Catégorie : Anglais PCSI 2023-2024

Tuesday 3rd October 2023

This Week’s Mock Oral Exams: MOE 2 (MOE = khôlle)

Visit the padlet: the three students have to be there the full hour. 

Lesson 5 :  UNIT 2 – The British Monarchy

Activities:

  • Debrief on MOEs: Bring your MOE booklet, after the MOE fill in the charts p.39 to 42.
  • Submission of Assessment 1.
  • Speaking : What do you know about the British Monarchy? Speak and create a mind map. Pair work.
  • In the news
  • Translation:  TR4
  • UNIT 2 – PRESENTATION
  • General knowledge : UNIT 2, p. 2-3: The British Isles, Great Britain, The UK…
  • READING & Speaking: UNIT 2, p 4: The Commonwealth
  • LINKWORDS: read the list UNIT 2, p.7 and practise p.8

 


Hand-outs : We have used UNIT 2, p.1-4, p7-8

HOMEWORK FOR NEXT TIME: A bit of English everyday 🙂

1/ Buy English Grammar in Use with answers , 5th edition, Raymond Murphy, Cambridge University press, 2019, ISBN 978-1-10845765-1

2/ Subscribe to all the Padlets (MOE / General Knowledge / Pronunciation). Thus, you will know when something new has been added.(You just need to click on the BELL, which you can find on the right hand side of the screen.

3/ Memorize Unit 2, p.2-4.

4/ Revise Irregular verbs part 5 (GRAMMAR BOOKLET page 87). Use the same methodology as for vocabulary lists. You will have a test at some point 😉 to check your memorization.

5/ Read GR5 (GRAMMAR BOOKLET) + create a revision card + do 2 exercises in each unit 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14.

6/ FOR TUESDAY 10th October 2023 : TRANSLATION

BRING YOUR MOE BOOKLET & UNIT 1 TO EVERY ENGLISH CLASS.

THIS SATURDAY’S ASSESSMENT: Revise UNIT 1 (short essays + translation)

– revise V1 V2 V3 + GR1 GR2 GR3 GR4

– revise the documents studied in class : watch the video about Manifest Destiny, read the articles again

– practise making sentences to speak about Manifest Destiny and the conquest of space be it in the 19th century or nowadays.

Next Week’s Mock Oral Exams: MOE 2 DEBATE 

Tuesday, September 26th 2023

This Week’s Mock Oral Exams: MOE 1 (MOE = khôlle)

Visit the padlet: remember that you need to learn how to analyse a picture. (UNIT 1, M1 p.17- 25) + vocabulary (UNIT 1, p.9-16)

Lesson 4 – Unit 1: Discovering new spaces

  • Debrief on MOEs: Bring your MOE booklet, after the MOE fill in the charts p.39 to 42.
  • Speaking : Who is Keir Starmer? What is RAAC?
  • In the news
  • Translation:  TR3
  • Reading & memorizing: VOCABULARY 2: select 15 words and memorise them
  • Speaking: Debate in groups of 4 using all the words you have selected: The conquest of Space is a reiteration of the conquest of America. The humankind is repeating the same mistakes again.
  • Methodology: M3 – CMP Mines
  • Reading & Writing: « DM1 »

 


Hand-outs : We have used UNIT 1 – VOCABULARY 2 – M3; DM1

HOMEWORK: A bit of English everyday 🙂

1/ Buy English Grammar in Use with answers , 5th edition, Raymond Murphy, Cambridge University press, 2019, ISBN 978-1-10845765-1

2/ Subscribe to all the Padlets (MOE / General Knowledge / Pronunciation). Thus, you will know when something new has been added.(you just need to click on the BELL, which you can find on the right hand side of the screen.

3/ Keep memorizing V1, V2, V3

4/ Revise Irregular verbs part 4 (GRAMMAR BOOKLET page 86). Use the same methodology as for vocabulary lists.

5/ Read GR4 (GRAMMAR BOOKLET) + create a revision card + do the exercises in the book.

6/ Finish your TEST (DM 1)

FOR TUESDAY 10th October 2023 : TRANSLATION

BRING YOUR MOE BOOKLET & UNIT 1 TO EVERY ENGLISH CLASS.

