Read and watch
READ:
– Washington travelogue, July 12th, 2013
– American folklore, June 3rd, 2010.
– BBC’s top 100 books, January 18th, 2010.
– Le journal des élèves de 1ère de spécialité, April 23rd, 2010.
– News (Read and watch the news on these sites), November 5th, 2009.
– Press (The), November 2nd, 2009.
– Reading, November 15th, 2009.
– Les romans anglophones au CDI, March 21st, 2011.
– 20 books every tween and teen should read before they hit 16, October 1st, 2011.
– Des e-books gratuits en anglais pour cet été, July 13th, 2012.
– Goldilocks: an Arctic version, October 28th, 2012.
– Goldilocks: a Mario version, October 28th,2012.
– Goldilocks: a new version, October 28th, 2012.
– Goldilocks: a gory version, October 28th, 2012.
NEWSPAPER/INTERNET ARTICLES:
– The ALL-TIME 100 albums, April 28th, 2010.
– Bomb threat to London from Irish dissidents, May 18th, 2011.
– Cameron apologizes for Bloody Sunday, June 15th, 2010.
– How did ‘the United States’ change from a plural to a singular noun?, September 29th, 2010.
– How Privacy Vanishes Online, March 18th, 2010.
– Immigrants eat US junk food to fit in: a study, May 19th, 2011.
– A French hero in New York, April 7th, 2010.
– London – Beijing in two days by train, April 29th, 2011.
– New technology: a flying car for 2011, December 31st, 2010.
– The Pen That Never Forgets, September 22nd, 2010.
– Recent ads that have raised controversy, April 15th, 2010.
– The school I’d like, May 6th, 2011.
– Technology (Five Tech Themes for 2010), January 2nd, 2010.
– The 25 most dangerous cities in America, May 25th, 2011.
– Web Way to Learn a Language (The), February 1st, 2010.
– The world’s biggest beaver dam discovered in northern Canada, May 8th, 2010.
– The ‘dîner en blanc’ in Battery Park, August 27th, 2011.
– A literary map of Manhattan, August 28th, 2011.
– Hurricane shuts down schools along East Coast, August 30th, 2011.
– New York to Paris or London by train, September 3rd, 2011.
– The Statue of Liberty: a symbol of friendship between the USA and France, September 24th, 2011.
– A Hong Kong student redesigns the Apple logo as a tribute to Steve Jobs, October 9th, 2011.
– Jon Bon Jovi’s charity restaurant opens in New Jersey, November 4th, 2011.
– Black Bear found in a rubbish collection truck in Vancouver, December 14th, 2011.
– Romeo and Juliet: the BBC’s 1978 version, January 3rd, 2012.
– The clip of a lego man in space goes viral on the web, January 28th, 2012.
– A letter from a freed slave to his former master, January 31st, 2012.
– Yosemite’s lava waterfall, February 21st, 2012.
– Les associations de goûts les plus surprenantes de la gastronomie britannique, March 16th, 2012.
– Asian immigrants to the US surpass Hispanics for the first time, June 21st, 2012.
– The school lunch blog of a nine year old becomes famous, June 21st, 2012.
– Pre-crime detection just like Minority Report, June 24th, 2012.
– Which books should you read this summer?, July 10th, 2012.
– The Old Bridge – a Texas Ghost Story, July 22nd, 2012.
– London 2012: day-by-day guide to the highlights, July 27th, 2012.
– London 2012: who will light the Olympic flame?, July 27th, 2012.
– Vertigo is named the greatest film of all time, August 6th, 2012.
– NASA’s Curiosity Rover successfully landed on Mars, August 7th, 2012.
– The photo of a man and his dog, Schoep, goes viral, August 9th, 2012.
– Neil Armstrong, First Man to Walk on Moon, Dies at 82, August 26th, 2012.
– Election 2012: where do the candidates stand on the issues?, October 25th, 2012.
– Even Sandy can’t stop New Yorkers from being New Yorkers, November 3rd, 2012.
SHORT STORIES:
– Black Cat (The), by Edgar Allen Poe, December 2nd, 2009.
