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WELCOME TO MRS MONNIER’S ENGLISH CLASS !!!
I wish you all the best for this school year. ☺
Today we talked about the organization of your binders and what you were expected to do in”langue
approfondie”. Then we watched two short videos (if you want to watch the videos again go to
LESSONS 1ère L TOPICS)
and saw that mispronunciation may lead to misunderstandings. We then practiced pronunciation
with a few tongue twisters. I hope you had fun! You can see the powerpoint again and practice at
home by going to 1ere L TOPICS
Homework : for next time , don’t forget to ask your parents to sign your “ correspondence book” ,
,and complete your identity form in English of course!! You must make sentences.
Don’t forget to send me an e mail
TOUT LE VOCABULAIRE QUI APPARAIT ICI EN ROUGE DOIT FIGURER DANS
VOS REPERTOIRES ET ETRE APPRIS ET REVU REGULIEREMENT ;
Thursday September 8th
We went on with pronunciation and phonetics and you had to find out the music bands whose
names were given in phonetics ( thanks to Florinda Fernandes for sharing the idea!)
Then we started our first topic with a brainstorming around the word “summer”
This what we wrote for Marianne who was absent
. Here are the words I want you to know ( don’t forget to write them down in your index book: letter
S “SUMMER”)
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To go on holiday ( GB) / a holiday-maker = vacancier
To go on vacation (US) / a vacationer= vacancier
To travel by plane/ by train/ to be on foot / to hitch –hike = faire de l’auto stop
To go camping / to pitch one’s tent
To sunbathe and to get sun-tanned ( bronzer )
To practice sport/ to swim
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To chat up girls/ boys = draguer
To wear : shorts/ flip flop shoes/a cap/ a hat / sunglasses
To carry a camera / to carry a rucksack= a backpack
To pack (your suitcase)≠ to unpack
To go sight seeing ( to visit monuments)
Then I gave you a method to describe pictures and I insisted on the fact you will need the part which
is on the right to comment on the photos of events that took place this summer
You started discussing in groups what these events could be…
Homework : for next Monday , learn the vocabulary about Summer and complete your index book
Letter S SUMMER
Use the method I gave you to make minimum 1 sentence to explain what each event of the summer
review may be .
Attention je ne m’attends pas à ce que vous trouviez ce que chaque image représente mais vous
devez au moins emettre des hypotheses en vous servant de la fiche que je vous ai donnée:
Exemple : it must be/ it must take place/ judging from the flag we can say it refers to …etc
Have a nice weekend !!
MOnday September 12th
Be careful !!!
some of you didn’t know their lesson…
We then talked about the summer review and you had to take notes to be able to complete the
commentary.Useful words : release (sortie d’un film) / tabloid/ involved in a scandal/ Norwegian
flag/ bombing in Oslo/ shooting in a summer camp/ the sotck market/ to pay tribute to / a fake
attack / the Prime Minister/ coalition / lib democrat/ conservative/ far right extremist/ to deliver a
speech/ riots/ drought/ famine/ UN
For tomorrow don’t forget to do your homework !!!
Rendez vous devant la salle CO1 pour la distribution des manuels
Tuesday September 13th
We corrected the commentary of the summer review
For next time you must learn it to be able to comment on a powerpoint presentation of the events
Don’t forget to put all the new vocabulary in your index book
Thursday September 15th
You had to comment orally on a powerpoint presentation of the events of summer 2011 and include
all the words which were on the blackboard.You were quite good at it. ☺
We revised tenses and I gave you a time line to help you.
Then we started talking about music festivals.
For Célia who was absent here is what we wrote.
MUSIC FESTIVALS
What are the ingredients of a successful music festival? What is the magic recipe? ( recipe = recette)
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Good music / all kinds of music from all over the world/ good bands
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Good sound and good lights
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A good audience ; a lot of revelers= party-goers
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It is better outdoors than indoors
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Good drinks = beverages/ food stalls ( stands)
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A friendly and warm atmosphere
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To be able to chat up girls!!!
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A camping site for people to pitch their tent and live in community
HOMEWORK: for Monday revise very carefully the commentary of summer in review and HOW TO
DESCRIBE A PICTURE; you will have a test !!!
For Tuesday September 20th you must do this : La fiche Giving your opinion se trouve dans TOPICS
HOMEWORK : ON A COPY for Tuesday 20th 2011
1èreL LANGUE APPROFONDIE
1-Is summer your favourite season? Yes/ no. Why ? 60 words.
2-Among the events that took place this summer which one left an impression on you ? Explain
why. (You may choose among the events we discussed in class or any other event that took place
this summer). 120 words ( USE “GIVING YOUR OPINION” )
Don’t forget to skip lines please!! (sauter des lignes)
Monday September 19th
Test
Bingo game Music Festival
Tuesday September 20th
We worked on the various questions you could ask in the bingo game and spoke about your
experience. YOU MUST SPEAK MORE !!!Don’t be too shy! The more you speak in class the better it
is!! ☺
Here is what we wrote in the lesson for Elisa and Gladys who were absent
INTERVIEWING SOMEONE ABOUT FESTIVALS
-have you ever been to a music festival ? yes I have / no I haven’t
When did you go? Where did you go ? I went to …
-Did you go to a music festival this summer ? yes I did/ Iwent to …I didn’t
- Have you ever been camping? How long have you been camping? Where did you pitch your tent?
Would you like to go ? why do you want to go ?
Can you give the 3 main ingredients?
Do you know a festival abroad? In a foreign country ?
Then we played a team game to complete a crosswords about music festivals ( la correction de ce
mots croisés a été donnée pour les absentes à vos camarades)
Then we worked on 5 FAMOUS FESTIVALS ; you had to match the photos with 2 descriptions and the
name ; and justify your answers ( we only did the first one) DOCUMENT DANS TOPICS
Homework : learn the vocabulary of the crosswords; on a copy use HOW TO DESCRIBE A PICTURE (
partie droite) to do the exercise on famous festivals
Voici un modèle de ce que j’attends de vous :en rouge les expressions de la fiche HOW TO DESCRIBE
A PICTURE
Judging from the dragon, picture one must take place in Japan. So I believe it must be called Nebuta
( it sounds Japanese). Since it takes place in Japan the description must be C and H ; I quote ( je cite)
“famous festival in Japan” and “bamboo flutes”
See you on Thursday
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND
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I taught you how to correct your test and do a memo ((= fiche aide mémoire)
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I tested your memory about the words you learnt in the crosswords ( don’t forget to put all
the new words in your index book!)
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Then we corrected the worksheet on the 5 famous festivals ( you were good at it and your
remarks were interesting: well done
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☺)
Homework : complete the exercise on the 5 famous festivals with words from HOW TO
DESCRIBE A PICTURE and do your memo.
Have a nice and sunny weekend! The weather should be fine !!
Monday September 26th
We corrected your exercise then you listened to a recording and watched 2 short
videos about Nottinghill and complete the worksheet to get as much information as
possible about this famous festival.
You can listen to the recording again by going to TOPICS
For tomorrow you must answer the question :
Would you like to attend this festival? Explain
Tuesday September 27th
We talked about your memo ( fiche aide mémoire) then we listened again to the mp3
about NOttinghill . This is what we wrote
NOTTINGHILL FESTIVAL = a carnival
It takes place in the western neighborhood of Nottinghill in London .
It takes place every year at the end of August on Sunday and Monday (bank
holiday).
It is the biggest carnival in Europe and the second in the world after Rio. Many
people attend the festival ( up to 2 million people).
It was created by immigrants from the Caribbean ( Trinidad and Tobago) who arrived
in London in the 1940’s 1950’s. Their arrival provoked riots so, to celebrate their
culture and in order to = so as to (= afin de) bring people together they created this
carnival.During the carnival all cultures mix together. People dance, sing, make up
and dress up ( se déguiser). We can listen to all sorts of music : soca ( soul + calypso)
, reggae, hip hop, steel(acier) drums…
A RETENIR : So as to= in order to = to+Verb = pour = afin de + V ( dans repertoire à
AIM)
We can eat all sorts of food: fried chicken, chicken wings, rice and peas, curry…
We can drink all sorts of beverages : ginger beer, coconut juice…
People wear flamboyant and colorful costumes and have fun.
Would you like to attend this festival? (oral + in the lesson)
Yes I would
No I wouldn’t
I like listening to this sort of music= I
love =I’m fond of= I’m crazy about=I’m
keen on listening to …
I don’t like when there are many people =
when it is overcrowded = surpeuplé (the
crowd = la foule)
I love making up and dressing up
I dislike listening to soca/ I can’t bear =
can’t stand +VING ( je ne supporte pas)
Mettre tous ces verbes pour dire
“aimer” dans le repertoire à Likes and
Dislikes
Mettre tous ces verbes pour dire “aimer”
dans le repertoire à Likes and Dislikes
Attention aimer ou ne pas aimer faire
quelque chose = like or dislike+ VING
Then you had to remember as much information as possible about the 5 festivals.
