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Friday, 21 December 2018

Merry Christmas!

Today's password: Merry Christmas!
You decorate the Christmas tree with baubles and tinsel, and a star at the top. On 24th December = Christmas Eve, families get together for a meal. During the night , Father Christmas deals the presents.

Merry Christmas!

Today it's cloudy and a little cold.

Today's password: Merry Christmas!
I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!


Monday, 17 December 2018

In Flanders' Fields 3 (group 2)

Today's password: A bauble = an ormament
You decorate the Christmas tree with baubles and tinsel. You put the star at the top of the tree.
Santa Claus places presents under the Christmas tree.




Vocabulary capsule: personality adjectives

Today's password: a bauble = an ornament.
You decorate the Christmas tree with baubles, lights and tinsel. You put a star at the top of the tree.
Santa Claus places presents under the tree.





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In Flanders' Fields 4 (group 1) / Ugly sweaters

Today's password: Bauble = ornament
You decorate the Christmas tree with baubles and tinsel. You put the star at the top of the tree.
Santa Claus sets / places the presents under the tree.


Christmas decorations

Today is sunny and cold, a little windy.

Today's password: a bauble = an ornament
You decorate the Christmas tree with baubles or ornaments and tinsel. You place a star at the top of the tree.


Friday, 14 December 2018

Zoe's personality part 2 - Vocabulary capsule

Today's password: a cuppa /ˈkʌpə/ = a cup of tea
Tomorrow is National Tea Day in the United Kingdom. To celebrate, you drink tea.
Tomorrow is also Ugly Christmas Jumper Day

Zoe likes developing her artistic skills because she likes drawing even though she is not very good.
She likes hanging out with her friends downtown on Saturdays.




Ugly Jumper Day

Today it's suny and a little windy.

Today's password: A cuppa /ˈkʌpə/ = A cup of tea
Tomorrow, Saturday 15th December, is National Tea Day.
It's also Ugly Christmas Jumper Day.

Here is the British Royal family in their ugly jumpers!


Le comparatif

Today's password: A cuppa /ˈkʌpə/ = A cup of tea
Tomorrow is National Tea Day, to celebrate you can drink a cup of tea.
Tomorrow is also Ugly Christmas Jumper Day in the UK.

Clic on the picture to see it better
In American schools, there are less pupils than in French schools.
Today is less cold than yesterday.
Today is colder than yesterday.
The movie is funnier than the book.

Thursday, 13 December 2018

Zoe's personality

Today's password: It's no big deal = It's easy, not difficult = It's not important

Zoe is caring, stubborn, easily scared, outgoing and patient.
She would be a dog because he favourite animal is a dog. She has loads of dreams, she can't live without her pets because she loves them.
She enjoys developing her artistic skills: she enjoys drawing even though she is not very good.
On Saturdays, she likes hanging out with her friends.


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Let's make a snowman!

Today is cloudy and cold. It's not windy.

Today's password: It's no big deal = It's not important = Nevermind.





Describe a snowman - part 1

Today is cloudy and cold.

Today's password: it's no big deal = it's not important.


My snowman has 1 hat.
My snowman has 1 mouth.
My snowman has 2 arms.
My snowman has 1 scarf.
My snowman has 2 eyes.


Zoe's personality - 1

Today's password: It's no big deal! = It's nothing, it's not important.

Zoe is quite patient, caring and outgoing but she is easily scared and stubborn.
If she was* an animal, she would be a dog because it's her favourite animal.
She has loads of dreams. She can't live without her pets because she loves animals.


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Monday, 3 December 2018

In Flanders' fields - 2 (group 2)

Today's password: Robert Louis Stevenson.
He is a famous Scottish writer and poet.
He was* born on 13th November 1850 and he dies on 3rd December 1894, 124 years ago.
He wrote* Treasure Island.




Mission 1: Vocabulary hunt - 1

Today's password: Robert Louis Stevenson.
He was* a Scottish writer and poet.
He was* born on 13th November 1850 and he died on 3rd December 1894.
He wrote* Treasure Island.




In Flanders' fields - 3 (group 1)

Today's password: Robert Louis Stevenson.
He was* a Scottish writer and poet, he wrote* Treasure Island. He was* born on 13th November 1850, he died on 3rd December 1894. He would be 168 years old.



