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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 the class about this site MY CUPPA T (remember why it is
called like that? !!) and about the Cambridge Certificate you will take this year
Then we played a game! The Culture Quiz; you had to find the correct answer then take notes of
what was written in the powerpoint presentation
Homework : complete you identity form + find the questions corresponding to the answers that you
wrote ( minimum 16 questions !!) ATTENTION VOUS DEVEZ TROUVER LES QUESTIONS
CORRESPONDANT AUX REPONSES NOTEES EN CLASSE MAIS ECRIVEZ LES QUESTIONS SUR UNE
FEUILLE SEPAREE ( pas sur la feuille où vous avez les réponses!!!!)
Ex : vous avez noté : David Cameron / la question peut être : who is the British Prime Minister
Mais vous pourriez compliquer les choses en posant aussi comme question : who is at the head of
the government with Nick Clegg/ ou encore : who are the Prime Minister and the deputy Prime
Minister ?? et voir si vos camarades retrouvent les deux réponses : David Cameron facile..mais Nick
Clegg c’est plus dire…et oui c’est une coalition et ils gouvernent à deux…
Vous mènerez le quiz la prochaine fois…et là une bonne question vous donnera des points…mais une
question mal posée vous fera perdre des points
Do you understand? !!!
Don’t forget to send me an e mail !! with your name and class and to have your parents sign the note
which is in your “correspondence book” HAVE A NICE WEEKEND !!!
Thursday September 15th
We played a game to revise the quiz!! Well done ! ☺
We started commenting on a photo to introduce our first topic! REMEMBERING 9 11
To complete your lesson :
WHAT YOU CAN SEE
WHAT YOU CAN INFER / GUESS = déduire
4 men who are wearing black uniforms (
caps+badges)
Judging from their black uniforms and their
badges they must be police MIGHT MAYMUST
They look like Amercican policemen
They are all looking at the same thing/ they are
all looking out of the window of a bus
They must be going on the site of a crime or an
accident and they must have seen something
shocking
They look worried/ shocked/ stressed
Be careful there is a test next time on the quiz learn the answers+ the questions!!
Thursday September 22nd
1- Test
2- Using HOW TO DESCRIBE A PICTURE to describe the photo of policemen
3- Talking about 9/11
9 11 what? Why are we talking about it this year?
It is the 10th anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers in Nyc;It took place on September 11th
2001 ( date!!)
-
September 11th 2011 what happened;
Terrorist from Al Qaeda (radical islamist movement created byOsama Bin Laden ) hijacked 4
planes: they forced two of them to crash into the Twin Towers
They crashed a plane on the Pentagon(the headquarters of the department of Defense in
Virginia)
The 4th plane crashed into a field but was supposed to target the Capitol in Washington
about 3,000 were killed
in response the USA launched a war on terror
4- We started an exercise whose aim is to reorder the chronology of the events ( we’ll go on =
continue next time)
HOMEWORK : do the work about the tattoed man on a copy
VOUS POUVEZ VOIR L’IMAGE EN COULEUR DANS TOPICS
See you next week ; have a very nice weekend !!
Thursday September 29th
We worked on the chronology of 9 11 and revised past tenses + how to say the time
We then worked on a testimony ( témoignage) in which a girl remembers where she was
and what she was doing on that day
To remember = to recollect / a memory = a recollection
Homework : you must finish the worksheet ( exercise 4 : find the questions
corresponding to Lucy ‘s answers + exercise 5 : ask these questions to 3 people you
know to have their testimonies + give your own memories of 9 /11); don’t forget to
find illustrations ( photos pictures, quotations,)of the word “peace” + bring colour
pens + glue + tape !!!
Pensez à ne pas prendre d’illustrations qui soient trop grandes car vous êtes 25 à faire ce
poster collectif ; réfléchissez bien à ce que représente le mot « paix » pour vous avant de
choisir vos illustrations qui peuvent être des dessins, des photos, des symboles, des
citations en anglais…
Thursday October 6th
We corrected the questions .mind the tenses!!!
