English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.
Hey, today we started a new sequence on immigration to the US and you first had to read a text in your books and report about the main information. We organised the information in a temporal spidergram (in the past / today / consequences / reasons). You...
Today you took your oral comprehension test on "In the Name of the Father" on the following video extract: Here is your worksheet with the correction: Then I gave you your type bac exams back. We didn't have time to correct them properly. We'll do that...
You really had a bad attitude today not cooperating to make the class go towards progress. You should be ashamed of it... However, during the hour, we succeeded in saying some things about the swine flu : "The swine flu is a type of flu that authorities...
Hey, today we first warmed up with a teleshopping presentation of Guillaume, Martin, and Robin about an extraodinary pencil... You did a great job, guys! Thumbs up! =) I wish I had had a real camera to record your performance... Be careful to the pronunciation...
Today we first warmed up a little with a guessing game. You had to guess where I went yesterday and ask questions so as to get a "super sticker"! Guillaume & Aya were the winners! Congratulations to them but you nearly all helped him to find the answer....
Today, we quickly talked about the new vaccine against aids as a warm up: "to be written by Nicolas..." We then did a quick recap about the text we are studying. We corrected the exercises you had to complete for today and we continued analysing and commenting...
Today, we debated a little over the differences between the rating system in France and the one in the US. We said: The signs are there to warn children and parents about the content of the programs. In the US there are 3 categories: - PG (Parental Guidance)...
Hey, today we first warmed up with the study of the credits from Lord of War and here is what we said about them: The man: There is a discrepancy (a gap) between the way the man is dressed (he is wearing a suit and a tie) and the damage around him (houses...
Bonjour, j'ai préparé des activités sur le thème "Harry Potter" grâce au début d'une vidéo vue sur Youtube. Vous pouvez la visionner ci-dessous: Voici les activités que j'ai prévue d'entreprendre avec une de mes classes de 2nde. Dites-moi ce que vous...
Today, after recapitulating what we had said last time about super hero powers, we worked on expressing "ability", "capacity". Here is what we said about Superman: Superman can... outrun speeding locomotives. leap tall building. bend steel in his bare...
Today we reviewed some vocabulary and structures so that you don't have any problems for your test tomorrow. You will have a test both on vocabulary (you should be able to use it in sentences and to give equivalents) and on the text. BRING YOUR BOOKS...
Today, we had time to clarify who was responsible for the bombing in the pub in Guilford. Here is what we wrote after viewing this scene: Who is responsible for the bombing? The beggar can't be responsible for the bombing because he doesn't have the money....
Hey, we worked on the picture with the two black men who were hanged on trees and here is what we said: The picture actually deals with racial segregation in the US in the 1950's. It depicts two black men who are hanged on a tree. The crowd / mob (connotation...
Hey guys, as I promised you to publish some posts over the week end to help with the last topic of the year that we haven't had time to finish..., here are a few documents and tips. Let's hope it does help you. Do not forget to ALSO go over your notes...
Hi guys, today we first continued the study of the text entitled "Southern Trees"; we finished dividing it up into 3 parts and justifying our choices. Here is what we finally said and some of the ideas we jotted down: "to be written by Kévin" Then in...
Hi guys, today you first gave a brief oral account about "Maus", i.e. the last group came to the board to give out the presentation about this question: "Why is it important for the author to tell this story?" Then we continued with a matching exercise...
Hi guys, today we had the presentation of 4 groups of their research about some death row inmates who are to die very soon. You had to give an oral account of your findings and take notes. Here are the notes you took: "yet to be uploaded" HW: - que les...
Hi guys, today you first listened to Holly's presentation according to your document. You had to take notes while listening to complete your own presentation of the same document. Then you could read Holly's notes for 5 minutes so that you could add some...
Hi guys, today you had to finish writing the parody of Little Red Riding Hood that you had started last time. Before that we did an activity (fill in the blanks) where you had to listen to the story being told and complete the transcript. You can do the...
Hi guys, today we first talked about the video clip by 30 seconds to Mars "This is War". You can watch it again below: I forced you'all to speak so that you could watch it entirely and you finally did quite a good job in the end with very interesting...
Hi guys, today we first watched a document from the web, more precisely a news report about the rampage in a US college yesterday. You can watch it again below: Here is what we said about it: Warm up: The document is a news report about a shooting in...
Hi guys, today we first had a class about food and Michelle Obama's tips when you think you are too busy or too poor to purchase good food. Here is what we said: "to be written by ..." Here is the document used in the campaign: "Let's Move" -----------------------------...
Hi guys, today we first watched a document from the web, more precisely a news report about the rampage in a US college yesterday. You can watch it again below: Here is what we said about it: Warm up: The document is a news report about shooting in America....
Hi guys, today you had a presentation for your oral exam about Facebook and privacy; and you had to take notes while listening. Then I gave you some notes to complete yours. Finally one of you volunteered to try and make a good presentation of the document....
Hi guys, today we first talked about the problems you may have had with dubbing Vincent... then we continued the class with a summary of what had been done this year and I gave you some guidelines in order to understand how to create your dossiers for...
