Wednesday, April 10^th

Oliver Twist: Extract from a movie

The document is an extract from a movie.

In this extract, there is Oliver Twist. He doesn’t have parents. They’re dead. He is an orphan. He is 9 years. It’s his birthday.

He arrives at a strict Christian orphanage. It looks like a prison.

This orphanage is a house, a school and also a church but the children can’t sleep, don’t eat a lot. They don’t learn, they work for the army and they pray.

At the canteen, they eat a little gruel. It looks like soup. It isn’t delicious / it is disgusting! But the children are hungry.

Oliver asks for more soup. He is very courageous.

For this action, the director says he will be hanged.

How to read a date in English:

On divise la date en 2 moitiés.

14 91 => fourteen ninety-one
15 09 => fifteen o'nine

Vocabulary:

Henry VIII liked...

... jousting
... sailing
... knights tournaments
... hawking

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Homework:

- savoir parler de la biographie d'Henry VIII (questions et réponses).

Le teacher devra poser les questions et les élèves répondre.

Wednesday, March 06^th

The visit at Madame Tussaud’s

The document is a conversation about a wax museum (Madame Tussaud’s in London).

Two people are talking about the museum: first, the history. Then the royal family and finally, the pop stars and actors.

→ Henry 8^th (the eighth) was* famous because he had 6 wives (he executed two, he divorced two, and one died) and he created the Church of England.

→ They saw* the royal family: Queen Elizabeth 2^nd , Prince Charles, Lady Diana and Camilla.

→ They took* selfies and they kissed Brad Pitt.

They didn’t like the history of London but they preferred the rooms of the pop stars.

CORRECTION for the test

Exercise 1: Description and analysis of an ad

1. Type of doc and subject:

The document is an ad about smoking. It’s against cigarettes.

2. Structure:

At the top, there is a slogan. At the bottom, there is a caption and a logo.

In the middle, there is the face of a woman.

3. Describe:

The woman is smoking. Her is face is cut into 2 parts. On the left, she is beautiful and young. She is wearing make-up whereas on the right, her skin is old, ugly and with wrinkles.

4. Message:

If you smoke, you will have a bad skin and a bad health. You shouldn’t start smoking for your health.

5. Opinion:

I think this ad is well-designed and well-structured. The message is easy to understand.