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Tuesday 26 january 2010 2 26 /01 /2010 11:10
- Posted in: Tale S2 S3 L1 (Seniors)

Guns and teleshopping - First part

Hey,

today we first warmed up with your reactions concerning the picture of the man with a gun in his hand and a baby... Here is what you said:

The situation shocks me. The attitude of the father would seem cruel / cowardly towards the baby since it can't defend itself. However as the man doesn't have his finger on the trigger, it's just a symbol of protection.
He is the father of the child. But what a protective father he is!
Personally, I think the man will have a bad influence on the child. The infant may become violent.

There is a contrast between the pistol and the innocence of the baby.
The man is maybe a soldier?

Other traumatic situations:
- fight between parents
- addictions: drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, ...


Then we continued with a "special task". You had to try and sell me a pen / pencil as if you were a teleshopping presenter... Here is some advice so as how to speak:

 Attitude of the 2 characters:

- the speaker: enthusiastic, happy, joyful, speaks in a high-pitched tone, in a quizzical tone, asks a lot of questions, winks at the camera, takes up a smile, ...
- the expert: passionate, serious, carries out a demo, uses technical words, knows everything about his/her product, ...

Finally, we watched a spoof ad by Amnesty International against the arms trade which is out of control. We'll study it more tomorrow but you can watch it again below:
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Tuesday 26 january 2010 2 26 /01 /2010 11:09
- Posted in: 2nde 2 (Freshmen)

Warm up on "Flying dog" + Correction of your tests

Hey,

today we first warmed up with: "I have a flying dog" and you had to react.
Here is what we wrote:

"to be written by Wafa"

Then we continued the lesson with the correction of your tests on global warming. You had to hightlight your documents if you hadn't done it before and here is what we said about the correction:

"to be written by Wafa"

HW: on Thursday, you'll have a test on Harry Potter (oral comprehension) + present perfect / preterit + les consignes
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Friday 22 january 2010 5 22 /01 /2010 12:40
- Posted in: 2nde 5 (Freshmen)

End of the lesson on I, Robot

Hey,

today we didn't have time to warm up. So we first checked together that you knew your lesson from last time and we continued working on the oral document from I, Robot.
First we did a brainstorming about possible arguments for or against robots. And here is what we said:

 For:

* Robots could do all chores instead of us.
* We could sent robots at war instead of human soldiers.
* Robots are / more powerful / stronger / faster than human beings.
* Robots don't complain.
* They could help us discover new things.

Against:

* We could become lazy couch potatoes.
* Robots could take people's jobs.
* They could be used by mean people in an evil way.
* If a robot was hacked, / it could become dangerous / it could rule the world
* They use a lot of energy.
Then we said which words in the document were more accentuated than others and why (contrastive accentuation). Here are some examples:
Carpenter ≠ Robots
Beautiful chair ≠ Better chair
The Internet ≠  Librairies


 Finally we had time to correct an exercise about exclamations that you completed two weeks ago.
Here is what we said:

 Quelle invention incroyable !
- This invention is so incredible !
- What an awesome invention !
- How awesome this invention it is !

Tu peux t'imaginer une situation aussi folle !
- You can't imagine how crazy this situation was !

Comme c'est étrange !
- How strange it is !

En fait, je crois que je ne pourrai pas vire dans un monde sans livre.
- Actually, I believe I couldn't live in a world without books.


HW: remember that on Wed., you'll be having an oral comprehension test on a scene from I, Robot. I have already given you the assesment grid. Next Friday, we'll be correcting your stories. On Wed., Feb. 3, we'll correct your oral comprehension exam and on Friday the 5th, you'll have your final test for the sequence. What an amazing schedule! Don't you think...! :)
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Friday 22 january 2010 5 22 /01 /2010 12:34
- Posted in: 1ère L 2 (Juniors)

Haiti + end of the correction for your tests + translations + Recap of the lesson on junk food + table manners

Hey,

today we have acheived to complete a LOT of things. First we warmed up with the event in Haiti and here is what we said about it:

 There was an earthquake in Haiti about 10 days ago. This morning, there was a replica. It has been disastrous / it has made a lot of damage:
A lot of people have died and many buildings have collapsed. We don't know the exact number of victims / death toll / yet.
France and other countries have sent aid workers, soldiers, medicine and food.
The catastrophe has made a lot of orphans and 33 of them are now on the plane to be adopted in France.
According to Nicolas, this country is cursed. We could donate money to charities to help the country recover from this plague.

Voc:
- Natural disaster
- Catastrophe [fi]
- Medicine: des médicaments

Then we finished correcting your tests and in particular the True or False exercise. We also translated parts of the text:

 "to be written by Maeva"

 Then we continued speaking about the document p. 92 in your books. Here is what we added:

 The cartoonist criticizes fast-food restaurants.
The people that he depicts have been nibbling for hours. They have big bellys and they have been slouching in their sofas like couch potatoes.