– Gift of the Magi (The), by O Henri, January 24th, 2010.
– Short stories, January 12th, 2010.
– Tell-Tale Heart (The), by Edgar Allen Poe, December 2nd, 2009.
– Vine on a House (A), by Ambrose Bierce, February 20th, 2010.
WATCH:
– A class divided, April 30th, 2010.
– Real TV: Survivor, November 28th, 2009.
– An anthropological introduction to You Tube, February 17th, 2011.
– The City Limits: a time-lapse video, May 16th, 2011.
– Civil Rights: Ruby Bridges, May 8th, 2011.
– Consumer society: the Simpsons, November 2nd, 2010.
– Growth of a Nation, June 6th, 2010.
– Happy Holidays (Mr Bean and the turkey), December 19th, 2010.
– « Let’s all hate Toronto », March 28th, 2010.
– News (Read and watch the news on these sites), November 5th, 2009.
– News-in-brief: Royal Mail delivers a parcel 27 years late, March 3rd, 2010.
– Our future world?, March 5th, 2011.
– Police rapped after shield sledge stunt, January 14th, 2010.
– Video: a visitor’s guide to London, March 12th, 2010.
– Videos (Watch videos in English), November 7th, 2009.
– Watch live TV broadcasts, June 4th, 2010.
– Watch your favourite TV series with subtitles, May 24th, 2011.
– World’s most typical person, March 4th, 2011.
– YouTube’s 50 most watched videos, April 3rd, 2010.
– The story of stuff, July 24th, 2011.
– Stephen Wiltshire’s New York City Panorama, August 1st, 2011.
– 22 Most Unusual Google Earth Photos, August 2nd, 2011.
– Saving a whale, August 10th, 2011.
– Front pages, August 10th, 2011.
– America’s most offensively caloric meals, August 19th, 2011.
– Film trailer: The Help, August 21st, 2011.
– Rugby World Cup 2011, September 9th, 2011.
– Why is English a global language?, September 21st, 2011.
– The US / Mexico border, September 23rd, 2011.
– The Woodstock Festival, September 30th, 2011.
– The Washington Monument, October 2nd, 2011.
– Theo Jansen: a kinetic sculptor, October 8th, 2011.
– The leaning tower of Westminster, January 27th, 2012.
– The environment: global warming, January 29th, 2012.
– Inside Apple’s iFactory – ABC News, February 21st, 2012.
– Rosa Parks: a short biography, April 12th, 2012.
– An unusual building: Kansas City Library, April 15th, 2012.
– The History of the Simpsons, April 15th, 2012.
– An unusual building: the Longaberger Basket Building, May 9th, 2012.
– Weird science: the flash frozen bottle, July 18th, 2012.
– The official London 2012 olympics film: Sport at Heart, July 20th, 2012.
– Watch free movies online, August 2nd, 2012.
– NASA’s Curiosity Rover successfully landed on Mars, August 7th, 2012.
– One race, every medalist ever: the men’s 100-meter sprint, August 8th, 2012.
– London 2012: the closing ceremony, August 13th, 2012.
– 18 years in rap, September 5th, 2012.
– Revolution: the trailer, September 9th, 2012.
– Campaign ads for Obama and Romney, October 26th, 2012.
– A surprising safety video for Air New Zealand, November 5th, 2012.
ADAPTATIONS OF SHORT STORIES:
– Christmas Carol (A), by Charles Dickens, December 21st, 2009.
– Gift of the Magi (The), by O Henri, January 24th, 2010.
– Tell-Tale Heart (The), by Edgar Allen Poe, December 2nd, 2009.
LINKS FOR LESSONS:
– From silent films to talkies – 1ère spé., April 29th, 2010.
– The blues project, March 18th, 2011.
– South Africa: web search, January 18th, 2011.
– Web search: the history of Black people in the USA, May 6th, 2010.
– What is the blues, March 6th, 2011.
– A web search on Gothic literature, September 29th, 2011.
– Vocabulary: The Catcher in the Rye – 1, November 16th, 2011.
