Monday, February 9th

The West:

Indians lived in the West (in the US)
There were no houses but there were tipis
There were no houses, no roads, bridges, no horses,
it was very wild.
The Europeans arrived in New York and they went West.
Hunting was necessary and great.

to shoot, shot, shot
to hunt,ed, ed
to protect,ed,ed
to use,ed,ed
to surround,ed,ed (entourer)
to creep, crept, crept (ramper)
to sit, sat,sat
to ride, rode, ridden (aller à cheval, en train)
to leave, left, left
to rot ,rot,rotten (pourrir)
to slaughter, ed,ed (massacrer)
to skin, ned, ned (écorcher)
a gun
a bow and arrows
To hunt, the Indians dressed as wolves.
   they surrounded the buffaloes and
   they killed them with a bow and
   arrows. it was very difficult, the
   buffaloes were very big and the
   arrows were small. So if they were
   lucky Indians killed two or three
   buffaloes
 There was a train the Americans
shot the buffaloes from the train. It
was not difficult, tiring, dangerous. It is cruel and it is a waste.

Homework:
learn the vocabulary
read the sentences. 
  

Friday, February 7th

Passive voice:
                         The Indians shot buffaloes.

                      →    Buffaloes were shot by Americans

                         Some Americans killed Indians

                        → Indians were killed by some Americans

                        Americans wasted the hides of buffaloes

                        →The hides of buffaloes were wasted (by Americans)

Régle: 4 choses à faire: voir workbook page 70 and copybook.

 

                          

Thursday, February 5th

The hair was used to make ropes
The horns were made into different cooking ustensils
The tongue was eaten and it was made into a brush
The hooves were boiled to produce glue
The tail was made into a whip
The stomach was used as a cooking pot or as a bag
The beard was made into decorations for weapons and clothes

 What are candies made of ?
Candies are made of sugar, coloring and flavour.
They boil pig bones to make sweets or candies.
 Workbook Think on the passive voice

Book page 52 and 53 workbook page 67 73

Monday , February, the 2 nd

Nadal won the Australian open 

What are hides used for? …they are used to..
How are hides used..? 

 Book page 52 ex C)
Because they made seventy different items from the buffalo
They hunted for the meat/ to eat, for their hides, for their hair
and for their horns.
Worbook page 67.
To use/ to carve/ to boil/ to decorate/ to produce
What did they use the skin for? They used the skin to (voir workbook)
How were tongues used? They were used to make brushes.
 Homework apprendre le vocabulaire des questions et
 les questions workbook page 67 and 69 

Friday, january 30th

You had to get a dialogue on the Civil rights in The US ready for today.

An interview of one of the Little Rock nine by a journalist, on the man’s experience, President Obama election etc…

It was really well done! my congratulations.

 

Wednesday, january 28th

News:
There was a tempest in the south west of France
French lost a match against Croatie it’s not important because
they are already qualified.
New vocabulary for the dialogue
thanks to
When i arrived at school everybody threatened me and insulted me but
they were soldiers for my security, it was so difficult.
to despise= mépriser /  living conditions
Horrible/ terrible/ awful/ unbelievable/ cruel / egoistic / stupid / violent /
threatening/ difficult times / terrifying / unbearable / hard / un fair / unjust /
justice
Quiet / calm / non violent / careful / determined / dedicated /
a struggle / demonstration / sitins / boycot /
to fight back / to respond / to answer / to demonsrate / to protest / to tolerate //
to prevent / to protect / to prove / to ask for / to have a degree

Homework:

Get your dialogues ready tomorrow is the big day!!

Tuesday, January 27th

Correction contrôle:

One day ago    How long ago did you play football?
Since 1998 Since when have you driven?
for 10 minutes How long have you talked with your friend?

What did you see when you came to the school for white people ?
What Happened …

What is your opinion in relation to slavery ? cruel / horrible/ freedom
Did you think Martin Luther King  had a good idea ?
How long did you stay in that school ?
Have you ever seen or taken part to a demonstration ?
Have you ever seen a racist event in your life ?
What values do you want to teach to your grandson?
What do you think about Barack Obama ?
Why did you decide to do this project ?

Vocabulary for the answers:

This is not the reason why
it should not exist
To suffer
proficient /efficient
non violent /
to insult / to threaten / to reject
an age / an era / in those years /
an historical step forward

Monday, January 26th

Préparation des réponses

To ignore,ed  /  a little / about / thanks to / a volunteer / to volunteer, ed /
to integrate, ed / all the same (tout de même/ quand même)
to pay attention /

1)  Yes because they said I was different / putting black students in a
white school was new.
2)  Oh you know now I’m fine because I think I did one great thing for
everyone and changed lots of things.
6)  There were no students nice with me it was important for me because
I felt rejected.
Pour vendredi:
Apprendre les questions imaginer les réponses. Vous passerez à l’oral
deux par deux et devrez parler 2 minutes en continu.

