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  • San Francisco, the end of your guided tour of the city

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

    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: "to be written by ..." Then we focused on some important vocabulary from the document. Here are the equivalents...

  • Earth Hour 2011 - "Save energy, save the world"

    26 March 2011 ( #For Fun )

    An obvious reference to the series Heroes, "Save the cheerleader, save the world". The same phrase could be used speaking about energy. Energy is the greatest thing we have on Earth; it's what makes us live. So tonight, think about one thing: what if...

  • Food Revolution + Strange Fruit

    08 February 2011 ( #2010-2011 - Tale L )

    Hey, today we first watched the trailer of "Food Revolution", an American TV show presented by Jamie Oliver. You can watch it again below: Here is what we said about it: "to be written by Sonia" Then we continued to speak about the poem strange fruit,...

  • Presentation of your ad campaign

    08 December 2010 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 1 )

    Today was the day when you should have been perfect... but that wasn't the case for most of you... Many did a REALLY POOR job because they hadn't worked enough. It was VERY disappointing. You should be ashamed of yourself.. I'll be correcting your oral...

  • Global Warming - Definition, Causes, Consequences, & Solutions

    09 April 2011 ( #2010-2011 - T Merca )

    Hey, today we worked on a new topic: "Global Warming" and the environment. I first asked you what you knew about the topic and we then complemented your knowledge with the help of a video. You can watch it again below: Here is what we said about the topic:...

  • Module: classeur

    03 January 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey, today we reviewed how to classify your lessons correctly so that you can learn better and when we grade your copybooks you can have good marks. Hope this will be helpful to you in the future. And keep in mind, you will keep your notes from freshman...

  • Ana's ordeals - The end of the text

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

    Hey, today we first talked about traveling abroad and settling in a foreign country as a warm up. Here is what we said: Living abroad and travelling to foreign countries: Léna would like to go to Quebec and to settle there permanently. She thinks Canada...

  • Hidden Context / Opinion + New text

    04 February 2011 ( #2010-2011 - T Merca )

    Hey, today Modibo first presented his picture, then we continued the lesson about how to analyse a visual correctly. Here is what we said about the "Hidden context" and "Opinion" parts for the visual about shopaholics: "to be written by Vasanth" Then...

  • Correction of your letters

    13 January 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère LV2 )

    Hey, today we first worked on link words and how to express cause, goal, and consequence. Here is the correction for the exercise we completed: "to be written by Quentin" Then we continued the lesson with the reading of two example letters in which you...

  • Correction for the dialogues + pronunciation of /ed/

    30 November 2010 ( #2010-2011 - Tale ES )

    Hey, today we first corrected the dialogue you had to convert today with some example sentences you had to put in the right order. Then as I saw you had problems pronouncing the /ed/ ending, we worked a little bit on establishing a phonetic rule. Here...

  • Dancer in the Dark - how to express consequence and goal

    26 November 2010 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère LV2 )

    Hey, today we first gossiped a little about Tony Parker and Eva Longoria's divorce with Aurélie, the "gossip queen" who says she never ever talks about people..., and our two gossip girl and gossip boy (Quentin and Ambre)... Here is what we said: How...

  • How to express the feelings of a character in a dialogue

    04 November 2010 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère LV2 )

    Hey, today we first warmed up with what you did during the holidays. Here are some adjectives that could qualify Quentin's Halloween party: It was lame / boring / crappy ** Then we continued speaking about the text from A Year in the Merde and we particularly...

  • In France, this is considered very English

    22 October 2010 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère LV2 )

    Hey, Correction of the exercise: as if / as though 1. French people are believed to speak English very poorly, as if they never learnt foreign languages. 2. Americans are thought to be fat and lazy, as though it were (prétérit modal) the case for all...

  • Death Penalty and Translation

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

    Hi guys, today we dedicated the first part of the class to speaking about Troy Davis's case. You can watch a report about it below: Here is what we said about it: TROY DAVIS - The controversy He was a black man sentenced / condemned / convicted to death...

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

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

    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 continued the class with...

  • Man VS Wild + Southern Trees - recap

    22 March 2011 ( #2010-2011 - Tale L )

    Hey, today we first watched an extract from Man Vs Wild and we commented on it. You can watch it below: Here is what we said: It sounds as if the man were in a TV show like "Survivor". He is an adventurer who is lost in the wild and needs to survive....

  • Rosa Parks's story

    04 April 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 1 )

    Hey, today you were supposed to prepare an oral presentation about the top 5 attractions in Portland but as nobody had done it (or done it seriously...), I was forced into turning this simple lesson test and homework into a dreadful written exam to see...

  • Awareness campaign - Road Safety

    14 January 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey, today we first talked about a new document dealing with road safety and mobile phones. Here is what we said about it: The ad campaign about road safety Type of doc: ad campaign / awareness campaign Topic: this document is about road safety and mobile...

  • Adjectives of attitudes + lexis + Addictions

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

    Hey, today we first had the oral presentations of both Karine and Fanny. Then we continued the lesson with the correction of your exercise about attitudes. You need to learn this vocabulary by heart. Finally, we talked about phonetics and how to pronounce...

  • Respect and disrespect - How to live in a community

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

    Hey, today we first talked about if you had ever witnessed signs of disrespect at the highschool. Here is what we said about the subject: Signs of disrespect . shouting / screaming in the corridors is a sign of disrespect for students and teachers in...

  • Correction - Dreams

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

    Hi guys, today we corrected the end of the translation and you wrote down some translation techniques. Here is what we said: "to be written by Maheen" Then, we reviewed some important vocabulary to talk about dreams and a possible construction for the...

  • Correction for your test

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

    Hey, today we began to talk about the correction of your mock exam that you did NOT succeed at all! There are some simple tricks about methods that you don't master yet! You need to try and make hypotheses about what the text means even when you don't...

  • Food Revolution + Stella's ordeal

    04 February 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère LV2 )

    Hey, today we first did a quick warm up about the American programme "Food Revolution". Here is the teaser again: Here is what we said about it: "to be written by Victor" Then we continued studying the text "Torn Apart" about Stella's ordeal. Here is...

  • Rosa Parks's story - The laws

    06 April 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 1 )

    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...

  • The perfect crime - Detective Stories

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

    Hey, today after building up your vocabulary related to the theme "The Perfect Crime", we started to analyse a picture. Here are the words that you gave me (homework correction): "to be written by ..." Here is the picture: Here is what we said about it:...