Numbers - 3

Today is cloudy, a little cold and a little sunny.

Today's password: Robert Louis Stevenson.
He is a Scottish writer and poet. He was* born on 13th November 1850 and he died on 3rd (third) December 1894.
He wrote* Treasure Island.



Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Engish-speaking countries and flags - Qualities

Today is sunny, windy and cold.

Today's password: Nonsense = Ça n'a pas de sens, c'est n'importe quoi.








Homework method

Today's password: Nonsense = Improbable, illogique, absurde
                            ≠ No-nonsense = sensé, sérieux



Listening method

Today's password: Nonsense = Absurde, une absurdité
                            ≠ No-nonsense = sérieux, strict


Nationalities

Today's cloudy, a little sunny, windy and cold.

Today's password: Nonsense = absurdité, qui n'a pas de sens, n'importe quoi.

Ex d p. 21
1) How old are you?
2) Where are you from?
3) What's your address? Where do you live?
4) what's your phone number?
5) Who are these children / they?


Friday, 23 November 2018

Thanksgiving / Homework method

Today's password: Black
Today is Black Friday because yesterday was Thanksgiving.





Thanksgiving

Today it's cloudy, a little windy and cold.

Today's password: Black.
Today is Black Friday because yesterday was Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving / Mission 1 Task 1

Today's password: Black
Today is Black Friday because yesterday was Thanksgiving. There are big sales and promotions in the shops.



Correction vocabulary test:
1) The yearbook
2) Lockers
3) The Prom Ball
4) The mascot
5) Graduation


Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Topic 1: 4 pictures

Today is cloudy and cold.

Today's password: Actually /ˈæktʃəli/ = En fait, en vérité = In fact
              ⚠ ≠ the news (l'actualité)


2) We can see a woman in a red telephone box. The woman is probably a tourist in London in England.


3) This is in New York because we can see the Statue of Liberty. We can see the American flag. New York is in the United States of America.
We can see a man and a woman = a couple, they are happy, they smile.


4) This is in Sydney in Australia because we can see the Sydney Opera House. We can see people, probably tourists. The Opera is a famous Australian building.


In Flanders' Fields - 2

Today's password: Actually /ˈæktʃəli/ 
              ⚠ ≠ the news (l'actualité)
                             = In truth, in reality, really, in fact



Present simple exercises

Today's password: Actually /ˈæktʃəli/ 
              ⚠ ≠ the news (l'actualité)
                              = Really, in fact, in truth, in reality

Example:
I / like / chocolate: I like chocolate - I don't like chocolate - Do you like chocolate?

1) He / go / to school: He goes to school - He doesn't go to school - Does he go to school?

2) We / eat / a cake: We eat a cake - We don't eat a cake - Do you eat a cake?

3) Jenny / drive / a bus: Jenny drives a bus. Jenny doesn't drive a bus. - Does Jenny / she drive a bus?

4) They / watch / a movie: They watch a movie. They don't watch a movie. Do they watch a movie?

5) You / love / English: You love English. - You don't love English. Do you love English?


Speaking - 2

Today it's very cloudy and a little cold

Today's password: Actually /ˈæktʃəli/ = Réellement, en fait, en vérité = In fact
              ⚠ ≠ the news (l'actualité)


Monday, 19 November 2018

In Flanders' Fields - 1

Today's password: I'm so glad! = I'm so happy / pleased /d/



In Flanders' Fields - 2 (group 1)

Today's password: I'm so glad! = I'm so happy / pleased /d/





Numbers - 2

Today is cloudy and a little cold.

Today's password: I'm so glad! = I'm very happy!



Numbers in English



Watch this fun video and sing along!


Listen to the numbers in English
Another video and an exercise

Have fun!

Friday, 16 November 2018

In Flanders' Fields - 1

Today's password: Get / Start the ball rolling = Start / Begin a new big project.






Speaking strategies

Today it's cloudy, a little sunny and a little cold.

Today's password: Get / Start the ball rolling = Commencer un gros projet, faire les premières étapes.




Listen to the dialogue:




Grammar checkpoint #1: Présent simple




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Who is Dwayne Reed?

Today's password: Get / Start the ball rolling = Begin / Start a new big project, take the first steps.




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