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  • Rehearsal of your part in the play

    17 December 2012 ( #4ème 3 - Juniors )

    Hi guys, today we made a quick recap of the lesson you had to learn: the attitudes of the different characters in the play. Then we continued the lesson with a phonetics exercise to pronounce 2 or 3-syllable-words. You can download the worksheet here...

  • Reodering scrambled sentences + Good or Bad Habits?

    03 June 2013 ( #6ème 2 - Freshmen )

    Hi, today you first had to unscramble some sentences from your lesson about TV programmes and your routine. You can do the exercises here again (13 sentences): Then we continued the class with a lesson about good and bad habits. You had to determine if...

  • Intonation of questions

    23 November 2012 ( #3ème 4 - Seniors )

    Hi guys, today was a lesson dedicated to listening to English and reproducing the correct sentence stress according to the questions. Here is the final lesson: You can practise reading and pronouncing the video here: _______________________________ Homework...

  • Rapunzel - A fairy tale

    26 June 2013 ( #3ème EURO - Seniors )

    Hi guys, today we watched some parts of the movie: "Tangled" featuring a fairy tale character: "Rapunzel", a beautiful princess stolen by a witch when she was a baby. You had to comment on the story and I have to say you did a pretty good job. Keep it...

  • Everybody hates... Part Time Jobs (1st Lesson)

    07 February 2013 ( #3ème 2 - Seniors )

    Hi guys, today we first worked on the analysis of the very beginning of an American TV series. It's called "Everybody Hates Chris". Here is what we said (only Malik could see the video, the rest of the class had to listen and ask him questions): The document...

  • Positive expressions to say you are enthusiastic + Examples of video CV

    27 May 2013 ( #4ème 3 - Juniors )

    Hi, today we first listened to documents that you had already heard before and you had to concentrate to find some positive expressions to re-use in your video CV next time. Then we watched two examples of video CV and you analysed them. You can watch...

  • Vincent - Studying the entire movie

    07 December 2012 ( #3ème EURO - Seniors )

    Hi guys, today you had the right to study the entire movie with sound! And you analysed it quite well. We talked about Vincent's personalities and family as well as his favorite activities. We also mentionned the possible symbols in the movie (the transition...

  • Dr Seuss's Fox in Socks + Buckingham Palace

    14 May 2013 ( #6ème 2 - Freshmen )

    Hi guys, today we first finished the lesson about "Fox in Socks". We wrote a paragraph about the author and the story. You must remember the vocabulary (+phonetics) and the ideas we studied. Then we study the first page of "Act 5" in your books about...

  • Facebook, friend or foe?

    07 June 2013 ( #3ème 4 - Seniors )

    Hi guys, today we worked on how to comment on a subjects with personal arguments from the lesson and on how to organize them. Here is the result of your work today in the form of a mindmap. ________________________ Homework : - pour la prochaine fois,...

  • Dr Seuss's Fox in Socks

    13 May 2013 ( #6ème 2 - Freshmen )

    Hi guys, today today we finished reading the complete story of Mr Fox, his socks, the box and Mr Knox... and many of their other adventures... :) Hope you had fun with these tongue twisters and that you will be better at prepositions and pronunciation......

  • Vocabulary - Point to your body + Rihanna (Diamonds)

    21 February 2013 ( #6ème 4 - Freshmen )

    Hi guys, today we worked on the vocabulary of the body and there was a "big challenge": a dance competition. Yamine is the one who won the challenge! Good job! Then we continued the class with the song by Rihanna "Diamonds". You can listen to the song...

  • Diamonds (pronunciation and chant) + The Body

    01 February 2013 ( #6ème 2 - Freshmen )

    Hi guys, today we finished the activity about Rihanna's song. Then we started a new sequence about the body. We played several games to try and remember the new vocabulary. Here are two games you could play at home again: Game 1: Game 2: _______________...

