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If you want to listen to the 2 documents on OBAMA we listened to in class please click here

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Don’t forget to go and have a drink … and a chat inEnglish on Saturday, 31st at the Café Berlin

And if you want to listen to Barack Obama’s new car shown to the world just click here 090116-inauguration2

It might help to visit these pages. The first is in French and the second in English, so pick the one you prefer.

http://presidentusa.free.fr/guppy/

Official site of the White House :

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/

http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/speciales/international/la_presidentielle_americaine_2008/20081017.OBS6473/le_systeme_politique_americain.html

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politique_des_%C3%89tats-Unis

I know we won’t be seing each other for a while but keep on working regularly … it pays off !!! It helps if you hear English so that your ears get used to the music of the language.

One good things you can do when you watch DVDs is to select languages and choose « English » then go to subtitles and choose « English » again …. so you’ll both hear the lines and read them at the same time.

In the meantime …

Have a Great Christmas

http://www.gfes.tpc.edu.tw/board/abc-song/merrychristmas.swf

Description du système américain :

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syst%C3%A8me_%C3%A9ducatif_des_%C3%89tats-Unis_d%27Am%C3%A9rique

tableau de comparaison :

http://www.ciep.fr/codofil/docs/comparaison_fr_us.pdf

http://www.consulfrance-boston.org/spip.php?article632

Sur une page, un tableau de comparaison assez clair :http://www.ac-nice.fr/daric/pdf/SystEdFrancoAnglais.pdf

Explication du système éducatif britannique

http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/casnav/primo/primo_sysang.htm

http://wapedia.mobi/fr/Syst%C3%A8me_%C3%A9ducatif_britannique

You’ve done a great job so don’t worry … and we still have plenty of time to work.

Take time to listen to the reading of our new text and try to practice the pronounciation

Try to improve your text presentation,  make it last 5 minutes. And don’t read your paper !!!

Don’t forget to look at yourself in a mirror doing the « eye exercise » and to do the « mouth /tongue exercise » as well. A little bit everyday is more efficient than a lot once a fortnight !!!!

I’ve posted 2 new documents on the jury’s expectations (Click on : page – rapport de jury)

See you on the 12th of November.

5th Guy Fawkes’ Day The famous Gunpowder Plot (1605)
The rhyme Remember, remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot. We see no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! The story on the Parliament’s site	The Gunpowder Plot and Bonfire Night Guy fawkes on the BBC site : Game: Foil the Gunpowder Plot The Gunpowder Plot What If the Gunpowder Plot Had Succeeded? The Enduring Memory of the Gunpowder Plot More about Guy Fawkes From 1605 to our day here A factsheet to download for lycée students A worksheet for Lycée students More information and activities here Guy Fawkes’ confession online
On this site Guy Fawkes’ Day Pour célébrer Guy Fawkes’ Day le 5 novembre, deux pages sur le site destinées à faire connaître le personnage de Guy Fawkes, le replacer dans son contexte historique et à familiariser les élèves de collège avec les coutumes de Guy Fawkes’ Day au Royaume-Uni. Sur la première, destinée aux élèves de collège, vous trouverez une Treasure Hunt, des exercices interactifs et un attrayant jeu historique. La deuxième, destinée aux élèves de lycée, propose une étude d’article « The gunpowder plot », des exercices interactifs et une cyberhunt. More links What to eat on Bonfire Night What children and teenagers do on Bonfire night (Woodlands Junior School page) Un site consacré au Gunpowder plot
4th Thursday in November Nov 22nd, 2008
Activities and games Lots of Thanksgiving activities for younger students Pictures to print and colour A feast of Thanksgiving lessons A Thanksgiving vocabulary game The first Thanksgiving (for advanced studentss). Relive the voyage on the Mayflower A Thanksgiving crossword puzzle Link galore for Collège students (Académie de Nancy-Metz) A lesson about Thanksgiving to download (elementary) on Insideout Traditions and trivia A video on the different traditions on History Channel	The truth about the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving The Plymouth Thanksgiving story Norman Rockwell’s Freedom from want Thanksgiving traditional turkey More recipes Some Thanksgiving cartoons Lots of Thanksgiving resources at teacherplanet.com Thanksgiving clipart Have fun reading Art Buchwald’s article about ‘le jour de Merci Donnant‘ Speech triggering pictures (Thanks to Christine Reymond in Infonews) ——————————————— the « Saturday Evening Post » covers since 1923 (including Rockwell’s painting, but with many others) - the First thanksgiving ( traditional painting by Jenny Brownscombe) - in the same vein, the painting that is in many school books : the first Thanksgiving by Gerome Ferris (1915) - the traditional Norman Rockwell painting « Freedom from hunger » - the same, plus the head of Bill Cosby added - a photo of a table with all the dishes ready

The turkey presidential pardon

Each year the President of the United States is expected to pardon a turkey before Thanksgiving at a White House ceremony. Read more

President Bush Pardons « Flyer and Fryer » in National Thanksgiving Turkey Ceremony on the White House website. To see a video click here

Bush gives turkeys a break for Thanksgiving on CNN site

Thanksgiving sur le site d’anglais

Une page contenant des informations sur l’histoire, les traditions et des activités pour le lycée, collège, CAP et Bac Pro.

Une Treasure Hunt pour le collège qui permettra aux élèves de se familiariser avec cet important évènement culturel et historique américain.