Blog à destination des élèves du collège Joliot Curie (69500 Bron) mis en place par M. Hattais (Anglais) et Mme Parisi (Italien) en 2013
Hi guys, today we worked on the end of the text to see if Jacob could finally enter the USA or not. Here is what we said: Jacob lied to the doctor because he was scared. The doctor thought and knew he lied. He asked: "what's the real story?" He understood...
Read moreHi guys, today we continued talking about Jacob's story and about his 2nd inspection. We made a recap of what we said thanks to the following worksheet. We completed the information about the main character (Jacob) and the other characters (inspector...
Read moreHi guys, today we continued talking about Jacob. You made a recap of last time's lesson and we moved on with the study of the text. Here is what you said: Jacob wants to enter NYC but there is an inspection (the border / the checkpoint = Ellis Island)....
Read moreHi guys, today we continued to talk about Jacob and his destiny. We saw what really happened to him. Here is what we began to write: Jacob's past and present: He was hurt / wounded in his village. He was shot. He had a bullet in his leg. He rode a horse...
Read moreHi guys, today you first took a flash test about the two previous lessons and then we continued the class with a video: an extract from a movie where you could see a pogrom = the attack of a Jewish village in Russia. Here is what we said: The scene takes...
Read moreHey, today you worked on commenting the song "America" again. Here are some sentences you made: The boys don't like the USA while the girls love America. The boys think there is no equality in America whereas the girls think everyone is equal. The boys...
Read moreHey, today you had to say if the ideas presented in the song were positive or negative . Here is a chart to remember: Positive ideas Negative ideas The Girls think that ... America is synonymous with progress. You can climb the social ladder in America....
Read moreHi guys, today we worked on commenting the graph that you had from last time. Here are some sentences we made: From ... to ... , ( population ) immigration to the US because ( reason ). From 1860 to 1880, the Chinese immigrated to the US because: they...
Read moreHi guys, today we first worked on a new document about immigration to the USA. You had to read one column and identify the reasons why some communities went to the USA. Here is a sentence you made: - From 1960 to 1985, Third World immigrants and refugees...
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Hi guys, today we continued working on the document "New York's Population". Here is what we said about it: New York City is a fantastic melting pot = a mix of nationalities / communities. For example, there are Chinese (from China). They arrived in the...
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