mardi 22 novembre 2011

session 106 monday the 22nd of November

session 106
Monday the 22 nd of November

aim: l'hypothèse portant sur la passé

word of the day : face your responsibility =face the music

1) the drug addict versus the alcoholic

2) a video : The witch
The villagers or peasants are accusing a woman of being a witch . On the other hand, she blames them for making her put on a costume with a false/ fake nose and a pointed hat.
the peasants obviously hate her and we might wonder why?

3) Hypothesis in the past
 she will have cursed them
 she shall have cooked potions
 she must have frightened them
 she can have stolen their belongings
 she may have mocked them
 she would have stolen their children
 she should have read some books
 she could have acted strangely
 she might have made a pact with the devil

4)Grammar :
pour faire une hypothèse sur le passé:
a) choisir le modal approprié ( du plus certin au moins certain)
b) faire suivre le modal de HAVE + Part passé

5) application : guess what might have happened.

homework : test on thursday .
a) witches
b) visiting salem
c) make someone do something/ have something made
d) hypothèses passées

session ter 6 tuesday 23 rd of november

session ter 6
Tuesday the 23 rd of November

aim :
technique : how to tell a story
notion : the linkwords

word of the day :
a star in the making
in the bud ( a bud = un bourgeon)
a star in the making is a person who will become a star but is not one yet.
kill something in the bud (tuer dans l'oeuf)
by dint of ( à force de)= by means of
albeit = despite ( malgrè) toujours suivi d'un Groupe Nominal
ex :You have a bad mark albeit your hard work.

HOW TO WRITE A STORY
1) Situation initiale ( who? where? when? what is happening?)
2) premier évènement
3) deuxième évènement
4) the twist = the denouement

APPLICATION : the crooks

an outfit = clothes she is wearing
a suit
jeans
a stripped (rayé)tee-shirt
bald(chauve)
mock someone = laugh at someone
a short skirt
He seems stupid
She looks fit
He seems to be a giggle
He looks beaming
the twist = the denouement.
a plot = a strategy
con people = dupe people = bamboozle people
crooks (des escrocs)
a bow tie
toupee ( une moumoutte)
a sneaky smile = a deceitful smile
deceive ( tromper les gens)


THE LINKWORDS

FOREST GUMP

HOMEWORK :
comprehension ecrite jeudi
expression ecrite blacks OR war mardi

session 205 tuesday the 23 rd of november

session 205
Tuesday the 23 rd of november

aim:
grammar : les relatifs
Vocabulary : what is a hero?

word of the day : - a success
- an accomplishment
- an achievement

TEST ORAL : a journalist / a real life superhero / a policeman

Correction:
I could not feel any better = I am fine = I am peachy
be crazy = be insane = be barmy
he has a loose screw
I do not have many skills

THE PORTRAIT OF A HERO

Nelson Mandela is a leader WHO used to be the president of South Africa .
He was put in jail = put in prison
It is his fight against Apartheid /Segregation
THAT made him famous

definition of Hero :
People who are ready to sacrifice their life for the sake of ( pour le bien de) their ideas ./ ideals

VOCABULARY SHEET

GRAMMAR : les relatifs

APPLICATION: ex

Homework :
1) test oral on the debate about real life superheroes
2) faire l'ex page 203 n° 3 du grand 3
3) faire les ex sur les modaux distribué en classe
Absent : nicolas

session 214

session 214
Tuesday the 23rd of November

aim:
vocabulary : definition of a hero
grammar : les pronoms relatifs

Word of the day :
a success : un succès
an achievement : un accomplissement
-a star in the making
in the bud ( une star en devenir)

TEST ORAL FOR ALAVIA ALEXIA MANON 13

WHAT IS A HERO ?
This man is Nelson Mandela

Mandela was the 18th Black president in south Africa.
Nelson Mandela was the first president who was elected afterthe end of the apartheid.
Apartheid is a political regime that separates/segregates races

DO YOU CONSIDER NELSON MNDELA A HERO?
A hero acts in spite of /despite=malgré all odds/problems.
A hero is :
-someone who helps people without super powers.
-someone who is ready to sacrifice his life for the sake of ( for the sake of = pour le bien de)his opinion.
-admire =regard highly
-is devoted (=se consacrer a )to people or ideas/ideals
-who is willing to act (be willing =be ready to)
PRONOM RELATIFS

1- who-whose-whom
that-which
what

2-Définition:

pronom =pour le nom
remplace qui se situe juste avant = l'antécédent

relatif= mise en relation de 2 phrases.
Nelson Mandela est noir . Nelson Mandela était président.
Nelson Mandela who was president is black

homework :
 réviser débat policeman/ journalist/ real life superhero pour test ecrit
 faire ex sur les relatifs à l'aide de la méthodologie
 rammener l'ex sur les modaux
absent : antoine / arséne.