Then you told me about your testimonies and you chose one to write in a speech balloon to
stick it on our collective poster.
You started your peace messages.
Homework / CORRECT QUIZ + READ CAREFULLY MY CORRECTION OF YOUR HOMEWORK +
COMPLETE THE COMMENTARY OF THE PICTURE OF THE TATTOOED MAN
Thursday October 13th
You finished your peace message by groups and I explained to you how to do a memo to
correct your copies.
We then corrected the commentary of the tattooed man.
Homework : do your memo (fiche aide mémoire )and do exercises 1 + 2 BUYING SELLING
ADVERTISING
How to do a memo
ERREURS FREQUENTES RELEVEES DANS LES COPIES. Cette liste non exhaustive est le bilan des erreurs les plus
fréquentes faites par les élèves français de manière générale…pas forcément par votre classe !!!
1-ADJECTIF INVARIABLE ET AVANT LE NOM : messages very importants → very important messages
2-RELATIFS: the man who / the object , the idea which → who pour les personnes/ which pour les
objets
3-People ne prend pas d’s mais il est pluriel → people are/ people were/ people have (≠ peopleS=
les peuples)
4-MODAUX : Les modaux sont suivis de la base verbale : you can to listen to him → you can Ø listen
to him / on ne peut jamais avoir deux modaux à la suite: will can → will be able to
5- ARTICLES : Pas d’article devant les noms de famille ou les prénoms : the John’s car→ Ø John’s car
(par contre pour dire “les Johnson “ on dira : The Johnsons car c’est un pluriel)
Pas d’article devant les notions abstraites non définies : he defends the Ø freedom mais par
contre : he defends the freedom of his people. ( “the” à cause de “of his people”)
Pas d’article devant nom de pays singulier : ØSomalia mais THE United States ( plusieurs états)
6-IL Y A : il ya un chien dans la rue → there is ( avec singulier) / il y a des gens → there are (avec
pluriel)
il y a 2 ans : there are 2 years → 2 years
ago ( temps : preterit)
7-THIS/ THESE: This (ce/cette) + singulier/ these (ces)+ pluriel
+singulier/those + pluriel
THAT/THOSE: that
8-WANT + INFINITIF : I want TO say / WANT + COMPLEMENT + INFINITIF: I want him TO be free (
et pas : I want that he is free)
( idem pour WOULD LIKE ) liste des pronoms compléments=
me/you/him/her/it/us/you/them
9-PLURIELS PARTICULIERS : 1 child / 2 children 1 man/ 2 men 1 woman/2 women
life/ lives
10- ADVERBES: de nombreux adverbes ( parfaitement/ sincèrement/ réellement…) sont formés de
l’adjectif suivi du suffixe “ly” : perfectly/ sincerely/ really
…
PRENDRE UNE COPIE QUE VOUS COMPLETEREZ APRES CHAQUE TRAVAIL ECRIT (à mettre dans la partie test
de vos classeurs). RELEVER VOS ERREURS ET LES CORRIGER. EN ROUGE MARQUER EN MAJUSCULES CE QUE
VOUS DEVEZ RETENIR AVANT LE PROCHAIN TRAVAIL ET COMPLETER LA FICHE AIDE MEMOIRE JUSQU'A LA
FIN DE L’ANNEE POUR EVITER CES ERREURS AU BAC. BIEN ENTENDU VOUS POUVEZ ME DEMANDER DE
L’AIDE PAR MAIL OU EN CLASSE POUR FAIRE VOTRE FICHE AIDE MEMOIRE SI VOUS AVEZ DU MAL A VOIR CE
QU’IL FAUT RETENIR ET ME LA MONTRER DE TEMPS EN TEMPS
Sur vos copies vous trouverez des annotations : GR = grammaire/ TPS= temps/ structure/ O= orthographe/
√=manque un mot
Have a nice weekend ! see you next week ! ☺
Thursday October 20th
Self assessment : how good are you at past tenses?
