Hello everyone,

Yesterday, you worked on your own.

You had to give advice according to the problems faced by people in the exercise.

Here they are:

          

Watch Michelle Obama's video again:

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Homework: revise "should/shouldn't"

 

 

Hello everyone,

Here is what we did during our double lesson yesterday:

Thursday, December 3rd

(the third)

Correction of the homework

µ     Kids should watch TV less often and parents should keep TV out of their children’s bedroom.

µ     American kids shouldn’t take the elevator but they should use the stairs.

µ     People should choose new rules at home: for example, they should decide not to sit during TV commercials.

µ     Families should practise sports and play outside during anniversaries or birthdays instead of just eating a lot of cakes!

 

Michelle Obama’s video: get out and get active

 

In this video, Michelle Obama gives advice to the American population. She says people should practise sports at least sixty minutes a day.

For example, Americans should practise sports outside, such as canoeing, kayaking and hiking.

Indeed, great American outdoors are a big playground!

 

Exercise 1:

a)  You should wear warmer clothes to avoid being sick/ not to catch a cold.

b)You should wear your glasses more often not to have a headache.

c) You shouldn’t bring sweet food and eat it at school not to be sick.

d)You shouldn’t watch TV late at night not to feel tired in the morning.

Exercise 2:

a) You shouldn’t hold the ball with your hands.

b)You should run more.

c) You should listen to the instructions.

d)You should listen to your team mates.

e) You shouldn’t argue with your team.

 

f)   You shouldn’t fight with your opponents.

Hello everyone,

Here is what we did last Thursday and Friday:

Thursday, December 3^rd

(the third)

Les verbes à la 3ème personne du singulier au présent simple

 

Cinderella always clears the table.

                               [z]

1) Cinderella usually takes out the rubbish and recycling.

                                   [s]

 2) She always washes the dishes.

                             [iz]

3) She sometimes does or carries the shopping / the

                                 [z]            [iz]

sweeping/ the mopping/ the dusting.

4) She hardly ever sets or clears the table.

                              [s]           [z]

      5) She never vacuums   / hoovers.

                             [z]              [z]

 6) She often makes the fire/her bed.

                          [s]

 

Listening

Listen and write about their chores (= housework).

Bob: “I often make my bed” -> Bob often makes his bed.

-  

 

-       Helen: She rarely cleans the windows.

 

-       Simon: He sometimes irons.

 

-       Sharon: She always hoovers.

 

-       Ted: He often washes up.

 

-       Susan: She never takes the rubbish out.

 

 

 

Friday, December 4^th

 

(the fourth)

 

Expressions of frequency

 

 

 

 

 

 

-            Monday, Tuesday… : a day -       7 days: a week -       December, January…: a month -       12 months: a year

 

1x once

2x twice

3x three times

 

 

4x four times

 

10x ten times

 

100x a hundred times

 

Exercise:

 

a)  She   /   wash the dishes   /   3x     /   7 days.

 

She washes the dishes three times a week.

 

b)He    / take the rubbish out   /  1x    / Monday, Tuesday...

 

He takes the rubbish out once a day.

 

c) My parents   /  empty the dishwasher / 15x  /  December...

 

My parents empty the dishwasher fifteen times a month.

 

d)My brother  / clear the table / 4x / 12 months

 

My brother clears the table four times a year.

 

e) My friend   / clean the windows  / 2x   / December...

 

My friend cleans the windows twice a month.

 

 

 

 

 

HOMEWORK: Wednesday 9^th:

 

-       Learn the lesson “expressions of frequency”

 

-       Write 3 sentences about people in your class:

 

Ex: Victoire cleans the windows ten times a year. 

Hello everyone,

Yesterday, we continued working on chores/housework:

Thursday, December 3^rd

(the third)

Cinderella’s housework (le présent simple à la 3ème personne du singulier).

 

Cinderella always clears the table.

                               [z]                       

 Cinderella usually takes out the rubbish and recycling.    

                                [s]

  Cinderella always washes the dishes.

                                  [iz] 

 She sometimes does or carries the shopping.

                           [z]            [z]

 She hardly ever sets or clears the table.

                          [s]           [z]

She never vacuums   / hoovers.

                      [z]                  [z]

 She often makes the fire/her bed.

                      [s]

 

 

HOMEWORK: Monday, December 7^th: Learn the lesson about Cinderella: adverbs, pronunciation, simple present (+ voc). 

Hello everyone,

Here are our last lessons:

Thursday:

- Listening activity

- Video: The pest pumpkin casting:

The best pumpkin casting

Candidate 1: run:     swing:      fly:     jump:   

Candidate 2: catch:     climb:   catch an elephant:  throw a ball:

Candidate 3: hit:   fight a monkey and a crocodile:    kick:

                        fight:

Candidate 4: cry:    walk:    swim:   smile:

Candidate 5: eat a tree:    sleep:   drink:    eat:

Candidate 1 can run, swing and jump but he can’t fly.

Friday:

We corrected your homework and started the preparation of the final task:

Friday, December 4^th

(the fourth)

Correction of the homework: candidates

Candidate number one can run, swing and jump but he can’t fly.

Candidate number two can catch, climb and throw a ball but she can’t catch an elephant.

Candidate number three can hit, kick and fight but he can’t fight a monkey and a crocodile.

Candidate number four can cry, walk and smile but she can’t swim.

Candidate number five can eat a tree, sleep, eat and drink.

 

FINAL TASK n°4: the most talented pupil casting

 

Groups of five: one casting director, four candidates.

Prepare questions about talents:

-       Can you ... ?

-       How well can you ... ?

Complete the conversation with:

-       First candidate, come in!

-       Sorry/Too bad, next (candidate)!

-       Yeah! She/He’s the one!

-       Get him/her in here!

-       Take him/her! We’ll take him/her!

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HOMEWORK: learn the correction (pumpkins)