Catégorie : Anglais PC 2023-2024

Friday 17th November

THIS WEEK: MOE 4 – DEBATE on Affirmative action

  • visit the padlet
  • Revise Unit 20 in The Big Picture
  • Watch the videos on line + read « general knowledge » + the 5 texts again.

Lesson 9 : CHAPTER 2 – Fighting Against Injustice UNIT 4- THE POWER OF ART

Activities:

  1. IN THE NEWS (Streamglish)
  2. TRANSLATION BOOKLET : Translation 7
  3. UNIT 4 – Debate: How can art help fight against injustice?
  4. Objectives
  5. SPEAKING: Norman Rockwell’s four freedoms :
  6. Video

Hand-outs : We have used the TRANSLATION BOOKLET p.6, UNIT 2 p.1-4

HOMEWORK: A bit of English every day.

  1. Revise vocabulary : UNIT 30
  2. Revise GR 20
  3. Read « General Knowledge » and memorize the information
  4. Practise listening and speaking with Streamglish.(on Toutatice)
  5. BRING ALL YOUR BOOKLETS TO EACH LESSON : UNIT 3 / TRANSLATION / MOE / GRAMMAR
  • Next week’s Mock Oral Exams : MOE 4 : DEBATE on Affirmative action
  • visit the padlet
  • Revise Unit 20 in The Big Picture
  • Watch the videos on line + read « general knowledge » + the 5 texts again.

Friday 10th November 2023

NO MOE THIS WEEK

Lesson 8 : CHAPTER 2 – Fighting Against Injustice UNIT 3 – Affirmative Action

Activities:

  1. TRANSLATION BOOKLET : Translation 6
  2. SUBMISSION of your home assignment (DM2) + Feedback + correction
  3. Speaking activity (in groups of 2): What is affirmative action?
  4. VISUAL DOCUMENTS:  Pupil 1 / Pupil 2 : You have one minute to describe and analyse the visual document.
  5. Reading activity: UNIT 3, p.14-15

Hand-outs : We have used the TRANSLATION BOOKLET p.6, UNIT 2 p.1-4

HOMEWORK: A bit of English every day.

  1. Revise vocabulary : UNIT 20 + V4
  2. Revise GR 12
  3. TRANSLATION 7
  4. MEMORISE what affirmative action is (cf p.2 + videos posted  in the MOE3 & MOE 4 columns) padlet
  5. Create an index card (=fiche thématique) on affirmative action: you will use it to recap the crucial elements you found in the 6 texts given in UNIT 3.
  6. BRING ALL YOUR BOOKLETS TO EACH LESSON : UNIT 3 / TRANSLATION / MOE / GRAMMAR
  • Next week’s Mock Oral Exams : MOE 4 : DEBATE on Affirmative action
  • visit the padlet
  • Revise Unit 20 in The Big Picture
  • Watch the videos on line + read « general knowledge » + the 5 texts again.

DURING THE HOLIDAY

(LESSON 7) CHAPTER 2 – Fighting Against Injustice UNIT 3 – Affirmative Action

Here are the documents to be studied before the next lesson (in the order given below)

You will find  UNIT 3 on the padlet > column 3 entitled « units » here

1/ General Knowledge (p.2-4)

2/ Watch the first video “Supreme court rules against affirmative action)

3/READING & WRITING : read the 5 texts (p.5-9) and create an index card in which you will write the main arguments for and against affirmative action + any crucial element.

4/ MEMORISE THE VOCABULARY:

  • V4
  • UNIT 20
  • Revise the vocabulary V1, V2, V3, UNIT 22, UNIT 25: use the words in sentences in your everyday life

5/ GRAMMAR:

  • Do some exercises in your grammar book depending on the mistakes you made in the translations you worked on.
  • Revise grammar 21 and 23
  • Revise the irregular verbs (Grammar booklet)

Mock Oral Exams : MOE 4 : DEBATE on AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

  • visit the padlet
  • Study UNIT 3 (as explained above)

Friday 13th October 2023

This week’s Mock Oral Exams : MOE 3 (Press article on the media) : visit the padlet

Lesson 6 : CHAPTER 1 – The Media UNIT 2 – Fake News

Activities:

  1. REMINDER ON MOE BOOKLET : where to find an example, how to get ready on the topic
  2. TRANSLATION BOOKLET : Translation 5
  3. Speaking : present your findings : Main characteristics of Fake News / What can be implemented to fight against this scourge. Lesson
  4. READING : CHAPTER 1 UNIT 2 : FAKE NEWS p. 2-3. Read and find 7 reasons « why we believe people in power, even when they lie ». For your index card on Fake News
  5.  REMINDER : CCINP WRITTEN EXAM