Next Week’s Mock Oral Exams: MOE 2 DEBATE 

Tuesday, September 19th 2023

This Week’s Mock Oral Exams: MOE 1 (MOE = khôlle)

Lesson 3 – Discovering new spaces

  • Debrief on MOEs
  • SPEAKING : Recap what you know about Manifest Destiny
  • In the news
  • Translation
  • SPEAKING & WRITING : Correction of the reading activity (UNIT 1, p. 4-6)
  • Speaking and analyzing a picture : Race for the Moon EOI
  • Speaking : Play Time’s Up with 3 classmates, EOC

 


Hand-outs : We have used UNIT 1 – Page 4-6

HOMEWORK: A bit of English everyday 🙂

1/ Buy English Grammar in Use with answers , 5th edition, Raymond Murphy, Cambridge University press, 2019, ISBN 978-1-10845765-1

2/ Subscribe to all the Padlets (MOE / General Knowledge / Pronunciation). Thus, you will know when something new has been added.

3/  Keep memorizing V1, V3 part 1. Start memorizing V3 part 2 + the words from UNIT 1, page 6

4/ Revise Irregular verbs part 3 (GRAMMAR BOOKLET page 86). Use the same methodology as for vocabulary lists.

5/ Read GR3 (GRAMMAR BOOKLET) + create a revision card + do the exercises in the book.

6/ Read : « We need to change the way we talk about space (because you will find some arguments for next week’s debate)

7/ SPEAK ENGLISH, READ THE NEWS, HAVE FUN PRACTISING ENGLISH!

BRING YOUR MOE BOOKLET & UNIT 1 TO EVERY ENGLISH CLASS.

Tuesday, September 12th 2023

This Week’s Mock Oral Exams (MOE = khôlle)

  • Visit the padlet
  • Attend an MOE (PC or PSI) : bring your MOE booklet and follow page 24 to understand the examiner’s expectations.

Lesson 2 – UNIT 1: Discovering new spaces

  • In the news
  • Translation
  • Methodology 1 : How to study a visual document (UNIT 1, p 17-25)
  • Speaking and analyzing a picture : American Progress, John Gast : EOI
  • Listening and writing : Video : Watch and take notes using the Timeline (UNIT 1 p. 2)
  • Methodology 2 : How to read efficiently (UNIT 1, p. 26)
  • Recap

 


Hand-outs : We have used UNIT 1 – Page 2, 4, 5, 17-26 + Manifest Destiny, Script

HOMEWORK: A bit of English everyday 🙂

1/ Buy English Grammar in Use with answers , 5th edition, Raymond Murphy, Cambridge University press, 2019, ISBN 978-1-10845765-1

2/ Subscribe to all the Padlets (MOE / General Knowledge / Pronunciation). Thus, you will know when something new has been added.

3/  Keep memorizing V1(1 repetition), V3 part 1 (4 repetitions),

4/ Revise Irregular verbs part 1 and 2 (GRAMMAR BOOKLET page 86). Use the same methodology as for vocabulary lists.

5/ Read GR2 (GRAMMAR BOOKLET) + create a revision card + do the exercises in the book.

6/ Read the text (Unit 1 p. 4) then do the activities p. 5 to 6)

7/ Memorize the information written on the timeline (if you need more explanations, reread the script)

Thursday, September 7th 2023

Mock Oral Exams (MOE = khôlle) : Attend an MOE (PC or PSI) + visit the padlet

Lesson 1 – Get ready for this new year:

  • How to find information on my English lessons? : here
  • Tools to improve English in class: here
  • How to improve English in-between classes?: here
  • Explanation on the organisation of a unit
  • Explanation on MOEs: padlet
  • Writing using V1
  • Interacting ! Present yourself to your classmate & ask questions.

 


Hand-outs : How to improve my English level in-between classes / GRAMMAR BOOKLET / MOE BOOKLET

HOMEWORK:

1/ Buy English Grammar in Use with answers , 5th edition, Raymond Murphy, Cambridge University press, 2019, ISBN 978-1-10845765-1

2/ Subscribe to all the Padlets (MOE / General Knowledge / Pronunciation). Thus, you will know when something new has been added.

3/ Create your vocabulary card box.

4/ Keep memorizing V1(5 repetitions)

5/ Read GR1 + create a revision card + do the exercises in the book

Monday, September 4th 2023

WORKSHOP 1 :  How to memorize more efficiently?

Activities:

  1. CO/EOI : Slideshow
  2. Work on VOCABULARY 1

You were great! Congrats to all those who spoke English today!


Hand-outs : UNIT 1

HOMEWORK:

  1. Watch this video :
  2. Vocabulary 1: Create your own VOCABULARY PAPER « Qualities & Faults »
  3. Memorise the words.
  4. By the way, what is the English word for « un élan » ?