Friday, January 23rd

Were you insulted when you were in this school?
How are you now?
How old are you when you went to this school?
Why were you selected for this Little Rock school?
( How were you selected?)
Were the students nice with you?
Were the teachers more severe with you?
What was your reaction when Obama became president?
Did you have any friends in the school?
Were you scared to go to a white school?
Did you feel rejected?
What were your feeling when you were in the school?
How did the students welcome you?
Were you troubled?
Were you happy to do that action?
Do you know why you did that?

How are you now?

oh, you know now I’m fine because I think I did one great thing for
everyone and changed lots of things .
Sometimes they looked at me like a strange thing but

Tuesday January 20th
(The Twentieth)

He hasn’t been here since 2001.

He hasn’t been here for three weeks / a long time.

He got married two days ago.

We have represented the time line on your photocopy

Then we watched a video from the BBC listen to it again we will speak about it tomorrow:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7831637.stm

Homework: lesson photocopy.

Monday,January 19th

Interview of a survivor from the plane crash:

How long did you stay in the water ?
I stayed for three hours .

Do you think you will take a plane again ?
Yes, because i must take a plane for my work.

Have you been hurt ?
I was not really hurt , I was cold.

How did you feel when you were in danger ?
I felt terrified I panicked.

Test début correction:

Since when have you been in 3°?
i have been in 3° since September 2008.

Homework:

Lesson copybook.

Thursday, January 8th

News!:

In Gaza there is a three hour cease fire so that humanitarian aid can come in.
Wars are stupid.
News Sales are back!!! It empties stocks, it is business! There is ice in the street. I saw a girl slide this morning and when I saw her I walked carefully.

Book page 41

Giordano Bruno was burnt 409 years ago,  because he believed
there might be other worlds and other life forms.

Workbook page 57 n°1 to page 58

Homework:
Think p 57 and 58

Monday, January 5th

two thousand and nine

Correction Test December 18th

Le test portait sur les leçons des 12, 11, et 8 décembre comme prévu.

Certains élèves ont bien réussi ces exercices qui reprenaient simplement les connaissances (vocabulaire, les caractéristiques des questions, des dialogues) et les savoir faire vus en cours.

Un exemple réussi de dialogue, j’ai souligné les expressions vues en classe:

Good evening, sit down girl please, don’t be afraid. What’s your name?

My name’s Donna.

Okay, thank you. Right, now. Have you ever seen an E.T.?

Yes, I have. It was really impressive.and when I saw That E.T I was really scared.

I understand, When and where did you see that E.T?

I was on Holidays in Australia with my friend and I visited Ayers Rock, ther was nothing, nobody around, just my friend and me. And then there I saw an E.T.

This is very interesting Can you describe him please?

Of course, It was tall and slim with big eyes and a small mouth. When I saw it I thought it was a girl, but when it spoke was so tough! so I think it was a boy.

Do you think we can trust these E.T.s?

Seriously no. you see we saw lots of movies where aliens were nice, friendly etc…but personnaly I think they are devils (nom), (evil= adjectif). Really, we just can’t trust little green men!

Was your E.T. green?

No, it was black and blue, but in the movies they are always green.

What language did it speak?

It was very strange and I could not understand it. They were very strange sounds, very different from English or French.

Wow! That is really great. Thank you Donna, you have had a fantastic experience and you have been very brave. Good bye.

Thank you, good bye!

Translation:

Two of us have already found strange, unexplained scars on our bodies.

One of us has already been abducted by E.T.s.

Find the question:

Has he found a spacecraft?
Yes, he has.
Have you seen Men in Black?
No, we haven’t
Have they ever found strange unexplained scars on their body?
Yes, they have very often.

Friday, December 12th

Vocabulary box for the exercise:

Present perfect: auxiliaire have verbe au participe passé
La forme interrogative:MOT INTER+ AUX+S+V+C?
When
How
Where
Who
What
(Why)
To happen / to abduct,ed/ to meet/ to talk, ed/ to ask,ed/to question, ned/
To operate, ed/ to torture, ed/ to watch,ed (observer)/ to interview,ed/
To persuade,ed/ to send back, to bring back/ to hate/ to love/
NOMS:
humans, (earthlings), ETS/ space craft/ flying saucer/ the countryside/
language/
Adjectifs:
alien/ crual/ rude/ unexpected (inattendu)/ huge/ strange/ inexpressive/
lonely/ isolated/ dark/light/ bright/ colourful…

A dialogue:

Imagine you are interwieving a man or a woman who has seen an ET.

Imagine the questions and the answers.

Homework:

test on ETS, learn your lessons in your copybook, in your book page 38 and 39 in your workbook page 49, 50, 53, 54.

Thursday, december 11th

News for today
It is very cold this winter and many homeless people will die.
They do not want to go to a refuge because there is a lot of noise,
they are ashamed, there is no room, because there are many junkies /
drug addicts and alcooholics in the shelters and they are afraid.
A lot of people prefer living out of the shelters, they hide in the woods.
Maybe they want to keep a place in the street.