Introduction to our new TOPIC: BUY SELLING ADVERTISING
Correction of the shopping voc
Then we worked on how to describe an object (worksheet)
Homework : EURO CLASS HOMEWORK→THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3rd
1- LEARN THE VOCABULARY : stores + useful words when you go shopping ( see “BUYING
SELLING ADVERTISING photocopy :worksheet n°1”)→ you’ll have a TEST (vocabulary
test+listening test)
NOVEMBER 7TH →ON A COPY :
- INVENT A ROBOT AND DRAW IT
DESCRIBE IT (60 words )
- EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS AIMED AT AND WHY PEOPLE SHOULD BUY YOUR ROBOT (40 words).
OF COURSE YOU MUST USE : “ASKING QUESTIONS AND DESCRIBING OBJECTS “(part 1 of
your binders)
Here is an example of description that can help you!!
A home "guard dragon" robot has been unveiled in Japan. It is composed of 4 legs and it can sense
smoke and alert its owners to a smouldering fire – thanks to a mobile phone text message.
The Banryu was developed by two companies, Sanyo and Tmsuk. It is one metre long, 80 centimetres
high, 70 centimetres wide and weighs 40 kilogrammes. It can move at a top speed of 15 metres per
minute.
The guard dragon is capable of walking over 10-centimetre gaps or climb a 15-centimetre high step
using sensors located on its legs.
it will enable owners to switch the Banyru into any of three operating modes. The remote control mode
allows users to send commands and receive information via mobile phone.
In care-taking mode, the robot will patrol the house and report back if it senses someone walking close
by, or the scent of smoke. In pet mode, Banryu will act like a pet dog, obeying commands such as "sit"
or "paw", Sanyo says.
Thursday November 3rd
We started with a test
Then we revised the worksheet about describing objects by doing a guessing game and by testing
your memory.
We then talked about the various ways to sell and buy objects
WHERE CAN YOU SHOP
-
In a supermarket; a mall; in a town center
On the internet thanks to e bay
On tv
WHERE CAN YOU SELL THINGS
-
In a shop, on a market , in a boot sale(old junk knick knack)
In a small ad; you can place a small ad in a newspaper , on the net
On tv
WHAT FOR YOU THE ADVANTAGES AND DRAWBACKS OF SHOPPING ON THE NET?
ADVANTAGES= PROS
ABSENCE OF OBLIGATION
You don’t have to move from your home= you
DRAWBACKS =CONS
It is more difficult to get an exchange and to be
needn’t move
There is a large variety of choice
There are bargains (=less expensive= cheaper)
refunded ( paid back)
You don’t see what you buy=purchase
You can’t try on the clothes you buy
You need a credit card
You must be over 18
You may be conned (to con = arnaquer)
It is difficult to understand other languages
For next time LEARN YOUR LESSON AND DO THE WRITING EXERCISE INVENT A ROBOT
(travail note)
Thursday November 10th
For Mina, Audrey and Claire who were absent:
1-First you had to complete this self-assessment sheet.(fiche d’auto-évaluation de la
participation)
Pour les élèves absentes il faudrait que vous m’envoyiez votre note de participation par mail ;
que vous m’expliquiez pourquoi votre participation est très rare , rare, irrégulière etc…(voir
ci-dessous) et que vous me disiez si vous vous sentez à l’aise dans le cours ; vous pouvez faire
des remarques sur le cours si vous voulez et vous pouvez émettre des souhaits pour les
activités ou les thèmes à venir
1- Mettre votre nom
2- Vous mettre une note de participation sur 20 selon les critères suivants
0-5 / 20
6-8
9-11
Participation très rare
rare
irrégulière
12-14
régulière mais ponctuelle
15-20
régulière et en continu
Ponctuelle veut dire que vous participer régulièrement mais que vous ne développez pas vos réponses ; en continu veut
dire que vous participez souvent et essayez de développer vos réponses
VOUS NE DEVEZ PAS METTRE UN INTERVALLE DE NOTES MAIS UNE NOTE SUR 20
2-Then we worked on a video ( you can see the video in topics)
WHAT
It is a teleshopping programme; people phone the tv channel to buy something
It is aimed at selling guns; weapons
WHERE?
