My snowman

My snowman is big and cute / short and round.
My snowman has a red hat, a blue scarf, a carrot for a nose, two branches for arms, 3 buttons and 2 eyes.

How to build a snowman

First roll 3 balls and stack them up.
Next place the head.
Then put on a hat, a scarf and draw a face.
Last admire your snowman!

The 11th Hour (2)

The planet is in danger because human activity creates pollution and deforestation. They cause global warming.
The solution could be our daily actions and technological progress = new technologies

The 11th Hour (2)

The first part shows catastrophes, pollution and natural disasters. They are the consequences of human activity.
The second part shows solutions using new technologies and our actions to change for a better world.

My snowman

My snowman is very big and white. He is beautiful and happy. He is made from little snowflakes.
He has a carrot for a nose, 2 eyes, 2 branches for arms and a red hat on his head.

A letter from Percy (2)

Percy's sister is Gloria. She is 10 years old. Percy likes her a little.
Percy's cat is Lucy, it's a girl / a she-cat, she's 7 years old, she is black and white.
Percy goes to Paddington School. He likes his school.

The 11th Hour

This document is a poster for the movie The 11th Hour.
We can see a footprint on the Earth, it means human activity destroys the planet. It's a documentary about how humans destroy the planet.

A letter from Percy.

This document is a letter: date, signature, address.
Percy Winston is the author, the date is Saturday 17th September 2011.
Percy introduces himself, he speaks about his nationality and origin, his family and his school.
Percy is 12 years old, he has got a sister and he has got a cat. He is English, he is from Liverpool and he lives in London.

A letter from Percy (2)

Percy likes Gloria a little.
Percy likes his school.

The 11th Hour

This document is a poster for a movie / a film by Leonardo DiCaprio entitled The 11th Hour.
This movie is probably about the environment and pollution because we can see a footprint on the Earth.

Emergency - part 2

Listen to the end of the interview:

click on the picture to enlarge it

Questions

Pour demander et répondre à propos de:

• la santé: How are you? I'm fine, thank you.
• le nom: What's your name? I'm Matthew / My name is Fred.
• l'âge: How old are you? I'm 12.
• la nationalité: What's your nationality? I'm French.
• l'origine: Where are you from? I'm from Narbonne.

Revision test 2

Pour chaque quiz, révise le vocabulaire et les structures puis teste-toi en changeant le "study mode" (en bas à droite).
Have fun!

Present perfect with for / since

Click on the picture above to download the worksheet we used in class.

Then, you can revise how to use for and since with these flashcards, and have fun by changing the study mode (bottom right)

Where are you from?

Barbara is 13 years old, she is American, she is from New York.
Steve is 12, he is American, he is from Los Angeles.
Nelly is 13, she is English, she is from London.
Rick is 12 years old, he is from Dublin, he is Irish.
Liza is 11, she is from Montreal, she is Canadian.
Terry is 12, he is Canadian, he is from Toronto.

"From" précise l'origine. Il est toujours suivi d'un nom de lieu.

Question et réponses

Pour demander et répondre:

• comment ça va: How are you? I'm fine, thanks.
• son nom: What's your name? I'm Johnny / My name is Johnny.
• son âge: How old are you? I'm 11 (years old).
• sa nationalité: What's your nationality? I'm French.
• son origine: Where are you from? I'm from Narbonne.

Emergency - part 2 (2)

Paul Brown has worked for the Greenpeace organization.
He is the environment correpondent so he writes articles about the ice-cap, pollution... global warming.
He has been interested in the environment for over 50 years.
He thinks we are all responsible for protecting the environment.

Max meets Bruce - part 2

Crookie pulls on some material. He crashes the boxes.
Max is very sorry because Crookie is a naughty dog.
Bruce is sad because the boxes fall.
                                            /Iz/

Emergency - part 2

Paul Brown is a British journalist. He has worked for the Guardian since 1990, for 40 years.
He is their environment correspondent.
He has worked for Greenpeace. He has been interested in the environment for 50 years.
He has lived in Africa and he has travelled everywhere in the world.
The environment isnvery important for him, it's not a passion, it's an emergency. We don't have a choice, we must act now.

Where are they from?

