Archives du mot-clé Uk

Playlist version 2

Here is the playlist again!

 

playlist schoolAnd the direct links to go to the documents:

US School:

– Use Quizlet to learn vocabulary

No more than 5 minutes in class. You can use the app or work from home for this one.

– write about a  US school report :

what does it look like? what can you see on it? Can you find some differences or similarities with your own school report? (5 -10 lines)

Listen to an American Student and fill in the worksheet

UK School

Use Quizlet to learn vocabulary

No more than 5 minutes in class. You can use the app or work from home for this one.

Reading :Schools in England information sheet

Use the document to answer the quiz

At the end of the week

Record a video message for your penfriend following the guidelines below.

Say hello

Describe your school

  • Name, location, size, number of students.
  • Dress code and school rules
  • (we must TO, we are not allowed to…., …………….-ING is not allowed)
  • A typical day (daily routine)
  • Subjects taught
  • Different buildings
  • General atmosphere

Explain the differences and similarities between your school and an American school

Explain what you like about your school life, what you like about American school life

Ask questions

Say goodbye

Hesitantly patriotic – pronunciation work:

Listen to the passages from the video and decide of the pronunciation of each <o> sound.

Help: the sounds of English

In your books, write: pronunciation work <o>

copy the words and indicate their pronunciation: /ɒ/, /ʌ/, /ɔː/, /əʊ/, /u:/ or /ə/

passage 1: reason, love, so, born

passage 2: to, slowly-formed, stroppy

passage 3: don’t, know, to, do

Practice saying the following sentences:

1) The reason I love it so much is because this is the island on which I happen to be born.
2) And thanks to my slowly-formed caffeine dependency, if I don’t drink it, I get stroppy.
3) I don’t know what else to do.

 

 

UK vs Great Britain

Do the British council activity (prep + watch the video and check your understanding)

Then, fill in the grid I gave you, use the internet to find the missing information.

The UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

COUNTRY        
INHABITANTS        
NATIONALITY        
CAPITAL CITY        
PARLIAMENT        
EMBLEM      

Stick it in your notebook (write the date in English and the title « UK vs. Great Britain)

 

By the end of the week, you should have downloaded Quizlet and Seesaw on your phone + always come to class with your earphones.

Wakestock: listening

Here is your work for today

 

SPEAKING: recap in your groups. I will ask one person per group to give me their oral recap.

PRONUNCIATION: can you pronounce 3 key words from the document?

 

CHECK everything you know: fill in the blanks

 

Win a week end at Wakestock: tweet about the festival and post your tweet here

 

TREAT: if you have finished early, you can watch a video about Wakestock