The scene must take place in the US; because the sale of guns is allowed in the US; the right to
carry a gun is in the 2nd amendment of the constitution
WHO IS IT AIMED AT?
it is aimed at every body; it shows even a child can use this gun; it is very handy and easy to use.
REACTION it is shocking! A scandal ! unbearable!
IN REALITY
It is a spoof ad= a fake ad
It is aimed at denouncing the arms trade / it is in favour of guncontrol
It is aimed at inciting people to sign a petition to make the world’s governments sign up to an
International arms trade treaty to control the sale of arms
It was created by Amnesty International
WHAT IS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL?
An international organization whose aim is to defend/champion/advocate/campaign for
Human Rights /to denounce human Rights abuses.
3- Then you practiced you oral understanding and completed the script of the video
What have we got today, Clive?
Well today we have got the villains’ favourite: a veteran of more than ___75______wars: it’s
the AK 47 assault rifle. Hey Sue , come over here, let me show you this and it’s
full___splendour______________. Here it is , ____beautiful______________! Now , we have
_________10 thousant______ of these in secret locations, outside the UK to ___sell_______
today.
I may have to treat myself to one, I think. Now the _____phone lines______ ____________
are open , folks. Give us a ____call________ and if you call within the ___hour_________
there is a _______free_____gift with every purchase: a year’s worth of free ammunition!
So how do you ______pay_______? Well we’ll accept hard __cash__________, dollars through
offshore accounts and we’ll even accept _____diamonds_______.
So guys if you liked the look of what you’ve just seen make sure you pick up that
_phone________________ now , the number’s on your __screen__________.
That’s right , don’t miss that. Okay we’ll be back shortly but what’s coming up soon?
We are going back to Jim now, he’s been joined by Val and I believe they are modelling some
very ____attractive___________ his and hers dressing-gowns.
Oh _____fantastic__________!
Homework: learn your lesson and do the following questions:
1-Make sure you understand the dialogue above ; now, highlight the sentences and phrases in the
script that may be useful to you to sell your own object
2- Look at the list of object below. For each object use the grid DESCRIBING OBJECTS to write a
sentence to say what you think it is aimed at ; vary the phrases! (It is aimed at/ it enables you to/
it allows you to….thanks to it, you can…it prevents you from …etc)
Ex : the healing bracelet → it is a bracelet which is aimed at healing people of an illness ( = guérir
les gens d’une maladie)
LIST OF LOONY = crazy OBJECTS
-1- HEALING BRACELET
-2- SELF- CORRECTING PEN
-3 -CONMAN DETECTOR
-4- MAGIC WAND
- 5- MAN – ATTRACTING PERFUME / WOMAN- ATTRACTING PERFUME
-6- INFLATABLE BODYGUARD
-7- HYPNOTIC TAPE TO STOP SMOKING
-8-THE « BECOME A STAR » SPRAY
-9- MAGIC GLASSES
-10-THE “ BECOME A TOP MODEL “ CREAM
-11-THE “BECOME A GENIUS” PILL
-12-MAGIC MIRROR
-13-FLYING CARPET …
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17TH
After a short recap , you practised pronunciation by “imitating” the salesman and saleswoman in
the video “teleshopping”
Then we corrected your exercise
A l’oral et correction orale AU VIDEO PROJECTEUR
WHAT ARE THEY AIMED AT ? VOCABULAIRE ET STRUCTURE A APPRENDRE
It is aimed at…VING
It allows you to +V…/ it enables you to +V…
Thanks to it you can + BV…
It prevents you from + VING
- HEALING BRACELET it is a bracelet which is aimed at healing people of an illness ( = guérir les
gens d’une maladie)
-SELF- CORRECTING PEN a pen which prevents you from making mistakes
-CONMAN DETECTOR it enables you to detect conmen
- MAGIC WAND it allows you to fulfil your dreams
- MAN – ATTRACTING PERFUME / WOMAN- ATTRACTING PERFUME it allows you to attract men
- INFLATABLE BODYGUARD thanks to it you are protected
- HYPNOTIC TAPE TO STOP SMOKING thanks to it you can stop smoking; it prevents you from
smoking
-THE « BECOME A STAR » SPRAY it enables you to turn into a star
- MAGIC GLASSES it makes you see magic things/ it is aimed at seeing magic things
-THE “ BECOME A TOP MODEL “ CREAM a cream which enables you to become a top model
-THE “BECOME A GENIUS” PILL it makes you become a genius; it is handy when you have a test
-MAGIC MIRROR thanks to it you become beautiful
ATTENTION MINA MEGGY MARIE ABSENTES DONC ENSEMBLE LA SEMAINE PROCHAINE POUR
L’ECRITURE DU JEU DE ROLE ; les autres ont eu 10 minutes pour commencer à réfléchir ; vous devriez
prendre le temps de trouver quelques idées pour ne pas perdre temps la semaine prochaine ( vous
n’aurez qu’une heure pour l’écrire !!!)
