Hey,

today you first took a vocabulary test about mobile phones and then we continued our lesson with a short recap about the books you like reading.

Eventually, we started to listen to a new document about Harry Potter and the success of the novels. Here is what we said:

Type of document: report (info+interview)

Clues: 

Voice of the little boy. He’s reading a book.
The song => sound track
Different people speaking

Clues in the key words => success:

In the world
135 million copies
Every child knows the story
48 languages = it was translated a lot
Famous / popular / a big success

The document is a report about Harry Potter, more precisely the success of the novels.

You can listen to the document again below:

HW: get prepared to talk about the document (presentation, main topic).

A very interesting young photographer who likes to portray our society of consumption...
After logging on to his website, you will certainly think before buying... and throwing stuff away...

Here is a very interesting video about electronics and ethics that we might study in class one day. But first to understand it better, you will need to read the vocabulary below. Enjoy and report back with your personal opinion about it thanks to the comments if you want to.

Vocabulary help:

a dump = une décharge

my computer is my lifeline to my work, my friends...

the sad remains ... = les restes de ...

Argh! = exclamation when you are exasperated

"Designed for the dump"

(to) sell lots of stuff

(to) throw away -> to put to the dump

unpractical to repair

an 18 months' life

(to) cause a global toxic emergency

places that are hard to monitor = places where you can't control things

miscarriages (when you lose your baby) / kidney cancer = cancer du rein

(to) drift from its place of honor = comparison to say that we don't like it anymore

disposal -> action of putting something to the trash

mountains of waste = lots of trash

to chuck* = to toss to the trash, to get rid of something

pounds of lead = lots of metal (lead is a poisonous metal)

recycling operation

it's anything but green = it's not ecological at all

well-hidden = that you can't see

out of sight and off the accounting books = that are hidden from the law

you did it - you'll deal with it = (to) deal with something = se charger de qqch

CEO = the boss of a company

modular = that you can modulate and replace in parts

these laws need to be protected and strengthened = strength = la force

innovate

a green product = a product that pays attention to the environment

Hey,

today we first had Marine's presentation about her cartoon. Here is what she said:

"to be written by Marine"

Then we continued the lesson with some methodology on how to present a document (I-D-A-H-O).

Here is what we said about that:

"to be written by Fanny"

Here is the presentation for the 6th picture on the document below:

"to be written by Fanny"

Additional vocabulary (type of documents + artists):

"to be written by Fanny"

HW: get ready to present any of the documents without hesitating.

Hey,

today we first did a quick recap of what the Blitz was and we added more details. Here is what you noted down:

"to be written by Quentin"

Then we continued the lesson with the description of the picture. Here are the key elements to locate some things in a picture:

The key elements to locate some things in a picture:

At…
- At the top
- At the bottom
In…
- In the background
- In the foreground
- In the corner
On…
- On the right
- On the left

And here is what we said about the poster: 

- Topic: Women’s land army
- Target: women
- Goal: The woman must join the Women’s land army
Who? – There is a woman on the left, in the foreground. She’s holding a fork in order to harvest the hay / straw so as to give to the animals.
Where? – On a farm in the United Kingdom. We can see a field in the background.
When? – During World War II: “[…] Land army”
What? / How? / Why? – This is a poster aimed at the soldiers' wives. This is advertising for women to join the Women’s Land Army in order to save the economy of the country during the war. They work on the farm so as to harvest the crops in the fields. They do the work of the men who are at war / who have gone to wage war. 

HW: highlight all the war-related words from your worksheet entitled "The London Blitz" and learn your lesson. Vocabulary test is on the way...

Hey,

today we first talked about the different arguments in favour or against the use of mobile phones. Here is the recap:

There is another advantage: thanks to mobile phone people can get a hold of you at any time. However, people may get addicted to cell phones and they may become lonely and isolated.

synonyms:

(to) get a hold of...
(to) keep in touch with...
(to) get in contact with...
cell phone / mobile phone

Then we continued the lesson with asking some questions about your reading habits. We will start our new document next time.

HW: get prepared for a vocabulary test on Monday.

Exercise of pronunciation for /t/:

Hey,

today we first warmed up very quickly about what your mobile phone usage was like. Here is what we said:

Gérauld has an unlimited text message package. He can send messages at any time. He can also call whenever he wants. He can call for one hour. As for Assia, she only has credit text messages. She can’t call. It costs her €5 every 5 days. It’s as expensive as Gérauld’s package but with less options. However, she doesn’t want to change because it’s more flexible.

Then we continued talking about last time's document and here is what we concluded:

Advantages and drawbacks: (in the interviews)

+ => Cell phones can be useful / practical / handy.
You can rely on them if you are in trouble. Moreover, they give you more privacy, even if people can get a hold of you at any time.

- => However, they can be dangerous. Teenagers can take refuge in them and become lonely. They don’t wanna* talk to people. They lose the face-to-face interaction. Everything is impersonal and text-driven; when students are hooked on mobile phones, they may become isolated / lonely.

* Phonology:
- don’t wanna (US) => don’t want to (UK)
- is gonna (US) => is going to (UK)

Finally, we worked a little bit on phonetics.

You can listen to the list of words again below:

HW: don't forget your irregular verbs + make your vocabulary sheets (vocabulary test on the way...)