up about Troy Davis's case. You can watch a report about it below: Here is what we said about this case: This man was executed yesterday night in the USA. He had been condemned because he had committed a crime....

  • Irregular verbs test + phonetic transcriptions of American places of interest

    25 March 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 1 )

    Hey, today after taking your irregular verbs test, we only had time to correct your homework about phonetics transcriptions. Here are the places and/or activities that you had spot out: "to be written by ..." It was an interesting exercise to make so...

  • Strange Fruit + Southern Trees

    03 February 2011 ( #2010-2011 - Tale ES )

    Hey, today we first did a quick recap of what was to be noted down as far as the 5 senses were concerned. Here is what we said: ANALYSIS OF STRANGE FRUIT: 1. the sounds 2. historial context 3. interpretation of words (metaphors) 4. the contrasts 5. the...

  • Favorite Super Hero + Superman rocks!

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

    Hey guys, today we first checked that everybody knew their vocabulary so that you won't have problems for tomorrow's test. Let's hope you will go over your lesson and documents again to make sure you know and understand everything. Then we continued with...

  • Bill Bryson's buying junk food... what about his wife?

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

    Hey guys, today we made a quick recap of what we had said about the definition for junk food and we completed it. Here is what we said: Eating too much junk food may lead to health problems such as: - diabetes - high blood pressure - difficult pregnancy...

  • The Dream Trip

    15 September 2011 ( #2011-2012 - Tale STG )

    Hi guys, today we welcomed the students who were not present on Monday and we had a little chat about dream holidays. According to what you said, they had to select their favorite destination and explain their choice. Here is what we said in the end:...

  • Recap cartoon (slavery, segregation, ...) + Strange Fruit

    20 January 2011 ( #2010-2011 - Tale ES )

    Hey people, today we first did a quick recap of what you had to know about the cartoon and more precisely important data about the Civil War and about Jim Crow Laws . Here is what we said: Civil War: It was a war between the Northern States and the Southern...

  • Death Row - The end

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

    Hey, today we talked about the text "Death Row" and more particularly about the characters' feelings in the text. Here is what we said: At the beginning of the text, the characters are ill-at-ease. There are long pauses and they avoid looking at each...