Rick is 12, he is Irish, he is from Dublin.
Brian is 14, he is English, he is from Oxford.
Liza is 11, she is Canadian, she is from Montreal.
Nelly is 13, she is from London, she is English.
Susan is 14, she is Australian, she is  from Sydney.
Barbara is 13, she is American, she is from New York.

"from" permet de parler de l'origine de quelqu'un. Il est toujours suivi d'un nom de lieu.

Emergency - part 1

This document is an interview of Paul Brown on the radio about his book "Global Warning".
It takes place in Washington D.C. in the morning.
The name of the program is "Save the planet".

Emergency - part 2

Yesterday the weather was worse because it was colder than today.

Paul Brown is a British journalist. He has worked for the Guardian since 1990, he has worked for this newspaper for 40 years.
He has lived in Africa and he has travelled everywhere in / all over the world.

Emergency - part 1

This document is a radio interview of Paul Brown. It takes place in Washington D. C. 

It is about his book "Global Warning". The name of the programme is "Save the Planet".

Max meets Bruce - part 2

Crookie makes boxes fall.
Max is very sorry because Crookie is a naughty dog.
Bruce is sad.

Max meets Bruce

Max is Irish, from Dublin. He is 11 (years old).
Crookie is Max's dog.
Bruce is from Boston, he is American. He is 12 (years old).

Emergency - part 1

Listen and take notes:

• Type of document?
• Who? 
• Where? City? 
• Topic of the conversation?

About Paul Brown:

• Nationality?
• Job? Date? 
• Interests? 
• Life experiences?

Emergency - Global Warning (2)

On the cover there is a man walking with his bike in the water. The sky is grey and a palm tree is broken* because there is a strong wind.
This book is about global warming and its consequences. He probably gives advice on how to preserve nature.

Max meets Bruce

Max is 11 (years old). He is Irish, from Dublin.
Crookie is Max's dog.
Bruce is 12 (years old). He is American, from Boston.

Emergency - Global Warning

This document is a book by Paul Brown. It is entitled "Global Warning, the last chance for change". It's a pun, it means we should pay attention to global warming. It comes from the newspaper The Guardian.

Emergency - Global Warning

This document is a book by Paul Brown. It's entitled "Global Warning, the last chance for change".
It's from the newspaper The Guardian. On the cover there is a man walking in water. The trees are plying because of strong winds.
It's about global warming and its consequences.

WWF Campaign

This document is an advert for WWF about global warming. We see a sad street, it's dirty with dark colours. There is a polar bear, it's sad because it lives in the street, it is homeless. The ice-cap melted so the polar bear lost* its habitat.This photo aims to raise awareness on global warming: everybody can help stop global warming.

Attention please! Room change!

Please note that tomorrow morning, we will be working in room B6 instead of T2.

WWF

This document is an advert for WWF (World Wild Fund). There is a lot of grey and the picture is sad, the colours are dark.
On the foreground there is a polar bear in a street, next to bins / garbage. The bear should be in the Arctic.

YOU can help stop global warming

Look at this picture and use the keywords below to say everything you can about it (type of document, description, message...)

Click on the images to enlarge them.

Small talk

Today it's sunnier than yesterday, it is windier and colder.

Yesterday some students went* to Carcassonne to discover / learn about jobs in the Army and security.

Excuses

Yesterday was* sunnier than today.

This document is a poem because it rhymes. It's about a girl who pretends to be sick because she doen't want to go to school. In the end she realizes it's Saturday so she is cured / not sick anymore.

Small talk

It was cloudier this morning.

Mr Robert will maybe hand back the tests.

There was a flood in Cannes last weekend because of the bad weather.

The Great Brassens Spelling Bee

Spelling Bee rules

- Can you repeat, please?

- What is the origin of the word, please?

- Can you give a definition, please?

- Can you use it in a sentence, please?

Spelling Bee!

This is a poster for a spelling competition = a spelling bee. It takes place on Friday 4th April at 6:30 (six thirty) PM (afternoon). Children in grades 1 to 5 (7 - 11 years old) can participate.

This movie/ film is about Akeelah Anderson. She is 11 years old. She is good at spelling so she participates in the National Spelling Bee and she wins.

Spelling Bee!

