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Blog à destination des élèves du collège Joliot Curie (69500 Bron) mis en place par M. Hattais (Anglais) et Mme Parisi (Italien) en 2013

Ashleigh Hall - her story

Ashleigh Hall was a teenager. She was 17 (seventeen) years old when something terrible happened to her. She told her mother she was sleeping at a friend's when she actually met a stranger. She was kidnapped, raped, and killed by Peter Chapman (a sex offender...

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New Sequence: Social Networks

The profile pictures: The document is two pictures of famous people for their profile pictures on Facebook. The intention is for internet users to add them as friends. The song : "Add me" There is a contrast between the melody and the lyrics. The melody...

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Ruby: the subject of the painting

Ruby is walking to school but we can interpret she is marching to war like a soldier. She looks confident / brave. She doesn't look afraid / scared. She is carrying her school things. She was the first Afro-American to go to school with whites after...

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The Painting by Norman Rockwell

We can see Ruby Bridges in the center / in the middle. She is wearing only white clothes. Four marshals are on the left and on the right. They are walking / protecting / escorting Ruby to school. In the background, on the wall, there are the words "nigger"...

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Differences in extracts 1 & 2

Ruby didn't wear the same clothes. In the 2nd extract, she was wearing only white (dress, ribbon, shoes, socks, ...). You can see her clearly because it creates a contrast between her black skin and her white clothes. She was not with her mother but she...

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Ruby Bridges

She was the first Afro-American child to go to a "white school" after segregation. Many cars and many policemen escorted her to the white school because people in the demonstration could hurt Ruby. The school, the teachers and the directors were shocked...

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Segregation in the USA before the 1960's

Afro-Americans and Whites couldn't go to the same places. They were completely separated from one another. Schools, hotels, buses, restaurants, ... enforced the law. It was more powerful in the South. For example, it was a crime if to the same swimming-pools....

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THE BIG CHALLENGE 2017!

THE BIG CHALLENGE 2017!

Hi there! Cette année, le collège participe de nouveau au BIG CHALLENGE. Il s'agit d'un concours national en anglais. De nombreux prix sont à gagner ! Si tu souhaites participer, merci d'amener à ton ou ta professeur.e d'anglais un chèque de 3 euros à...

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Slumdog Millionnaire: memories (Extract #1)

-> Amitabh Bachchan: It was the happiest moment in his life but also the most horrible / the worst. It is engraved in his memory because...: * He met* his favorite star but he was* trapped in the toilet by his brother. * He jumped in the poop and lost*...

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Questions about the dabbawalas

What must the dabbawalas bring to be in the association? How much does the Gandhi cap cost? What do they do with the long wooden crate? How many bicycles do they bring? Why do they bring 2 bicycles? Extracts:

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