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  • Kraft Foods - the end

    28 September 2010 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère ES )

    Hey, today we first warmed up about the weather again and here is the new expression you learnt: It's cold enough to freeze off the balls of a brass monkey *** Then we continued speaking and analysing the oral document about Kraft Foods. Here is what...

  • Test - Fin de séquence

    05 November 2010 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère ES )

    Hey, today even if there were a lot of students missing, you took your final test about Junk Food. You had to write an article about the decision of a jury in a case opposing two girls and McDonald's. Hope you did your best and that you'll have good grades....

  • First Class: Back to school - Road signs

    08 September 2010 ( #2010-2011 - T Merca )

    Hey guys, as these were our first hours of classes, let me wish you all the best for the year to come. Let's hope you will all achieve good results in English and elsewhere. First of all I got to present my way of teaching and you had to fill in a form...

  • The Crime Scene - Are you good detectives?

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

    Will you be able to finally find the solution to this mystery? We'll see about this next time. For now, you have drawn a chart about the facts, the clues, the possible ways the man died and the murder weapons and finally, we began to express some motives....

  • Death Penalty - Dancer in the Dark

    06 December 2010 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère ES )

    Hey, today we first talked about AIDS again with a short recap of what we didn't have time to write in the copy books last time. Here is what we said: Maybe people in Africa don't get the treatment because it's too expensive for them and because they...

  • Module: classeur

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

    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...

  • Comparing - PRL

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

    Hey, today we first warmed up with a simple question: Have you finished your super hero? Possible answers: No, I have n't finished my super hero yet. Yes, I have already finished. No, but I have already started. I have almost / nearly finished. We then...

  • Fourniture scolaire pour toutes les classes

    22 September 2010 ( #Information )

    Les professeurs du lycée vous demandent de vous munir d'un classeur souple grand format réparti en 8 intercalaires. Il faudra bien sûr des pochettes transparentes perforées pour pouvoir y ranger les documents distribués en classe ainsi que tout le matériel...

  • Evolution of Afro American Music

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

    Hey, today we first warmed up with the words: work songs / blues / jazz / rock'n'roll / hip hop You had to find a link between them all. Here is what you said after thinking for a while: "to be written by ..." Then you turned in your poems (some of you...)...

  • Lynching party - Slavery and segregation in the US

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

    Hey, today we first did a quick recap of what we had said last time about the lynching party picture and we moved on expressing your personal feelings about it. Here is what we said: There’s a stark contrast between the situation nowadays and the situation...

  • Rosie - The Recap + New Sequence: the dangers of science?

    28 September 2010 ( #2010-2011 - Tale L )

    Hey, today we first did a quick warm up and then we finished speaking about Rosie the Riveter and its author, Norman Rockwell. Warm up : It gives me goosebumps / the chills. It's freezing cold. It's chilly. It's cold enough to freeze off witches' tits....

  • How to express surprise and disbelief - Idioms and question tags

    01 December 2010 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey, today we first had a little chat in English about my crazy personal life... Indeed... I have 24 cats at home... It was of course a pretext to have you talk in English and prepare for the oral comprehension placement test. How to express surprise...

  • How to contrast two characters (follow-up)

    27 September 2010 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 1 )

    Hey, today we first did a quick vocabulary recap. Here is the worksheet if you want to train again: Then we continued speaking about our 3 super heroes and we compared them. Here is what we said: "to be written by Yanis" HW: learn your lesson + ex. cross...

  • Death Penalty - For or Against? - Preparation for your debate

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

    Hey, today tried to find arguments in favour of the death penalty and arguments against it. Here is what we have come down to: For - murders and rapes are atrocious crimes - crime repetition - killers deserve to be killed if their action was intentional...

  • Illegal immigration to the US - The recap

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

    Hey, today there were three presentations of the same cartoon by Vincent, Marine, and Aurélie. After their exams, we could comment on what was positive and what was negative. We determined that one main bad point was the misuse of present Be+ing while...

  • Designed for the dump...? - Think!

    28 January 2011 ( #For Fun )

    Here is a very interesting video about electronics and ethics that we might study in class one day. But first to understand it better, you will need to read the vocabulary below. Enjoy and report back with your personal opinion about it thanks to the...

  • First Class - WWI and the trenches

    07 September 2010 ( #2010-2011 - Tale L )

    Hey guys, this is the first post of the year, yoohoo! so welcome back to school. I hope we'll have a good time this year studying English. As for today's lesson, it is Lena's turn to update it. We began to study the text that was given for last year's...

  • Immigration waves (the end) + advertisement

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

    Hey, today we first worked on the end of our commentary about the document entitled: "Immigration waves from 1800 to nowadays". Here is what we said about it: The text seems to be racist at first since it categorizes people and even gives them nicknames...

  • Barricades at the high school

    13 October 2010 ( #Information )

    Due to the barricades at the highschool today, there was no class. Therefore, the freshmen who should have taken their oral tests today will take them on Friday if the strike doesn't continue of course... If you want to practise your English about the...

  • Parody of Fairy Tales -> The E-books!

    11 May 2010 ( #Students' Corner )

    Finally I have succeeded in uploading your e-books to the Internet. You can click on the icons below to open them. Please wait until the book is completely charged before opening it or you might not have access to all the pictures and / or audio illustrations....

  • Strange Fruit - Analysis

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

    Hey, today you first had to record an audio commentary about the cartoon we had studied and then we could continue listening and analysing the song Strange Fruit. We first focused on the tone of the melody and then on the content of the lyrics themselves....

  • Understanding the text and dialogue

    22 November 2010 ( #2010-2011 - 1ère ES )

    Hey, today we first spoke about the future wedding of Prince William and his fiancée. Here is what we said about this piece of news: The wedding of Prince William and his fiancée is a topical issue = it's in the news at the moment. The couple has announced...

  • Correction of your essays - Money talks!

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

    Hey, today we corrected the essays you completed during the vacation about the importance of money. We first talked a little bit about a grammar point. Here is what we said: Grammar: Verbe en position nominale = V-ing - Making money has become a priority...

  • Calendrier de passage des oraux - 2nde

    03 September 2010 ( #Information )

    Hey Freshmen, you will find here the updated schedule for your oral exams : For this test, you will need to get prepared to talk about the following subjects: - Life at school and violence (bullying, ...) - Hobbies (sports, music, video games, ...) -...

  • Recap + Family Portrait (follow-up)

    08 October 2010 ( #2010-2011 - T Merca )

    Hey, today you really didn't behave properly... You should be ashamed to act like 5th graders and not like seniors in highschool... Whatever... So, we first did a quick recap of the previous lesson and added some vocabulary to be remembered. Here it is:...