Homework : for Thursday : revise all the info about NOttinghill + the document with
the 5 festivals ( photos and description)
Find 10 questions about these 5 festivals ( pour vous aider à poser des questions je
vous ai distribué une fiche qui se trouve dans TOPICS)
On Thursday we will play a team game : you will have to ask your friends questions
about the festivals
Thursday September 29th
We played a team game in which you had to ask your friends questions ; you were
good at it !!! and everybody participated!! Well done ! ☺
But, be careful when I had a look at your questions , I realized your work wasn’t
always very clean and that there were sometimes many mistakes So you must remember how to ask questions :
Question word+ auxialiary + SUBJECT + verb !!! (REVOIR LA FICHE SUR LES
QUESTIONS DISTRIBUEES EN CLASSE QUE VOUS DEVEZ METTRE DANS VOTRE
CLASSEUR 1ERE PARTIE !!!!)
Then you worked by groups on a new document ( pour Manon ce document se
trouve dans TOPICS) ; you had to find :
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The type of documents/ its composition/ its aim
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Information about the place the price the dates
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Information to incite people to come ( activities , food, location)
Homework / FINISH THE WORK ON THE NEW DOCUMENT ( = Woodstock flyer) and do
exercises 1 and 2 ( fiche d’exercice intitulée WOODSTOCK FLYER EXERCISES); voir dans
TOPICS pour élèves absents) ; attention cette fois- ci vous porterez une attention toute
particulière à la structure des questions et pour cela vous devrez relire attentivement la
fiche SAVOIR POSER DES QUESTIONS !!!
Have a nice and sunny weekend
Monday October 3rd
Rémi was absent. this is what we wrote
WOODSTOCK FLYER
This is the flyer for Woodstock festival, it is composed of a picture, shorts texts with logos and a
coupon.
The picture is aimed at attracting the people’s attention ( to be aimed at +VING = être destiné à / avoir
pour but …) thanks to ( grâce à ) its colour; it is eye –catching; the bird symbolizes peace.
The texts are aimed at informing people; attendants will be able ( will can IMPOSSIBLE) to discuss art
with artists, they will be able to buy antiques and to create objects; they will be able to model clay ( faire
de la poterie). It says Woodstock will last 3 days from Friday the 15th to Sunday 17th in the state of
New York (year 1969)
It will cost 7 dollars for 1 day/ 13 dollars for 2 day and 18 dollars for 3 days
In this document we can see that Woodstock was not only a music festival but an art fair :
It says there will be no pollution, they will camp in an unspoiled atmosphere (no traffic light no
skyscraper) and that people will experiment with curious food; it might be exotic food from other
countries or it might be food that contain drugs!!!
The coupon enables people to buy their ticket/ to book ( = réserver) their tickets.TO ENABLE PEOPLE
TO = TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO = permettre aux gens de …
Correction of the exercise
1-Find in the flyer synonyms for :
Will be happy to:will be glad to
The beauty of the location:the splendor of the surroundings ( = alentours)
Unpolluted: unspoiled
To enable artists to breathe :to allow performers to take their breath
2-Find the questions (Q) corresponding to the following answers (A )about the flyer.
Q:WHAT DOES THE BIRD SYMBOLIZE?
A: the bird symbolizes peace and freedom.
Q: HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?
A: It will last 3 days.
Q:HOW MUCH IS IT/ DOES IT COST?
A: it is $ 7 for one day.
Q:WHERE WILL IT TAKE PLACE?
A: it will take place in a big field ( no traffic light, no skyscrapers)
Q:WHAT CAN ATTENDANTS DO? WHAT WILL THEY BE ABLE TO DO?
A: attendants can meet artists, buy jewels, write poetry, model clay…
Q:WHAT WILL THEY EAT
A: there will be all sorts of food, hot dogs but also dozens of curious food.
Q:CAN YOU PITCH YOUR TENT?
A:Yes, if you want to , you can pitch your own tent or rent (louer) a tent.
Q:WHERE CAN YOU BUY OR RENT A TENT?
A: at the Camp Store.
Q:AT WHAT TIME WILL THE MUSIC START?
A: the music will start at 4PM on Friday.
Homework : for tomorrow correct the mistakes in the questions ( voir exo dans TOPICS)
Tuesday October 4th
We started with your exercise on questions: you had to correct all the mistakes in
the questions to obey the structure QUESTION WORD + AUX + S +V ( à mettre dans
repertoire)
Remember that it doesn’t work when the question word is also the subject
We did a short exercise in which you had to find the questions corresponding to the
answers given ( about the 5 festivals); you will have the same sort of questions to ask
in your test
Then I tested your memory about the lesson ( well done ! ☺ ) and insisted on the
words you have to remember in your lesson; you used it to find arguments to
promote Woodstock.You had to prepare in 5 minutes a one minute speech. We
listened to 6 of you. It’s a pity some of you found it hard to last 1 minute but there
were also good and convincing speeches!
ATTENTION PENSER A METTRE DANS VOS REPERTOIRE TOUS LES MOTS NOUVEAUX
DE LA LECON ET AUSSI DES EXERCICES N’OUBLIEZ PAS DE METTRE LES EXPRESSIONS
CONTENUES DANS VOS ROLES PERMETTANT D’EXPRIMER LA SUGGESTION
Lorsque des mots sont soulignés en rouge dans le cours vous devez faire de même
cela vous aidera à cibler les points importants dans votre lesson
Homework : revise asking questions about the 5 festivals and the lesson on
Woodstock flyer as well as the SUGGESTIONS vocabulary (test)
SUGGESTIONS ( à mettre dans répertoire)
If you like( = are fond of/ are keen on/ are crazy about )+VING…. You should come/ you had
better come…(ADVICE)
If you feel like + VING = avoir envie de
Why not +BV…= pourquoi ne pas…
What about + VING= que diriez vous de ….
It is worth + VING= cela vaut la peine de…
See you on Thursday for the test!
Thursday October 6th
1- Test
2- Slideshow ( à revoir dans topics) VOC EN ROUGE A METTRE DANS REPERTOIRE
ET A CONNAITRE
Do the pictures appeal to you ?
The people look happy; they seem (= semble) cool
They seem to be having fun
A friendly/ communal/ convivial atmosphere prevailed at Woodstock
It is as if= it is as though the attendants were not afraid of being naked (= nus) it
is as if they had no limits, they were free.
Solidarity prevailed in Woodstock
It makes me feel like being there.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS ( voc à inscrire dans repertoire letter I)
To seem/ to look + adjective ( sembler avoir l’air)
To seem to V ( sembler + verbe)
It is as if = it is as though ( comme si) + past
It makes me feel like + VING ( cela me donne envie de)
Homework / FAIRE SIGNER MESSAGE AUX PARENTS ( droit à l’image) et faire
exercices 1 et 2 sur le grand document WOODSTOCK 69 (doc A3)
Docs dans TOPICS POUR LODIE ( attention tu feras le test prévu aujourd’hui
lundi)
Monday October 10th
You first compare your answers with your friends.
ATTENTION LE TRAVAIL DE CERTAINS D’ENTRE VOUS N’EST PAS ASSEZ
APPROFONDI VOUS DEVIEZ FAIRE TOUTES LES QUESTIONS
For Charline and Marianne here is what we wrote
WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL CORRECTION
Vocabulaire à connaitre A METTRE DANS LE REPERTOIRE
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organiser le voyage : to plan the trip
économiser: to save money
mensonges : lies ( to lie = mentir/ a liar = un menteur)
rassembler vos potes et prendre la route : to round up your buddies and hit the road
confiant : to be confident in / to have confidence in ( avoir confiance en)
faire face à la circulation : to handle traffic
invités : guests
embouteillages : traffic jams
programmé à l’origine: originally scheduled
presque annulé : almost cancelled
spectateurs ( personnes assistant à un spectacle ) : attendees
surpeuplé : overcrowded
boissons alcoolisées : alcoholic beverages
des couvertures et de la nourriture: food and blankets
remarquablement bien élevés : remarkably well-behaved/ behaviour = comportement
évènement : event
renversé par : run over by
le partage : sharing
2-Say whether the following statements are right ( R) or wrong ( W). Underline the
quotation in the text , then justify in your own words.
a- The festival actually* ( in reality = in fact) took place in Woodstock . [ w ]
Quotation: “it was originally scheduled...local opposition arose”
In fact it took place in Bethel because the local authorities didn’t want the festival to take place
in Woodstock . The neighbours were afraid of drug/ alcohol / noise / they were frightened =
scared (à metre dans repertoire à FEAR) by too many people/ too many drugs/ too much noise/
too much rubbish ( too many + pluriel/ too much + singulier)
b-There were very different people at the festival. [ r ]
quotation :”anti war protesters/ Vietnam vets (?)/ black militants vs rednecks (?)”