Voici votre sujet MINA MEGGY ET MARIE (vous l’écrirez la semaine prochaine)
SHOPPING ( groups of 3 pupils)
The situation :
3 roles : 2 customers+ 1 salesman
Two customers have decided to buy very loony
objects. But the salesman/ saleswoman tries to
sell many other loony objects from his shop (see
list of loony objects in the lesson )
Step1 :
The customers decide what objects they want to
buy in this shop and why.
The salesman decides what objects he/she will
try to sell ( as many as possible!!)
Step 2 :
Write the conversation between the customers
and this very convincing salesman who wants to
sell as many objects as possible to make a lot of
money
USEFUL VOCABULARY:
See USEFUL WORDS WHEN YOU GO SHOPPING
HOMEWORK : correct your work MEMO
THURSDAY NOV 24TH
You went on writing your roles by groups
Hw: revise your memo and complete your index book with all the new words from
the lessons: YOU NEED TO IMPROVE YOUR VOCABULARY
Have a nice weekend
Thursday December 1st
I gave you back you role plays. Be careful some of you must complete their role play
and give it back before Thursday 8th so that I may correct it. YOU WILL HAVE TO
LEARN YOUR ROLES for THURSDAY 15TH;
Audrey Meggie and Amandine were absent ; this is the lesson for you (be careful test
on Thursday 8th!!)
We watched a video ( PIG AD ) you can see it again by going to TOPICS
(nous avons dabord regardé cette vidéo sans le son pour émettre des hypotheses )
It must be an advert to denounce pollution
Where? It must be about pollution in the USA
Why? JUDGING FROM…
Judging from the map of the US it must be about pollution in the US
The pigs symbolizes pollution
At the end we can see a poster : BUY NOTHING DAY
Every year in the US and England and Canada (and many other countries ) people celebrate Buy
nothing day : it is a day when people stop buying/ stop consuming
It is to denounce overconsumption la surconsommation ) ; it is to denounce =expose =criticize the
consumer society (la société de consummation)
This event is to incite people to think about their consumption.
There are many shopping addicts in the US ( des “accros du shopping”)
The organizers of this event want people to stop consuming so much.
Then we listened to the ad and complete the script
See below the CORRECTION
BUY NOTHING DAY Saturday November 26th 2011 was Buy Nothing Day (UK). The rules
are simple, for 24 hours you must stop shopping !!
1- THE PIG AD
Complete the text :
“The average ________AVERAGE NORTH AMERICAN___ _________________consumes
_____5___times more than a ____MEXICAN__________, ___10____________times more than a
__CHINESE____________person, and _30________times more than a person from
____INDIA__________.
We are the most voracious ____CONSUMERS_____________in the world.A world that could
____DIE________because of the way we _______NORTH AMERICANS________
______________live. Give it a rest !” = have a break = stop buying !!!
2- THE INTERVIEW
The man who is being interviewed is Kalle Lasn. He is one of the founders of this event.
