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Friday, 19 April 2013

A criminal teacher? - part 2

Oliver suggests they play detectives / spy on Mr Spencer / watch Mr Spencer.
Shanti is surprised because it's very dangerous and crazy but she agrees because it's great fun.

Max Bond

Max Bond, XX2 (double X two), is a secret agent.
His hair is short and brown, his eyes are green, his face is square and his nose is small.
He is thin and not very tall but he is very / really strong.
He is a karate champion and he's very intelligent so he's very dangerous.

James Bond, 007, is a secret agent too!

Red Nose Day

Red Nose Day is a TV charity gala organized by the charity Comic Relief. It is a very popular event in the United Kingdom. It happens every two years.
On this occasion, people do fun things to raise money for the charity, like the Téléthon in France.

Comic Relief helps poor children in the UK and around the world.
This year, the event was on the 15th March. For the occasion, the popular band One Direction wrote a special song.

Watch this video and find more about Comic Relief.
You can also visit their website or visit the Red Nose Day website.

Here is a video of the best parts of the 2013 evening:

For the fans, here is the video of the song by One Direction:

And the official video clip for the song:

Thursday, 18 April 2013

A criminal teacher? - part 1

Oliver, Alwena and Shanti are talking about Mr Spencer because they think it's very fishy.
Alwena thinks they should tell the police but Shanti says it's ridiculous because the police won't believe them.
Oliver insists it was fishy. Shanti says Mr Spencer is a teacher, not a criminal, and they can't prove it.

Tuesday, 16 April 2013

6 questions game

Is it a boy? Yes, he is.
Has he got blond hair? No, he hasn't.
Has he got brown eyes? Yes, he has.
Is he small? No, he isn't.
Has he got glasses? No, he hasn't.
Is it Steven? Yes, it is!

Thursday, 11 April 2013

On the beach - part 4

Alwena wants to swim up to the yacht to find out / discover what's going on.
Oliver thinks she is nuts / crazy because it's very dangerous and too cold.
Oliver is starving / very hungry so he wants to go back to the party.
Alwena is disappointed because she's curious.

Ben's sister.

Ashley has got short brown curly hair. She's got a lovely smile and a small nose. She's got big green eyes but she's got enormous ears so she's not pretty / she's ugly.

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Suggestions

Why not hang out with friends?
Why not text your friends?
Why don't you listen to music?
Why don't we draw?
Let's go to the park!
Let's dance!

Monday, 8 April 2013

On the beach - part 3

Alwena thinks maybe Mr Spencer is very rich and he lives on the yacht, or perhaps he's got a very rich girlfriend.
Oliver doesn't agree. He supposes Mr Spencer is a spy like 007, or he imagines Mr Spencer is a smuggler. Alwena disagrees.
007 = "double oh seven"

James Bond, agent 007, is a spy

Friday, 5 April 2013

Sophie

Sophie has got white glasses.She's got big blue eyes and a small nose. She's got short curly red hair and a lovely smile. She's got freckles.
She is quite tall and she's slim.

She's got = she has got
she's = she is

Book 2 Lesson 3 Preparation Time

Things to do when you are bored. Listen and read p. 48:

Thursday, 4 April 2013

On the beach - part 2

They see Mr Spencer, the new IT teacher. He's getting into a dinghy and he's hiding his face with his hood. He's going to the yacht.
Oliver and Alwena are surprised and they think it's fishy / strange because they didn't expect to see him.
A jacket with a hood

A dinghy

A yacht

Things to do when you are bored.

This document is an article from Top Mag. This magazine is for teenagers.
This article is about activities to do when you are bored. They suggest practising tossing pancakes, customizing shoes, making up dialogues or dancing and singing in the rain.


Watch Gene Kelly in Singing in the rain:

Le présent be + ing

Formation:
Auxiliaire Be conjugué au présent + V-ing

Exemples:
+ I am speaking English.
? Are you speaking English?
- I am not speaking English

Emploi:
- pour les descriptions, pour dire ce qu'on voit, ce qui se passe maintenant.
Ex: Look! The cat is chasing a mouse!

- pour justifier, expliquer pourquoi on ne peut pas faire une action
Ex: I can't go shopping, I'm doing my math homework.

- pour dire ce qu'on a prévu de faire plus tard
Ex: I'm going to my grandmother's this weekend.

Lesson and exercise here
Video lesson and exercise here

Wednesday, 3 April 2013

On the beach - part 1

Shanti is having a party with her friends on the beach.
Some boys are playing football. They are making a barbecue. They're listening to music, one boy is eating a burger.
Shanti is singing with her friends around the fire.
Alwena and Oliver are walking on the beach and they are talking.

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Description

Leila has got short straight black hair, black eyes and a small nose. She's Pakistani and she's a little girl.
On the picture she is next to Cassie and in front of Radia.

Listen to the descriptions and look at your book p. 38: