Hey guys,

today you had to report your findings about the text and especially the two doctors. Here is what we said about them (1st part and 2nd part):

HW:

- Classez les verbes du texte en /-ed/ dans un tableau en fonction de leur prononciation.

- Faites vos fiches lexicales (mettez-les à jour)

- Répondez à la question suivante: comment expliquez-vous les deux comportements différents des docteurs? (faites au moins 3 suppositions pour chaque personnage)

Hi guys,

today we first talked about this extract from the movie Philadelphia as a warm up:

Here is what we said about it:

Then we continued the lesson with analysis of the picture from googlemaps. Here is what are some of the keywords from your speech:

Key words

to warn drivers
to protect illegal immigrants
to avoid many casualties
considered / depicted as animals or criminals
shocking

HW:

- vous devez être capable en début d'heure d'utiliser toutes les idées mentionnées aujourd'hui dans un développement construit et argumenter pour présenter, décrire, analyser, remettre l'image en contexte et donner votre avis sur le montage.

More information about the movie Philadelphia here. You can watch it here in English if you'd like to.

Hi guys,

today we first worked on the notion of "karma" in India and we corrected what you had to do for homework about the famous people and their karma, therefore their possible belonging to such and such a caste. Here is what we said about it:

"to be written by Nathalie"

Then in the 2nd part of the hour, you had to discuss about the condition and the place of women in society: sexism and gender difference. Here is what you have achieved so far. We'll continued next time: 

What is sexism?

- It's a type of discrimination.

- It's about someone who prefers one gender to another and about different treatment.

- It deals with unequal treatment between men and women.

Is sexism still a problem today?

- There are laws in some countries that discriminate against one group of people based on their genders, e.g. the right to vote, the right to work outside the home. 

- There are salary differences.

- Some women don't have access to education.

- There is only a small proportion of women in high positions.

- It's hard for women to access certain jobs.

- People can be stereotyped, e.g. women do the housework, girls like pink and boys like blue...

Then Holly gave you some documents that you had to work with for the rest of the class. You aslo had to come up with titles for each group of documents you had.

HW:

- préparez-vous au DST de jeudi sur le thème shopping.

- pour vendredi, apprendre votre leçon sur l'Inde.

- pour mardi, révisez les commentaires que vous avez pus faire sur les document donnés par Holly et rapportez-les pour pouvoir retravailler dessus.

Hi guys,

today we first warmed up with whether you had already been abroad or not. Here is what we said:

Warm up: Have you been to a foreign country?

+ Yes, I have been to Italy, Russia, Switzerland, and Spain...
I went to Russia 2 years ago to see my family. They live in Moscow, the capital city and also in Siberia.

- No, I have never been outside of France. I always stay at home during the holidays and travelling doesn't attract me.

Vocabulary:

- a foreign country (= outside of France)
- in the South

Then we continued talking about the text and studying it in more details. We especially focused on time elements to determine when the scene could take place. Here is what we said about it:

The main events and main character:

The scene may take place a long time after the pogrom because Jacob only «limps slightly» = He is in much better health.
We can suppose he is between 30 or 40 years old / about 30 / in his 30's / He may be about 30.
He is Russian.
He is Jewish.

Goals:
He wants to start a new life in the USA.
However, before entering the USA, he has to go through Ellis Island.

Vocabulary:

- to heal= to be in good health again

HW:

- Vous devez terminer de compléter la fiche guide de compréhension écrite (le tableau: les deux colonnes "Inspector" et "Doctor") en vous aidant des informations que vous trouverez dans le texte.

- apprendre la leçon et le nouveau vocabulaire.

Hi guys,

today you first wrote down the assumptions you had made last time. Here they are:

He might escape and flee from Russia.
 

Jacob may 50% ... /Jacob might 20%  ...:
. -... try and get help
. -... change his name
. -... go to another village
. -... escape from Russia
. -... hide from the soldiers
. -... warn other Jewish villages

Jacob 's actual story:
-> After the pogrom in his village, Jacob escaped Russia to the USA / he ran away from misery in order to have a better life.

Then we continued the class, listening to what had happened of Jacob. You can listen to the document here again:

Here is what we said about the document:

-> Now he is at Ellis Island, an island in the USA near the Statue of Liberty (in NYC)

-> In the document, there are 4 voices :

. . . - the narrator
. . . - Jacob
. . . - the 1st doctor
. . . - the 2nd doctor

-> We learn that Jacob fled his country in order to / so as to become American; so / consequently / that's why on Ellis Island some people ask him question.

HW:

- apprendre la leçon et le nouveau voc. Etre capable de parler du document en début d'heure.

Hi guys,

today you first took a vocabulary test about shopping. You can dowload the answers here to get prepared for your final test on Thursday.

Then we had a quick warm up about Jamie Oliver's show. Here is what we said about it:

Jamie Oliver’s food revolution

AIM/POINT/GOAL

Ø    To fight against obesity

Ø    To change people’s food habits (hamburgers, chips, nuggets, pizza)

          JUNK FOOD:

Ø  High in fat = greasy

Ø  Unhealthy

Ø  To make children stop eating junk food

Ø  To make them be disgusted

Then we continued talking about the dabbawalas and you had to find why we could say that their company was a success. Here is what you said:

"to be written by Nathalie"

Finally, we studied the caste system in India and how it worked. You had to determine where the dabbawalas could be. Here is the name of the caste that they most likely belong to (+the reasons):

Have you been to India?

Ø    No, because the plane ticket is too expensive and it doesn’t attract me.

Ø    No, but I would like to go to and visit Mumbai and the cities where Bollywood movies are filmed.

N o, but why not? However I don't know anybody there. If I went to India, I would like to visit the country with a local (someone who lives in the country, not a foreigner)

A foreigner (someone who doesn’t live in the country)

The notion of Karma

Your goal when you believe in Karma:

You want to behave in the best possible way to climb up the social pyramid when you are reincarnated.

Actually your goal is to stop being reincarnated and reach Nirvana.

At the top of the social ladder, there are the Brahmans who are the most privileged caste. At the bottom, there are the Sudras, the least privileged caste.

Most Indians are “untouchables” it means that they are not part of society.

For example: Jack the Ripper would be an outcast because he was a killer/ a murderer.

On the contrary Lady Diana would probably be a brahman because she helped people with her charity and she was a princess.

HW:

- vous devez lire le document distribué avec les différentes personnalités mentionnées et dire (en justifiant) dans quelle caste vous les mettriez (aidez-vous du texte sur les castes pour trouver les "bonnes réponses" et justifier votre choix).

Hi guys,

today you first took a vocabulary test. I hope you did alright. I'll give you your results asap.

Then we continued the lesson with a quick recap of what you had said earlier and we moved on thinking about Jacob's future. What will he do in the future?

Here are the hypotheses that you wrote down in your copybooks:

We insisted on how to construct an hypothesis in English and saw the differences between 3 modal auxiliaries (will / may / might).

Finally, we read the very first lines of the text I gave you and you discovered that Jacob had in fact immigrated to the US... We'll learn more about him next time.

HW:

- apprendre la leçon.