We talked about your baccalauré

Welcome to Mrs Monnier’s English class
I wish you all the best for this new school year ! ☺
We talked about your baccalauréat exam and the 4 notions you’ll have to study this year:
-mythes et héros (myths and heroes)
-espaces et échanges (space and reciprocities/exchanges)
-lieux et formes de pouvoir (places and forms of power)
-l’idée de progrès (the idea of progress)
We started with SPACE AND EXCHANGES
SPACE AND EXCHANGE : our world has never seemed smaller
TO TRAVEL
We travel to work/ to study
Exchange : new forms of exchange /fair
trade
To go on a trip= journey
Quicker means of transportation
To flee religious or political
persecutions
Social network: easy to communicate
American dream : a land of
opportunities
People travel to find job
opportunities/ to climb the
social ladder
We then did a short game to memorize the “travelling vocabulary”
For Thursday 12th : email + IDENTITY FORM+ TRY AND REMEMBER THE TRAVELLING VOC have a nice weekend
Thursday September 12th
We revised the travelling vocabulary with a little game then you listened to the sound of a video and had to explain
what it was about we then watched the extract from the film and discussed the advantages of flatsharing
You the practiced for the bac with a listening exercise
Hw : do the exercise about personality adjectives then say what qualities you must have and what failings you
shouldn’t have to share a flat
Friday September 13th
We talked about the Spanish Inn= Spanish flat
It is about a French student –Xavier- who is looking for a flat and who would like to rent a flat/ to share a flat
It takes place in Spain in Barcelona; he is there as part of the Erasmus programme
ERASMUS?
European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students
Started in 1987/ 33 countries involved now
To participate in this programme you must have completed your first year in university
Students who join the Erasmus Programme study or do an internship for a period of at least 3 months to
an academic year in another European country. The Erasmus Programme guarantees that the period spent
abroad is recognised by their university
students do not pay extra tuition fees to the university that they visit.
In order to reduce expenses and increase mobility, many students also use the European Commissionsupported accommodation network, CasaSwap, Erasmate or Student Mundial which are free websites
where students and young people can rent, sublet, offer and swap accommodation – on a national and
international basis. A derived benefit is that students can share knowledge and exchange tips and hints
with each other before and after going abroad.
WHAT QUALITIES MUST YOU HAVE WHEN SHARING A FLAT?
-
Be sociable
Tolerant = broad-minded≠ narrow-minded/ prejudiced/ biased
Not too nosy= inquisitive/ you shouldn’t meddle with the other people’s business !
Understanding and patient : you must be able to put up with= tolerate the others’ little failings ( =
shortcomings)
HOW TO WRITE ABOUT A CHARACTER’S PERSONALITY
Chatty
→
Self-confident →
talkative
self-assured
Nosy
→
snoopy ( nosy and snoopy are negative words : fouineur)/ curious
Bossy
→
authoritative
Cheerful
→
lively (enjoué)
Insensitive
→
indifferent
Fast-thinking
→
clever/ intelligent / smart
Selfish
→
egoistic/ self-centered
Biased
→
to be biased= to be prejudiced against someone ( avoir des prejudges)
Finicky
→
fussy ( faire des histories pour tout./ être maniaque)
Touchy
→
easily vexed
Shy
→
timid= reserved
Level-headed
→
well-balanced ( équilibré)
Friendly
→
kind ( friendly = sympathique)
Moody
→
irritable ( moody = lunatique)
Loving
→
caring ( who cares about people/ who is nice and generous)
Reliable
→
to rely on someone = compter sur/ reliable = helpful
Pretentious
→
conceited = vain = haughty ( hautain)
Compassionate →
sympathetic ( faux ami= compatissant) / to sympathize with = compatir
Outgoing
→
sociable (outgoing= ouvert)
Big-hearted
→
generous
Ruthless
→
cruel
Bad-tempered →
grumpy ( = grognon)
I introduced the role play
HW : learn your lessons + vocabulary + prepare your roles
Thursday SEPTEMBER 19TH
I tested what you could remember about your vocabulary
You acted your roles and justified your choices
We corrected the questions
LESSON
INTERVIEWING A WOULD BE FLAT MATE
STRUCTURE DES QUESTIONS
Mot interro + AUX + S + V?
WHY do you want to share a flat? Why did you come to this country?