People in favour of the war versus Vietnam vets = people who took part in the Vietnam war
Vietnam war : South Vietnam (supported by the US) vs North Vietnam ( communist) from 1959
to 1975
People who were in favour of : approved of drug legalization vs people who were against
Redneck ( reactionary people) versus black militants
c- It was actually free for everybody. [ w ] quotation : most of whom did not pay
admission ; not for everybody remember the flyer what was there at the end?
some people paid but most people didn’t (mais la plupart)
d- Everybody was well prepared . [ w ] quotation“lack of food/ they were prepared”
they didn’t expect so many people/ they expected 50,000 attendees.There were too many
people so there was a lack ( manque) of food and blankets/ there were many traffic jams/ it was
raining so it was cold and there was mud everywhere/ there were not enough sanitation facilities
there were 3 deaths/ there was too much drug use
homework : corriger le test ( refaire les questions+ faire aide mémoire)
POUR LES ELEVES QUI AVAIENT MAL FAIT LES QUESTIONS POUR AUJOURD’HUI LES
COMPLETER POUR DEMAIN + NE PAS OUBLIER DE FAIRE SIGNER LE MOT
Tuesday October 11th
Gladys was absent; this is for you Gladys
We corrected your test then we finished talking about the document
Woodstock 69
e- The neighbourhood complained about the young’s behaviour. [ w ]quotation: “no
violence was reported, the fact that the attendees were remarkably well-behaved was
particularly noted”
The attendees were well-behaveddespite the number of people/ although there were 500.000
there was no violence; of course there were 3 deaths ( overdose/ appendix/run over by tractor)
but nothing unusual in a town of 500,000!
Despite drug and alcohol the attendants were well-behaved
Although there was a lot of drug the attendants were well- behaved.
Vous pouvez faire une entrée LINK WORDS (mots de liaison) dans vos repertoire :
despite+ nom = malgré/ although= bien que)
f- The organisers of the festival finally made a lot of money . [ r ] quotation:”the
festival did not initially make money for the promoters although...it did eventually
become profitable”
They made money thanks to ( grâce à ) the video and the record [‘reko:d] and
the film
Then we watched a video WOODSTOCK REMEMBERED
( you can see the video again by
going to TOPICS)
You had to complete the following grid
Woodstock = generosity
Woodstock = problems
Woodstock = sudden
awareness = prise de
conscience
To become aware of/ that =
prendre conscience de/ que
When people were cold and
hungry the others offered
them shirts and food/ they
lent them shirts and blankets
when they were wet ≠dry
Some people took to drinking
( se mirent à boire)
People hugged each other
The weather was bad (there
was a lot of mud = boue)
because of the rain (it was a
rainy weekend)
To hug = to hold in your
arms
Some became alcoholic and
drug-addicts
?
A COMPLETER POUR
JEUDI
HOMEWORK : For Thursday
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Complete the last part of the grid (sudden awareness) thanks to the video
WOODSTOCK REMEMBERED
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Do exercise 1 : WOODSTOCK MEMORIES
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Learn your lesson!!
NEXT WEEK YOU’LL HAVE A TEST; this is what you have to revise
PROGRAMME DE REVISIONS POUR LE DEVOIR BILAN WOODSTOCK
Cette fiche a pour but de vous aider dans vos révisions ; bien entendu, il vous faut apprendre votre leçon au fur et à
mesure et systématiquement pour que les révisions pour le devoir BILAN soient plus faciles
Le jour du devoir , Il vous faudra raconter votre séjour à Woodstock VOUS LE RACONTEREZ AU PASSE ( ex : I went… the
people were…we had…we travelled… we parked our car… I appreciated the music…it enabled me to …I didn’t see…I
wasn’t… they weren’t…etc)
Ce que vous devrez faire
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Savoir parler de votre voyage jusqu’à Woodstock
/ le lieu ( Bethel et pas Woodstock expliquer
pourquoi)
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Savoir dire pourquoi vous êtes allé à Woodstock
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Savoir parler de ce que vous avez vu/ des
activités/ des personnes rencontrées
Savoir parler de vos impressions et de
l’atmosphère/ du lieu
Savoir parler des éventuels problèmes rencontrés
Savoir dire ce que vous avez apprécié et dire ce
que vous avez appris grâce à Woodstock
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Où trouver de l’aide dans le cours/ ce que vous devez
apprendre
Voc utile : rassembler mes potes et prendre la route/
embouteillages /surpeuplé (voir correction de l’exercice de
vocabulaire)
er
Voyager en voiture/ faire de l’auto stop ( voir 1 cours
SUMMER VOCABULARY)
Voc utile dans répertoire : AIM ( in order to/ so as to / TO
+V = pour…) listen to music
Voc utile : WOODSTOCK FLYER ( activities)/ WOODSTOCK
69 : correction RIGHT OR WRONG
Voc utile : cours sur WOODSTOCK SLIDE SHOW FIRST
IMPRESSIONS ( a friendly atmosphere prevailed…)
Voc utile : WOODSTOCK 69 : correction RIGHT OR WRONG/
Voir cours sur vidéo WOODSTOCK REMEMBERED et surtout
correction de la question 3 :” a different outlook on life” (
Voc utile : to become aware/ to enable/ thanks to)
BIEN ENTENDU LE VOC SOULIGNE ET/ OU EN ROUGE DANS LE COURS EST A REVOIR EN PRIORITE
SUR MON SITE VOUS RETROUVEZ TOUT CELA…CE SITE EST LA POUR VOUS ACCOMPAGNER DANS L’APPRENTISSAGE DE LA
LECON….BON COURAGE MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU ! ☺
Thursday October 13th
We started with a recap then we went on with the video WOODSTOCK REMEMBERED
This is what we wrote
WOODSTOCK = SUDDEN AWARENESS
People became aware that they could change the word by protesting against the war= by
demonstrating against the war
It made them realize that they could get involved in many causes(s’impliquer)
They became aware that there were different lifestyles
They realised that they could change the world by helping black people to be accepted instead of
segregating them
Then we corrected exercise 1 in WOODSTOCK MEMORIES and you had to write a paragraph using to
enable/ to allow/ thanks to/ to become aware about the sentence: “thousands of people left the
Woodstock event with a different outlook on life”
(à finir pour lundi)YOUR TEST WILL BE ON THURSDAY 20THStart revising!!!
Monday October 17th
For Pauline who was absent today ; this is what we wrote in the lesson.
WOODSTOCK
People left this event with a totally different outlook on life because thanks to Woodstock they saw
their lives in a different way. It enabled the revellers to be aware that they could change the world
and be better , be more peaceful. It allowed people to know sharing( = how to share) and to become
aware that the world was not perfect and after the festival to protest against the war.
LES VERBES SONT AU PASSE ATTENTION
VERBE REGULIER = verbe + ED ( forme négative = didn’t + BV)
Verbes irréguliers ex : to see →saw/ to leave →leV ( forme negaWve: I didn’t see/ I didn’t leave)/ be
→was avec un singulier/ were avec un pluriel ( négation : wasn’t / weren’t)
Then we practised past tenses with a slide show that you had to complete using the past. You can see
this slideshow again by going to TOPICS
Then you started writing your role plays by groups (Pauline : you are with Elisa and Charline)
Test on Thursday!! You will need the past
Le jour du devoir j’aimerais que vous apportiez vos repertoires et vos classeurs pour que je les vérifie
Tuesday October 18th
You went on writing your role plays
USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES ( ce vocabulaire est à mettre dans votre repertoire et à utiliser) :
BREAKING NEWS
Do you know what ?
Do you know the news ?
Guess what ? …
ASKING FOR PERMISSION
Do you mind if …
Can I…/ could I …+ BV ?
I was thinking of + Ving …
DETERMINATION
I would like to + V./ I want to + V
I would like + complement + to V/ I want + complement + to V…
I plan to + V
It would be great to + V …
I feel like + Ving …
I’d give my eye to V …
I’m determined to + V…
My decision is definite.
That’s settled.(=n’en parlons plus)
DISAGREEMENT and ANGER
I disagree with / I disapprove of …
Are you crazy ?
Don’t you answer me like that !
Get lost ! ( va te faire voir)
I can’t bear it …
FORBIDDING
of course not !
no way !(pas questions)
I forbid you to+ V …= I don’t want you to
RECOMMENDATIONS…
Make sure …
Be careful to …/ not to …
Homework : revise for the test on THursday
Thursday October 20th
ENGLISH TEST
____________________________________________________________
LANGUE APPROFONDIE Aide au travail à faire pour la rentrée:
●THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3RD
a-WHAT DID PEOPLE LOOK LIKE IN 1969 ? (looks : hairstyle/clothes/ accessories)
→the quesXon is in the past you must use the past in your answer
→write a paragraph; use link words : first/ second/ moreover (=de plus)/ on the
one hand/ on the other hand ( d’une part / d’autre part)/in fact (en fait)/ indeed
(en effet)
b-UPDATE ( mettre à jour) YOUR INDEX BOOK AND REVISE ALL THE VOCABULARY (and
organize your binders = classeurs properly)
→ pour meZre à jour vos répertoires pensez à mettre le vocabulaire nouveau vu
dans la leçon mais aussi les exercices (ex: voc vu dans la fiche de compréhension sur doc.
