Dear students in 1G1,
Please find attached document C : the videoclip of the music Boys in the Street by Greg Holden.
Greg Holden - Boys in the Street
18avril
Kate Williams on Victorian Morality
6février
Dear students in 1LLCE,
Please find attached a video you will have to watch for today's class.
It is one of the two documents that will help you write collectively, with the members of your group, a short encyclopaedic article about Victorian Era (similarly to what Wikipedia does).
Listen carefully and take notes.
Cloning Fido
4janvier
Dear students in TG2,
You'll find attached a link to a Youtube video divided into four different parts that you will need to work on.today and for next time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l7nHnIzEhs
Good luck everyone !
Part 1 : from 0:00 until 1:29
Write a paragraph to introduce the document (nature of the document / title? / source? / who? / what? where? any time indications?)
Part 2 : from 1:39 until 2:39
a) How did she proceed to have her dog cloned?
b) Where did she have her dog cloned?
c) How did she manage to pay to have her dog cloned?
Part 3: from 2:39 until 4:29
List the elements in the video that justify that dog cloning is such a controversial issue.
Part 4: 4:29 until the end
a) According to John Woestendiek, does dog cloning allow the resurrection of the pet?
b) What decision did Danielle Tarentola make, as is mentioned at the end of the video?
The downward slide of sex selection
23novembre
Dear students in TG2 and TG6,
In class you have to study these three documents and answer the questions that are related to each document.
As an optional bonus work you can even write down a synthesis, making sure you are able to answer the following questions:
- Identify the nature of the documents and introduce them as precisely as possible (title, author, source, date of publishing, etc…)
- Identify the topic/theme of each document in detail.
- Explain why each document highlights the downward slide of gender selection.
Find also below the Youtube video to watch until 3:05 (the video is Document 1).
You can take a look at all the explanations and the instructions in French on Pronote's school diary (in the contents part, not in the homework part).
Another type of monster: the psychopath.
6octobre
Dear students in 1LLCE,
You'll find attached three scenes from films or series which all depict/feature/represent psychopaths.
Document A : scene from Dexter (Dexter’s NA confession, Season 2, Episode 3)
Document B : scene from The Shining de Stanley Kubrick (Here’s Johnny !)
Document C: scene from Psycho d’Alfred Hitchcock « Mother is revealed »
Watch the three scenes one after another and make sure you can answer the guiding questions to help you answer the following question for the synthesis (individual work):
Explain how the human being is depicted as a monster in each scene. What are the film techniques and strategies used to highlight the monstrous feature of the characters?
Make sure you introduce each document, briefly sum up each scene and compare & contrast how each psychopath is portrayed.
Democracy-building tools
20septembre
Dear students in Terminale,
Please find attached the three documents with which you had to work to write down a synthesis in English, paying attention to show how each document shows that the Internet helps South Africa become a greater democracy.
The Youtube video you can find below is Document 1 - "Amandla.mobi",
Answer Garden TG6 - activism-related vocabulary
19septembre
Dear students in TG6,
Here's an online brainstorming. Type all words that come through your mind which revolve around the topic that your group is in charge of in the input field associated with your group.
Group 1: adjectives describing qualities required to be a good activist
Group 2: verbs describing actions linked to activism or different ways to act
Group 3 : Nouns describing problems and scourges we can act and fight against:
Group 4 : Nouns describing values and principles we can act and fight for:
Working Abroad - Clouds of words 2GT9
5septembre
Dear students in 2nde GT9,
Here's an online brainstorming. Type all words that come through your mind which revolve around the topic that your group is in charge of in the input field associated with your group.
Group 1 : adjectives describing qualities that seem required for a job
Group 2 : verbs describing actions related to work
Group 3 : nouns describing jobs / professional activities
Group 4 : nouns describing qualities or criteria required for the achievement of a job
Group 5 : nouns describing different things you can bring forward to a potential employer when you apply for a job
Answer Garden TG2 - Activism-related vocabulary
5septembre
Dear students in TG2,
Here's an online brainstorming. Type all words that come through your mind which revolve around the topic that your group is in charge of in the input field associated with your group.
Group 1: adjectives describing qualities required to be a good activist
Group 2: verbs describing actions linked to activism or different ways to act
Group 3 : Nouns describing problems and scourges we can act and fight against:
Group 4 : Nouns describing values and principles we can act and fight for:
Brainstorming Environment
21mars
Dear students in 2GT1,
Here's an online brainstorming. Type all words that come through your mind which revolve around the topic that your group is in charge of in the input field associated with your group.