Present perfect Be+ing: il y a des traces visibles d'une action commencée dans le passé.
I've been repairing the car for hours. I feel really dirty now.

Finally, we did two little games: a memory quiz and a regular quiz about table manners. Finish the regular quiz (20 questions) for next time and calculate your score.
Here are the words you learnt today in the memory quiz:

 "to be written by Maeva"

 I'll be seeing you on WEDNESDAY at 10 am, room # 10 and NOT THURSDAY next week since we have succeeded in changing the time table. I'll be confirming this data to you as soon as I have any answer from the headmaster.

Take care,
M. Hattais.
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Friday 22 january 2010 5 22 /01 /2010 12:29
- Posted in: Tale STG 1 (Seniors)

Do you feel safe at school + continuation of the text about Daleidy

Hey,

today we first warmed up with this question: "Do you feel safe at school or in danger?"
Here is what we said about it:

"to be written by Soumaya or Jessica"

We explained the value of the Present Perfect again.


Then we did a quick recap of what we had said about the document (Daleidy's story) and we made hypotheses about possible problems for immigrant students. We checked in the text if those problems were mentionned about Daleidy or not. Here is what you wrote in your copybook:

 "to be written by Soumaya or Jessica"


HW: learn your lesson.
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Thursday 21 january 2010 4 21 /01 /2010 16:19
- Posted in: TS 1 P

Thursday, January 21st

 We first read the text and worked on it : All the rage since Reagan and corrected Part 1

 

Vocabulaire :

 

Nationwide: all over the nation, all over the country

                                         

Worldwide: all over the world

www: world wide web

 

100: a hundred, one hundred

1,000: one thousand

10,000: ten thousand

100,000: one hundred thousand

100,000,000: one hundred million

1,000,000,000: one billon

 

To wear, wore, worn: porter (un vêtement, des chaussures)

 

Because the sneakers were worn by rappers

                                  ont été portés par

 

to look like: ressembler à

    ex: Some teenagers want to look like rappers

Nike releases a new model every  2 months.

Nike keeps supplies tight so as to make the teenagers really want AF1.

The advertising is done by word of mouth.                                           (=bouche à oreille)

 

 

Correction Document 6

 

Part 1

1/ success of an old Nike sneaker today

2/a.no

   b. Where? In USA ; What ? Nike’s AF1; Who? Nike

 

3/a.Nike

   b.AF1

   c.1982

   d. R. Reagan

   e. one billion dollars

   f. Every 2 month

   g.350,000 to 500,000

  

4/a.Nike’s sneaker

   b. no

   c. yes

   d. yes

 

Part 2

1/a - 1980;1982

-          25; 1 billion

-          2; 350,000 ; 500,000 ; 25; 30

-          48,50 ; 12

 

 

2/a. The first AF1 was introduced in the early 1980’s

Thank you Cindy for your notes.

Homework for Thursday, January 28th

Learn and file the lesson.

On Wednesday, January 27th from 1 to 2, you’ll have a vocabulary quiz on the words you learnt on the 14th and 21st


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Thursday 21 january 2010 4 21 /01 /2010 16:08
- Posted in: 2nde 2 (Freshmen)

Correction of Present Perfect exercises + correction of test on global warming

Hey,

today we first corrected your exercises about the use of Present Perfect and Preterit.
Then I gave you your tests back and here is what we said for the correction:

 Voc:
- ecological / green / energy efficient appliances

- (to) go green: devenir écolo
- (to) recycle / (to) sort out our garbage in different dust bins (UK) / garbage cans (US)
- release / reject less CO2 emissions / greenhouse gases

- go to work / commute with public transports


Correction of the Present Perfect exercises:

"to be written by Wafa"
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Thursday 21 january 2010 4 21 /01 /2010 16:06
- Posted in: 1ère L 2 (Juniors)

Correction of your tests on stereotypes

Hey,

today we started correcting your tests from last week about stereotypes and here is what we said about them:

Stereotypes about the French in the text:
 They are believed to be stubborn
= They won't speak English unless they are shouted at.
The French are said to be crap** at English.
The French are believed to be proud of themselves (narcissistic)
The French are said to be thieves.

For all these reasons, some Americans have preconceived ideas of the French. They are exasperated because of all these defects / flaws.


Translate:
In general, American travelers are advised to stick to cheeseburgers.
En général, on conseille aux voyageurs américains de s'en tenir aux cheeseburgers.


Tomorrow, we'll finish the correction if necessary and we'll continue our sequence on junk food.
DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR BOOKS!

Take care,
M. Hattais.
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Thursday 21 january 2010 4 21 /01 /2010 14:03
- Posted in: 2nde 5 (Freshmen)

Modules: Written comprehension test on a known document

Hey,

today you had to take a test on a known document. By the end of the year, we'll move on and take tests on unknown documents.
Hope you all succeeded and that I'll be able to give most of you a 20/20!

