APRIL FOOL'S DAY

Special events

By Mme LEBEAU

April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day , is not a real holiday but an important day celebrated in France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand,and the United States on April 1st. It's also celebrated in Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland,...

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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME or DST

Special events

By Mme LEBEAU

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS DST or summer time began at 2:00 AM last night. DST is the convention of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring...

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MATILDA by Danny DeVito

Cinema

By Mme LEBEAU

MATILDA , A BRILLIANT AMERICAN COMEDY All year 7 pupils watched the film Matilda last January. Matilda is a novel by Roald Dahl. It was first published in London in 1988. It was adapted into a film which was released in 1996. Danny DeVito is the director....

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PICTURE CONTEST: fifth photograph

Picture Contest

By Mme LEBEAU

Here is the fifth picture. scotland-flavour.co.uk Will you be able to tell me what it is and where it is ? (Your answer will have to be precise = what city ?) http://www.tripadvisor.com So think and send your answers ! Congratulations Grégory (10C).

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THE PRESS

Special events

By Mme LEBEAU

"LA SEMAINE DE LA PRESSE" This week my focus is on the press as it is Press Week here at school in Ancemont. How well do you know the press ? Here's a BBC quiz ( you'll have to answer 6 questions only ! ) to test your knowledge of the press. Try it, you'll...

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YELLOW SUBMARINE (year 7)

Music

By Mme LEBEAU

http://www.blavish.com/exomos-goby-yellow-submarine-for-the-holidays/ Mme Jeanjean, our music teacher , told me she's studying and singing " Yellow submarine " with her year7-pupils. She asked me to sing it with you. You can watch this clip. It's really...

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IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS

Riddles

By Mme LEBEAU

This week's idioms are : 1- "I am feeling under the weather", which I'm not, by the way. 2- "I'm just pulling your leg !" What do they mean ? Can you explain one or two of these idioms ?

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THE PASSIVE VOICE

Grammar

By Mme LEBEAU

Here is a very good lesson about the Passive Voice which we are working on in class now. This is an introduction to the passive in two parts. Jennifer, ESL teacher, talks about what the passive is, how it's formed, and why it's used. State a sentence...

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WEBQUEST

Useful tools

By Mme LEBEAU

Here's the link to the webquest on buffaloes and Native Americans. Click on this link ! This is Karl Bodmer's painting ( New Live 3e , page 52) http://commons.wikimedia.org

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TEXT TO SPEECH or T.T.S.

Useful tools

By Mme LEBEAU

If you can't remember how to pronounce a word, or even a sentence, type your word, sentence or even text, then choose an accent (English, Irish, Scottish or American...) and Emily, Moira, Fiona or Tom will say it for you. It is a very interesting tool...

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