English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.
Hi guys, today we first talked about a poster designed by the government in New Zealand. Here is what we said about it: Lesson: Eat your colours everyday The document is poster from New Zealand. It's a campaign to encourage people to eat 5 pieces of vegetables...
Hi guys, today we finished trying to understand how to use the two tenses in English. We completed your worksheet and we made a quick recap of what you had to know before your test. Finally, I revealed the mystery picture to you. An old photo of New York...
Hi guys, today we worked on describing a picture briefly. Then we listened to a document about Lucy and her pen friend. We noted down some information about what they saw and about the museum. Here are some important ideas: Lucy visited London with her...
Hi guys, today we first corrected your exercises for today in which you had to present teenagers from English-speaking countries and yourself. Here is what we wrote: Name / Age / Nationality / City or Country Rebecca: Her name is Rebecca. She is 16 (sixteen)....
Hi guys, today we first started the lesson with a quick viewing of a video about obesity and you had to react about it as if it were a document for your oral exam. Pascal volunteered after a long period of silence... too bad for you that you don't want...
Hi guys, today you first had to act out the scene with Jim Ricotti, Flo Rando, and the customs officer. Some of you did a great job (those who had learnt their lessons...) and some of you didn't... (those who hadn't learnt their lessons...). I'll be posting...
Bonjour, voici un diaporama que j'ai fait à partir de la biographie des filles du Président Obama. Je me suis dit qu'elles resteraient dans l'actualité un petit moment (encore au moins 4 ans... :) et que donc c'était une entrée culturelle intéressante...
Hi guys, today we started to study a new document: a report about the success of Harry Potter. You can listen to it again below: "yet to be uploaded" Here is what we wrote in the copy books today (summary of the content of the audio file + grammar about...
Hi guys, today we first practised introducing ourseleves very briefly. Here is what I told you about me (and you had to do the same for you): My name's Philippe Hattais. I'm 31 years old. I live in Lyon. My best friend is Dorothy. She lives in the USA....
Hi guys, today I first checked with you once more that you knew your alphabet and some of your classroom English sentences. Then we continued the lesson with "Greetings" in English when you arrive in class. Here is the lesson: In the morning: "Good morning,...
Hi guys, today was one of our last lessons for the year... we nearly finished analysing the text "Lamb to the Slaughter - Part 1" and we went on with the study of the short story by Roald Dahl, commenting on the title of the collection "Tales of the macabre...
Hello guys, today we started a new activity that will last only 3 hours (including today's lesson). So get prepared for a final test very soon... You can download today's activity here. Here is what we said about the possible changes to apply for Professor...
Hi guys, today we worked on grammar in a fun interactive way. You can do the exercise again below. I strongly recommend you to do it again before coming back to school next year so that you practise your English grammar. You'll be ready to resume learning...
Hi guys, today we worked on this video by Catherine Tate first: Here is what we said about it: "to be written by ..." Then we continued the lesson on segregation and wrote parts of analysis for the song / poem "Strange Fruit". Here is what we said: "to...
Hi guys, today we corrected the tests you had submitted to me and you compared what you have designed to what I had built up for you. We finally answered all the questions in the test seeing that you already knew nearly all the answers since you had worked...
Hello guys, your attitude is absolutely horrible. You really need to improve it. There will be consequences for some of you already but many more if you continue to chat. You'd better stop it soon, I'm warning you. We only managed to write two small sentences...
Hi guys, today we started the lesson with a quick recap of what we had said about "Zorbing" last time and then we continued with the origin of this strange sport. Listen to the document here again: Lesson: Cheese catching in Gloucester The city of origin...
Here is a post particularly dedicated to senior STG students who will take their oral exam at the end of the year. The recording and commentary was made by Holly, our British language assistant from London, UK. This document deals with: Obesity, body...
Hi guys, today we first talked about the document from last time again and we finished writing the lesson. Goal of the document: This ad encourages children to change their ideas about vegetables. It encourages people to vary the food they eat. / It encourages...
Hi guys, today we began the lesson with a short recap of Eva Longoria's speech. Then I gave you some documents to study in groups about the different issues of the campaign and the two main candidates' proposal. Here is what you wrote about them: Barack...
Hi guys, today we continued the lesson about Akeelah and the bee, a spelling competition. You can watch the trailer here again: Here is what we said about it: Lesson: Akeelah and the bee The video is a trailer. It's in the USA. It's a spelling competition....
Hey guys, today you had class with Holly. We sat in a circle and you had to make sentences from words in different categories. The first one who broke the chain because they didn't remember the sentence properly or just made a mistake had to take a challenge....
Hi guys, today I collected your work about the poster you had to comment but most of you hadn't done their homework so I won't be able to help in these conditions... You had better think about your education... Then we continued the lesson with a methodology...
Hello guys, today we first worked on remembering the important structure: "Have you ever...?" and its possible answers. I hope you liked discovering interesting stuff about me and about your classmates... Then we continued the lesson with the correction...
Hi guys, today we continued the lesson with the correction of your homework. I helped you once more with the structures to use to compare things and people together. Then we moved on with another activity: talking about what you like and dislike. You...
