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,

after taking a quiz about irregular verbs, you had to recap the lesson about "the car in the gilded cage" but that was VERY poor... so from now on, you will have a test about the lesson at EVERY HOUR until everybody understands that they need to learn...

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 ..."

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. 

today we first did an oral competition to know who could remember and use as many words as possible in sentences to speak about India. Then you refused to do your presentations (positive and negative things about the country... shame on you... ... ... there will be consequences...).

Finally you presented the main elements in the text that we have started to study:

"to be written by..."

HW:

- préparez une présentation powerpoint sur l'Inde que vous accompagnerez de commentaires à l'oral (sans note) pour décrire la situation telle qu'elle est aujourd'hui dans le pays.

- finir la fiche "Resist" qui porte sur le texte.

- retravailler vos posters (AIDS) de façon à améliorer votre note qui n'est que temporaire.

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Hi guys,

today we first saw how to use new vocabulary in an appropriate way and the exercises you had to do in order to improve your oral and written exams. Here are some of the sentences you made:

"to be written by ..."

Then we continued the lesson with the correction of your reading test from last time about shopping.

Here is what we said: (type of doc / who / where / when / what ...):

"to be written by ..."

HW:

- préparez votre bac blanc en faisant vos fiches de vocabulaire et en relisant vos devoirs d'expression et de compréhension pour ne plus faire les mêmes erreurs.

here is the commentary made by Cassandra for the following picture:

You can download it here:

Thanks to her for sharing.

Take care,

Mr Hattais.

as I'm really not satisfied with what lots of you have done for the AIDS poster, I will give you another chance to improve your grade over the holidays... Here are the results of let's call it "first draft"...:

Let's hope you do something nicer this time. Let me remind you that your posters are going to be exhibited and that it would be better for you not to be ashamed of what you have done, wouldn't it...?

HW:

- préparez pendant les vacances quelque chose qui se tienne et soit un véritable poster. Vous aurez pris le soin de faire une copie numérisée de votre poster pour publication en ligne et avoir ainsi des possibilités plus aisées de faire des modifications en cas problème (orthographique, mise en page, ...).

Hey guys,

today we finished correcting the translation that we had started to review yesterday. Here is what you have finally said:

"to be written by ..."

Then we continued the correction of the 2nd text (about Nora and Sally) with analysing the intricate relationships between the characters present and mentionned. Here is the graph that we have drawn to symbolize who was connected to whom and how + the beginning of the interpretation of the text:

"to be written by ..."

HW:

- révisez pour votre bac blanc (faire des fiches de vocabulaire par thème, faire une fiche sur les procédés de traduction récurrents et les techniques les plus importantes à appliquer, revoir la méthodologie des expressions écrites [dialogue, narration, essay, ...], ...).

today you had class with Holly about this rather freaky show, I have to admit... It's called "To Catch a Predator: dateline". You can watch the document here again (very beginning of the video until the voice over reveals the name of the "child" involved called Sarah -> 1'08):

 Part 2 of the episode:

Here is what we said about it:

"to be written by Victoria"

HW:

- pour le jeudi 8 mars, préparez une prise de parole et une prise de position sur ce show de 5 minutes environ. Vous devrez présenter l'émission, répondre à toutes les questions vues aujourd'hui (would you present it, would you lure in the predators, ...) et avoir une opinion construite et argumentée sur ce thème. Les questions de Holly en bas de votre worksheet pourront vous aider à formuler une opinion développée et riche.

Watch the full episode online here:

Part 1:

Part 3:

today we started a new sequences entitled "Dreams". We began to study an opening document for this topic.

Here is what you have said about it so far:

What type:
 
This document is probably a poster for a lottery to win a car or an ad to promote an art exhibition.
What is certain is that it's a drawing with a luxurious car in the center.
We can't decide on the type of document for sure because there is no text, no caption, i.e. no information.
The document can be divided into 3 parts: the title at the top, a series of words on the right and the picture on the left.
 
Who?
 
It features 3 people: a couple on the right and a lone person on the left.
The couple may be two bankers who want to take the car away from the man because he is now poor.
He can't afford this car anymore; or they may be lawyers who will help him to get his car back.
 
How? He may be thinking: "I wish I could get my car back", "I wish I had money",... He is disappointed because his dream cannot come true.
It's a pipedream, i.e an impossible dream.
                                     unrealistic
 
Symbol: The door in the gilded cage is difficult to see and therefore to open, i.e it's difficult to make his dream come true.
 
 
Voc:

a gilded cage => a cage made of gold.

hope

disappointment => to be disappointed

a wish come true

HW:

- se préparer au contrôle de verbes irréguliers (1ère moitié de la liste) qui aura lieu vendredi (10 minutes)

- connaître sa leçon parfaitement (interrogation de début d'heure... si vous n'êtes pas volontaire ou si la personne à prendre la parole fait un exposé très moyen de l'image, je vous mettrai en devoir écrit...).

today we started a new sequences entitled "Dreams". We began to study an opening document for this topic.

Here is what you have said about it so far:

"to be written by ..."

HW:

- se préparer au contrôle de verbes irréguliers (1ère moitié de la liste) qui aura lieu vendredi (10 minutes)

- connaître sa leçon parfaitement (interrogation de début d'heure... si vous n'êtes pas volontaire ou si la personne à prendre la parole fait un exposé très moyen de l'image, je vous mettrai en devoir écrit...).