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  • Refreshing your memory about Joe's childhood memories

    04 May 2010 ( #2009-2010 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey, today we first did a little recap of what we had said about the text entitled "The Rolls Royce". Then we continued on speaking about it and more precisely about the characters in the text and the opinions they had about Joe's father, Peter. Here...

  • Easter + creative writing

    06 April 2010 ( #2009-2010 - 2nde 5 )

    Hey, today we first spoke about the tradition of Easter and here is what we said about it: Group 1: Easter egg hunt: Easter is a Christian feast. It celebrates the re-birth of Jesus. But many people celebrate this tradition without knowing it. For pagans,...

  • The Gold Rush - 3 - The end

    08 April 2010 ( #2009-2010 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey, today we first had a little warm up about "Easter". Here is what we said about the celebration: Easter is a religious celebration at the beginning, but it has become a pagan feast. Tradition has it that children look for Easter eggs in their gardens....

  • Good ingredients of a fairy tale + topical issues

    06 May 2010 ( #2009-2010 - 2nde 2 )

    With the second group, we had time to speak about current topical issues. Here is what we said: "to be written by..." With the 1st group, after dealing with a problem of room, we also had a chance to comment upon this question: "What are the good ingredients...

  • Anti-tobacco campaign + smoking ban in public places

    30 March 2010 ( #2009-2010 - Tale STG )

    Hey, today we first commented on the latest / the most recent French anti-tobacco campaign . Here is what we said about it: PRESENT: represent /show /depict DESCRIBE: 3 characters are smoking. There is a hand on the heads of the characters. The hand is...

  • Hope you're enjoying your holidays

    27 December 2010 ( #For Fun )

    Here are some pieces of advice for you to enjoy the food even more but without the knock-on effect! Useful vocabulary words from the video : the holiday season a healthy diet a get-together = a family reunion "I've done my best" sugar-coated treats mashed...

  • Warm up (topical issue) + end of the worksheet + translation

    07 May 2010 ( #2009-2010 - 1ère L 2 )

    Hey, today we first started the class with a report from the news website Reuters. You can watch the document again below: Here is what we said about it: "to be written by Julien" Then we continued speaking about the text with the help of the worksheet...

  • Correction of your tests

    20 May 2010 ( #2009-2010 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey, today you had to highlight in your texts all the elements concerning the characters, the places, the timeand the feelings . If you don't do this before answering your questions, you can bet that you will not succeed as much as you would if you did......

  • The snow - end of the listening comprehension

    13 December 2010 ( #2010-2011 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey, today we first warmed up with what you did this week end and we reviewed how to speak about the chronology of events. Here is what we said: "to be writteny by ..." Then we continued to speak about last week's snow and more precisely about the problems...

  • The gun in the woman's hands...

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

    Hey, today we first warmed up with what you did during the week end. Some of you as usual behaved like vampires... sleeping all week end long while other went to the cinema or watched movies on TV. As for the class, we continued making hypotheses about...

  • Final analysis of the song "Family Portrait"

    31 March 2010 ( #2009-2010 - Tale STG )

    Hey, today we first classified some words into two lexical fields. Here they are and also the name of the lexical field: Two lexical fields : FAMILY : brother, father, mother, step-brother, brother-in-law. DIVISION/CONFLICT/SADNESS : pain, crying, yelling,...

  • Ashleigh's Rules + text + Sunday Bloody Sunday

    16 April 2010 ( #2009-2010 - 1ère L 2 )

    Hey, we first had a warm up about Ashleigh's Rules and Facebook. Here is what we said about it: "Ashleigh's rules" Ashleigh was a 17-year-old British girl who was killed by a psycho / freak she had met on the Internet, more precisely on Facebook. After...

  • No Class from 8 am to 10 am on Friday

    10 November 2010 ( #Information )

    INFORMATION Etant donné que je dois assister au conseil de classe des 2ndes D, je ne pourrai assurer mes cours ce vendredi 12/11/2010 de 8h00 à 10h00. Les prochains cours de 2nde auront donc lieu Lundi 15/11/2010. Profitez-en pour bien vous préparer au...

