English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.
Hey, today we first did a quick recap of what you learnt last time. Then we corrected your exercise. Here is the correction: "to be written by Yanis" Finally, we continued speaking about the three superheroes and you had to finish filling in the chart...
Hey, today we first finished our comment on the oral document featuring Ruth Simmons. Here is what we said about her: Ruth Simmons was motivated by her parents to hit the books, that's to say to become someone important. She earned a scholarship and she...
Hey, today we first warmed up with some arguments in favour of long holidays. Here is what we said: The longer the vacation, the more money you earn if you have a summer job. Then we continued speaking about the structure: " the more ..., the more ..."...
Hey, today we first warmed up with this figure: Every year, you watch 33.000 murders (react). Here is what we said: Every person watches 33 000 murders a year: it's an average. At the same time, I can't believe it; it's too much, but it's true that there...
Hey, today we first warmed up about the foul weather we had this morning. Here is what we said: Speaking about the weather : It's raining cats and dogs. It's depressing. I'm soaked wet. I'm soaked through. Then we continued working on the text and we...
Hey, today we first spoke about our cartoon again (for the last time). Here is what we added in our commentary: The couple has not just started to eat. They have be en eating / nibbling for a long time. They have emptied a cardboard box of junk food and...
Hey, today we first warmed up about your favorite activities. Here is what we said about them: Favorite activites: Ambre is a TV addict. She is addicted to/ hooked on Dr House. She thinks it's a fun show and it's really interesting. As for Aurélie, she...
Hey, today was our first English lesson of the year. So let me wish you all the best in your academic studies. After filling in a form about yourself, we started the lesson with the theme: "Reality TV". You had to explain what "secret story" was and say...
After making things clear about your fairy tale, we began to study a new theme: Road Safety. We first warmed up with making a list of the risks on the road and then we watched a video document about the problem. You can watch it again below: Here is what...
Hey, today after giving you back your parody drafts I taught you how to create an ebook with the two following softwares: - Audacity. You can download the programme here: - Tutoriel Audacity + Lame (pour convertir vos fichiers en MP3) ici: - Didapages....
Hey, today we first had a little chat about two major topical issues currently burning in the US. Here is what we said about them: There are currently two major topical issues in the US: - First, the terrorist threat. A bomb was luckily defused / disabled...
Hey, today you had a presentation by Kirstie, our language assistant about tattoos and piercings. I hope you liked it and that you will use the information in the future. You can click on the picture below to access this presentation if you need a written...
Hey, today we did a long warm up about this advertisement against smoking. You can watch it below: Here is what we said about it: The ad is particularly shocking. It's about cigarettes. It couldn't be a French ad because I believe French people are too...
Today, MANY students were absent today for the module... this is intolerable! We first warmed up about the weather and here is what we wrote: "to be written by Delphine H." Then we worked on the notion of global warming again. We first watched the video...
N ous avions déjà vu dans des articles précédents comment choisir le bon temps à employer dans une phrase. Nous avions dit à ce titre que le Present Perfect était le temps du bilan que l'on fait aujourd'hui en regardant vers le passé. Le temps écoulé...
Poem #6 Red bodies on trees replace green leaves. Their blood replaces their sap. Crows eat their eyes instead of fruit. The sun glitters on the dewy settled on the naked bodies. Their voices stump as the night approaches. People jubilate in front of...
Today, we did a quick recap of what we had said before about the video and we continued to comment on it with another scene. We made hypotheses about what was going to happen and what happened. Then we checked what you had supposed with the screening...
Hey guys, first we warmed up today with a recap of important vocabulary words dealing with the road: Voc: a road sign (to) cross a red light (to) go over the speed limit a hitch-hicker a placard a lorry [UK] / a truck [USA] Then we continued working on...
Hey, today we first talked about real tv shows and whether you wanted to take part in those shows or not. Here is what we said: There are many reality TV games. Ambre wouldn't like to take part in Pop Idol because she thinks she can't sing and she would...
Hey, today we first warmed up with McDonald's. Here is what we wrote: "to be written by Jonathan T." Then we continued the class with a new activity, i.e. how to deal with a written comprehension test. You had to complete the first exercises of the sheet...
Hey, today we wrote definitions for the following terms in your lesson copybooks. You need to know them by heart! Here is what we said: - Ellis Island: It's a symbol of liberty / freedom but also of stress. It was founded in the 1890's . Immigrants had...
For those of you who didn't know the band "Radiohead", here is the song "15 steps" which I think is quite groovy. Hope you'll like it. You can download many Radiohead songs if you want to discover the band on beezik.com for free provided you watch a commercial...
After interrogating one of your classmates on "A new generation of soldiers", we started studying a new document about Aids. Here is a link to the advertisment campaign: Here are some important elements to describe a picture: - The document depicts /...
Ces deux verbes sont des verbes de parole. Ils peuvent vous servir lorsque vous rapportez à quelqu'un ce que vous avez entendu. Le verbe "tell" dans le sens de "dire" ne peut s'utiliser qu'avec un complément de personne. Le verbe "say", quant à lui, peut...
Hey, as today was Saint Patrick's Day, I absolutely wanted you to talk about the celebration; we worked on the traditional colour of the saint. It was a "History Channel" document as a warm up. You can watch the document here again: Here is what we said...