A3 Woodstock 69, voc vu lors du mots croisés sur Summer festivals…etc), la fiche méthode
(how to describe a picture), les activités (ex : Suggestions dans l’activité « promoting
Woodstock festival , ou Breaking news etc…dans l’activité « going to Woodstock role
play »).Pensez que sur mon site figurent en rouge les élèments à connaître,cela doit vous
aider !!
c-COMPLETE YOUR ROLE PLAY AND SEND IT BY MAIL FOR ME TO CORRECT IT (pour ceux
pour qui le jeu de rôle est incomplet vous devez me l’envoyer par mail pendant les
vacances pour que je vous le corrige avant que vous ne l’appreniez
● MONDAY NOVEMBER 7TH
LEARN YOUR ROLES AND BRING CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES !
Have a nice holiday!
Thursday November 3rd
I asked you to tell what you did during the holiday (think that you must use the past!!)
We played a game to revise the voc of your index book by teams; then we watched a video
of John Sebastian to see what people looked like in Woodstock
FASHION IN THE LATES 60’s EARLY 70’s
To wear clothes≠ to carry objects
Looks (hairstyle)
Clothes and accessories
They looked cool
Men wore beards and sideburns (whiskers= des
favoris
They had long unkempt hair (ébouriffé)
Women USED TO wear long hair, plaits (des
nattes)
CLOTHES
People wore bell bottoms = flared trousers=
pattes d’éléphant
USED TO SERT A DIRE AUTREFOIRS
EX: they used to wear : autrefois ils portaient
Women wore gypsy style long skirts or
miniskirts
Platform shoes (shoes with thick soles)( talons
compensés)/ leather sandals/ boots
Men wore flowered shirts
ACCESSORIES
They used to wear round glasses ,medallion
necklaces (anti nuclear symbol)They used to
wear colourful hairbands
Leather belts (ceintures en cuir)
Accessories made of wood :hoop earrings,
necklaces, rings….
Then we talked about what you would wear for your roleplays!
FOR MONDAYGet ready!!! Don’t forget to bring accessories and learn your roles
And for Tuesday you must learn this lesson + correct your test and do your memo ( je
ramasserai les fiches aide mémoire)
Monday, November 7th
Voici le projet concernant l’épreuve de LVA
PROJET
Épreuve pour la langue choisie comme enseignement de
spécialité(langue vivante approfondie)
Temps de préparation : 10 minutes,
Durée de l’épreuve : 30 minutes.
Niveau attendu en référence à l’échelle de niveaux du CECRL : C1 « niveau autonome »
pour la LV1,
B2 « niveau avancé ou indépendant » pour la LV2.
Le candidat a choisi deux des notions étudiées dans l’année et a constitué pour chacune
d’elles un dossier comportant deux documents étudiés en classe et un document de son
choix. L’examinateur
choisit l’une des notions. Après 10 minutes de préparation, le candidat dispose de 10
minutes pour présenter son dossier et justifier ses choix. L’examinateur doit laisser le
candidat aller au bout de ce
qu’il souhaite dire, même s’il connaît quelques hésitations, voire de brefs silences.
Cette prise de parole en continu sert d’amorce à une conversation conduite par
l’examinateur, qui part
de ce qu’a dit le candidat. Cette phase d’interaction n’excède pas 10 minutes.
Lors de cette évaluation de l’expression orale, on attend du candidat qu’il s’exprime
clairement dansune gamme de langue suffisamment étendue pour pouvoir décrire, exprimer
un point de vue, voire développer une argumentation. On valorisera la capacité à varier la
formulation. Le candidat devra pouvoir communiquer avec un certain degré d’aisance et de
spontanéité rendant tout à fait possible une interaction régulière. Il devra s’exprimer dans
une langue grammaticalement acceptable et avoir
acquis une prononciation claire et une intonation pertinente
Then you rehearsed for your roles ! well done!
For tomorrow, don’t forget to do your memo
Thursday November 8th
We started a new topic : GIVING A HAND = helping
You worked by groups
1-HOW CAN YOU HELP THE OTHERS? (group work) give concrete examples
AT HOME
AT SCHOOL
IN THE STREET
AROUND THE
WORLD
By doing favours (=rendre des
services)
By doing the household chores
(tâches ménagères):
- Doing the washing up
- Emptying/ loading the
dishwasher(vider /
remplir le lave vaisselle
- Hoovering(aspirateur)
- Tidying up
- Cleaning the car
- Walking the dog
- Doing the shopping
- Helping your brothers
and sisters to do their
homework
By helping your
classmates
Sharing the work
Emptying the bin
Sorting out the
garbage= rubbish (
trier les déchets)
By giving money to
beggars: by taking a
homeless person to
the shops
A FINIR POUR
JEUDI
Helping a blind
person or an old
person to cross the
street
Helping a pregnant
woman (
enceinte)to carry
her shopping
Giving up your seat
( céder sa place) in
the bus
Homework : learn the lesson + vocabulary see below+ finish the grid
GIVING A HAND
USEFUL VOCABULARY A APPRENDRE
to care about / for ≠ to be indifferent to
to sympathize with * = to be sympathetic* with : avoir de la compassion pour
to show solidarity
to help = to give a hand
to donate ( a donation )
to save =to rescue
to provide: fournir
to prevent : empêcher ( to prevent someone from doing something )
to set up = to found / to organize :metre sur pied / fonder
to champion a cause = to defend a cause
to be in favour of
to fight/ to struggle for ≠ against
to support: soutenir / to cheer up= to comfort ( remonter le moral)
a volunteer : un bénévole
brotherhood(fraternité) / friendship(amitié) / solidarity
to be in dire straits = to be extremely poor = to be destitute = to be underprivileged
poverty : la pauvreté
an outcast : un exclu de la société
the homeless = les sans-abris
to seek shelter : chercher un abri
a beggar = a tramp = a dosser : un clochard
to beg for money/ for food: mendier
starvation = famine
To be entitled to : avoir droit à
freedom ≠ imprisonment
to suffer from
to be discriminated against
Thursday November 10
We started with a recap ( I asked you a few questions about the previous lesson and about
the vocabulary; certains élèves ne participant pas assez aux reprises de cours ce qui montre
que le cours et le voc ne sont pas bien appris; attention test lundi !)
Then we saw how we can help around the world :
-by donating money to charities ( =associations)
- by raising money = collecting money ( = fundraising = collecte )
- by fighting against starvation ( giving food to charities)
- by adopting a child
- by sponsoring a child
- by becoming a volunteer in a charity
Then I showed you photos and you had to guess what it
was about
VOICI CE QUE NOUS AVONS ECRIT ET QUI DOIT ETRE APPRIS POUR LUNDI
The Samaritans = a charity ; it is to help people ( to + V = pour + V) who call for help (for+
nom = pour +nom)/ it consists in listening to people. The people who work for the Samaritans
are volunteers
THE CALLERS: what sort of people may call the Samaritans?
-people in despair= desperate people / depressed people/ suicidal people: people who want to
commit suicide; people who are alcoholic/ drug addicts
-people who are anxious about their job, their married life/love life
-people who are harassed at work (harcelé)
-people who feel lonely
-battered women
-men whose wives have broken up (to break up= to split = rompre)
-jokers!! Sometimes people make hoaxes on the phone (hoax = canular)
THE VOLUNTEERS: what qualities must you have to work for THE SAMARITANS
You should (vous devriez)/ you must ( vous devez) be good listeners : caring ≠selfish
(egoiste)/sensitive (sensible)/ courageous/ strong/patient/sympathetic/broad-minded ≠ narrowminded (étroit d’esprit) to sympathize with people who have problemsto cheer up= to comfort
(réconforter) people who have problems
Homework / POUR LUNDI BIEN REVOIR LECON how can we help+ samaritans (test)
FAIRE EXERCICE 1 2 3 sur SAMARITANS
Monday November 17th
You started with a test then we started correction you work on Samaritans
The first caller IS a woman (« your husband »)/ she must be pregnant (« your condition/new
arrival ») so she MUST be in her twenties or thirties
She is calling to say her husband is unfaithful/ cheats on her
Word to express ADVICE : you ought to ≠ you ought not to + v
Words to express COMFORT: cheer up/ every cloud has a silver lining
The second caller is a boy ( take it easy boy”); he MUST be about 16 since he is in year 12
He is phoning to say he wants to give up school in order to work as a waiter in a fast food restaurant
but his parents don’t agree
For tomorrow you must find out how to say in English: au telephone, raccrocher,
décrocher, la ligne est occupée, qui est au telephone, ne quittez pas, pouvez vous me
passer…
Tuesday November 15th
Marianne and Gladys acted their roles : i twas very good ! ☺
Then we did a recap of the callers’s problems and revised ADVICE AND how to express
COMFORT
He is phoning to say he wants to give up school in order to work as a waiter in a fast food restaurant
but his parents don’t agree
ADVICE : You had better + BV ≠ you had better not + BV
COMFORT it is not as bad as all that/ take it easy!