Workbook page 53 n° 3

Homework:
lesson copybook, have some news ready for tomorrow.

Friday, December 11th

First tne news for today:

Greece and the missing baby

Then we worked on the ET theme in the book page 38 and 39.

Monday, December 8th

Book page 37
I can see a UFO / an uniditified flying object
Book page 38
Picture two, on the right:
it is at night, it is night,
The scene takes place at night, there is a road, there is nobody (around)
it is lonely. there is a UFO.
Picture one on the left:
There is a UFO which sends a big white light on the man.
The man is going to go up, he is going to be abducted by
the UFO , the aliens.
Have you ever seen a UFO? no, I haven’t, but I have seen them on TV.
They ask these questions to know if Aliens exist, to know if the people are
crazy, or  maybe because they saw Aliens and Aliens exist.
BOOK page38 n°2 a)

Homewoek:lesson copybook.

Friday, November 28th

Workbook page 39 n°3
won’t= will not
Will et will not sont suivis d’une base verbale
If a child is rejected he will become violent
When a child is rejected he will become violent

Workbook page 45 n° 7; 8
I amnot able to
I am able to
It is the parents’ fault if the children watch what they want
If he is not able to make friends then he will feel excluded
and he could become violent.

Homework:

lesson copybook.

Thursday, November 27th

If a child is violent it may be because he plays violent video games
or look at violent news
If he feels rejected or excluded if the others laugh at him
he may be violent.
If he plays too much violent video games he may become violent.
If he lives in a violent environment he could become violent.
If he plays with a violent group, if he is bullied he will become violent.
IMAGINE: you have a child (in ten years  or more)
What will you make him / her / them do…
What will you let him / her /them do…
To trust somebody…   /  not too much / for a long time  /
To be strict / cool / fair / unfair .
To make mistakes / to misbehave

Homework:

Lesson copybook.

Taking away their possession and demanding money is the nastiest.
Calling them names is the least significant.
I think not choosing him or her as your partner is the least significant
As to me/ the book/ the parents / the bullies
according to me/ the book/ the parents / the bullies Book page 36 n° 3; 4.

Tuesday, November 18th

Un lien vers le quizz IS MY CHILD A BULLY dont nous avons fait une version plus simple en classe:

http://www.bullying.co.uk/parents/is_my_child_a_bully/index.aspx

Comments on the quizz:

Number two is less significant because I may / have the right to  prefer
my other friends everybody calls everybody names so it is not so upsetting

Adjectif comparatif de supériorité irrégulier
bad                worse
good               better
less   /    more
hard, nasty
upsetting
troubling

Number 2 is less upsetting, less troubling than number 8

Calling someone names is not very significant because everybody calls averybody else names in the class

to switch = balancer inverser
To swap= échanger

We must switch from number 8 to number 5 because it is more significant.

Homework: lesson copybook

ATTENTION PLEASE:  Test on bullying next Tuesday.

Monday, November 17th

Dans le texte du workbook page 28:

Attitudes négatives surlignées en bleu

To trouble= ennuyer= to bother = to annoy
to oppress
pushing= shoving
To call someone names
To say or to write mean things
To spread rumours = colporter des rumeurs
To threaten someone = menacer
Structures qui marquent la contrainte en rouge
to make someone do something they do not want to do
feel unsafe, scared…

Why do bullies bully?

Bullies bully because they may have been bullied when they were small.
Bullies bully maybe because they were bullied when they were small,
because they want people to look up to them, to admire them.
Bullies bully maybe because their parents do that.

Bullies bully because they feel insecure Bullies bully because they want to make other people afraid of them.

Homework:

Learn lesson copybook, finish workbook page 34 n°5

Be careful: test on bullying next Friday November 20th

Friday,November 14th

We did a quizz and classified different statements from the most significant
to the less significant.

Advice you can give to a victim:

If you are being bullied, tell a friend, tell a teacher and tell your parents.
It won’t stop unless you tell someone. If you want to talk to your teacher you If you don’t feel you can do that, then go to the medical room (infirmerie)
and speak to the school nurse.
Homework:

Lesson copybook Be careful! there will be a test next week.

November 13th

Poem repeated and said+ work on workbook page 29 and 30

November 11th

Here is the website for the poem by Robert Frost

http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems/audiocd.html

Enjoy it and thanks for reminding me!

November 7th

Test today

Hello remeber to learn your lessons during the holidays.

Book p.164 for comparatives.
We compared the video on the Interwrite contest school:

http://contest.interwritelearning.com/contestant/243/

And a prvate school in New-York:

http://video.nytimes.com/video/playlist/business/1194811622255/index.html

Watch this website to undesrstand a little more about bullying. Bullying  will be our subject when we come back from the holidays.

http://www.bullying.co.uk/young_people/index.aspx

See you soon.