WHERE do you come from? Where were you born? Where are you studying?
HOW LONG would you like to stay in this flat? Do you plan to study in this country
ARE YOU AWARE THAT…it is not easy to share a flat/ you will have to share the rent
ARE YOU READY TO…share the household chores? The rent?….
DO YOU MIND IF…we smoke/ we listen to music very loud/ we bring our girlfriends
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO…share the rent
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO…cook
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM…sharing this flat/ meeting foreign people
ARE YOU KEEN ON…+ VING/ to be keen on = to be fond of = to love
Homework revise the voc (personality + list of words space and exchanges) for tomorro
Friday September 20th
FOR SOPHIE WHO WAS ABSENT
Interro orale de voc
CORRECTION FLATSHARING MEMORIES
2 people are speaking about flatsharing ; one says it was good the other one bad experience
THE WOMAN
She lived in a Victorian house in London when she was 20 years old ; she remembers = recalls she shared (she was
a tenant = locataire) her house with her landlady and landlord = propriétaires
It was not a problem : they were cool and had parties
The landlady :she was French in Music business
The landlord :Jamaican origin/Born in BIrghmingham
THE MAN
When he was in university ; he shared a flat with a guy with motorbike in the living room
WHY CAN IT BE A PROBLEM WHEN THE LANDLADY OR LANDLORD SHARE THE FLATWITH YOU?
You have less freedom
They can watch over what you are doing/ your friends
You are not allowed to make any noise
You must be careful not to make noise/ not to dirty the place ATTENTION A LA PLACE DE NOT
PRESENTER HOMEWORK WRITING + GIVING YOUR OPINION
Homework : →FRIDAY 27TH
DO YOU BELIEVE SHARING A FLAT IS THE BEST WAY TO START A NEW LIFE ABROAD WHEN YOU ARE A STUDENT?
DO YOU THINK THERE CAN BE DRAWBACKS *TO SHARING A FLAT?WHAT WOULD YOUR IDEAL FLATMATE BE LIKE?
(the answer to this last question can be humorous !! ) 180 words
*drawback≠advantage
abcd-
TIPS ( = advice !)
Before starting this work : read and learn your lesson
On a paper , write down all the elements you can use from the lesson as well as the useful vocabulary
Don’t forget to use the photocopy ‘GIVING YOUR OPINION’ and LINK WORDS
Please, don’t forget to skip lines (sauter des lignes)
CO GAPS YEARS
HW / POUR JEUDI REVISE LESSON + GIVE A DEFINITION OF “to take a gap year”
POUR VENDREDI SE SERVIR DE LA FICHE GIVING YOUR OPINION POUR REPONDRE AUX QUESTIONS CI DESSUS
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND !
Thursday September 26th
- recap depuis le début de l'année er remarques sur l'épreuve d'expression orale
- CO gap years ENTRAINEMENT BAC
- mise en commun des infos what is a gap year/ when/ what for/how much/
popular destinations/ famous gapper/ types of gapyears
Voc : to look at / after/ for
- presentation methodo writing an essay
Friday September 27th
Travail sur la methodo de l’écriture de l’essai à partir du sujet: would you like to take a gap
year ?
Mise en commun des idées pour construire les deux parties du développement : advantages/
drawbacks/ reprise voc utile de la lecon pour construire les deux parties
Reflexion sur transition possible entre ces deux parties
Par groupe écriture d’une intro
Correction collective puis exemple d’intro « type »
Voici donc en correction un exemple d’intro pour ce sujet :
More and more students in England decide to take a year off before or after university. British students’
favourite destinations are Australia and New Zealand. Prince Harry is probably the UK’s most famous
gapper : he volunteered to work in an African orphanage for one year. I wonder what the advantages of
taking a gap year are and if I would really be ready to live abroad for such a long time.
Homework : →Thursday 3rd read the gap year experience I gave you (text )and complete the
grid with the information you’ll find in your text about your experience (complete your “line” )
In class you will then share your gap year experience with the other groups
Remarque vous ferez une CE note vendredi
Thursday October 3rd
Pour JULES qui était absent
JEUDI 3 OCTOBRE TES CAMARADES ONT ECHANGE DES INFORMATIONS SUR LEUR « GAP YEAR EXPERIENCE »
POUR COMPLETER LA GRILLE
LA CORRECTION SERA DISTRIBUEE DEMAIN
HOMEWORK POUR JEUDI 10 OCOTBRE VOUS DEVEZ PREPARER LA « SPEAKING ACTIVITY » EN VOUS AIDANT DU
VOCABULAIRE DE LA PREFERENCE ,DES COMPARATIFS, (voir photocopies ) DE LA FICHE GIVING YOUR OPINION ET
BIEN ENTENDU DE TOUT LE TRAVAIL FAIT EN CLASSE SUR CE THEME !