Hand-outs : We have used the TRANSLATION BOOKLET p.6, UNIT 2 p.1-4

HOMEWORK:

  1. Revise vocabulary : V3 – FAKE NEWS p.4
  2. Practice pronouncing the words (using wordreference)
  3. Revise your irregular verbs p. 86 to 89. Make sentences to use them in context
  4. Watch videos on racial issues
  5. BRING ALL YOUR BOOKLETS TO EACH LESSON : UNIT 2 / TRANSLATION / MOE / GRAMMAR
  • FOR TOMORROW’S TEST: Revise your former exam papers + the corrections
  • Next week’s Mock Oral Exams : MOE 3 : FROM JIM CROW LAWS TO BLM / RACIAL ISSUES – PRESS ARTICLE
  • visit the padlet
  • Read p.12-18 in the MOE Booklet (Carnet de Khôlles)
  • Revise Unit 22 & UNIT 25 in The Big Picture

Friday 6th October 2023

This week’s Mock Oral Exams : MOE 2 (Press article on the media) : visit the padlet

Lesson 5 : CHAPTER 1 – The Media UNIT 2 – Fake News

Activities:

  1. Submission of your first Home assignment
  2. In the news
  3. TRANSLATION BOOKLET : Translation 4
  4. VIDEO : Watch & speak: « Infodemic: Coronavirus and the fake news pandemic »; make a list of what characterizes Fake news. Then, find information on how its effects can be cancelled out.

Hand-outs : We have used the TRANSLATION BOOKLET p.6, UNIT 2 p.1-4

HOMEWORK:

  1. Revise vocabulary : V3 – FAKE NEWS p.4
  2. Practice pronouncing the words (using wordreference)
  3. Watch the video again and get ready to explain the main characteristics of fake news. Then, be able to explain why it is a burning issue and what can be implemented to fight against this scourge.
  4. BRING ALL YOUR BOOKLETS TO EACH LESSON : UNIT 2 / TRANSLATION / MOE / GRAMMAR

Next week’s Mock Oral Exams : MOE 3 : FROM JIM CROW LAWS TO BLM / RACIAL ISSUES – PRESS ARTICLE

  • visit the padlet
  • Read p.12-18 in the MOE Booklet (Carnet de Khôlles)
  • Revise Unit 22 & UNIT 25 in The Big Picture

Friday 29th September 2023

This week’s Mock Oral Exams : MOE 2 (Press article on the media) : visit the padlet

Lesson 4 :

CHAPTER 1 – The Media UNIT 1 – Summer Review

CHAPTER 1 – The Media UNIT 2 – Fake News

Activities:

  1. Distribution of Assessment 1
  2. SPEAK : What do you know about Rishi SUNAK?
  3. VIDEO : Watch & speak: The Power of media (WH- questions)
  4. DEBATE:  Thomas Jefferson’s quotation : « If forced to choose between government without newspapers and newspapers without government, I should not hesitate to prefer the latter » (1776)
  5. VOCABULARY: V2
  6. CHAPTER 1 UNIT 2 : FAKE NEWS
  7. TRANSLATION of NOUS / ON – Unit 2, p 5-6
  8. TRANSLATION BOOKLET : Translation 3
  9. SPEAK : Visual document by Granlund, UNIT 2, p.1

Hand-outs : We have used the TRANSLATION BOOKLET p.6, UNIT 1 p. 15, UNIT 2 p.1, 5-6

HOMEWORK:

  1. Vocabulary : V3 – FAKE NEWS p.4
  2. Practice pronouncing the words (using wordreference)
  3. GRAMMAR: revise GR7
  4. DM 2: Mines Type « Mines » Reminder
  5. BRING ALL YOUR BOOKLETS TO EACH LESSON : UNIT 1 / TRANSLATION / MOE / GRAMMAR

Next week’s Mock Oral Exams : MOE 2 : THE MEDIA / DEMOCRACY / CRIME & PUNISHMENT. PRESS ARTICLE

  • visit the padlet
  • Read p.5-6 in the MOE Booklet (Carnet de Khôlles)
  • Read p 10-18 in the MOE Booklet (Carnet de Khôlles)
  • Revise Unit 22 & UNIT 25 in The Big Picture

Friday, September 22nd 2023

This week’s Mock Oral Exams : MOE 1 : visit the padlet

Lesson 3 : CHAPTER 1 – The Media UNIT 1 – Summer Review

Activities:

  1. Hand in your paragraph (300-word text on the article studied in class)
  2. In the news
  3. SPEAK : Recap: Could you speak about RAAC?
  4. TRANSLATION BOOKLET : Translation 2 on the comparative and superlative
  5. RECAP (Page 6)
  6. READ : Group 1 UNIT 1 p.7-8 / Group 2 UNIT 1, p. 8-9: Take notes in the chart p.10
  7. SPEAK : Group 1 + Group 2 (Pairwork) : Present your document, then write a short paragraph to compare the two articles.