His job: chief editor of ADBUSTERS magazine (they created BND)
The place where he is:_______Vancouver_ ( it’s the city in Canada where BND was created)
The year when it was created:_______1992
The number of countries which celebrate BND:_________65
The day when it is celebrated: Black _____THURSDAY_one day after the holiday ofTHANKSGIVING
Black Friday is the beginning of the shopping season for Christmas
Thanksgiving is on the 4th Thursday of November; on that day people have a party ( they eat pumpkin
pies and turkey) to remember the first settlements ( it is to thank the Indians for their help/ they
helped the first settlers = colons to survive)
He explains that rich countries consume 76% ?
goods on the market place.
86% ?
96% ? of all the
According to him , what are the consequences of overconsumption ? give examples:
there are psychological, political and environmental consequences ( overconsumption causes
pollution)
3- OPINION Get ready to give your opinion!! Is Buy Nothing Day a good idea?
OPINION : to my mind/ In my opinion/ my point of view is.../ I would tend to think that...
LINK WORDS: indeed (en effet)/ moreover (de plus) /furthermore ( de plus) / on the one
hand/ on the other hand ( d’une part/ d’autre part)
Homework: next week there will be a test on BUY NOTHING DAY (listening test +
writing) : learn your lesson and get ready to give your opinion about this event
Thursday December 15th
You acted your roles and most of you were very good ! ☺
Some of you did some improvisation it was good too!!
LES ELEVES ABSENTS CE JOUR FERONT LEUR JEU DE ROLE A LA RENTREE
HOMEWORK : do your memo and read the 2 documents on the CAMBRIDGE CERTIFICATE (
learn « ce qu’il faut savoir » page 2) LES DOCUMENTS SONT SUR CE SITE A 2DE EURO
TOPICS
YOU CAN PRACTISE FOR THE CAMBRIDGE CERTIFICATE BY GOING TO “EXERCISES” ON THIS
SITE
I wish you a merry Christmas !!!
Thursday January 5th
You finished your role plays and we practiced for the PET
You must finish the exercises for next time
Thursday January 12th
We corrected the exercises and worked on stereoptypes
VIDEO 1 the scene takes place in a Chinese restaurant
The man imagines that the cook has used some dog meat to prepare his meal. He is
disgusted.
CHINESE PEOPLE are supposed to eat dog/ as said to eat dog/ are regarded as dog
eaters
A few examples.
Find the stereotype of :
Rap singers : they are supposed to …
Blondes: they are said to …
Italian men: they are REGARDED AS …
A stereotype is a preconceived idea, a cliché
Then we watched another video about the English
THE English
The queen lives in Buckingham
It rains cats and dogs
It is always foggy
They wear furry hats for
protection
They hunt foxes
They drink tea
They drive cars the wrong side
They have black humour
Homework / DO THE RESEARCH WORK EXERCISE 4 (A+B)
Thursday 19th
After a recap of the previous lesson we corrected your questions
You could find the solutions here!!!
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/sitemap.html
a- Queen Elizabeth and her husband live alone in Buckingham Palace.WRONG Lives with Prince
Philip her husband, but with her son Andrew Duke of York/ and Edward Earl Of Wessex ; her
other children are Anne and Charles
b- Queen Elizabeth spends most of her summer holiday in her residence in Scotland RIGHT in
BALMORAL
c- Fox Hunting is now forbidden in Britain. WRONG, on Boxing Day it is allowed ; but no longer
use dogs
d- The Queen’s foot guards ‘hats are made of bear skin. RIGHT before the French wore them;
they are very high to impress their enemies – 46 cm high
e- The Queen’s” beefeaters” refer to the fact the British like eating beef. WRONG they are
Yeomen wardens : the guards of the Tower of London; this nickname comes from the French
buffetiers and also because they used to be paid with beef
B-QUESTIONS ANSWER ON A COPY
a- Why do the British drive on the left?
