Friday, December 18th 2020 The girl is taking a picture of herself and she is posting it on Instagram. She is in a bed with her boyfriend. He is sleeping. Why? She does that for her community, she shows that she just woke up to her followers. This is...
Friday, November 20th 2020 The art of the selfie - video click here to watch the report This document is a report made by Wolfgang Spindler, a journalist for Euronews. He is reporting about an exhibition of selfies, taking place in London Saatchi Gallery,...
Now read from line 10 to line 19: How does John Steinbeck qualify the Americans line 10? What conclusion can you draw as for his point of view? What can you expect from the rest of the story? Write a short answer. He repeats the word “squatters” twice...
The cartoonist wants to denounce the irony of the situation : a boy of about 6 or 7 should able to read a sign on a gate. Yet, in this situation, the boy doesn’t seem to be able to read it. The adult is (fakely) surprised. The problem lies in the fact...
Listen again to Kevin Rudd's speech, fill in the blanks in your script and prepare your own summary. Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history. We reflect on their past mistreatment . We reflect...
Tuesday, September 15th 2020. Quotes from aborigines In the first quote by Tom DYSTRA, he says that Aborigines live in harmony with the Earth and therefore with Nature, in a very traditional way. They take care of the land whereas the White Man wants...
Friday, October 16th 2020 The impossible burger Let’s make a list of all the important words related to the article! Vegan / vegetarian / Burger King / announced on April 1st 2019 / veggie burger / Whopper / plant-based patty / imitate look and texture...
Friday, December 11th 2020 A presentation of New Zealand: the importance and diversity of sports Introduction: I’m going to present you… I’m going to introduce you to… I’m going to explain how important and diverse sports are in NZ importance and diversity...
Friday, November 20th 2020 The history of the US-Mexico border This document is an extract from a documentary about the history of the US-Mexico border. We hear a voice over and a historian, named Lorenzo Mayor. They explain the conflict between Mexico...
Read the last lines of the passage, from line 38 to line 44, and search for vocabulary: What’s the English for…? Déposséder = to dispossess Attirer = to draw Des tribus = tribes Sortir de la poussière = to dust out Partir en tracteur = to tractor out...
Friday, October 7th 2020. Uluru, Aboriginal art and symbols Kangaroos in the foreground Uluru in the background (A sunset which is represented with a sun and rays of light…) Three main colours : orange, red / ochre, and yellow => warm colours Landscape...
Monday, September 28th 2020 Alexis Rockman The artist : He is an American contemporary artist. He was born in New York, in 1962, so he is 58 years old. His mother worked in the American Museum of New York so he very often visited it. He is known / famous...
Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 This document is a report / an announcement to explain a statement which deals with the Aborigines in Australia. The statement is meant to make the constitution recognize the first Australians because the British, when they...
Wednesday, October 9th 2019. Watch the video again: click here This document is a video / a report about an exhibition called « From selfie to self-expression ». This exhibition takes place in the London Saatchi Gallery. It runs until May 30th. It displays...
1. Focus on the narrator: who is he talking to? Explain what he wants to prove or show by telling this story. He is trying to show that he is not mad, that he is in full possession of his faculties and to prove it, he tells us this story showing how delicate...
Read the title again: What point of view does this exhibition express? The exhibition asserts that selfies are a form of art. What do you need to make a selfie? How long does it take? You need a home button, camera, front camera, and a click. It only...
Monday, January 28th 2019. Group 1 Fake news Definition? Fake news are fake information. It’s false news. (bad) / not true / not correct / incorrect / phony. It can come from the written press, the internet, social networks. It’s made to buzz: it’s made...
Correction de l'activité sur le speech de Michelle OBAMA: What’s the English for…? Faire confiance à = trust Croire = believe Vraiment = truly Mener / guider = lead Toute sa vie = lifelong Fille = daughter Avoir besoin de = need Eviter = avoid Se demander...
Read the title again: What point of view does this exhibition express? The exhibition asserts that selfies are a form of art. What do you need to make a selfie? How long does it take? You need a home button, camera, front camera, and a click. It only...
Wednesday, September 12th 2018. This audio document is an extract of the press conference given by Boris Johnson just after the results of the 2016 referendum on Europe. Here, he clearly expresses his opinion about Brexit and the decisions to be made...
Wednesday, September 25th 2019. Trump orders burgers amid shutdown This document is about Donald Trump who ordered 1000 burgers from Burger King, Wendy’s and McDonald’s because there was a shutdown so there were no employees in the White House to cook....
1- Power is the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way. 2- It is the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behaviour of others or the course of events. 3- It is a political or social authority or control, especially exercised...
Asking questions about presidents in the past Pour poser des questions au passé (preterit), il me faut des mots interrogateurs (WH-) et une structure particulière: (WH-) + DID + sujet + verbe à l’infinitif + (compléments) ? Liste des mots en WH- WHAT...
1. Read the title and the subtitle and spot the two words which we refer to as “frontière” in French. “ border ” & “ frontier ”. 2 2. Here are two definitions, which one is which? A region that forms the margin of settled or developed territory, especially...
Who wrote this story? What’s his job? Where does he work? Art Buchwald, a journalist who works for the Washington Post. When did it happen? The event / anecdote happened / occurred in 1983. How many characters can you spot in the story Art Buchwald relates?...
