We worked on the Bridget Jones movie extract which corresponds to the text you studied in your book. You had some questions to answer after viewing the film. ( worksheet made by S. MOUELLIC) You then had to complete a fill in the gaps script of the extract...
We studied the beginning of Friends, episode 1 You can watch the part where Rachel takes control of her life and cuts her credit cards. and here is the worksheet we worked on. HW: For the holidays, you have your lesson and the vocabulary p.19 to learn,...
As phonetics is not your cup of tea, I imagined a new exercise: you had to find out English-speaking bands or singers thanks to their phonetic transcription ! Now, you know how to really pronounce them !! Here is the document I gave you. (click on the...
Today is Halloween, so enjoy this Halloween song that you can hear in Tim Burton's movie A Nightmare Before Chritsmas. And you can go and try this online exercise on the video ! (inspired by P. HATTAIS's) And if you want to know more about the history...
Today, we worked on the going further questions and we reviewed what is a metaphor to answer question 2. I also gave you a vocabulary list about theater that you have to learn. Here it is We then watched the corresponding extract from the movie. HW: Lesson...
Today, I told you about the project you will have to make. You will have to make a front page ! Click on the picture for more details Here are interesting links that could be of some help ! If you want ideas for your frontpage, take a look at this site...
Un dictionnaire illustré en ligne qui vous permettra d'acquérir du vocabulaire ou de l'enrichir de façon ludique et bien plus agréable qu'une liste sur papier !! Il vous suffit de choisir un thème parmi les 15 proposés et le tour est joué ! Vous pouvez...
Voici la première séquence à visée actionnelle que j'ai testée cette année: niveau B1+/B2. Je vous en fais part pour que vous me disiez ce que vous en pensez et surtout les points que je dois améliorer. Je l'ai faite en classe cette année et ça a plutôt...
Today, we reviewed what we told about Canadians using expressions such as: Canadians are known to be / said to be ... It is said that Canadians are ... We also talked about Benjamin Zephaniah's poems about stereotypes. We corrected your homework and took...
Here is the project you have to work on: US elections project You are campaigning for the next American President. Prepare a video / slide show to present your candidate’s platform and to make people vote for him/her. All the people in your group must...
Today, you had to work on some documents dealing with the USA in the 1930's, each group having a topic to deal with. You had to read the document and will have to make a short summary of it to your classmates. You will make your oral presentation next...
Today, we worked on protest songs. I first told you what your future task will be: You will have to choose your favourite protest song and analyse it. You will have to talk about the singer / the band, the context, the lyrics etc. We then listened to...
Today, we began our new sequence on Stereotypes. I asked you to look for Canadian stereotypes !! We then watched a commercial: I am Canadian !, dealing with Canadian stereotypes. You can watch it again below and we answered the questions on your worksheet...
As I will be away for a whole week (for my exams) you will have to work on your own on your first task. Here is what you will have to do. Choose your partners (3 or 4 per group) Task 1 : Now you know more about history of American music, you will have...
As phonetics is not your cup of tea, I imagined a new exercise: you had to find out English-speaking bands or singers thanks to their phonetic transcription ! Now, you know how to really pronounce them !! You can now do the exercise online ! click on...
Today, we started a new sequence entitled Tales of Fantasy. We first briefly define the Fantasy Genre. I gave you a worksheet on which we studied the poster of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King . You can see it by clicking below We then answered...
Today, we began our new sequence entitled: "from work songs to protest songs". We watched the very beginning of O'Brother, and made a brainstorming to try and define the work songs. You can take a look at the extract again by clicking below. We then worked...
We worked on the Bridget Jones movie extract which corresponds to the text you studied in your book. You can have a look at it again here You had some questions to answer after viewing the film. ( worksheet made by S. MOUELLIC) You then had to complete...
Today, we corrected your test on The Green Mile . Here is the correction. It was quite good on the whole, but don't forget the advice I gave you for your mock exam next week !! I also gave you some vocabulary about violence, crime and the death penalty....
Here is the final list of the fantasy books you have to choose for your project: His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman: Book I: The Northern Lights / The Golden Compass Book II: The Subtle Knife Book III: The Amber Spyglass The Chronicles of Narnia...
Today you had a small vocabulary exercise to see if you can infer their meaning. We then watched an extract from My So-Called Life , a TV series, and you had to tell me everything you understood: about the characters (and their relationships), and what...
Here are the protest songs timelines you had to do ! You did a great job, congratulations ! Click on the pictures to enlarge them ! 1. Manuella - Amélie 2. Anne-Laure - Noémie 3. Anne-Caroline - Milène - Nicolas - Adrien 4. Kelly - Lucie - Clémence 5....
Here is a music video inspired by Barack Obama's speech 'Yes We Can' delivered in New Hampshire on Tuesday, January 8th. As you will see, many stars are singing the song, but can you tell who they are ? Enjoy ! You can also read the lyrics of the song...
Today, you had your test on the Protest Songs sequence. You listened to a song and had to write your review of the song. You had to work on John Mayer's song Waiting on the World to Change . Here are the lyrics and a short biography of the singer. And...
Today, you had to work by groups to create a short dialogue on musical tastes. You had some vocabulary to use. You did it pretty well, so I decided to put them on the blog. You typed them in and here they are: dialogue 1 dialogue 2 dialogue 3 dialogue...
