Hey guys,

today we worked on the song "Price Tag" by Jessie J. and B.o.B.

We first did a little bit of phonetics to be able to sing it correctly and we started the analysis.

The two proverbs that are represented in the video are:

"Money talks" and "Money doesn't grow on trees"

-> However in the video, money does grow on trees but money doesn't talk, i.e. it doesn't rule the world. To be fulfilled, the singer doesn't need money, she needs to sing and dance.

We talke about the ironic criticism that the singer elaborates with her song and started filling in the lyrics. We'll finish this next time.

Watch the video clip again here:

HW:

- Finir la fiche d'activités.

- Faire les devoirs spécifiques pour le cours de Holly (cf. post précédent)

- Se préparer à un contrôle de vocabulaire / leçon la première semaine au retour des vacances + un contrôle terminal pour la séquence shopping (compréhension / expression la deuxième semaine).

Document:

- Téléchargez la fiche d'activités ici.

Thanks to Mrs Kiffer who originally created the activity.

Hi guys,

today we almost finished our sequence about shopping and you learnt lots of important vocabulary to remember.

Here is what we said and did for this last but one lesson before the end of the sequence:

"to be written by ..."

HW:

- vous devrez être capable de présenter comme à l'oral du bac le document visuel ci-dessous en développant un IDAHO complet (+ branch out) et ne vous appuyer que sur des notes... PAS DE LECTURE..., s'il vous plaît. Une ou plusieurs personnes seront interroger. N'hésitez pas à faire des liens dans la partie Hidden Context avec d'autres thèmes abordés précédemment et qui y sont liés.

- Après les vacances, vous aurez un test sur le thème "Shopping". Il s'agira d'une compréhension écrite.

Hey guys,

today we first warmed up with a question to know whether you liked the Xmas season or not and what types of gifts you preferred having.

Then we moved on with the analysis of the document you can watch again below:

Here is what we said about it:

"to be written by ..."

Additional vocabulary:

"to be written by ..."

HW:

- pour mardi, vous devez lire le texte distribué et souligner / surligner tous les mots appartenant au champs lexical des achats.

Documents:

- Téléchargez une copie du texte ici.

Hey guys,

today we finished talking about the news report by Reuters. Here is what we finally decided to write about it:

I: type of doc: News report / by Reuters / 2011 (summer) / Horn of Africa / Famine

D: problems:

There has been no food /water for a very long time. = a famine and a drought

Children -> malnourished

Diseases

No natural ressources to live

Walk a long distance (12km) to get clean water

A: possible solutions:

- plant GM crops that don’t need water

- build clinics

- pump out water

- provide for food

- get help from Europe / Africa / America

H: Goals

- to raise awareness (main goal)

• to shock people

• to convince people to help the charity : send clothes, food, water, medicine = basics of life / help fund a project / donate money

What is a charity? What is its role?

O: (questions auxquelles il faut répondre pour cette partie)

What do you think about this report?

Do you think it’s efficient and why?

Do you feel concerned with the pb in Africa? Why?

Would you donate money to a charity? Why or why not? Explain

Branch out : Quelles questions pourraient poser l’examinateur?

Additional Vocabulary:

- to fund a project

- to donate money (a donor / a donation)

- poisonous (not clean / deadly -> water)

 - a hybrid species

- the livestock (animals that you can eat ex: a cow)

HW:

- pour mardi, préparer une présentation du document pour en parler à Holly

- pour mardi également, n'oubliez pas de remplir au moins 3 cases du tableau fourni par Holly (sur la comparaison des deux vidéos étudiées la semaine dernière; vous devez obligatoirement remplir la case "AIMS" et 2 autres minimum. Bien sûr, rien ne vous empêche de remplir toutes les cases...).

Hey guys,

today we worked on how to improve your essays and above all, how to organize your ideas in a coherent way and really answer the question.

"Do you think that some internet services or websites should be banned / outlawed / forbidden?" (200 words)

Here is the introduction we made:

INTRO:  

          Present the topic: The internet is a useful tool and many people use it. You can access many sites with a lot of information.

