vendredi 12 février 2010

John Hewitt's poems


Here is a link to read John HEWITT's poems. Tell me what you think about them... It can be a subject for your news too...
Click on the picture...

John Hewitt

A useful link to discover or learn more about the poet John Hewitt.
You will find some general information about the man and more precise elements about the poet himself.

I wish you all a good reading, and also a good winter holiday. Have some rest...

PRONOUNICATION




Click on the logo to reach a website dealing with pronounciation.

You just need to type a word or sentence you can't pronounce properly and you will have the answer. It can be useful for your news (2nd and 1è).

IRREGULAR VERBS: preterits and past participles


IRREGULAR VERBS:
If you click on the picture on the left, you will reach a web page about irregular verbs. You will have a list of irregular verbs with a powerpoint presentation of each verb. It is a very helpful way to learn them!
Then, you will also find online exercises to train your pronounciation.
Enjoy your visit, hope it will help you...

lundi 8 février 2010

RATTRAPAGE 1èS2

Les élèves ayant obtenu une note inférieure à 5/20 au derniere devoir maison ont la possibilité de refaire ce devoir pour se rattraper (Néanmoins, ceci n'effacera pas la première note obtenue). Attention, ceci ne s'adresse qu'aux élèves volontaires, pas d'obligation. Cependant, j'attends évidemment des travaux PERSONNELS. La vidéo commentée en classe est disponible sur le site. A vous de voir...

Rosa Parks and segregation in the US




In class, we studied Rosa Parks and segregation in the USA during the fifities.


Here are the pictures we described together:

On this picture, Rosa is sitting at the front of a bus, in the white section. At that time, black people were not allowed to sit at the front of buses: they had to sit at the back. On day, Rosa decided to sit at the front because she was fed up with segregation laws; afterwards, she was arrested because she refused to give up her seat to a white man.

On this picture, Rosa Parks is holding her detention identification.

On the right, a policeman is taking her fingerprints. Rosa was the first Black person and the first woman to stand up against segregation laws. Her arrestation paved the way to the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, starting with the Montgomery Bus boycott initialized by Martin Luther King himself.






During the Christmas holidays, you had to prepare the biography of a famous person who played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement around the world. Some of you chose Martin Luther King.
You will find hereafter Martin Luther King's famous speech 'I have a Dream'.


Advertising Romeo and Juliet


FINAL TASK: Here is an interesting representation of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It's rather modern, yet the atmosphere is very faithful to the original version.


For your final task, you will have to propose a poster, or leaflet advertising Romeo and Juliet.

Here are the instructions again:
You work has to be:

- personal

- original

- it must not be a simple presentation of the film (type jackette de film)

- the atmosphere of the film must be felt throughout your work

- it must be attractive: people must feel like watching the film.

- you will add some text
Good work...

Romeo and Juliet




If you wish to discover Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, click on the picture of the play. Once on the internet page, you can choose the scene or act you want to read... Be careful, it's written in old English... Be brave!

jeudi 4 février 2010

Romeo and Juliet

ROMEO + JULIET

Some facts:
It's a tragedy written early in the career of the playwright William Shakespeare about two young 'star-cross'd lovers' whose deaths ultimately unites their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and it is, along with Mcbeth and Hamlet, one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers......

Here is the trailer of the movie Romeo and Juliet we studied in class.

THE GLOBE THEATER

This is a link to a site dealing with the Globe Theater...

http://www.globe-theatre.org.uk/index.htm

Another one dealing with actuality such as exhibitions, theater season...
http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/

SEQUENCE 3: FAIR TRADE

NEW SEQUENCE, NEW OBJECTIVES...

This third sequence has to do with advertising Fair Trade. We discussed advertising in class and studied a video promoting Fair Trade.

Here is the video we watched in class last time. If you wish to have a look again...

And here is another video with an off-voice...