English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.
Hi guys, today you first had Holly's presentation that you had to grade at the end, explaining your grade (and she had to defend herself against your "accusations"). This has to serve as an example for what we intend you to do next Tuesday, i.e. prepare...
Hi guys, today you had a speaking competition / marathon dealing with fun facts about food. Here is the worksheet that we used. Then we finished nearly everything that we had started and reviewed vocabulary related to cookery. Here is the entire correction...
Hi guys, today after slowly revealing the picture and having you try and be as good detectives as you could be, here is what we wrote in your copybooks: The picture is the cover of a weekly magazine entitled "The New Yorker" It was published during the...
Hi guys, today we started a new sequence with the studying of 3 extracts from Dancer in the Dark . You can watch them again below: Here is what we said about the movie in general (situation and brief analysis): Dancer in the dark : first scene The main...
Hi guys, today we began a new sequence where you had to be detectives. You had to try and find the culprit in the video. And even if I tricked you, you did a good job on the whole. Watch the video again here: Here is what we said about the document: Whodunnit?...
Hi guys, today you had to determine after listening to some people speak about the topic whether they were for or against this kind of punishment. You can listen to the document again below: Here is what we've said so far about their arguments: "to be...
Hi guys, today we first made a quick recap of what we had said so far about "Maus" last time and we continued our work on the comic strip with the class divided into 6 groups. I hope you had fun reading, understanding, and completing Holly's activities....
Hi guys, today was the last lesson before your test. Let's hope you will succeed! Here are some important words to remember from your presentations organised according to same pronunciation: Wyoming mammal bear famous Idaho animal square lake Climate...
Hi guys, today we studied the video below made by British Indian comedians to make fun of the way English people behave in Indian restaurants in Britain. You can watch it again below: Here are the notes we took on the board (copy them down in your copybooks):...
Hi guys, today we first made a quick recap of all the ingredients mentionned yesterday during Holly's about typical English food. Here is what you wrote in the several categories: Ingredients meat (steak, kidney, pork, sausages, mutton, stomach, mutton,...
Hi guys, today we first worked on the topic "Smoking" with the analysis of the following video: Here is what we said about it: "to be written by ..." Then you had a class with Holly about Reality TV at the end of which you had to imagine the embryo of...
Hey guys, after taking a quiz about irregular verbs, you had to recap the lesson about "the car in the gilded cage" but that was VERY poor... so from now on, you will have a test about the lesson at EVERY HOUR until everybody understands that they need...
Hi guys, today we first saw how to use new vocabulary in an appropriate way and the exercises you had to do in order to improve your oral and written exams. Here are some of the sentences you made: "to be written by ..." Then we continued the lesson with...
Hey guys, today we finished correcting the translation that we had started to review yesterday. Here is what you have finally said: "to be written by ..." Then we continued the correction of the 2nd text (about Nora and Sally) with analysing the intricate...
Hey guys, today we first worked on a video dealing with Jamie Olliver's show "Food Revolution". Here is what we said about it: "to be written by Nathalie" Then we continued talking about India and more precisely about a new text with a 13-year-old girl...
Hi guys, today we first talked about this extract from the movie Philadelphia as a warm up: Here is what we said about it: Warm up : Philadelphia The document is an extract from the movie Philadelphia. It features two men, a white man (Andrew) and a black...
Hi guys, today we first worked on the notion of "karma" in India and we corrected what you had to do for homework about the famous people and their karma, therefore their possible belonging to such and such a caste. Here is what we said about it: "to...
Hi guys, today you first wrote down the assumptions you had made last time. Here they are: He might escape and flee from Russia. Jacob may 50% ... /Jacob might 20% ...: . -... try and get help . -... change his name . -... go to another village . -......
Hi guys, today you first took a vocabulary test about shopping. You can dowload the answers here to get prepared for your final test on Thursday. Then we had a quick warm up about Jamie Oliver's show. Here is what we said about it: Jamie Oliver’s food...
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: In 2010, there...
Hey guys, today we first finished our sequence about shopping with the end of the song "Price Tag" that you finally succeeded in singing alright. Here are the comments we made about the song: "to be written by ..." Then we continued the lesson without...
Hi guys, today we first did a quick recap of what you were supposed to know about the text Philadelphia. Here is what we said (using the vocabulary of "job", "illness", and "body parts"): Job: Andrew's lover / partner teaches in an institute. Andrew has...
Hey guys, today we worked on correcting the chart you had to complete about immigration waves to the US. Here is what we said about it: From 1860 to 1880, the Chinese went to the U.S to build the railroad and because they were too poor to raise their...
Hi guys, today was our last day of class before the holidays... awesome, ain't it? We worked on a scene from the movie Philadelphia, first without the sound and you had to focus only on staging and acting to invent a possible dialogue. You did quite a...
Hi guys, today after making a quick recap of what we had said before, we continued talking about immigration to the USA and why people used to leave their country to live the American Dream. Here is the chart we have begun to draw, the lesson that goes...