Take care,
M. Hattais.
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Thursday 21 january 2010 4 21 /01 /2010 13:27
- Posted in: 2nde 2 (Freshmen)

Modules: Creating a test

Hey,

today you were selected and gathered into several teams of 2 or 3 students. You had to create 5 exercises based on the text that we are studying: "Moving". Each team had to work on one particular data corresponding to their Wh- questions words. We'll see next time how you did and what are the good and bad questions.

I'll see you next time.
M. Hattais.
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Thursday 21 january 2010 4 21 /01 /2010 06:00
- Posted in: Grammar

This & That

Ces deux outils sont ce qu'on l'appelle des déictiques, à savoir des objets grammaticaux dont le référent n'est déterminé que par la situation d'énonciation (lieu et moment où on l'on parle)

Ils ne prennent leur sens que s'ils sont mis en contexte.

This = pronom ou adjectif démonstratif qui exprime une idée de proche (dans le temps ou l'espace). Il peut également servir à annoncer un fait qui n'a pas encore été mentionné.

That = pronom ou adjectif démonstratif qui exprime une idée de lointain (dans le temps ou l'espace). Il peut également servir à reprendre un fait qui a déjà été mentionné auparavant.

Voici une illustration en image de l'idée de proche / lointain.

Stool

Et un exemple de l'idée de reprise:

Ex.1: "This is what I think about fashion: if you want to be fahsionable, you need to be rich because it's too expensive".

Ex.2: "Fahsion is too exensive. That is what I believe. What do you think?"

Dans les deux cas, vous traduirez "this is..." et "that is..." par un "c'est" en français mais voyez bien que l'Anglais, lui, utilisera deux formes différentes en fonction de s'il s'agit d'une annonce ou d'une reprise d'informations.

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Wednesday 20 january 2010 3 20 /01 /2010 19:47
- Posted in: 2nde 11

Tuesday, January 19th Groups 1 and 2

We first did a quiz on Wh words.

Then we used the oral document about New York's population to find out the reasons why the
Chinese and the Europeans immigrated to America, and we said that:

The Chinese came to America to work on railways lines and in mines.

The Europeans immigrated to America to escape Nazi persecutions during WWII
Of courses all this is to be learnt
  Thank you Irma for your notes:

 1.What did the chinese immigrate to America for?
They immigrated after the civil war,to work.

2.What did the Europeans immigrate to America for?
They came after or during or before  W.W.II(World War Two) to escape Nazi persecutions.
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Wednesday 20 january 2010 3 20 /01 /2010 19:45
- Posted in: 2nde 11

Thursday, January 14th

We finished the Oral Comprehension about the  immigrants in New York.
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Wednesday 20 january 2010 3 20 /01 /2010 19:40
- Posted in: TS 2 C

Wednesday, January 20th Group 2


Today we had a visitor in the class, Kirstie.

She is 20 years Old, and lives in Paris alone in a very small studio.

She comes from the North East Coast (Newcastle) of England, she is a language Assistant.

She studies French and Marketing.

She has one older brother ( 29 years old)

               One younger sister ( 17 years old)

               One younger sister ( 19 years old)

Vocabulary

Degree : Licence

Training programme : formation

The eldest : l’ainé

Mixed feelings : sentiments partagés

“The time flew by without me knowing”  (famous sentence in English)



Avatar and the movie  ( a 3D movie)

> Best picture trophy for Avatar at the golden globe awards on Saturday night.

> For Gordon CLASIDGE, professor of psychology if it’s 3D and very realistic it can become difficult to distinguish fantasy from reality in that moment.

Vocabulary

Reliable : fiable

Sophisticated : sophistiqué

Clogged : bouché

Wondrous : merveilleuse

(To be) Rebirthed= to be reborn : renaitre

Biased : partial

To declare a state of war : declarer la guerre

Greed : avidité


And we debated about expansionism, slavery etc..
  Thank you Laury for your notes.

For Wednesday, February 3rd You will have to be able to present your second internships. You will be interrogated and graded.
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Wednesday 20 january 2010 3 20 /01 /2010 19:13
- Posted in: TS 1 P

Wednesday, January 20th group 1

Today you were supposed to be ready for a job interview. Since noone had prepared anything, I gave you 20 minutes to work on your interview.

Then half of the class was interviewed by me in front of the class. You had to grade the "job applicant's performance.

Then  Fatoumata replaced me and interviewed two people.

Finally, the first half interviewed the other half . Only one person refused to be interviewed. What a shame. You must learn to be relaxed about what we do in class and consider class as a place where you learn not as a place where you are  judged you or made fun of.

I will only see you in a month or so , and I asked you to improve your job interviews

You told me you liked this exercise. I enjoyed it too.
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