Hello everyone,

Today, we finished working on the episode.

We saw work day one and two.

Here is the lesson:

Work Day 1 and 2

At first, Chris overslept / didn’t wake up / slept too much.

The next day, he woke up and went to work.

At work, it was cold and the newspapers were very heavy.

He had to load papers in a truck.

At the end of the day

At the end of the day, he earnt $25 only so he felt disappointed because he wanted $50 to buy the jacket.

He also felt proud he earnt money.

He felt tired / exhausted too because he worked all night long.

Bonus:

HOMEWORK: 19/01: learn the lesson

Hello everyone, 

Today, we started a new "sequence" and we discovered a series entitled "Everybody hates Chris".

You had to present the settings and the characters.

Then, you explained what Chris wants and what he needs to have it and why.

Here is the lesson:

Wednesday, January 4^th

(the fourth)

2017:

Two thousand and seventeen

Or

Twenty seventeen

TV series: Everybody hates Chris

 

The main character in this series is Chris. He is a teenager who is probably around fourteen years old and he lives in Brooklyn in New York City.

He wants a new leather jacket to be like others and because he would look cool with this jacket.

To buy the jacket, he needs money/ $50.

To get money, he can find a job or ask his parents for an allowance. He can also sell his stuff.

 

 

 

HOMEWORK: Thursday, 5^th: learn the lesson (be able to explain everything)

Hello everyone,

Thanks to those of you who worked during the holidays and sent me their work already.

For those of you who were absent, here are the instructions again:

Hello everyone,

Here are the instructions for your final task:

Final task: Humans of Annecy

Take a photo (of a person) and explain:

-       Why you chose it

-       Why you like it or not

-       What / who you can see

Write a story (1ère personne du singulier, preterit + présent, 3 structures vues en classe). 100 words.

 

 

Homework: rendre la tâche finale (photo + texte)

Hello everyone,

Here are our last lessons:

Thursday, December 8th: LISTENING : ELLIS ISLAND TODAY

HOMEWORK: learn the information from the document.

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Monday, December 12th:

Become a guide at Ellis Island immigration museum

Pairwork: choose a place in Ellis Island. Present it to tourists.

1. The passage  2. The arrival  3. The baggage room  4. The stairs to the registry room + The Great Hall

5. The registry room  6. The medical exam  7. The legal inspection  8. The detainees 9. The stairs of separation 10. The kissing post

-> Then, you were touristic guides and you presented the place you chose to the class.

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Wednesday, 14th: GRAMMAR:

Grammar: structures in the preterit

 

1.Exprimer l’obligation au preterit:

Ex: I had to move to the U.S.A.

   S + “had to”+ BV + Complément

                             C’est “have to” au preterit.

2.Exprimer la nécessité/le besoin au preterit:

Ex: I needed to have money               / I needed money.

     S + need + ed + to + BV + compl. / S + need + ed + nom.

3.Exprimer l’impossibilité au preterit:

Ex: I couldn’t afford the trip to the U.S.A.

     S+ could + not + BV + complement.

                                  “could”, c’est “can” au preterit.

Exercise 1: Re-organize the words:

a)          food – to – I – needed – for – buy – my – family.

b)          Jersey – pay – she – to – for – New – had – the – ticket – to

c)           brother – because – my – couldn’t – he – eat – money – have – didn’t – any 

Exercise 2: Translate: 

a)          Je ne pouvais pas voir ma famille car je devais rester dans l’hôpital de l’île. J’avais besoin de guérir (recover)

 

HOMEWORK : 15/12/16 : learn the grammar lesson.

 

Hello everyone, 

This week and last week, we discovered Ellis Island.

You worked on a webquest. Here is the correction and there is the lesson too under it:

 

 

Correction of the webquest on Ellis Island:

1. How many immigrants landed at Ellis Island ?

12 million immigrants.

 

2. When did Ellis Island open ?

In 1892.

3. Look at the map of Ellis Island. What are they ?

1. The passage

2. The arrival

3. The baggage room

4. The stairs to the registry room

5. The registry room

6. The medical exam

7. The legal inspection

8. The detainees

9. Why is Annie Moore famous ?

She was the first immigrant to land at Ellis Island. She was a 15-year-old Irish girl. 

5. Where was the baggage room ?

On the ground floor þ 

 

6. Why did doctors stand at the top of the stairs ?

They watched the immigrants climb the stairs and checked if they were healthy and fit (they checked if they had a medical problem or a disability).

7. What did doctors do if they thought an immigrant was sick ?

They put a chalk mark on the immigrant's clothes. They were 17 different marks.

8. What happened if…

An immigrant had a curable disease ?

He was sent to the island's hospital.

An immigrant had an incurable disease ?

He was sent back home and the steamship company that had brought him had to pay for his fare.

 

9. How long did it take to pass through Ellis Island ?

5 hours at best.

10. You're an immigration officer at Ellis Island. Ask three questions to an immigrant.

a. Where are you from ? / What nationality are you ?

b. Where are you going to live in the United States ? / What is your final destination in the United States ? 

c. Where are you going to work ? / What is your job / occupation ? / What do you do for a living ?

 

11. By 1921, immigrants had to take the Literacy Test if they were over 16 years old.

 

12. How much money did immigrants had to have in order to enter the USA ? $ 20.

 

13 Where did immigrants usually go after leaving Ellis Island ?

To Manhattan (1/3 of the immigrants)  or       to New Jersey (2/3 of the immigrants)

14. How far is Ellis Island from Manhattan ?   1 mile.

(1 mile is about 1.6 km þ)

 

 Tuesday, December 6^th

(the sixth)

The different places on Ellis Island

When the immigrants arrived by boat, they put their luggage in the baggage room.

They had to pass the six seconds medical exam and if they had a problem, they had to do complete medical exams.

Families waited in the Great Hall for sometimes just a few hours, or sometimes even months.

 

HOMEWORK: Thursday, 8^th:

Learn information + vocabulary from the lesson.