          Present the question:  However in some countries where there are dictatorships some internet websites are banned. During the "Arab Spring" many sites were shut down because of the fear of free speech and rebellion.

              What are the dangers and is it a good thing to outlaw some websites?

          Present the organisation: First we will see why some websites should be restricted and then why some services should be completely forbidden.

DVPT: ...

CCL: ...

VOCABULARY :            

                          (to) affect children's mental health

                          (to) restrict access for underage children

                          a dictator -> a dictatorship

                          (to) control what people do/think and how they behave

                          (to) tell about the reality of their lives

                          (to) protest against the political regime

                          a tool = un outil

HW:

- préprarez-vous au devoir type bac en révisant les leçons depuis le début de l'année et en révisant les méthodes vues en cours ainsi que le vocabulaire.

- Facultatif: vous pouvez me rendre votre essai en incluant les idées que vous aviez précédemment mentionnées. Je vous compterai la note uniquement si elle fait progresser votre moyenne. Pour ceux qui n'ont encore rien rendu, je leur conseille vivement de rendre ce devoir facultatif, sans quoi je me verrai dans l'obligation de leur attribuer un zéro pour travail non fait.

Hey guys,

today we first listened to Nathalie's presentation of the spoof ad which was very good on the whole (next time, you'll need to speak only from notes and not read them too much).

Then we continued the lesson with a deeper analysis of what the crisis in Africa was like at the moment thanks to this video report:

Here is what we said about it:

Tuesday,november 4th

The document is a news report / news flash. It was published by Reuters in the UK.

It deals with famine in the horn of Africa. It takes place now in Kenya even if it's not a recent problem. It's a long-lasting issue but there is a crisis now.

It deals with / It shows / It features the British charity «Save the children» who is trying to help poor black children in their clinics.

• dead animals -> ...
  

• no food -> malnourished children

• no clean water / not enough clean water -> ...
  

• no medicine -> diseases

• no money -> ...

HW:

- Apprendre la leçon (présentation du reportage et explication du sujet principal) pour le Vendredi 18/11. Nous finirons cette leçon avec Holly le Mardi 29/11. Vous aurez donc un contrôle dans la foulée sur le thème North VS South (vocabulaire + analyse d'image).

- Devoir de compréhension écrite (fin de séquence) sur le thème "Real or Fake and the Internet" (Mardi 15/11 de 15h20 à 16h15). La 2ème heure se fera en présence de Holly pour finir d'aborder la question North VS South.

- Devoir commun STG / MERCA le Mardi 22/11 - 2 heures (thème inconnu, type bac = compréhension + expression).

Hey guys, 

I got annoyed today when both Romain and Morgane behaved really badly. This is not the attitude you could expect from senior students whom you treat like grown-ups but whose attitude resembles more that of a 6-year-old... Do this again and you'll suffer much worse consequences than you can possibly imagine... This is a friendly WARNING still, but I won't be patient with you anymore!

However, today we succeeded in studying three main documents. First, we talked about this video:

Here is what we said about it:

Then we continued the lesson with the study of two texts in groups. You had to exchange information when you were done trying to understand them. Here is what we said about the first text:

Here is what we wrote about the 2nd text (notes only):

"to be written by Sitti"

Finally, we concluded with the opinion of the blogger about the fake excuses website. Here are the important words that indicate he/she does not really have a positive opinion about it:

"to be written by Sitti"

HW:

- revoir tout le lexique spécifique à l'analyse de documents visuels (contrôle écrit de début d'heure)

- Rendre par écrit les 4 items manquant de l'analyse de la publicité pour l'Ipad 2 (I-D = faits et rédigés en classe; il vous reste A-H-O + Branch Out à terminer; nous avons déjà partiellement commenté cette image en classe; veillez à réutiliser les idées mentionnées)

- préparer un compte rendu oral du texte n°2 étudié classe aujourd'hui (intitulé "Fake excuses for sale")

- Pour le vendredi 4 Novembre (juste après les vacances), rendre l'argumentation en 200 mots pour le sujet suivant: "Do you think some internet services or websites should be banned / outlawed / fordidden?" (indiquez le nombre de mots réellement produits)