The third caller must be a girl ( “fashionable dress”); she must be little perhaps 8 or 9 or in her early
teens; she is complaining because her parents can’t afford to buy fashionable clothes or a mobile;
they must be poor and her classmates laugh at her= make fun of her MOCKERY
ADVICE : you should ≠ you shouldn’t +BV / If I were you I would/ wouldn’t +BV
COMFORT: come on ! there’s nothing much the matter after all
We then revised the phone vocabulary which will be useful to you for your roles and I gave
you your roles: you must get ready for Monday: please don’t reveal your role to the others
or there’ll be no surprise…for this role play you will have to improvise since you don’t
know who will have a conversation with you on the phone!!
HW: for Thursday learn lesson and update index book + do your memo
ON THE COPIES I CORRECTED YOU WILL FIND SOME HELP FOR YOUR MEMO
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17TH
You started working on your “celebrity” and her/ his charities: are celebrities the new
heroes of our times? (multimedia lab)
You will convince your audience that they must get involved too and we will vote for the
best speeches and create a hall of fame!! Step 1 : finding useful information and
arguments
Hw/ PREPARE YOUR ROLES
Monday 21st
I talked about the projects concerning next year exam and about what I was expecting
from your role plays. We listened to 12 of you. The rest of you will play their roles on
Thursday
Remember we will be going to the library (CDI) tomorrow; bring your notes
For Thursday you have some work to do ( for Apolline you can send me an e mail if ever
you didn’t get the work to do for Thursday)
Tuesday November 22nd
You went on taking notes for your celebrity’s speech project.
For Tuesday 29th you must write your speech; this is the outline you should follow ( le plan
à suivre) :
1- Who are you? What did you do ( explain anecdotes/ events you participated in:
vous pouvez aussi inventer des anecdotes pour expliquer pourquoi vous avez
decidé de vous impliquer)
2- Why do you think it is important for a celebrity (in general) to champion a cause ?
3- What causes do you support? Thanks to which charities? ( here you should give
concrete examples and when you make your speech don’t forget to show photos or
objects or a powerpoint presentation)
4- Explain why you think these causes and charities are important
5- Why do you think other people should get involved too?
Vous écrirez ce discours pour le mardi 29 ; je le corrigerai et le noterai; puis vous le rendrai
jeudi 30 afin que vous puissiez vous entrainer à l’oral chez vous et prendre quelques
notes ( une quinzaine de mots) pour votre passage à l’oral le lundi 5 décembre; lors de
votre passage à l’oral, veillez à rendre votre discours facile à comprendre, concret et
convaincant puisque vos camarades prendront des notes ( rappelez vous qu’il faudra
choisir les 3 discours les plus convaincants et les associations et/ ou causes les plus
intéressantes) ; pour rendre votre discours plus vivant il vous faudra prévoir d’apporter
pour le lundi 5 décembre des photos, un diaporama ou autre pour convaincre votre
« public » ; le discours doit être écrit à la 1ere personne puisque vous êtes une célébrité…si
vous faites un diaporama pensez qu’il doit être enregistré en .ppt et pas ppx sur votre clé
USB
Bon courage rappel :
Pour jeudi 24 pensez que vous avez à faire un travail (voir job offers) en 180 mots
minimum
Thursday November 24th
I told you about my impressions of the class before your “conseil de classe”
We listened to your role plays
We corrected a few mistakes
We started to work on a speech by Bono ; he is an activist = someone who champions a
cause = advocates = supports
He wants to raise people’s awareness about poverty/ he wants to sensitize people to this
problem in Africa
Hw: write your speech
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 29TH
We went on with Bono’s speech
What is the aim of his speech ? →Bono wants…to raise people’s awareness about poverty in the
world. He wants to show people that they must take a stand against poverty by convincing the
world’s leaders to act. G8 = group of the 8 most powerful economies (USA, JapAn, Germany France,
the UK, Italy, Canada et Russia)
He doesn’t ask for money NOT TO frighten people/ SO AS NOT TO scare them/ IN ORDER TO reassure
them
Celebrities are used to asking for money
BE USED TO + VING expresses habit
He refers to Band Aid and Live Aid. What do you think they are? Band aid = charity whose aim was
to raise funds against famine (created in 1984) Live aid = concerts which were organized to raise
funds against famine in Ethiopia in 1985
How does Bono managed to make a convincing speech? What devices ( a device = a technique) does
he use in order to convey his message.
→he manages to make a convincing speech by…
-referring to his own experience: he is involved/he gives an anecdote to explain how he became
interested in/ involved in this cause : it was after seeing a report on TV; it turned his life upside
down= it upset him/ it changed his life
-by giving figures : the donations( 289 million) , the number of people who are dying of poverty
(30.000)every day; but explaining it means someone dies every 3 seconds: it is even more shocking/
it makes the figures more concrete
-By snapping his fingers to make it more vivid: it enables us to picture what happens every 3
seconds
-By giving concrete examples : it only costs 25 p to save a child, talking about a precise case and
giving a little girl’s name+ showing her photo
By contrasting our life and life in poor countries ( easy to go to the chemist/ die of a stupid diarrhea)/
he shows how fragile life is in poor countries
By using striking words : it’s an emergency/ stupid
By showing moving, powerful photos of children but not too shocking not to frighten people
By showing happy children in the end to symbolize the future
By referring about the impact we want to leave on future generation/ the role in history
We then watched the video of a song by BONO ; you can go to TOPICS to see it again
Homework : LEARN THE LESSON DO YOUR MEMO and get ready to speak about this video:
What for? Who ? where?
THURSDAY DACEMBER 1ST
Remarques sur les discours ; certains sont trop courts 5 minutes lundi après deux heures de
recherches internet ; vous pouvez m’envoyer un mail pour des questions éventuelles ou si vous avez
complété pour correction ;pensez à écrire au tableau les mots difficiles ; pensez qu’il faudra prendre
des notes
A SONG BY U2 : WALK ON
2 misspelt words in video 1 : streangth is STRENGTH compation is COMPASSION
WHAT FOR:
This song is aimed at paying tribute to AUNG SAN SUU KYI / She is a Burmese activist
it is aimed at championing human rights in MYANMAR/ it is aimed at advocating democracy/ the
right to vote/ freedom of expression
WHAT CAN WE SEE? We can see some people protesting in the street against the violence of the military
junta/ Burma USED TO be ruled by the military ( from 1962 to 2011)
USED TO PERMET DE DIRE AUTREFOIS
BURMA= MYANMAR
INFO ABOUT HER :AUND SAN SUU KYR =leader of the National league for democracy
She won the Burmese elections in 1990 with the National League for Democracy, but was
never allowed to take power
She was under house arrest for a very long time ( was imprisoned in 1989 and was released in 2010)
He compares her with Nelson Mandela and Doctor King
MANDELA/ ANTI APARTHEID ACTIVIST was imprisoned for 27 years(1963-1990) president from
1994 to 1999 today = Jacob Zuma
In 1964 the Civil Rights Act made discrimination in
public places illegal and in 1965 the Voting Rights act gave Blacks full equal rights
MARTIN LUTHER KING Civil rights activist
POINTS IN COMMON :
Non violent struggle for human rights
Like Mandela was imprisoned
Like Mandela became a political leader ; she is fighting standing in parliamentary elections
Won Nobel PEACE PRIZE : MLK 1964/ AUNG SAN SUU KYI : 1991 / MANDELA :1993
HOMEWORK: get ready for your speech on MONDAY
For Thursday 8th learn your lesson about BONO and AUNG SAN SU KYI
Get ready to choose 3 speeches and explain why they are your favourite ( revise
COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS see the subjects about the 3 job ads)
Monday December 12th
We listened to your speeches then we discussed the following question :
what are for you the qualities of a good speaker
A good speaker should = had better = ought to
A good speakers shouldn’t = ought not to = had
better not +BV
Speak loud
Be self-confident
Be clear
Be well- organized
Use concrete examples
Be lively
- By pointing at photos
- Using gestures
- Not using a monotonous tone
Shouldn’t speak too low/ ought not to be dull
and boring/ had better not speak too fast/Read
his or her notes
Shouldn’t be too nervous = edgy
Shouldn’t hesitate too much
We did a recap of the previous lesson and worked on the lyrics of the song WALK ON ( 1 –
we worked on rhymes then we completed the song)
Voc : a verse = un couplet/ a chorus/ the lyrics
HW : BRING YOUR NOTES FOR TOMORROW AND GET READY FOR THE TEST
Tuesday 13th / TEST à rattraper pour les absents
Thursday December 15th
We worked by groups on the lyrics of the song and then you pretended to be Bono to answer an interview
Here is what we can say about this song for the pupils who were absent :
WALK ON a song by U2
verse 1: “daylight/ darkness” what do these words symbolize? What does he do in this verse?