CHRONOMETREZ VOTRE PRESTATION CHEZ VOUS ELLE DOIT TENIR DEUX MINUTES
JEUDI VOUS N’AUREZ DROIT QU’A QUELQUES NOTES (environ 20 mots) POUR PRESENTER VOS REPONSES A L’ORAL
DEMAIN COMPREHENSION ET EXPRESSION ECRITES EN CLASSE
Thursday October 17th
For Vincent and Marion who were absent
Recap : oral what do you remember about couch surfing ?
Couchsurfing.com « dot » com : it is a website to connect hosts (people who welcome travelllers at home ) and
guests (travelers) . you register on the site and communicate with people all around the world. It is a social
network for travelers; it enables you to find a place to sleep, a couch = a sofa for free
It is called couch surfing because “couch” means “sofa”: travelers can find a sofa for one night or more.And
“surfing” because it is a website and people surf on the net to find a host.(un hôte)
HOW DOES THE WEBSITE WORK?
1- You register = sign up to offer a couch or to find a couch
2- You email the host and start chatting
3- You meet the host at his place , you can sleep at his place and visit the town
4- The host can vouch you* ( leave a comment on you and say if you are a good couch surfer) and
you can vouch the host (say if your stay was good or not) : you leave comments and references
on the website so it is safe; the website is not for free-loaders = people who only want to save
money (ce n’est pas pour les “profiteurs”)
*To vouch = se porter garant : attester de votre fiabilité
ADVANTAGES FOR THE HOSTS
They can meet people from all over the world
without moving from their homes
They can learn foreign languages without
travelling
They can have the same service in return; if they
want to travel they can travel for free in return
ADVANTAGES FOR THE GUESTS
They can have a free couch
A free kitchen,A free car
The hosts can show them around : it enables
travelers to avoid tourist traps
ADVANTAGES FOR THE HOSTS AND THE GUESTS:
Thanks to couch surfing you learn to trust Ø= have confidence in other people; you
become less prejudiced = less biased = more open-minded
Ex : in the text TAKE THE COUCH Vincent learnt that all Americans are not as the media
depict them : all of them don’t carry guns !!
You are not afraid of foreigners: you understand their culture better
Couch surfing is a good ways of making friends : you can start a life long friendship
This website is a good illustration of SPACE AND EXCHANGES but also of the notion of PROGRESS .Indeed ,
it relies on new technologies: thanks to new technologies the world has never seemed smaller
→ENTRAINEMENT A L’ORAL : distribution de la méthodologie de l’oral et du plan concernant la notion
SPACE AND EXCHANGES
Demain CO + ORAL GAPYEAR/ OU ENTRAINEMENT EN VUE DE L’ORAL PREVU A LA RENTREE
LE JEUDI 7 NOVEMBRE NOUS IRONS EN SALLE MULTIMEDIA VOUS DEVREZ AVOIR REVU TOUTE LA
NOTION SPACE AND EXCHANGES CAR VOUS PASSEREZ VOTRE ORAL ET DEVREZ VOUS
ENREGISTRER.MERCI D’APPORTER LE MATERIEL ET EVENTUELLEMENT LE CABLE NECESSAIRE POUR QUE
VOUS VOUS ENREGISTRIEZ ET QUE JE PUISSE RECUPERER LES ENREGISTREMENTS ( tous les postes de la
salle multimedia ne fonctionnent pas ; merci donc à ceux qui ont des lecteur enregistreur mp3 ou autres
matériel d’enregistrement de les apporter)
CE JOUR LA VOUS AUREZ 10 MINUTES DE PREPARATION COMME AU BAC ET 5 MINUTES POUR VOUS
ENREGISTRER CE TRAVAIL SERA NOTE
IL SERAIT BON DE TESTER VOTRE MATERIEL D’ENREGISTREMENT AVANT ET LES CABLES SI CE MATERIEL
NE PERMET PAS DE M’ENVOYER DIRECTEMENT L’ENREGISTREMENT PAR MAIL
JE VOUS PROPOSE DONC PENDANT LES VACANCES DE FAIRE UN TEST/ ENREGISTREZ PAR EXEMPLE UNE
PHRASE AVEC VOTRE NOM ET PRENOM ET FAITE MOI PARVENIR LENREGISTREMENT PAR MAIL AFIN DE
VERIFIER SI CELA FONCTIONNE AVANT LE JOUR J !!!
ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY !
Wednesday NOvember 13th
COURS POUR LES ABSENTS
1- Bilan du trimester
2- Interro orale de voc
1- WHAT IS A HERO ?
THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEROES :
LEGENDARY HEROES
AND FICTIONAL
HEROES
-
EVERYDAY LIFE
HEROES
Contribute to our well
being , happiness
- Rescuers : fire
fighters they
accomplish
good deeds :
they saved
many people
and risked
their lives
during the
9/11 attempts
against the
Twin Towers
-
- Volunteers
People who participate
in charities; people
who support the poor
and underprivileged
People who are
-
from
mythology ex :
Hercules a
semi god hero
= one of their
parents was a
god : they are
above the
“common
man”
from famous
legends : the
legend of the
knights of the
round table
these heroes are on a
quest for the holy grail
from novels,
ACTIVISTS : historical
heroes
Contribute to the
progress of history
they champion a cause
or stand up against an
injustice or against a
lobby / they have
changed people’s lives
= historical heroes who
have contributed to
the advancement of
history
Gandhi
Martin Luther King or
Mandela: were
awarded the Nobel
Prize for Peace
Martin Luther King ?
Thanks to his fight and
the march to
Washington he
Last type of hero?
À finir demain
comics or
movies
ex : Indiana Jones, Lara
Croft, Wonderwoman
They are supposed to
save the planet to
protect citizens from
natural disasters or
villains (= bad guys)
They are famous for
their strength +
courage
committed in the fight
against famine,
poverty
Ex: Angelina Jolie
organized in 1963
Black people obtained
the right to vote and
segregation became
illegal
He became a leader
after Rosa Parks
refused to give up her
seat in the bus: he was
the leader of a bus
boycott that lasted 1
year
His famous speech : I
HAVE A DREAM is still
very famous
Mandela ?
Spent 26 years in
prison
He sacrificed his life to
fight against
APARTHEID in South
Africa
Thursday January 9th
WE WILL BE DEALING WITH THE NOTION OF PROGRESS
PROGRESS MEANS TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
When we think of progress we think of scientific progress in the medical field for example some scientists have
created an artificial heart or we think of progress in society with social improvements such as new laws in favour of
homosexual marriage or women’s rights; we also think of new technologies with new computers or cell phones
which are smaller but more efficient
THE QUESTION RAISED : SHOULD THERE BE LIMITS TO THE PROGRESS OF THE SCIENCE?
OUR TOPIC : genetic engineering / DESIGNER BABIES = babies made to measure
WE WILL START WITH 2 WORKS OF SCIENCE FICTION THEN WITH WHAT ACTUALLY* EXISTS NOWADAYS
THE LINK WITH THE CARTOON
The snake + the flask : symbolize the Hippocratic oath : scientists are supposed to respect ethics
The man with horns : the devil/ scientists have sold their soul to the devil
The bank notes : money they are ready to do anything for money / it is unethical
The door is ajar : symbolizes the fact that they are open to new experiments; it is only the beginning of genetic
engineering
The eyes are closed : symbolizes the fact scientists have closed their eyes on ethics+ people are blind they don’t
see the risks and trust scientists blindly
The cartoonist wants to sensitize us to the dangers of genetic engineering
Scientists are ready to reach their aim by any means to get money; they turn a blind eye on ethics and forget the
Hippocratic oath
The cartoonists denounces the excesses of scientific progress
Homework : pour demain apprendre voc jusqu’à weight voir ci dessous et trouver dans le texte HUMAN
POSSIBILITIES un indice prouvant quand se passé la scène (dans le future ou aujourd’hui?)
THE QUESTION RAISED : TO WHAT EXTENT SHOULD THERE BE LIMITS TO SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS?
