Welcome to Mrs Le Nair's diary

Chers élèves, ce blog a été créé afin de faciliter votre apprentissage de l'anglais et vous mettre à portée de "click" les exercices, textes, vidéos ou audios étudiés en classe. Vous pourrez ainsi travailler de façon plus autonome et vous tenir à jour lors de vos absences.
Bonne année scolaire et apprentissage à tous !

mardi 13 décembre 2011

1ères8 :Nike commercial - Pretty - Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova, who has just reached the top eight in the US Open tennis tournament, has been featured in a TV ad for Nike this last month.

Watch Sharapova in the Nike Ad and answer the following questions:
A
She's a top model walking on the catwalk in this ad.
B
She's getting reading for a tennis match.
C
She's putting on a Nike outfit.


question 2
People sing the song "I feel pretty" which...
A
was sung by Nathalie Wood in the musical West Side Story.
B
was the leading song of a Nike commercial.
C
was the theme of the Rolland Garros tournament.

question 3
This song means how...
A
good looking the singer feels. She is in a good mood and wants to tell the whole world about it.
B
pretty her friend looks in her new dress.
C
in love she is and she wants to tell the whole world.
D
tired she feels after a good tennis match.

question 4
Sharapova has the feeling...
A
that people admire her.
B
that people only care about the way she looks and don't pay attention to her talent.
C
that she is going to win the match.

question 5
At the end of the match...(multiple answers possible)
A
she proved that thanks to her Nike outfit she can beat anybody.
B
she made the point that good looking girls can be efficient too.
C
she proved that people misjudged her because of her good looks.
D
she made it clear to the world that she is not only good looking but also good at what she does, platying tennis.
E
she started a fight with one of the umpires.
F
she almost killed one of the centre line judge.


2ndes 3 :Comparatives & Superlatives in Songs

Révisions pour ceux qui n'auraient toujours pas assimilé le cours...

mercredi 7 décembre 2011

1ères8 gap year project

http://g.chinal.free.fr/english/project.html

Voici un lien vers un blog créé par mes élèves de 1ères8 "Our Gap Year Project", humour très décalé au RDV à ne pas prendre au pied de la lettre Of Course :-)The Coffe of the Colombia

lundi 5 décembre 2011

2ndes 3 :Dexter


DEXTER / TRAILER
Useful words
A rope : une corde
A knife : un couteau
Blood spots : tâches de sang
A corpse : un cadavre
An angel : un ange
Forensic : (expert) medico-legal/            a cop, police officer
A crime scene
A serial killer/ mass murderer/
A hood : une capuche
Remorse/ regret
A culprit : un coupable                           To feel guilty: se sentir coupable
A witness/ to witness: être le témoin de

Disturbing
Scary/ frightening/ fearful/
menacing/ threatening
Satisfied with/ content/ joyful
To feel guilty/ ashamed of : avoir honte
To go to jail/ be imprisoned
To look at/ to stare at (fixer du regard) / to glare at (regard furieux)

Task 1 answer the following questions in pairs (Use probability)
Here are a few billboards of the TV series“Dexter” :
-       guess what genre it is
-       Why is Dexter a “anti-hero” , how different  he is from traditional heroes ?
-       What dos his “job” consists in ?
-       Describe his different expressions according to the posters. What kind of character does he appear to be ?
-       What do you imagine he feels about his “activities” ?
-    Who is he looking at ? Why ? What does he want ?
-       Which poster do you prefer ? Why ?
-       Do you like that genre ? Why or why not ?






Task 2 : describe the trailer to your partner (Use Be +ING)

Associate each verb to its equivalent :
to squeeze                                 étouffer
to grind                                       découper
to cut/chop                                 serrer/nouer
to tie (One's shoe lace)                étrangler
to choke                                     poignarder
to strangle                                  presser
to stab                                        hâcher, moudre


Which moment of the day is it ? What is Dexter doing ?
In terms of crime , what does every activity remind you of ? 
Describe his facial expression using 3 different adjectives.(Use as if +was/had/were)
What do you imagine he is preparing himself for ?
What is his relationship with us/the viewers at the end ?


Task 3 : You are Dexter's next door neighbour, report to the police your suspicions about him, his activities.



jeudi 1 décembre 2011

1ères 8 :The Good Consumer

If You Dont Have iPhone - Parody Ad

CO1 :New Google Phone Service Whispers Targeted Ads Directly Into Users' Ears

http://www.theonion.com/video/semiliterate-former-gold-prospector-given-own-cabl,17408/

"New Google Phone Service Whispers Targeted Ads Directly Into Users' Ears"The new feature reduces Google phone users' cell phone costs while providing them with unobtrusive, personalized ads delivered in a friendly whisper.

The Onion News Network offers us a terrifying glimpse of what the future could be like with their video spoof on how Google has slashed the prices of its phones to almost nothing because they've developed a voice-recognition technology that can whisper ads into your ear while you're on the phone. Yes, it's as scary as it sounds.