Daylight represents freedom whereas darkness symbolizes imprisonment ; she was under arrest for a long
time (15 years)
The daylight is a long way : means the path to freedom is long
Daylight stands for hope
Chorus: “what you got they can’t steal it, they can’t even feel it/they can’t deny it/ they can’t sell it or buy
it.” Who is “they”? what is it “they” can’t deny or steal?
“They “are the military the oppressors the people who denied her convictions
They can’t steal “it” = her courage and dignity and they can’t deny it either
Verse2 and verse 4 : “ a place none of us has been” “ a place that has to be believed to be seen”. “home
hard to know what it is”. Explain these lines
She wasn’t really imprisoned but she was condemned to stay at home; “A Home hard to know what it is”
because her phone was tapped (sur écoute )she was spied on she was watched over all the time; her family
was far away
Verse 3 : “you could have flown away”. “ an open cage”. What does the singer allude to?
It alludes to = refers to the fact
In reality she could have left A place no one has seen because for many people her decision to remain far from
her family ( her husband died as she was away ) was unbelievable; but she knew that if she left Burma to go to
the UK and see her family she would never be allowed to come back
The title : “walk on” : what is the message conveyed by the singer?
Walk on = to keep on walking = to go on walking
The singer wants her to continue her fight; he encourages her to go on
WANT COMPLEMENT TO V cette structure est à connaître
+ it alludes to the fact she went on walking during a protest despite the threat of soldiers’ rifles
rd
HOMEWORK →Tuesday 3 : update your index book and revise it . Do the exercises on REAL HEROES ( voir
dans la partier 1ere L TOPICS pour les absents
HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY
I WISH YOU A HAPPY CHRISTMAS
rd
Tuesday January 3
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
We gave the results of your votes :
HALL OF FAME
The most concvincing celebrities were :
1- Oprah Winfrey
2- Madonna
3- Jay Z and Pink
The pupils who were elected will have to give me their speech + photo so that I may put a poster of our hall
of fame on the wall
Then we corrected your exercises and revises tenses as well as the use of small words such as : on in since for
ago….when speaking about a period of time
CORRECTION
REAL HEROES
Read your lesson about Aung San Suu Kyi before doing these exercises
Complete this short biography of Nelson Mandela by choosing a word from this list and by putting the verb between
brackets in the correct tense (look at the time/tense line):
List : ago- since – for – from – to- in- on
Nelson Mandela _____is______(to be)one of the most respected people in the world. For countless
reasons he ___is___________(to be ) a huge hero. He is a person all us can learn many lessons
from. Since he __was born_________( to be born) …in… 1918 he ___has seen________(to see)
almost everything , from being tortured to becoming president of the country he loves. He __has
been retired________( to retire) …since……… 1999 but today he __continues__________ ( to
continue) to travel the world helping people.
He first ___learned=learnt___________( to learn) of the terrible apartheid system when he
_____studied/was studying_________( to study) to become a lawyer. This __led_________(to
lead) to his involvement in the African National Congress (ANC), which he later
_____became________( to become) the leader of.
The South African government ___did_________ (to do) its best to keep Mandela from spreading
his message of equality for blacks and racial unity. It ____sent________( to send) him to prison
…for….. 27 years.
Mandela _was__released___________ ( to release) from prison ……in…….1990 and the world
rejoiced. He ___received__________(to receive) the Nobel Peace Prize 18 years ago………. A year
later, he was___elected__________( to elect ) to be his country’s first ever black president. He
was president …from……1994 …to……1999.
go on ) fighting for equality and justice.
…since……then he ___has gone on____________( to
Same exercise about Martin Luther King.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the most important leader of the American civil rights movement. He
__helped______________(to help) unite a nation with his powerful speeches and use of nonviolent protests …for……many years. His 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech is one of the greatest in
human history. Thanks to King’s efforts to end racial discrimination he _____won___________(to
win) the Nobel Peace Prize ..in........ 1964.
King was born 82 years..ago....... in Atlanta. His father was a reverend and so King
___had__________( to have) a religious upbringing. King _____went_________(to go) to India
to visit Gandhi’s family. He _____was inspired__________(to inspire)by Mohandas Gandhi's
success with non-violent resistance .
He ____led___________(to lead) the Montgomery Bus Boycott which ___ended__________(to
end )racial segregation on public buses in Montgomery. King helped organize the famous Million
Man March on Washington ..in...... 1963, where he ____spoke____________ (to speak) to the
nation appealing for racial harmony. His non-violent protests ___met_________(to meet) with
success as Congress passed civil rights laws (…in……1964) and voting rights laws (……in…..1965).
King’s friendship with President John F. Kennedy also helped his cause. King ___was
assassinated_______________( to assassinate) ……on…… March 29th, 1968 . ...in.......1986, a
national day ....on......the third Monday ...in.....January ____was_______( to be ) decided. But it
____has been_________( to be) observed in all fifty US states …for……11 years only
(…since……2000).
Then I introduced the new topic by showing a video ( see in TOPICS : real life superheroes)
For next time you must answer the following questions about the video :
Who: name? where from?
When does he go out? What for?
Name of his organization ? what for?
Their most dangerous mission?
You must also explain the points in common and the differences between a hero and a superhero and do
your memo ( test celebrities )
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Thursday January 8
New topic : HOW COME SUPERHEROES ARE STILL SO POPULAR?
HOW COME = how can it be (colloquial English = anglais familier pour dire “pourquoi”)
Final task : in your final task you will apply for a job as a superhero designer and create your own
superhero
A hero/ 2 heroes/ a heroine≠ a bad guy = a villain
VIDEO
Who is this man ? his name ? where is he from ? his nickname is “Life” he comes from the US
When does he go out? What does he pack his bag with? What for? AT NIGHT TO HELP THE
HOMELESS/ he goes out in order to give food and clothes to poor people in the street
Name of his organization ? SUPER HEROES ANONYMOUS THEY TAKE JUSTICE INTO THEIR OWN
HANDS
What is their most dangerous mission? THEY TRY TO STOP DRUG DEALERS
They wear masks not to be recognized
What are the points in common between heroes and superheroes ? what is the difference?
POINTS IN COMMON
DIFFERENCES
They are courageous= brave= fearless ≠
cowardly=fearful (peureux)
A hero or heroine is a helpful and courageous
man whereas a super hero has supernatural
powers
They risk their lives to save people
CAPACITY
They protect citizens from natural disasters/
criminals
They can fly
You can rely on them/ they are reliable ( fiables)
They are able to run extremely fast
They prevent people from being attacked
They are capable of lifting heavy objects
They have many gadgets and special weapons
They use gadgets; for example a belt in order to
climb up a building/ an armour to protect
themselves
They have a secret identity/ in normal life they
are “common people” whereas when they wear
their costumes they become superheroes
We started pronouncing the various words on your worksheet about natural disasters
FOR MONDAY LEARN THE LESSON AND DO EXERCISES 1 AND 2 ( in topics for Marianne and Gladys)
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Monday January 9
Oral recap on the previous lesson
Correction of the 2 exercises
HEROES , SUPERHEROES AND SECRET IDENTITIES
1-
Heroes and superheroes often save people from natural disasters, let’s see what you know !Match the photos and
the words; be careful ; the phonetics are here to help you pronounce these words :
Flood- drought- earthquake-blizzard-mudslide-forest fire- hurricane- volcanic eruptionsandstorm- tidal wave
5fire
2sandstorm
1volcanic
eruption
landslide4
3blizzard
10mudslide
6flood
7hurricane
8
drought
9tidal wave
2- Superheroes often have all sorts of weapons and accessories; find the anagrams by reordering the letters then
match the words with their definition : Methel – skam- heilds- wodsr-ryax-pace-ossal- blet
abcdefgh-
Superman wears a red one on his shoulders :cape
Batman wears one around his waist; it carries gadgets and special weapons: belt
Some superheroes wear one to protect their heads from shocks or bullets:helmet
Wonder woman uses it as a weapon to catch her enemies and force them to tell her the truth:lasso
Most superheroes wear one not to be recognized :mask
A useful weapon to cut things and heads!! :sword
These special glasses enable superheroes to see through walls :x ray
Warriors and superheroes sometimes use one to protect themselves from their enemies’ attacks :shield
Then you worked by groups on 5 texts and complete information about 5 famous groups of superheroes
To be completed for tomorrow
th
Tuesday January 10
You finished to work by groups and we collected all the information
Here is what we wrote for Elisa and Marianne
SUPERHEROES WHY ARE THEY STILL SO POPULAR ?
BATMAN real name : Bruce Wayne
WHY CAN WE SAY HE IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER SUPERHEROES?