when people passed each other on the road they should be in the best possible position
to use their sword to protect themselves. As most people are right handed they therefore
keep to their left
then in France things changed with the revolution : the peasants were on the right and
the aristocracy took over in their carriages on the left…so after the revolution peasants
and aristocracy drove on the right (other explanation is Napoleon was left handed so his
army walked on the right
+ big wagons with people sitting on the left horse so that the driver could use his right
arm to lash them so it was logical to drive on the right if you were sitting on the left (to
look at the other people’s wheels)
No monster wagons in Britain; simple horse so sat in a seat on the wagon
b-
What are these typically British dishes (=plats)? “Toad in a hole”? “Bangers and mash” ?
“black pudding”?
Sausage in a sort of cake/Sausages and mashed potatoes/Blood sausage
WE WATCHED OTHER VIDEOS ABOUT STEREOTYPES (video dans TOPICS)
Correction
THE ENGLish
THE FRENCH
THE GERMANS
The queen lives in Buckingham
It rains cats and dogs
It is always foggy
They wear furry hats for
protection
They hunt foxes
They drink tea
They drive cars the wrong side
They have black humour
They are supposed to eat
baguettes with frogs all day
long
According to the Germans they
wear silly hats
They are said to have curly
moustaches ( everybody has)
They are supposed to test
nuclear bombs
They do funny lines on their
letters
They are said to speak though
their nose
They are said to have sheep
dogs
They are supposed to be all
blond
They drink beer and eat
sauerkraut and bratwurst
They are said to have have no
humour
According to the French They
have plenty of discipline
They build a lot of cars
2-ACCENT; what do you notice about the accent used to :
-
Talk about the British: FRENCH it is what the French believe about the British
Talk about the French :GERMAN it is how the Germans regard the French
Talk about the Germans :BRITISH it is how the British consider the Germans
3- SLOGAN + AIM
-
What is the slogan of these videos : WHY NOT SEE EUROPE FOR YOURSELF?
Homework /EXPLAIN THE AIM OF THESE 3 VIDEOS AND REVISE THE LESSON + HOW TO
DESCRIBE A PICTURE
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9TH
Only 6 pupils were present so we went to the multimedia lab to practice for the Cambridge
Certificate.
You did some exercises to practice for the written exam and I organized a mock exam( =
examen blanc) for the oral
ATTENTION : vous devez prendre le temps de vous entraîner pour l’examen en allant sur
mon site dans LINKS et en cliquant sur PRACTISING FOR THE PET ; vous trouverez des
séries d’exercices à faire pour vous entrainer
EN CE QUI CONCERNE L’ORAL : voici ce qu’il faut savoir pour l’épreuve et que les 6
camarades présents aujourd’hui ont fait avec moi
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L’épreuve se passe par 2 devant 2 examinateurs
-
Partie 1 : l’examinateur demande aux deux candidats : « what is your surname = nom
de famille » ? « can you spell it ? » « do you study English » ? « How long have you
been studying English » ? “ do you like it? Why? “ What do you like doing during your
free time? “ et… A SAVOIR : I like/ I enjoy/ I’m interested in +VING ; cette partie dure
environ 2 à 3 minutes
-
Partie 2 : l’éxaminateur vous présente une situation et vous montre des images pour
vous aider, vous devez en discuter ensemble par deux. EX : you have been invited at
a party by your teacher, what presents will you buy ? Discuss .Cette partie dure 3
minutes .A CONNAITRE : le vocabulaire de l’opinion et de l’accord ou du désaccord ‘I
agree with you/ You are right/ I disagree with you/ I think you are wrong”
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Partie 3 : chaque candidat reçoit une photo et la décrit à l’autre. A CONNAITRE : la
fiche « how to describe a picture ». Cette partie dure 3 minutes
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Partie 4 : les deux photos montrent en fait une situation commune dont vous devez
discuter ensemble ; exemple : les deux photos montrent des gens en train de
manger ; vous devez discuter ensemble de ce que vous aimez manger en hiver, en
été ; Cette partie dure 3 minutes ; A SAVOIR : to my mind, in my opinion, as far as I
am concerned…
Voir la fiche que je vous ai donnée vous expliquant les différentes épreuves et le
vocabulaire à savoir !!!! A VOUS DE LA REVISER
Le travail à faire pour le 15 FEVRIER est maintenu voir ci-dessous ; attention ce travail est
en deux parties : un poster avec 8 phrases sur le modèle vu en classe + sur une copie une
analyse et description de votre poster. PENSEZ BIEN A UTILISER HOW TO DESCRIBE A
PICTURE !!! BON COURAGE A TOUS ☺
CREATING YOUR OWN POSTER ABOUT AMERICAN PEOPLE: “You can tell I’m American…because…”
OBJECTIF :
1)Vous allez créer votre propre poster sur le même modèle que ci-dessus mais au sujet des Américains.Veillez à
faire quelque chose d’amusant tout en évitant l’anti-américanisme primaire !!
