English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.
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...
Hey guys, today you had to correct your tests in groups. I think you did your job alright even if it did take you quite a long time. Here is one part of the correction: Vocabulary: a) - Ability = power - Epaule : shoulder - De l'acier : steel - Brow :...
Hey, today we first warmed up with the theme "X-mas shopping and shops open on Sundays" and here is what we said: It’s practical when the shops are open; people who work during the week have more time to shop for their X-mas gifts / Christmas presents....
Hey, today there was only Mélania in class at 8 am. We spoke about breakfast menus and healthy options. Here is what we said about it: "to be written by Mélania" Then we moved on with the correction of the exercise sheet on assignment. Here is the correction:...
Hey, today we first warmed up with the recording of a typical version of "Little Red Riding Hood". You had to fill in the blanks and here are some important words about the way people speak: "to be written by Félix / William" Then we commented upon a...
Hey, today we first warmed up with a recap of the previous lessons and particularly the typical ingredients of a fairy tale. Then we moved on with the study of another text entitled "The Pangs of Love". We made a chart about the characters and places...
Hi guys, today we started the preparation for "The Biggest Liar Contest" that will take place tomorrow. You had to invent a crazy story, a lie about something that happened to you. Tomorrow, you will have to appear as truthful as possible when narrating...
Hi guys, today we finished the lesson about your routine. You learned the vocabulary about what we do everyday and you created your own jazz chant. Then we mimed and repeated all the new words to make sure you can remember them. We finally studied a document...
Hi guys, today we first worked on phonetics (the diphtongs in English like [ai], [ei], ...). You had to write the new vocabulary words in the correct (cf. chart at the end of your notebooks). Then we continued the lesson with rephrasing some sentences....
Hi guys, today we first corrected the exercise about Oliver Twist at the book store who was accused of stealing a customer's hankerchief . We worked on the differences between "preterite" and "preterite Be+ing". Then we continued the lesson with the analysis...
Hi guys, today we worked on the end of MLK day. First we worked on the definition of a hero by saying what a hero was or had. Here are some elements you said: To be a hero, you have to...: - do something good - save people - have power(s) - do something...
Hi, today we talked about Xmas and Rudolph, Santa Claus's famous reindeer. Here is the presentation I used for you: _______________________ Homework : - apprendre le rôle que vous avez décidé par coeur. Vous devrez tous être capable également de faire...
Hi guys, today we worked on the Obama family. We talked about what the Obama daughters like doing. We haven't written anything in the copybook yet. We'll do this next time. Until then, here are the numbers you need to know: 1 - one - first 2 - two - second...
Hi guys, today we began to study a new text entitled: "Death Row". You had to find some missing words in the text just by infering them thanks to the context and to give an oral account of the basic elements you could understand thanks to the WH-. Here...
Hi guys, today you had to listen and participate in a presentation and a debate about whether tattoos and piercings were body art or simple mutilations. Hope you've learnt lots of things. Here is the document that I used today and that will help you finalize...
Hey, today we first corrected your exercises about the use of Present Perfect and Preterit. Then I gave you your tests back and here is what we said for the correction: Voc: - ecological / green / energy efficient appliances - (to) go green: devenir écolo...
Hi guys, today you first did quite a good recap of yesterday's lesson; then we started a new topic listening to this document that you understood quite well: Here is what we said about it: "to be written by..." Finally, you worked in groups on a set of...
Hey, today we first warmed up with a document about "freeganism". You can watch it below: Here is what we said about it: "to be written by Sonia" Then we continued to talk about the poem "Strange Fruit" and we particularly focused our comments on the...
You can practise speaking on any of the following documents. When you have finished your draft, you can click on the picture and record yourself on the new page. Hope this will be of some help to you. Please, make sure you send me an email to tell me...
Hey, with Group 1, we continued speaking about uniforms and listing some arguments for and against: - You can feel left out, like a pariah if your parents can not afford to buy you expensive clothes - It's normal, it's a custom / habit -> You are accustomed...
Hey, today we first listened to an audio document but there was a fire drill again so we had to evacuate. Here is what we had time to say about it: "to be written by Delphine" You can listen the document again here: Then we corrected the exercise you...
Hey, today we first did a quick warm up about "illegal downloading". Here is what we said about the document we studied: The document deals with illegal downloading, i.e. when people download music from the Internet for free / without paying. Lily Allen...
Hey, today we first warmed up listening to an audio document dealing with CCTV at school in Scotland. Here is what we said about it: Closed circuit control camera at school - A good or a bad idea? GROUP 1: Even if the parents, teachers and pupils would...
Hey today, we first started the class with a warm up about highschool. Here is what we said about the document: How was high school for you? What did high school mean for you? What was the impact of high school? --> escape from their family (thanks to...
Hey, today we first had the presentation by Thomas of a song by Calvin Harris (cf. song of the moment). Here is what he said about the band, the song, and the videoclip. Good job! "to be written by Thomas" Then we moved on with the study of the second...
