Hello everyone,

Last time, we finished talking about Queen Elizabeth.

Then, we did a blind test!

Tuesday, January 19^th

(the nineteenth)

Queen Elizabeth

-       Is she married? Who did she marry?

Yes, she married Prince Philip 69 years ago.

-       How many children did she have?

She had four children. Their names are Ann, Charles, Edward and Andrew.

BLIND TEST: Find the celebrity.

How long ago did he die?

è     When was Marylin Monroe born?

She was born in 1926, ninety years ago.

è     When did she die?

She died in 1962, fifty-four years ago.

è     When was Michael Jackson born ? 

He was born in 1958, fifty-eight years ago.

è      When did he die ?

He died in 2009, seven years ago.

HOMEWORK: Thursday, 21^st: learn the structures (questions and answers)

Hello everyone,

Here are our last lessons:

Thursday, January 14th

(the fourteenth)

How to write questions in the preterit

Pour les questions qui commencent par un mot en “WH” (pronom interrogatif), il y a deux constructions possibles :

1)  On utilise le verbe/auxiliaire « was/were » lorsque ce verbe veut dire « être » et lorsqu’il n’y a pas d’autre verbe dans la question.

ð When were you born ?

ð Where was he born ?

On utilise « were » pour les personnes suivantes : you, we, they.

On utilise « was » pour les personnes suivantes : I, she, he, it.

2)  On utilise l’auxiliaire « did » lorsqu’on trouve un autre verbe dans la question (autre que « be »). « Did » est un outil qui ne veut rien dire.

Mot en WH + did + sujet + base verbale ?

      When        did       he        die    ? 

18/01/2016: ENGLISH FLASHTEST

-       Comment forme-t-on des questions au prétérit ?

-       Donne les deux constructions vues en classe :

ð en les expliquant

ð en donnant des exemples à chaque fois.

1)

Monday, January 18th

(the eighteenth)

INCOMPLETE BIOGRAPHIES

Queen Elizabeth II

-       When was she born? She was born on the twenty-first of April, 1926 (nineteen twenty-six).

-       When was she crowned? She was crowned on the sixth of February, 1952.

-       What does she do? She is the Queen of England.

HOMEWORK: 19/01/2016: Learn the lesson.

Queen Elizabeth II in 1952, she was 26 years old.

Hello everybody,

Yesterday, we created a lot of questions to talk about Charles Dickens's life. We wrote them in the preterit.

We used pronouns (what, when...), auxiliaries (was, did).

Tuesday, January 12th

(the twelfth)

Questions about Dickens’s life

1)  What was his job ?

When did he start writing ?

What did he do?

2)  Where/When was he born?

3)  Where/When/Why did he move?

4)  How many hours did he work in a factory?

How old was he when he began working in a factory?

Why did he work in a factory?

5)  When did he become famous?

6)  How many children did he have?

7)  When did he divorce?

8)  When did he die?

HOMEWORK: Thursday 14^th: learn questions n°2/5/8 

Hello everyone and Happy New Year,

Read your lessons, please!

Monday, January 4th 2016

Two thousand and sixteen/twenty sixteen

Correction of the English test

Ex1: Habits

Mrs Crazy always eats mouldy spinach because she doesn’t like having a good health/ being in good health.

She sometimes eats fresh salad because she loves having green teeth.

Ex 2: Advice

She should eat healthy vegetables to get fit.

She shouldn’t eat rotten potatoes not to be smelly.

Ex3: Voc

Out of date (périmé), mouldy (moisi), fat (gras), smelly (malodorant), frozen (congelé), always (toujours), health (la santé), be in good health/be fit/ be in good shape (être en forme).

Ex 4: food habits

a)

1)  I usually eat cauliflower for lunch.

2)  I hardly ever have sweetcorn for breakfast.

3)  She never eats capsicum for dinner.

4)  I often eat turnips for lunch.

b)

I often eat beetroot for breakfast.

I sometimes eat eggplant for lunch.

Ex 5: Michelle Obama

She said children should play in their garden because the U.S.A is a big playground.

She said children should walk around the block after meals and play outside rather than play videogames.

She also said that American people should climb up the stairs rather than take the elevator.

Conclusion: She said people should get out and get active!

HOMEWORK: 05/01/2016: revise the correction of the test and sign it with your parents. 

Tuesday, January 5^th

(the fifth)

SEQUENCE 4

The Royal family in Madame Tussauds museum

On the picture, we can see four people:

On the right, there is the Queen’s husband named Prince Philip.

On the left, we can see the Queen’s son, Prince Charles (the heir of the throne, the future king).

In the middle, we can see Queen Elizabeth II (the second).

A woman is combing the Queen’s hair.

They are all wax statues, except for the woman.

On Thursday, we matched biographies with photos of celebrities.

Then we collected verbs in a grid: the simple past/le prétérit.

HOMEWORK: Monday, 11^th:

Wrote, adopted, began, divorced, died, married, had: trouver l’infinitif et les classer dans le tableau

+ learn the verbs in the grid.

Hello everyone,

Today, we had a fun lesson. We watched a video, listened to a song and we sang too.

If you want to listen to it again, just take a look at this:

Lyrics

Jingle Bell Rock

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air.

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away

Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh
Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock

Mix and a-mingle in the jingling feet
That's the jingle bell,
That's the jingle bell,
That's the jingle bell rock

 

As we finished the lesson with the alarm, I couldn't give you any homework! This is not what I wanted...

So, please, do this during the holidays:

 

HOMEWORK: correct your English test on a sheet of paper and sign it with your parents.

 

Happy holidays, merry Christmas and happy New Year!