Hey guys,

after taking a quiz about irregular verbs, you had to recap the lesson about "the car in the gilded cage" and Rémi did quite a good job talking about it.

Then we continued the lesson with listening to a document about Mark and his friend talking about his holidays in the USA.

You can listen to it again here:

Here is what we said about it:

"to be written by Antoine"

HW:

- apprendre sa leçon.

- préparez une présentation powerpoint (maxi = groupe de 2) en fonction du groupe que je vous ai attribué aujourd'hui sur: 

1- Niagara Falls

2- Grand Canyon

3- Yellowstone

4- Hollywood

Vous devrez présenter votre powerpoint à l'oral à la classe sans lire vos notes et donner envie aux autres élèves de passer des vacances dans cette destination. 

Hey guys,

today we first talked about the Super Bowl and the famous "half time". You can watch Madonna's performance below entirely if you want to:

Then we continued and finished the lesson on American Dream and immigration with the final analysis of the song "American Life" by Madonna.

Here are some important vocabulary words:

"to be written by ..."

HW:

- faites vos fiches de lexique

- remplissez votre tableau phonétique

Hi guys,

first you took a vocabulary test about the lesson.

Then we continued the class with the study of the song entitled "American Life" by Madonna.

You can watch the video clip again below:

Don't forget to train speaking and singing like Madonna since you will be asked to sing along next time.

HW:

- se préparer pour le contrôle de fin de séquence (vendredi) - apprendre par coeur la liste de vocabulaire étant donné que inclure au minimum 10 mots dans votre rédaction.

- s'entraîner à lire les paroles de la chanson à un rythme convenable.

Hi guys,

today we tried to finish everything we had to say about the topic "Immigration to the US" even if we haven't had time yet. However, we managed to say lots of things and give important definitions:

E Pluribus Unum : it's the motto of the Usa. It means "out of many, one". It's the symbol of the melting pot. You can read it on coins, bank notes and official documents.

                      people,                      people

HW:

- vous devez identifier les erreurs dans les prises de parole de Jacob et les corriger. Vous devez également réécrire ses parties de discours en vous mettant à sa place. Qu'auriez-vous dit, vous? Auriez-vous mieux fait à sa place?

- préparez-vous à un test de vocabulaire très prochainement (mardi ou mercredi)

- révisez bien dans le but de réussir votre devoir de vendredi (leçon, vocabulaire, écriture de lettre)

Hey guys,

today you behaved like slugs and it was very hard for me to have you speak... watch out for a potential pop quiz in the future if you ever reiterate this lack of enthusiasm...

However, we managed to talk about the possible reasons why the two doctors acted differently and you began to work on the lexical fields about "pain and fear". Here is what you have said so far:

HW:

- finir le tableau "pain and fear" + remplir la partie de la fiche guide avec uniquement des mots clés concernant ces deux notions.

- pour vendredi: Ecrire la lettre que Jacob envoie à de la famille restée en Pologne en arrivant à Ellis Island et avant de passer l'inspection pour leur raconter ce qui s'est passé au village.

Hi guys,

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

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:

slightly = not a lot

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,

as some of you were absent since there was a special Portuguese class, we will do the vocabulary test on Wednesday.

So we talked more about the story of Jacob in the video. Here is what we said about it:

The main character (actions)

Present / preterit

Then we continued with reviewing how to build the preterit in English (regular and irregular verbs) + how to pronounce the /ED/ ending.

HW:

- apprendre la leçon

- réviser pour le contrôle de vocabulaire qui n'a pu avoir lieu ce matin.

- commencer à réviser la liste des verbes irréguliers (d'ici deux mois votre liste devra être intégralement connue...).

Hey guys,

today we worked on correcting the chart you had to complete about immigration waves to the US.

Here is what we said about it:

"to be written by ..."

Vocabulary:

"to be written by ..."

HW:

- Chercher les définitions pour les mots suivants:

   1- Pogrom (groupe 1)

   2- E pluribus unum (groupe 2)

   3- Ellis Island (groupe 3)

- Vérifier ses sources concernant la population aux USA et les pourcentages de chaque communauté.