He is different from the others because although he hasn’t got any super powers = he has no super
powers; he is a superhero thanks to his strength and intelligence he has many gadgets
Although = even if he has no super powers he is a super hero because he protects his city
HIS GADGETS? WHAT ? WHAT FOR? Night vision lenses to see at night/ belt to throw weapons
JOB : he is a business man : wealthy = well off = rich
HOW AND WHY DID HE DECIDE TO BECOME A SUPERHERO?
He witnessed his parents’ murder so he decided to take his revenge
HIS MISSION he fights against evil
SPIDERMAN real name : Peter Parker
JOB : a journalist
SPECIAL POWERS : he is able to spin webs he is capable of jumping from one roof to another
ORIGIN OF HIS POWERS he was bitten by a spider
MISSION helps the police to arrest criminals = murderers / thieves ( one thief / two thieves =
burglars= robbers = voleurs , cambrioleurs)
THE X MEN : q
Charles Xavier is a scientist
POWERS he can read people’s thoughts and influence them
ORIGIN he became a mutant because of radiations
MISSION want human beings and mutants to live in peace WANT SOMEONE TO V
THE FANTASTIC FOUR quote photo
DR RICHARD he is capable of stretching taking shapes
SUE she can become invisible
JOHNNY he is able to turn into flame
BEN he is strong and looks like stone
ORIGIN a cosmic storm altered their chemical composition
THEIR MISSION to fight against the villain = bad guy DR DOOM
Doom = bad destiny
SUPERMAN
REAL NAME Clark Kent
JOB a reporter
POWER he can lift heavy weights very muscular ; is able to fly
ORIGIN was born on Krypton = extraterrestrial
MISSION he protects citizens from criminals / gets rid of them = se débarrasser
HOMEWORK : revise all the lessons about the topic SUPERHEROES and find 8 questions (about the
information about the vocabulary about the pronunciation ...) to test your friends
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THURSDAY JANUARY 12
You tested your friends about the lessons on superheroes; BE CAREFULLY TO LEARN YOUR VOCABULARY!!
Then you worked on the trailer of the series HEROES ( Compréhension orale); we will correct your work on
Tuesday. THE VIDEO IS IN TOPICS
ON MONDAY YOU WILL HAVE A TEST IN WHICH YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE YOUR OPINION SO REVISE ALL THE
LESSONS ON SUPERHEROES AND LINK WORDS TO ORGANISE YOUR WORK (see GIVING YOUR OPINION)
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND
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Monday 16
Test
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Tuesday 17
We corrected what you had done in the lab about the series Heroes and I presented your role plays; you
were each given a role that you will have to prepare for next time ! GET READY!!
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Thursday 19
We listened to the radio programme of one your groups;for Monday you must get ready for the CHINESE
PORTRAIT AND CORRECT YOUR TEST mind the conditional !
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Monday 23
Some acted their roles while the others practised the conditional with a few exercises
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Tuesday 24
We corrected the exercises (see below) and then did a team game : you had to ask questions using the
conditional
JEUDI RENDEZ VOUS EN SALLE MULTIMEDIA
LE PORTRAIT CHINOIS SERA FAIT LE LUNDI 30
CORRECTION EXERCICES
1- Match the prompt (amorce) in column A with an ending in column B .
A
If he had seen you
If he met you in the street
If I got a letter from Suzan
If I had known it was Jane
If a burglar broke into my house.
Correction 1-c/2-e/3-a/4-b/5-d
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B
a- I would phone her .
b- I’d never have answered the phone.
c-he would have spoken to you
d- I would be terrified.
e-he would shake hands with you.
2-Complete with the correct form of the verb between brackets :
a- If I had super powers I ....would be.........................( to be ) really happy because I
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......could.............( can) fly or turn into flame. I..would be able to..................................( to be
able to) read in people’s thoughts. I.......would be capable of...............................(be capable of)
becoming very strong.
If he had .....known....................... ( to know) he ....wouldn’t have come.....................................
( not / to come ).
If I ..had invited.................................... him (to invite) he would have been delighted .
If he had arrived earlier he ....would have seen................................... (to see) her.
If he left now he .......would catch............................... ( to catch ) his train.
If he had told her the truth she ...wouldn’t have left........................................ (not / to leave)
him.
If he didn’t do his work he ..would be punished................................... (to punish ).
If he ........hadn’t done..................................( not/ to do) his homework he would have been
punished.
4- Translate into ENGLISH :CORRECTION
Si tu venais nous irions au cinéma. If you came we would go
/Si tu étais d’accord j’achèterais un nouveau jeu vidéo.if you agreed I would buy
/Si j’avais su j’aurais pris l’avion.if I had known I would have taken
/Si j’avais compris avant je n’aurais pas dit cela.if Ihad understood I wouln’t have said this
/Si tu m’avais téléphoné je t’aurais expliqué la situation .If you had phoned me I would have
explained
/Si je pouvais je partirais en vacances pendant 6 mois !if I could go I would go on holiday for 6
months
/J’aimerais pouvoir devenir invisible parfois ! I would like to become invisible sometimes
Thursday January 26th
CO EN SALLE MULTIMEDIA (video dans topics)
Hw: revise the conditional and make sure you have used all the vocabulary given and justified your
answers in the Chinese portrait
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MONDAY 6
NO CLASS TODAY BECAUSE OF THE SNOW
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Tuesday 7
As most of the visits of our English partners have been cancelled we are going to visit Chinon together so I
won’t do my classes today
A TOUS : PROFITEZ DE CE TEMPS CHEZ VOUS POUR FAIRE DES REVISIONS ET METTRE A JOUR VOTRE
REPERTOIRE PENSEZ QUE LORSQU’ENFIN VOUS REVIENDREZ EN COURS VOUS DEVREZ ETRE PRETS POUR LE
CHINESE PORTRAIT ET QUE POUR LE 13 FEVRIER VOUS DEVEZ FAIRE LA PARTIE B DE VOTRE TACHE FINALE (
illustration et description de votre superheros en respectant les consignes données)
Thursday February 9th
Only 10 pupils were present : we worked on your Chinese portraits by groups ; you had to make someone
else’s Chinese portrait by asking questions to each other (oral activity)
AIM 1: PRACTISING THE CONDITIONAL
Here are a few prompts you used :
If she was an animal she would be a cat because…
If he was a period of time he would be summer. Indeed in summer you can…
If he was a famous photographer he would take the photo of…As a matter of fact, ….
If she had super powers she would like to fly so as to fly above Paris and look at ….
Rappel / AU CONDITIONNEL ON PEUT RENFORCER L’IDEE D’IRREEL en utilisant he were/ she were plutôt que
was mais attention dans une phrase au preterit normal voici comment se conjugue BE
I was/ you were/ she or he was/ we were/ you were/ they were
AIM 2 : creating a superhero/ WHAT MUST YOU DO TO CREATE A GOOD SUPERHERO?
Then we started talling about Stan Lee and we summed up his point of view.
According to him a good superhero must be believable and realistic.
To create a good superhero you must ask yourself questions: what about his personal life? What kind of
character is he? Where does he live? What does he do when he is not chasing the villains? Is he successful
with members of the other sex?
To sum up, in order to make a superhero realistic you must make him 3 dimensional.
Les réponses de Stan Lee pourront vous aider dans l’entretien d’embauche que vous passerez pour parler de
votre proper super hero.
RAPPEL : POUR LUNDI VOUS DEVEZ FAIRE LA PARTIE B DE VOTRE TACHE FINALE EN SUIVANT BIEN LES
CONSIGNES ( description ecrite + illustration par ordinateur ou en dessinant)
VOIR CI-DESSOUS
B-The text : description of your superhero + an illustration ( draw or use your computer*) :
minimum 180 words
In your description you should :
1- Give the 2 names of your superhero/superheroine ( secret and public life ) and say what his/
her job is in his/her everyday life
2- Describe the looks and personality of your superhero / heroine ( physical appearance/
costume/ accessories)
3- His/ her special powers ( use CAPACITY)
4- How and when it all started
5- His/ her mission
POUR FAIRE CETTE PARTIE DU TRAVAIL VOUS COMMENCEREZ PAR RELIRE ATTENTIVEMENT TOUT
LE COURS SUR LES SUPERHEROS ET PRENDREZ NOTES AU BROUILLON DE CE QUI PEUT VOUS ETRE
UTILE
*Voici un site qui peut vous permettre de créer votre super héros mais attention je noterai votre
anglais en priorité alors ne perdez pas trop de temps sur l’illustration !!!
http://marvel.com/games/cyos
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND AND SEE YOU ON MONDAY
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MoNDAY February 13th
You completed your self assessment for your oral participation (pour les absents; envoyez
moi un mail avec votre notre d’oral pour le 2ème trimestre)
Then we went on working on :CREATING A SUPERHERO
STAN LEE’S DEVICES ( a device = un procédé)
HOW DOES STAN LEE MANAGE TO MAKE HIS SUPERHEROES REALISTIC?