2) Puis ,sur une copie séparée vous décrirez chacune de vos images ( et légendes) et justifierez votre choix pour
chacune.
•CONSIGNES POUR CREER VOTRE POSTER
Vous devrez trouver minimum 8 phrases pour représenter les Américains
Voici quelques amorces possibles :
I love …/I am fond of…/ I don’t care about …/I’m a different person when …/I never…/I’m lost without …/I
dislike…/ I’m interested in…/ I tend to +V (j’ai tendance à …)
Ensuite il vous faudra sur un format A4 fabriquer votre poster avec minimum 8 photos ou 8 dessins et
8 phrases. N’oubliez pas le titre !! « You can tell I’m American because… »
•CONSIGNES POUR FAIRE LE COMMENTAIRE DE VOTRE POSTER ( minimum 150 words)
ème
Vous ferez ce 2
travail sur une copie. En décrivant vos images et en expliquant vos choix. Pensez que lors de
la description il vous faut utiliser le présent continu pour les actions en cours. VOIR FICHE HOW TO DESCRIBE A
PICTURE A UTILISER !!
ex: In my first cartoon/ photo we can see a man/ a woman who is wearing …he/ she is holding … He/ she is
doing… He/she looks friendly …I chose this image because I believe/ I think Americans…. For
example…Indeed it is often said that American people are/ like/ don’t like…etc…Americans are supposed
to…
Thursday 16 th
We worked on a cartoon
This is what we can say about it
1- A group of American tourists ; judging from their clothes they must be tourists ( flowered
shirts and hats) ; judging from their looks (they look fat) they must be Americans
2- On top of the bus a man ( the bus driver ) is throwing their suitcases
3- In the bottom right hand corner , 5 little children are whispering ; they are in rags, they look
dirty and scruffy ; they must be very poor
4- In the foreground there are 3 dogs they are eating the rubbish which is on the floor
5- In the bottom left hand corner the dustbin is upside down
6- On the left we can see the hotel manager and his wife and a man who must be the cook
7- NAME OF THE HOTEL chez Pierre the scene must take place in France; perhaps in Paris
8- In the background there are neighbours and factory fumes
Then I showed you a list of adjectives; you had to use them to match them with a character or group
of character and justify your choice
Then I gave you your roles that you have to prepare for next time + learn all the vocabulary in the
grid (pour preparer vos roles vous devez bien relire la fiche distribuée et veiller à utiliser au maximum
le vocabulaire donné)
UN CONSEIL :CE VOCABULAIRE DEVRA ETRE SU POUR LA RENTREE CAR VOUS AUREZ UN TRAVAIL
ECRIT A FAIRE ( ECRIRE UNE LETTRE) EN L’UTILISANT DONC PLUS VOUS PRENEZ LE TEMPS DE
L’APPRENDRE ET PLUS FACILE CELA SERA LE JOUR J D’AUTANT PLUS QUE CETTE EXPRESSION ECRITE
NOTEE SERA AUSSI UN ENTRAINEMENT POUR LE CAMBRIDGE CERTIFICATE
See you !!! have a nice weekend ☺