USEFUL VOCABULARY
Ø progress
To improve = to make better=to enhance : améliorer (to make greater in value , beauty or effectiveness:efficacité)
A breakthrough = an important discovery( une percée)
Ø Genetics (la génétique )
genetic engineering (manipulations génétiques)
Ø cloning (le clonage)
DNA
To resort to (recourir à )
IVF : in vitro fertilization / a test tube baby
GMO : genetically modified organism
To turn into = to transform into
A scientist/A geneticist / A pioneer/ to make a scientific experiment= to carry out an experiment (mener une
experience)
Gender/ sex selection/ trait selection
A designer baby (bébé sur mesure)
a surrogate mother (une mère porteuse)
Sibling = brother/ sister / offspring = children
a transplant (une greffe) / a cell (une cellule)/ a donor
A disease = an illness (une maladie) / to be ill = to be sick
To test for= to screen for = to check for (vérifier)
A feature = a trait ( for example : eye or hair colour/ freckles = taches de rousseur/to be left-handed/ height: la
taille/weight : le poids etc…)
To suffer from a disease / to be infected with a disease = an illness
to be in poor health ≠to be healthy (en bonne santé)
To cure, to treat , to heal ( soigner)
To be pregnant (être enceinte) / to give birth (donner naissance) / an embryo
to succeed in treating = to manage to treat (réussir à traiter)
to enable someone to V= to allow someone to V (permettre à quelqu’un de )
to provide someone with…= fournir quelque chose à quelqu’un
Risk –free : without any risk≠out of control = hazardous= dangerous=risky (to take risks)/ to endanger (mettre en
danger)
To play god/To play with fire
ØEthics (l’éthique) / to be ethical ≠unethical / to overlook ethics ( to neglect morals): ne pas respecter l’éthique
To raise an issue ( soulever un problème)
a heated debate (un débat passionné)
To ban= to forbid = to prohibit
Frightening/ scaring (effrayant)
Friday March 14th
WHAT IS THE POWER OF GUNS AND GUN LOBBIES IN THE USA ?TO WHAT EXTENT CAN PRESIDENT OBAMA
EXERCISE HIS POWER AGAINST GUN LOBBIES ?
PART 1 FACTS AND FIGURES
Doc 1 : a commercial for a gun rack (un support pour ranger son arme près de son lit!!)
If there is a threat = une menace for example a robber = a burglar (cambrioleur) , a rapist (violeur) , a mugger
(agresseur) you can easily take your weapon thanks to the gun rack ; it is on the side of your bed so you just need
to take your gun and shoot !!
The gunrack is not expensive
It is very handy (pratique !!!) but of course very risky for children
In the US people are allowed to carry a gun : it is part of the Constitution of the US (2nd amendment)
There are 320 million inhabitants and it is estimated there are 200 million guns in circulation !!
Correction activité de groupe
AIM to use 3 DOCUMENTS to introduce our topic about the power guns and gun lobbies in the USA.
READ THE DOCUMENTS ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER
a-How many people are killed by guns in the US every day?
32
b-How many mass shootings have there been in the US in the last 30 years?
62
c-What are the 3 types of weapons referred to in the documents above? What are the laws concerning
these 3 types of weapons ? Under which President was an important law in favour of gun control
voted?
-shotguns or rifles : there are almost no laws to restrict the use of shotguns: you don’t need to be
registered in most states + you don’t need a permit
-handguns : the rules are stricter ; in 38 states you need a permit to carry a handgun
-semi automatic weapons : there are very few restrictions
Under Bill Clinton , the Brady law was voted ( James Brady was shot after an attempt to assassinate Reagan,
was severely injured ; since this event he has championed gun control : he started the Brady Campaign to prevent
gun violence);
This law was voted in 1993 to require a background check of anyone who wants to buy a gun (there is a five day
waiting period during which your background is checked to see if you are not a criminal); problem: it applied to
only 60 %of gun sales but it does not apply to guns you buy on the net or in a gun show
d-Is President Obama in favour or against gun control?
He is in favour of gun control he wanted to pass a law to have background checks for all weapons and to
ban assault weapons but the Senate rejected his proposal
Homework →19 March
Apprendre la liste de voc jusqu"à "policy" + le cours
faire des phrases pour répondre aux questions e f g (voir pièce jointe DANS
PRONOTE)