This is a poster for a Spelling Bee, a spelling competition.
It is on Friday 4th April at 6:30 (six thirty) PM (afternoon) in the GWA multipurpose room.
It is for children in gades 1 to 5.

Akeelah Anderson is 11 years old, she participates in spelling bees. She is excellent so she wins.

Excuses - Book 1 Situation 1

Here are the pictures from your book p.13
You can click on the picture to make it larger.

Excuses - Book 1 Situation 2

Listen to the conversations:
Part 1:


Part 2:


Now you can go and do exercises 1 to 6 here.

Have fun!

Excuses - part 2

4) Mary has a headache, she needs to go to the nurse. The teacher asks Celia, another student, to take Mary to the nurse.

5) Martyn is late because he talked to the headteacher. He isn't in trouble but he doesn't want to talk about it in class.

6) Abel had* an appointment at the dentist's, so he was* absent last Wednesday.

an appointment = un rendez-vous
be in trouble = have problems

Today's Monday

Listen to the song "Today's Monday"

Excuses - part 1

Today is the first day of Autumn.

1) Helen was* absent because she had* the flu. She is better now.

2) Frances is late because she missed her bus, she overslept*. The teacher is fed up / exasperated because it's the second time this week, and she forgot* her late slip.

3) Jonathan is sick, he needs / wants to go to the toilet

Excuses - part 2

Today is the first day of Autumn.

4) Mary has got a headache, she doesn't feel well. She needs to go to the nurse. Celia takes Mary to the nurse.

5) Martyn is late because he was* with the headteacher. He doesn't have problems / he isn't in trouble but he doesn't want to talk about it.

Horrid Henry's School Project

1) Il s'agit d'un projet scolaire que Henry et ses camarades doivent faire en arts plastiques ou en histoire des arts.
3) a) toilet paper rolls
    b) construction paper
    c) draw - a pencil
    d) paint - a brush
4) hated - detested - loathed
5) he/his: Henry
    they/their: les autres élèves
6)Henry pense qu'il est le meilleur, ses relations avec les autres sont horribles (c'est pour ça qu'il est qualifié de "horrid")

Téléchargez les CD élève Enjoy English

Pour télécharger le CD élève de ton manuel (si le tien ne fonctionne pas), tu peux aller sur ce site.
Suis bien les instructions, et bon travail!

Enjoy!

Classroom orders

Open your book p. 15, look at the picture and listen:

School things

A copybook = an exercise book

A pencil sharpener






A book

 An eraser

A pencil-case = a pencil box






Now listen:

Now you can revise or learn classroom objects here. First look at the picture and the words, then do the activities.

What's the problem? - part 1

1) Helen was* absent because she had* the flu. Today she is feeling better.
2) Frances is late because she missed her bus because she overslept*, and she forgot* her late slip. Her teacher is angry because it's the second time this week.
3) Jonathan feels sick, he needs to go to the toilet.

Orders in the classroom.

Open your book p. 15 and listen:


Pour former l'impératif, on utilise la base verbale = le verbe non conjugué.
Pour faire un ordre négatif, on utilise don't + BV

PRL: can / could

Can et could permettent de demander un service.
Can: pour demander à un ami
Could: pour demander au professeur ou à un autre adulte, plus poli.
Attention à la prononciation: could : /ku:d/

Greetings

Diana and Fanny are absent today.
Today it's a little sunny, a little hot, it's not windy and not stormy.

Hello! / Hi! / Good afternoon!
Hello! / Hi! / Good morning!
How are you?
I'm fine thank you.
I'm OK.

All about Rebecca

Her name is Rebecca Fielding.
She is twenty years old.
She was born on July 5th 1995 in York.
She lives in Manchester at 23 Victoria Terrace.
She has got a guinea pig and a dog.
She enjoys roller-blading and drama.
She likes Spanish and gym.
She doesn't like broccoli and netball.
She has got one sister.

How are you?

How are you?
Fine, thank you. / I'm OK.
I'm tired / I'm dead = very tired.

The weather

What's the weather like today?
Today, it's a little cold, a little cloudy, a little windy and a little sunny.

It's back to school time again!

Welcome back to school and to my blog!

I hope we'll have a geat year working together.
See you on Thursday!