  • Mapetla's anger

    19 May 2010 ( #2009-2010 - Tale STG )

    Hey, today we first warmed up about the soccer world cup and what you would do if you were given free plane tickets to go there. Here is what we said: "to be written by Sarah T." Then we moved on with the study of the text and we particularly analysed...

  • Irregular Verbs + Ireland + Kevin Roche, 16

    09 March 2010 ( #2009-2010 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey, today we first did a quick test on irregular verbs. Then we continued speaking about Ireland and here is what said again about it and particularly about Saint Patrick's Day: "to be written by CAMILLE" Then we started reading the text entitled: "Kevin...

  • End of the correction of your mock exams + Comment exercer une pression sur qqn

    07 April 2010 ( #2009-2010 - Tale STG )

    Hey, today we first commented upon the written expressions of some of your classmates to determine what was positive and what you needed to re-use for the A-Levels. Here are some verbs you can use in a dialogue: "to be written by Marine" Here are some...

  • Grammar + révisions

    08 June 2010 ( #2009-2010 - Tale LV2 )

    Hey, today we first corrected some grammar exercises that you had problems to complete. Here is the correction: "to be written by ..." Then I told you about tomorrow's game. You need to create some flash cards with vocabulary, grammar points, phonetic...

  • Tales S2-S3-L1 - LV2 - Devoir type bac

    09 May 2010 ( #2009-2010 - Tale LV2 )

    Hey, I confirm you that you will take your final test on Thursday May 20th from 8 to 10 am. Room #10 (music room in the Lycée Professionnel part, when you cross the doors, on your right). I have had the approval of both your philosophy and German teacher....

  • How to analyse a mock exam exercise

    01 June 2010 ( #2009-2010 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey, today we began to study a new text. It is an extract from the Da Vinci Code and it will correspond to what you will have to deal with for the A-Levels in two years. We saw that it was not very difficult since the answers to the questions were already...

  • Warm up + correction of your mock exams

    08 April 2010 ( #2009-2010 - 1ère L 2 )

    Hey, today we first had the presentation by Sandy of her "song of the moment". To validate her grade, she will need to record herself. Here is what we said about the video clip and the singer: "to be written by Cindy" Then we continued speaking about...

  • Final test - Moira and the Gunman

    14 May 2010 ( #2009-2010 - 1ère L 2 )

    Hey, today you took a two-hour test about the sequence: "Ireland". I hope that you will have succeeded. You had to complete 3 different assignement: - Written comprehension - Translation - Written expression I will give you your results asap. You can...

  • The London Blitz - Sept, 7th 1940

    20 May 2010 ( #2009-2010 - 1ère L 2 )

    Hey, today we started the last sequence of the year entitled: "The UK at war" We first studied a document about the London Blitz and here is the timeline that we drew summing up the document: "to be written by ..." We also made a list of important vocabulary...

  • Northern Ireland - The roots of the troubles + "Guns"

    09 April 2010 ( #2009-2010 - 1ère L 2 )

    Hey, today we first started the class with the study of a chronology about Ireland and we tried to determine why there were territorial and religious problems in Ireland. Here is what we said about this chronology: "to be written by Cindy" Then we moved...

  • Kevin's dreams and political opinion about the situtation in Ireland

    16 March 2010 ( #2009-2010 - 2nde 2 )

    Hey, first you took your irregular verbs tests. Then we continued working on the text entitled "Kevin Roche, 16". Here is what we added today about 2nd and 3rd paragraph: "to be written by CAMILLE" HW: for next time = know your lesson by heart + draw...

  • Correction of your tests and mock exams

    02 April 2010 ( #2009-2010 - 1ère L 2 )

    Hey, today we corrected your tests and particularly the first half of your test (the comment on the cartoon). Here is the correction: "to be written by Cindy" Then we continued correcting your mock exams dating back from February and we could see how...