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  • Let's check you understand the lesson

    22 November 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey guys, after taking a short vocabulary test, we moved on with the lesson; first recapitulating what we had said last time and then continuing with the correction of your homework adding structure to your oral interventions. Here is what we said: "to...

  • Presentation of India, a land of contrasts + study of 2 sets of documents

    03 February 2012 ( #2011-2012 - 1ère ES )

    Hi guys, today Robin first did his presentation of the country highlighting both the positive and negative aspects in the country. Here are the notes that you took: On the one hand...: +:- Rich, dense environment = Fauna and flora / Natural resources...

  • The possible motives of the 3 suspects...

    20 May 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey, today we first made a quick recap of the situtation in the text and we continued with analysing everyone's testimony in which we identified clues pointing at the fact that they might have killed the governor. Here is what we said: "to be written...

  • Pair work - Finding information about some celebrities

    16 January 2013 ( #4ème 1 - Juniors )

    Hi guys, today we first did a recap of yesterday's lesson and then we moved on with a pair work in which you had to practise speaking. Here are some of the possible questions to ask: - When was she born? - When did she die? - When was she crowned? - What's...

  • How to write a dialogue + Irregular Verbs

    04 May 2012 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 1 )

    Hi guys, today you first had to improve the writing of our text by adding speech verbs and expressions to the dialogue. I've taken what you have written and will be getting back to you asap. In the 2nd part of the hour, you had to complete a test about...

  • Comparing - preparation for the test

    18 September 2012 ( #4ème 1 - Juniors )

    Hi guys, today was the last lesson before your test for the 1st sequence of the year (how to talk about yourself). We reviewed how to compare to things / people together. There are 3 possibilities: - more ... than ... / ...-er than ... - less ... than...

  • Expressing your tastes + Test + New Sequence: "Health and Sports"

    18 September 2012 ( #4ème 3 - Juniors )

    Hi guys, today you worked on how to express your tastes again with important structures to remember: I love / I'm crazy about ... / I can't stand... / ... etc + V-ing You did quite a good job on the whole. Then you took your test (vocab / grammar / comprehension)...

  • The main character and the main events

    17 January 2012 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 1 )

    Hi guys, today we first warmed up with whether you had already been abroad or not. Here is what we said: Warm up: Have you been to a foreign country? + Yes, I have been to Italy, Russia, Switzerland, and Spain... I went to Russia 2 years ago to see my...

  • Methodology: how to analyse a picture and narrate a story

    18 November 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey guys, don't forget to turn in your super hero poster or I will really get PISSED OFF and you don't want to see that. In the first part of the lesson, we corrected your homework both about description and narration. Here is what we finally wrote in...

  • Theater building

    29 November 2011 ( #2011-2012 - 1ère ES )

    Hey guys, today we continued our crazy adventure through the realm of "drama". Let's hope you'll perform great things next time. Today, among other things, you learnt some important stuff such as: - Staging - Acting -> performing We'll continue next time...

  • India - your presentations

    09 March 2012 ( #2011-2012 - 1ère ES )

    Hi guys, today some groups in the class presented their powerpoint about India. I have to admit that I was not very convinced by many of you because you were mostly reading from your notes and not speaking. It was neither fluent nor smooth... Let's hope...

  • Lynching Parties + Strange Fruit

    28 March 2012 ( #2011-2012 - Tale L )

    Hi guys, today after having a quick warm up about the movie "Dancer in the Dark", we continued the lesson on lynching parties with the presentations of some students about the pictures you had to research. Here are the notes you took from their presentations:...

  • Pogroms in Russia - The Story of Jacob

    06 January 2012 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 1 )

    Hey guys, today we worked on the story of Jacobs and of his fellow companions. Here is what we said about what was happening in the scene we watched between the two groups of characters: "to be written by Cécile" HW: - apprendre la leçon + Donner minimum...

  • Recording your brochure

    26 January 2012 ( #2011-2012 - 1ère LVA )

    Hey guys, today was dedicated to training again and finally recording a version of your brochure for next week's exhibition and conference. HW: - Lundi: se préparer pour la représentation (notée) de votre scène. - Jeudi: se préparer pour faire votre présentation...

  • How to express likes and dislikes and translation techniques

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

    Hi, today we first corrected today's assignment, i.e. how to express positive comments (apart from it's good...). Hope this will help you to improve your future essays. Then we continued working on the correction of your last mock exam and we particularly...

  • Last Lesson - Famine in the horn of Africa + methodology (recap)

    25 November 2011 ( #2011-2012 - Tale STG )

    Hey guys, today we finished talking about the news report by Reuters. Here is what we finally decided to write about it: I : type of doc : News report / by Reuters / 2011 (summer) / Horn of Africa / Famine D : problems : There has been no food /water...

  • Correction for your test - Detective Stories

    01 June 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 1 )

    Hey, today we worked on the correction of your test from last time (about the Wembly kidnapping). I hoped you liked it despite your really poor results and that you will have understood the story better. HW: for next time, you need to finish your methodology...

  • Pogroms in Russia - The Story of Jacob

    06 January 2012 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 2 )

    Hi guys, as some of you were absent since there was a special Portuguese class, we will do the vocabulary test on Wednesday. So we talked more about the story of Jacob in the video. Here is what we said about it: The main character (actions) - He sees...

  • How the narrator mocks traditions

    03 February 2012 ( #2011-2012 - Tale STG )

    Hi guys, today we first talked about your oral exam from Tuesday and what you needed to improve for next time (above all the "opinion" part and the "branch out"). Then we continued the class talking about the text and more precisely about the ceremony...

  • Information - Absences

    04 November 2011 ( #Information )

    Hey, en raison d'une formation que j'ai obtenue sur Paris pour 2 jours, je serai absent ce Lundi 07/11/11 et Mardi 08/11/11 inclus . Pour les élèves qui doivent me rendre des devoirs pour ces dates, mettez-les impérativement dans mon casier . Je passerai...

  • End of Rosa Parks (HW) + TEST

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

    Hey, today we first ended the correction of your homework and you took your final test about Rosa Parks. You can download a copy here: (yet to be uploaded) Then for those who had finished before, I asked them to gather ideas about the new sequence entitled...

  • End of Rosa Parks (HW) + TEST

    02 May 2011 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey, today we first ended the correction of your homework and you took your final test about Rosa Parks. You can download a copy here: (yet to be uploaded) Then for those who had finished before, I asked them to gather ideas about the new sequence entitled...

  • Important definitions and final decision of the doctor

    27 January 2012 ( #2011-2012 - 2nde 2 )

    Hi guys, today we tried to finish everything we had to say about the topic "Immigration to the US" even if we haven't had time yet. However, we managed to say lots of things and give important definitions: E Pluribus Unum : it's the motto of the Usa....

  • Information - Sem. 25/09/11 -> 30/09/11

    28 September 2011 ( #Information )

    Bonjour à tous, pour information, je ne serai pas présent dans l'établissement ce mardi 26/09/11 et ce vendredi 30/09/11 car j'ai reçu très récemment des convocations concernant la session de Septembre pour le rattrapage du Baccalauréat 2011. Vous n'aurez...

  • Possible problems in a couple - your opinion and your parents'

    27 January 2012 ( #2011-2012 - Tale STG )

    Hi guys, today we first worked about how you and / or your parents would react if... your future partner were much older, from a different social background, the same gender, ... all those things which are commonly seen as possible problems in a couple....