Once upon a time...in Room B1 at GS / 2015-16 : The 8th Graders investigate

BACK TO SCHOOL

1° How many people can you see ?

2° How many men, women and children can you see ?

3° Who is the first person, the second one, the third one, the fourth one, the fifth one and the last one ?

4° Describe each (=chaque) character (clothes and expressions/personality).

5° Who is the happiest ? Why ? What about the others ?

ACTION 1
TRAIN AND MEMORIZE
Copy your speech in the blue "acapela box.
Select a voice.
Listen and repeat.
Repeat until you memorize your speech and pronounce well.
https://acapela-box.com/AcaBox/index.php

"The holidays are over.We are back to school.We came back to school three weeks ago, on Wednesday the third of September.On that day, I met my Form teacher who gave us a lot of information about our new school year and life. She gave us our new timetable.When I came back to school, I felt happy to see my friends again, but disappointed about going back to school."

You can also type your speech there, listen to it and repeat it
until you memorize it!

http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/
ACTION 2
PERFORM
Listen to some students reporting about thier back to school
http://mfi.re/listen/hi72gqs45bouuxp/Hugo_C-VN681182.WMA

ACTION3
Being sociable and polite
Starting or ending a conversation

ACTION4
Saying 'Hello' in different ways in different circumstances

ACTION 5
One life in One week

Learn more about this Nursery Rhyme!
http://allnurseryrhymes.com/solomon-grundy/

ACTION 6
The months of the year through the seasons...

...and some cultural and artstic matters

ACTION 7
What is the date in English?

ACTION 8
Let's get acquainted!

http://misteradien.blogspot.fr/2013/09/introducing-yourself.html
[Don't forget to click on the word "Sommaire" on the top right-hand corner to access other activities]
http://capenglish.wifeo.com/4eme.php

http://www.my-teacher.fr/expression-orale-en-anglais/monologue-en-anglais/se-presenter-ou-presenter-quelquun-en-anglais.html

http://www.anglais-college.fr/tag/se-presenter/

ACTION9
Spin and spell game

http://www.spinandspell.com/game.swf
ACTION 10
Talk about your relatives/parents

ACTION 11
Talk about time and your daily routine

http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/IMG/didapages/routine2/index.html

How shocking!
Big Ben Bongs Wrong!
Iconic clock running mysteriouly fast.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-26/big-ben-bongs-wrong-iconic-clock-running-fast/6724996

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/34052868

ACTION +
Let's brush up our grammar!
BE

HAVE

HAVE TO

PRESENT SIMPLE

PAST OF BE

ACTION +
Let's improve your pronunciation!

BREAKING THE NEWS
OCT. 12

FIRST VIEWING
What is the weather like?
What is the atmosphere like?
(joyful/cheerful/gleeful/delightful/light-hearted/quiet/gloomy/dark/sad/disquieting/desolate/heavy)
Where is the scene?
When is the scene?
Who can you see in the video?
How do the characters feel?
(happy/enthusiastic/excited/confident/sad/disheartened/desperate/thrilled/relieved/thankful)

What is the video about?

SECOND VIEWING
What was the weather like?
What was the atmosphere like?
Where was the scene?
When was the scene?
Who did you see in the video?
(See/saw)
How did the character feel?
(Feel/felt)

What happened in the video?
(discovered/traveled/landed/...)

BREAKING THE NEWS
OCT.31

http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/IMG/didapages/halloween2/index.html

MISSION SPECIAL
Make your Halloween File!

Action 1
Use a coloured *cardboard folder cut in an A4 size
*chemise de papier cartonné

Action 2
Use a single sheet of paper to write the "Contents" of your File
(put the chapter titles in order!)
Action 3
Tape
your "Contents" page+the 8 other titles of your Mission File

Action 4
Go to the websites given at the bottom of the Mission page,
do the activities on screen;
then complete your Halloween File pages

HAPPY ALL SAINTS'HOLIDAYS!