Hello everyone!

This is last lesson:

Tuesday, March 3^rd (the third)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The lives of Black people in the past.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Black people had to use separate water fountains.

• They couldn't use the same fountains.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Black people had to sit at the back of buses.

• They couldn't sit at the front with White people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Black people had to go to different hotels.

• They couldn't sleep in the same hotels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Black people had to go to separate schools. In University, they had to sit at different sides of the room.

• They couldn't sit together for graduation day because they couldn't mix in official meetings.

 

 

 

 

 

Segregation was for « coloured » people: Black people but also Asian people, Latinos, Arabs, Jews or Native Americans.

 

 

 

Homework: Apprendre la leçon, réviser les phrases sur les extraits vidéos.

Hello!

 

Today, you started writing your job interviews in groups, some of you would like to be receptionnists, waiters or waitresses, youth counsellors...

Unfortunately, you were really chatty (as usual), so you didn't finish your dialogues. You will finish them tomorrow...

 

Homework for Monday 23/02: Terminer et apprendre son dialogue.

 

 

Hello!

Today we brainstormed the questions a boss can ask for your final task.

This is today's lesson:

 

A job interview

 

 

 

1. Questions the boss can ask:

 

-What can you bring to us/our company?

 

-When did you arrive in France?

 

-Do you have a car?

 

-Where did you work before/in the past?

 

-What were your previous jobs? (Do you have a lot of experience?)

 

-Why would you like (= do you want) this job?

 

-Where do you live?

 

-Why are you the perfect candidate for this job?

 

-What are your qualities and your defects?

 

 

 

Homework for monday 26/01: revise the lesson.

 

 

 

Hello everyone!

 

Last lesson, we listened to various noises and you had to say what job they could be related to.

Here is what you said:

 

 

k) taxi driver

 

l) nurse

 

m)waiter/waitress

 

n) journalist

 

o) pilot

 

p)air-hostess/steward

 

q) policeman/ police agent

 

r) a vet

 

s) a hairdresser

 

t) a cook/ a chef.

 

 

 

Monday, January 19^th

 

 

 

What do you need to be a good...?

 

 

 

Group 1: Find 5 qualities to be a good receptionist

 

• You need to be polite, serious, patient, motivated and elegant.

 

Group 2: Find 5 qualities to be a good teacher

 

• You need to be patient, dynamic, smart,

 

Group 3: Find 5 qualities to be a good journalist

 

Group 4: Find 5 qualities to be a good chef

 

Group 5: Find 5 qualities to be a good waitress/waiter

 

Group 6: Find 5 qualities to be a good nurse

 

 

 

Homework for Tuesday 20/01: apprendre les métiers,ecrire 5 qualités pour chacune des 5 catégories.

Hello!

 

Here is today's lesson:

 

Tuesday, January (the sixth) 2015

 

Part-time jobs for teenagers (worksheet)

 

VOCABULARY:

-a part-time job= un travail à temps partiel

-a full-time job= un travail à temps plein.

-a teenager= un adolescent.

 

 

• How long can a teenager work during school weeks in the USA?

-A teenager can work up to three hours a day or 16 hours a week during school weeks.

-During non-school weeks, teenagers can work up to 8 hours every day, or 40 hours a week.

 

 

Kelly's message:

Kelly has a problem: she has found a job at a pizza place and her father agrees with her (= he is okay/he accepts), but her mother disagrees (= she refuses). Kelly's mother thinks that she needs time for her homework and that family time is more important than money!

Kelly is sad and desperate because she needs money to be independent!

 

• Give your opinion: Do you agree with Kelly's parents? Explain, use the following expressions:

-I agree with her father....

-I am okay with his opinion

-I'm all for it!

or...

-I (totally)disagree /absolutely not! /I can't say I agree with..

 

Homework for Thursday 08/01: écrire 5 à 10 lignes pour répondre à Kelly. Donner son opinion vis à vis des 2 parents.