Saint-Michel Blanquefort, European School

2PROS H1 : Introducing the families of the “Desperate Housewives”

Hello everyone,

Here’s the opening of the first episode (the pilot) of famous American TV programme Desperate Housewives. After a short introduction, you will discover the 4 main characters and their families. Watch those introductions twice and complete the document with the following information : first name, food they prepared, marital status, children and job.

Desperate Housewives Introduction

Good luck.

P. Couturier

H1 – 2PROS – 2PROR : Hello and welcome !

Hello H1, 2 PRO S and 2nde PRO R students,

And welcome to the English blog. It’s your first visit here, but not the last one. Here are some audio links and videos with people, from different countries, giving personal information and introducing themselves. Listen to the audio files, and watch the videos twice and complete the document : name, nationality or country, studies or job, hobbies, family…

Audio1
Audio 2

Video 1
Video 2

P. Couturier / MC Poussard

CSS2 : drink OR drive !

Dear CSS2 students,

Welcome to the English blog. For your first visit, I would like you to watch the 5 videos of this post. All the videos deal with THE DANGERS OF DRINKING AND DRIVING. Watch the video twice and try to understand who the people are, what they say, what they did, and think about the message of the documents.

Video 1
Video 2
Video 3
Video 4
Video 5

P. Couturier

SPVL 2 : how to use the Net

Dear students,

Here is a video made by an English teacher for his students. The video explains how to use the Internet. Watch the video and write down all the instructions, words or expressions that you understand.
How to use the Net ?

P. Couturier

Are you going to the movies during holidays ?

Hello dear students…

We hope you are enjoying your holidays. Have you been to the movies ? Or are you going to ? Here are some trailers of  American productions. What are your favourites ?

Harry Potter and the half blood Prince, the sixth film of the serie adapted from J.K. Rowling best sellers ?

2012, a new “end of the world” science fiction film ?

Transformers 2, the revanche of the machines ?

12 Rounds, with WWE superstar John Cena ?

Thank you for writing a comment !

P. Couturier

Eurovision Winner 2009

Dear students, 

Here’s the video clip of Alexander Rybak “fairytale”, representing Norway at the Eurovision contest a few days ago. 

Fairytale

1 ) Watch the clip and listen to the song

2 ) Then, try to complete the lyrics… and write your answers in the comment section

Years (1)______, when I was (2)_______
I kinda liked a girl I (3)_________
She was (4) _______ and we were (5)_________
That was then but then it's true

Chorus
I'm in love with a fairytale, (6)__________ it hurts
'Cause I don't care if I loose (7)___________
I'm already cursed

Every day we start a (8)_________
Every night we fell in love
No one else could make me (9)________
But no one else could (10)_____ me high above

(11)____________, what I was doing
When suddenly, we fell apart
Now a days, I cannot find her
But when I do, we'll get a brand new (12)________

Good luck ! 

P. Couturier

H2′ SC : funny dinner party

Here’s a video by French and Saunders, the famous BBC duo. Watch the video twice and answer the questions. 

What a dinner

1 ) What are the different problems at the beginning of the evening ?

2 ) What do the guests want to drink for the aperitif ?

3 ) What do people have for dinner ?

4 ) What is Sue’s problem in the kitchen ?

5 ) How does the evening end ?

6 ) What is your opinion about Sue ?

P. Couturier

SPVL1 : violence in American schools

Hello, 

To finish with our topic 5 “Education”, here are some videos about a really serious issue in the USA : violence in schools and universities. I chose different videos that you can watch twice : 

8-year-old carries a gun in school bus

Elephant

school intruder

WWE don\’t try this at home

Now let’s talk and complete the document : type of document / topic / people / your opinion

P. Couturier

Michelle Obama vs Queen Elizabeth II

Incredible news… Watch the videos and try to understand what happened while President Obama and his wife Michelle met the Queen in England. 

CNBC version

CNN version

In the comments section, you can write what you understood and what you think of the situation.

P. Couturier

SPVL1 : homeschooling

Dear students, 

Here are some audio and video files dealing with our new topic : homeschooling. 

audio 1

video 1

1°) Listen and watch those 2 files. Then, look at the two pictures and complete the document : type of document ? / who ? / message ?

2°) Now imagine, you are an American mum or dad, and you read an article from parents explaining why they chose homeschooling. You want to write too, to explain why you refuse homeschooling for your children. Write a short article in the comments section.

P. Couturier