  • Dreamtime stories - The water hole + How trees were created

    08 April 2013 ( #4ème 3 - Juniors )

    Hi guys, today we worked with Kathryn on Australia and Aborigines again. You could watch a video about one of the Aborigines' beliefs, a story that they created to explain the creation of the world. Then Kathryn taught you a story that SHE wrote for you...

  • Animals / Collections (correction) + The "beaver song"

    29 May 2013 ( #6ème 4 - Freshmen )

    Hi guys, today we first corrected the exercise you had to complete for today (word search). Then we started a new activity. It's a song with two beavers who are in love. Cute, isn't it? You learnt new words and the choreography of "prepositions": in /...

  • Taking notes from the lesson

    17 April 2013 ( #4ème 1 - Juniors )

    Hey everyone, as today you still behaved horribly, I let you take notes from the board from what you said without reordering them. Too bad for you... when will you understand that the English class is not a playground...? Here is what you said (and that...

  • The mystery picture (description)

    10 April 2013 ( #3ème 4 - Seniors )

    Hi guys, today we nearly finshed working on the description of the picture with the woman in the stairs. Here is the presentation you made of the document: The document is the cover of a magazine. The character is a sexy / glamorous / fashionable woman...

  • Reasons why people emigrated to the US

    14 December 2012 ( #3ème 4 - Seniors )

    Hi guys, after we listened to the audio document again and worked on a new document (a graph with some captions), here is what you could say about the different waves of immigration: -> The Irish wanted to escape the potato famine. -> The Chinese wanted...

  • In On Under...

    30 May 2013 ( #6ème 4 - Freshmen )

    Hi guys, today we had time to finish learning the song about prepositions of place. For those who haven't finished completing the lyrics, you can watch the karaoke version here again: We sang along the song and continued to work on a new lesson with the...

  • Facebook - The risk of being sacked!

    04 June 2013 ( #3ème 4 - Seniors )

    Hey, today we worked on another potential risk on Facebook when you post something you shouldn't. Here is the video we watched: You commented on it and decided that it was a risk indeed and that we should pay attention to what we post on the Internet....

  • The House - Final class + Prepositions of place (song)

    18 April 2013 ( #6ème 2 - Freshmen )

    Hi guys, today we first finished explaining the problems in the house that the Masons visited and we read out the script with the correct intonation. Then we continued the class with learning about can / can't : -> CAN = permet de faire passer l'information...

  • The 5 elements of hip hop!

    11 February 2013 ( #4ème 3 - Juniors )

    Hi guys, today we continued the class about hip hop with Kathryn. You had to study the elements in the video clip corresponding to "5 elements of hip hop" as seen in the documentary (MCing, DJing, Graffiti, Breakdancing, Knowledge). You found interesting...

  • Australia - Culture (Aborigines and Dreamtime Stories)

    25 March 2013 ( #4ème 3 - Juniors )

    Hey, today, I'm really NOT proud of you. You behaved like brats and this has to stop. We're not preparing classes with Kathryn for you to treat us like that. You are REALLY DISRESPECTFUL and I won't accept it... Well, anyhow... Some of you learned interesting...

  • Physical Description - Correction of exercises and personal "Guess Who?"

    21 February 2013 ( #6ème 2 - Freshmen )

    Hi guys, today we first worked on the correction of your exercises (rephrase) and then we continued the class with your special "Guess Who... is the celebrity?" You can see all your "Mangatars" below: Here is what you wrote in your notebooks: She looks...

  • Hip Hop - Interviewing a star

    18 January 2013 ( #Teachers' Corner )

    Bonjour à tous, voici un powerpoint réalisé en collaboration avec Kathryn, mon assistante américaine cette année, pour préparer mes élèves de 4ème à la venue d'un artiste américain (chorégraphe new-yorkais de hip-hop, Leslie Feliciano). Il s'agit de donner...

  • Ashleigh Hall's murder - "Crisscrossing" 6 newspaper articles

    05 June 2013 ( #3ème 4 - Seniors )

    Hi guys, today you had to work in groups on one different newspaper article in each group. You had to read them and then report your findings to the other groups so as to be able to complete the lesson (worksheet with missing words). You can read the...