English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.
Today, we first spoke about the G-20 summit. Here is what we said: "The strongest 20 countries in the world with a strong economy and army are gathering in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania today in order to solve economy and environmental problems." Then we listened...
Hi guys, today you first copied the lesson from last time after making a quick recap. Then you worked in groups to try and find the alibis of the suspects and say if they were solid or if they didn't stand. Here are some of your ideas: Inez says she was...
Hi guys, today we talked about your lesson from yesterday about fairy tales with the 3° students. Here is what you said: The characters: - a wolf - a little girl - a grand-mother - a princess - a fairy The story: In this story, the wolf is not ferocious...
Hey, today we worked on the notion of future again with the idea of "organizing" something. Here is what we said: Organizing = BE + ING / BE GOING TO + V For the party, -> I'm bringing food and drinks. -> I'm going to bring food and drinks. -> I'm gonna...
Hi, today we listened to Zach, an English pupil making a presentation about Australia. You had to identify some facts about the country, cities, people, ... -> Grammar: le superlatif = la marque "the ... -st" vient de "first". Il s'agit d'un classement...
Hi guys, today we first spoke about Dreamtime paintings again with their meanings and structure. Then you worked on your own to create a story about the creation of the world as if you were Aborigines. ____________________ Homework : pour le mardi 16/04/13...
Hi guys, today we worked on the visit of the house again with the agent and the clients who want to rent it. Here is what we said: It's a lie -> She is lying. It's not the truth. It's the ugly truth. She's trying to joke. It's ironic. Vocab: a beautiful...
Hey, today we first did a recap of what we had said yesterday and then you had to finish finding what you had missed about Rob's week end. He didn't go to a match and he didn't do sports. Here is Nolann's voice, the best one out of 3 candidates today:...
Hey, today we worked first worked on correcting the sentences that don't express a good habit. For example: - She rarely brushes her teeth after meals -> She ALWAYS brushed her teeth after meals. - They often play too long with their video games -> They...
Hi guys, today we nearly finished talking about Earth Song by Michael Jackson. We wrote the many reproaches that the singer makes to men that are either explicit or implicit in the song. How to express reproach = (to) blame (someone) for + V-ing -> The...
Congratulations to Séverin who has won the biggest liar contest with his incredible story... He's already met the president of Russia and now they are friends. He calls him every Saturday and he has even invited him to go to his villa in Hawaii for the...
Hey, today we first made a recap about why Sydney was a unique place to visit. Then we continued the lesson with a new recording about Jack who was calling his mother. Here is what we said: Jack is calling his mom. He is studying in Melbourne (Australia)...
Hey guys, today we worked on recapitulating what you had said about the house, the good and bad points. Then you practised reading out loud the dialogue and had to give a special intonation to the agent when she was lying. She even made a mistake when...
Hi guys, today we listened again to Harry and Sally, and we completed the lesson. Here is what we said: Preparing an event Friday: The friends are preparing the party. Sally is lending money to Harry because he is broke. They are buying a video game....
Hi, today we corrected your exercises. The 2nd one was about a letter that you could write to an English friend to talk about something extraordinary that happened to you. Last Saturday, my parents went out. I was watching TV with my brother when suddenly...
Hi guys, today you had two hours of English. During the first hour, we went to the CDI and the 3° students read fairy tales out loud to you. You filled in a worksheet about the activities and then we talked about it briefly at the beginning of the class....
Hi guys, today we worked on the past of the friends' parents and we wrote some sentences about where they were born and where they first met. The club is quite international. For example, Aliette's father was born in Britanny (in Saint Malo) and her mother...
Hey, after recording your presentations about the best jobs in the world, we started a new sequence about the future. Don't forget to use "WILL" to express the idea of future. Examples: - We will never drop our telephones anymore because they will resist...
Hi guys, today we continued talking about the description of the body + clothes and accessories. Here are some examples of what you could say: It's a girl / woman. She is tall and thin. She's got short curly red hair. She's got a big green eyes and a...
Hi guys, today we first made a quick recap of what we had said about Australia before the holidays and then we moved on with a lesson about the "top" things in Australia thanks to a report / presentation made by an English student about the country. Remember...
Hi guys, today you had to work on creating a jazz chant for the evening routine. You worked on vocabulary, rhythm and pronunciation. At the end of the class, we also modified the second jazz chant to sing in trios so that the person in the middle could...
Hey guys, today while 3 of you were preparing their story for the biggest liar contest, the other 3 watched the beginning of a movie: "Tangled" with Rapunzel as the lead character. Congratulations to Nadjid who won the 1st prize in the contest! ____________________...
Hi guys, today we worked on the fairy tale: "Little Red Riding Hood". You had to fill in a document while the narrator was reading the text and then you had to read it aloud sentence by sentence to recreate the text. Here is the result of what you did....
Hi guys, today we continued talking about Michael Jackson's Earth Song. Here is what we said: Past / Present / Future: There are bright colours for the past, dark colours for the present; and the future is the past. All the usual codes are destroyed....
Hi guys, today we first worked on associating a pet to its owner. Then you gave out your riddles about different animals for the class to guess. Here is what we finally wrote: It has four legs. It's man's best friend. It likes running and collecting objects...