By giving them a personal life/ by saying what they are doing when they are not chasing the villain:
he gives them a private life, a family background : they have problems; they are often
single≠married ( so that they can keep their secret life)/ their homeplace (they can live in a luxurious
flat or in a hiding place: a cellar = une cave for example)
VIDEO WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN YOU CREATE A VILLAIN
To put humour/ make him humorous/ the creator and the reader must have fun
HOW DOES HE MANAGE TO MAKE HIS STORIES GRIPPING = captivating?
Voc: have the edge= have the advantage/ take sides with= prendre partie pour/ identify with =
s’identifier à
He makes his stories gripping by making the villain have the edge on the superhero; he involves us
(nous implique)in the story because we worry for the superhero , we want him to win, we identify
with him and feel close to him; he wants us to take sides with the good guy
A job offer ; Piperworks Software Inc., an independent studio focusing on the
development of video games is looking for an enthusiastic technical
candidate willing to assist in the creation of next-generation superheroes and
superheroines. Applicants should send the portrait (text+illustration) of a
superhero they have created and their cover letter to Piperworks Software
Inc., 555 Lincoln Avenue Washington.
If we want to apply for (postuler pour) this job what must we do?
We must send a cover letter (lettre de motivation) and an illustration and description of the
superhero if we want to apply for this job/ if we are interested in this job as a video game
designer/we must enclose a CV= a resumé
The qualities of the applicant:
He/she should be enthusiastic / creative=imaginative/ he should know how to draw/ how to use a
computer/ he should be sociable ( to work in a team)
ATTENTION JEUDI VOUS DEVREZ ECRIRE VOTRE LETTRE DE MOTIVATION EN CLASSE .
DEMAIN NOUS TRAVAILLERONS SUR LA FACON D’ECRIRE CETTE LETTRE
Pour les absents ; pensez à vous mettre votre note de participation orale pour ce trimestre
et à me l’envoyer ; demain vous devrez me rendre votre illustration + texte sur votre super
héros
TUESDAY February 14th LESSON COURS POUR LODIE ELISA ET PAULINE QUI ETAIENT ABSENTES
AIM OF TODAY’ S LESSON : TO LEARN HOW TO WRITE A COVER LETTER (=lettre de motivation) TO
APPLY FOR A JOB AS A VIDEO GAME DESIGNER (to apply for = postuler pour)
USEFUL VOCABULARY
A degree in art ; in new technologies etc…: un diplome en…
To graduate from university ex: I graduated from University in 2007 (j’ai eu mon diplome en 2007/
phrase au preterit car c’est terminé)
To attend high school/ university : aller au lycée à la fac…
To be interested in / to be fond of/ to be keen on / to enjoy + VING = pour dire ce qu’on aime
ex: since I left school I have been interested in drawing (depuis que j’ai quitté l’école je
m’intéresse à …ici on met le present perfect =HAVE + PARTICIPE PASSE car cela a commence dans
le passé et continue aujourd’hui
To be determined to V / to be eager to V/ to look forward to VING = être determiné à / être
impatient de…
1- WRITING A COVER LETTER TO APPLY FOR A JOB
A-Read the following phrases and translate them into French CORRECTION EN JAUNE
VOCABULAIRE A APPRENDRE POUR JEUDI
ENGLISH
a- My qualifications would match your
requirements.
b- I am looking forward to hearing from you
soon
c- I would define myself as
d- I am writing to you in reference to your
advertisement
e- I’m writing to you to apply for the position
of…
f- Please find my résumé enclosed
g- I am available for an interview.
h- In my current position
i- I believe it is time for me to move to another
company
j- Yours Faithfully
k- Your advertisement has sparked my interest
l- To consider my application
FRENCH
Mes competences seraient en adéquation
avec vos attentes
Je suis impatient d’avoir de vos nouvelles
Je me définirais comme…
Je vous écris concernant votre annonce
J’écris pour postuler pour le poste de
Veuillez trouver mon CV ci-joint
Je suis disponible pour l’entretien
Dans mon poste actuel
Je pense qu’il est temps pour moi d’aller vers
une autre société
Veuiller agreer l’expression de mes
salutations distinguées
Votre annonce a attire mon attention
De considerer ma candidature
Exercice ci dessous consiste à completer la letter avec les mots du tableau
B-Now, complete the following cover letter with some of the words or phrases above. VOICI LA
CORRECTION DE L’EXERCICE QUE NOUS AVONS FAIT POUR ESSAYER DE RETENIR LES EXPRESSIONS
CI DESSUS UTILES POUR JEUDI (MOTS COMPLETES EN MAJUSCULES)
Bridget Smith
YOUR ADDRESS IN THE
RIGHT-HAND CORNER
Kensington square
London
Dear Sir or Madam, OU BIEN DEAR MR JONSON/MRS JONSON
Your _____ADVERTISEMENT_________________in 'The Time News' for the position as a teacher _____HAS
SPARKED MY INTEREST_________________________________________________________.
Indeed, I believe I can contribute to your department.
With over 15 years of experience in teaching English and French in Paris, Norwich and Inverness,
I believe my___MY QUALIFICATIONS WOULD MATCH YOUR REQUIREMENTS___.
__IN MY CURRENT POSITION_ , I manage a team whose main purpose is to find the best way to teach
different languages to young pupils.
My superiors and the students' parents have recognized that I have found an easy method which develops my
students' skills.
_I WOULD DEFINE MYSELF as serious and dynamic, I am able to relate well to people and believe it is
__TIME FOR ME TO MOVE_to a university like yours in order to pursue my teaching career and to bring my
best to your students.
Please find the details of my experience in my __RESUME ENCLOSED____.
If you are interested or if you have any questions I am of course_ AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW_
I thank you for taking the time to ___CONSIDER MY APPLICATION
I ‘ M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU
_YOURS FAITHFULLY,_____________________________,
Bridget Smith.
POUR JEUDI SAVOIR LE VOCABULAIRE POUR POUVOIR ECRIRE VOTRE LETTRE DE MOTIVATION VOIR
CI-DESSUS + PHOTOCOPIE FINAL TASK le paragraphe avec les consignes ci dessous
A-Your cover letter : minimum 180 words
It should refer to :
1- Your current job and your previous experience (Today I work as a …/ I have already worked
as a …/ last year I worked in…/ 2 years ago I changed… ..MIND THE TENSES!!)
2- Your qualities and why you believe you are up to the job
3- How and why you would be useful to the company if you were hired ( mind the
CONDITIONALl! Voir exercice sur le conditionnel)
IL SERAIT BON DE REVOIR LA STRUCTURE DES QUESTIONS EGALEMENT
VOICI LE TRAVAIL A FAIRE POUR LUNDI
JOB INTERVIEW : interviewing and being interviewed
OBJECTIFS:
Linguistique :Dialoguer/S’adresser à quelqu’un / Adapter son propos à la situation/
interroger/ répondre/Décrire/Raconter, relater/Exprimer son point de vue et argumenter
Phonologique : Schéma intonatif des questions/Accent de phrase ( dans les questions en WH la voix monte sur
le mot en WH et descend en fin de phrase/ dans les yes / no questions la voix monte en fin de phrase)
Pragmatique :Fonctions : se présenter,donner un point de vue, convaincre
maîtrise de l’argumentation (réfutation d’arguments)
Sociolinguistique : règles sociales
Exercise 1 : complete the following dialogue
Mr Smith:
OK. Well, do you have any questions for me?
Huijin:
Yes. If you offered me the job, __________________________________?
Mr Smith:
We have a vacancy now, so as soon as possible. Would you be able to start next week?
Huijin:
That would be fine. ________________________________?
Mr Smith:
4 pounds 50 per hour
Huijin:
__________________________________________?
Mr Smith:
Normally from Monday to Friday. But you might have to work on Saturdays and
Sundays too when we have a lot a work to do.
Huijin:
_________________________________________________?
Mr Smith:
Well, it is often busy but there is a friendly atmosphere, I think. We work hard, but like
to have fun too.
Huijin:
______________________________________?
Mr Smith:
I can tell you now. If you want the job, you can start next Monday.
Huijin:
Yes, I want the job, thank you. I look forward to working here.
Mr Smith:
Good. Well, come here at 10 o'clock on Monday morning and we can sort out the
other details then.
Huijin:
Thank you. See you on Monday. Goodbye
Mr Smith:
Goodbye, Huijin. I'm sure you will like working as part of our team.
Exercice 2: You have created a superhero and are applying for a job as a video game designer. Get
ready to answer each question. ( A FAIRE SUR FEUILLE)
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How do you think a friend or someone who knows you well would describe you?
What do you think is your greatest weakness?
What accomplishment has given you the most satisfaction?
Tell me about your experiences at school.
Tell me about your most significant work experience.
Why are you the best candidate for this position?
Have you ever supervised anyone?
Why are you interested in this job?
How do you work under pressure?
What do you do in your spare time?
What kind of salary are you looking for?
Are you willing to work during the weekend?
What motivates you?
What would you like to be doing five years from now?