Hand-outs : We have used the TRANSLATION BOOKLET p.5 & UNIT 1 p.6 to p.10

HOMEWORK:

  1. Vocabulary : UNIT 22 The Media :Translate From French to English p. 152 then correct your translation.
  2. Practice pronouncing the words (using wordreference)
  3. GRAMMAR: revise GR3
  4. Memorize the idioms given at the top of UNIT 1 p.1. Challenge: write a short paragraph using them all.
  5. BRING ALL YOUR BOOKLETS TO EACH LESSON : UNIT 1 / TRANSLATION / MOE / GRAMMAR

Next week’s Mock Oral Exams : MOE 2 : THE MEDIA / DEMOCRACY / CRIME & PUNISHMENT. PRESS ARTICLE

  • visit the padlet
  • Read p.5-6 in the MOE Booklet (Carnet de Khôlles)
  • Read p 10-18 in the MOE Booklet (Carnet de Khôlles)
  • Revise Unit 22 & UNIT 25 in The Big Picture 

Friday, September 14th 2023

This week’s Mock Oral Exams (MOE = khôlle) :  visit the padlet

Lesson 2 : CHAPTER 1 – The Media UNIT 1 – Summer Review

Activities:

  1. In the news
  2. Speaking : Recap: Could you mention some events tackled in the summer review? Use Unit 1 p.11 if need be.
  3. TRANSLATION BOOKLET : Translation 1 on the comparative and superlative
  4. Reading and speaking: Compare newspapers: (Unit 1, p.2 & 3)
  5. Reading Methodology (M1: How to read efficiently, p.13) + Practice (Unit 1, Text 1, p.4 to 6)

Hand-outs : We have used the TRANSLATION BOOKLET p.5 & UNIT 1 p. 2-6; p.11

HOMEWORK:

  1. Vocabulary : UNIT 25 : after reading the text (p. 4&5) add all the words linked to crime and punishment to your UNIT 25 VOCABULARY CARD.
  2. Practice pronouncing the words (using wordreference)
  3. READING AND WRITING: write a 300-word text (+/- 10%) to report on the main information given in this article (p.4&5). Try to have three different paragraphs/parts.
  4. GRAMMAR: revise GR3
  5. Read the lesson again trying to memorize parts of sentences.
  6. Watch this video to know more about the media
  7. BRING ALL YOUR BOOKLETS TO EACH LESSON : UNIT 1 / TRANSLATION / MOE / GRAMMAR

Next week’s Mock Oral Exams : THE MEDIA (Mines Telecom 1ère série)

  • visit the padlet
  • Revise UNIT 22
  • Get ready to introduce yourself using precise adjectives. 
  • Revise how to analyse a picture

Friday, September 8th 2023

Mock Oral Exams (MOE = khôlle) :  visit the padlet

Lesson 1 : CHAPTER 1 – The Media UNIT 1 – Summer Review

Activities:

  1. Explanation on the documents which will be used during the year: Grammar booklet, MOE booklet, Translation booklet. Required material: a binder with 12 dividers, The English Grammar in Use (5th edition), The Big Picture. here
  2. How to improve your memorization.here
  3. How to practice English in-between classes : here
  4. MOEs 
  5. Unit 1 : presentation of the Unit
  6. Slideshow: EOC in teams. Lesson

Hand-outs : MOE Booklet / How to practice English in-between classes /  UNIT 1 /

HOMEWORK:

  1. Vocabulary 1: Create your own VOCABULARY PAPER entitled « Summer Review »
  2. Practice pronouncing the words (using word reference)
  3. GRAMMAR 20: exercises
  4. SPEAKING : practice explaining each summer event using the new words.
  5. Watch this video to know more about memorization

Next week’s Mock Oral Exams : THE MEDIA (Mines Telecom 1ère série)

  • visit the padlet
  • Revise UNIT 22
  • Get ready to introduce yourself using precise adjectives. 
  • Revise how to analyse a picture