This blog is designed for French highschool students -from Louis de Broglie school in Ancemont OR from anywhere else- who want to improve their English.
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The [h] sound in English is quite difficult for us. fr.wikibooks.org Watch this ESL video. Another American teacher gives examples of words that use this sound at the beginning of the word. So don't forget the [h] sound as in Happy Halloween ! However,...
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Here's this week's mystery picture : Who was he ? What was his name ? Need help ? Click on this link... Well done Manon (8C) ! His name was Guy Fawkes. He was a Catholic. On November 5th , 1605 he tried to blow up the Parliament in London and kill the...
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Thriller night is coming soon. Here's the song we're studying for Halloween : THRILLER by Michael Jackson
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Halloween (read previous article) or "All Hallow's Eve" in old English, is coming soon. Halloween started in Ireland and Scotland. Then it went to North America with immigrants from those countries. And finally it came to France and Germany from the USA....
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Here is the story of Jack: Jack was a bad man. He was extremely selfish. He wasn't helpful at all. He didn't like helping people. He was a miser (= he didn't like spending money). When Jack died, he didn't go to Heaven because he was such a miser but...
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Halloween is coming soon. Try to find the answers to one or more of these riddles. They are puns : 1) What do you say to a ghost with three heads? 2) What kind of street do ghosts like? 3) Where do vampires live? 4) Why are black cats such good singers?...
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Here's the Halloween song we've listened to in class today : Credits to: Taklit/Kids' Factory Music I'm a spider on your head, I'm a skeleton in your bed, One, two, three, four, I'm a spider on your head, I'm a skeleton in your bed. Hello, hello, Goodbye,...
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Here's the song we listened to and sang in class yesterday. I'm glad you liked it. Can you sing ? Yes, I can. Can you paint ? Yes, I can. Can you play your sister's drums ? No, I can't. No, I can't. Can she swim ? Yes, she can. Can she dance ? Yes, she...
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Here's a new pic : What is it ? When do people use it ? You're right. It is a Jack o' lantern. People use it at Halloween to scare evil spirits away. They use it to decorate their house too. The Jack o'lantern is related to the sory of Jack (read article)....
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There are 2 TH-sounds in English. The first one is called "voiceless" or "soft" sound, as in "think", for example. In phonetics, it is symbolized like this : / θ/ The second one is called "voiced" or "hard" sound as in "this/that", for example. In phonetics,...
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