Welcome and make yourself at home!

FOR THE ADVENTURERS

CEF-Level A1/A1+

 LISTEN AND REPEAT

Break Time for Help and the Best!

REVISE YOUR ALPHABET

 LISTEN AND REPEAT

GET INFORMED

BE AWARE

BE SUPPORTIVE...

This video may not be for the faint-hearted!

[Attention,âmes sensibles, s'abstenir!]

ACTION+

Make  an ABC Job Book.

FOR THE EXPLORERS 

CEF-Level A2/A2+

LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND

READ AND UNDERSTAND

https://www.ducksters.com/holidays/labor_day.php

ACTION+

FOR THE 8TH GRADERS

Make a Report File on Labour Day

 [add (sub-)titles, facts to remember].

On the first page,

write your ABC Job Checklist

[use different colours].

FOR THE BOLD AND THE EXPERTS

CEF-Level A2/B1

LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND

READ AND UNDERSTAND

https://visual.ly/community/infographic/lifestyle/labor-day-america

ACTION+

FOR THE 8TH GRADERS

Make a Report File on Labour Day

 [add (sub-)titles, facts to remember].

On the first page,

write your ABC Job Checklist

[use different colours].

SEPTEMBER 
WELCOME!  

 Me, here, now.

MISSION... IMPOSSIBLE
Speak with someone


STARTER

Bags on the floor!
Nothing on the table!
Jackets off... on the chairs!
Ready to start now!
Hooray! 

Welcome to your English Class 
where you are invited
to feel English 
in your body and through all your senses
-your eyes, your ears, your mouth, your tongue, your breath!


STARTER+
Ready to board Hogwarts train?

Challenge
Speak for a few minutes
Say hello, introduce yourself
and present your train ticket.

Lesson(s) in class

ACTION+
Break Time
for Help and for the Best

Look and listen.
Read and do.
https://learningapps.org/2952829
https://learningapps.org/1124626
https://learningapps.org/1656443
https://learningapps.org/2634316

Students' performances


http://www.mediafire.com/file/339cl2c858ila6c/MVI_7152.AVI/file

PROJECT 1
BACK TO SCHOOL

LET'S GET ACQUAINTED
AND CONNECT TOGETHER! 

MISSION... IMPOSSIBLE
Speak for a few minutes
Present yourself
through your customized  "Selfie"locker.
(You may be filmed)  

or...

Write and speak for a few minutes
 Customize your English notebook as a self-portrait;

then present it to your classmates and explain your choices.

(You may shoot a video presentation).

ACTION 1
Let's get together and tell how we feel!
Challenge
Write and speak for a few minutes
Make your House team profile.

Topic 1
Happy to be back?

Step 1
LOOK AND SPEAK
[you may write your ideas on a piece of paper
and bring it back in class]

CLASS WORK

Smart Time for Help nd for the Best!

Look - See - Watch

How to choose?

Action!
Compare these characters
with those in your book at page 12.
a)Who is alike?
1-2-3
4-5-6
b) Make each character speak
in a Speech balloon!
[e.g.: "I don't want to...";
"I am so/really/pretty +adj....!"; 
"How +adj. I am!"]

Smart Time
 for Help and for the Best!


HELP!
Wordbank

NATURE OF THE DOCUMENT
a comic strip/a cartoon
a speech balloon/a caption [=légende]

POSITIVE ADJECTIVES
cheerful/joyful/gleeful
excited/delighted
pleased/thrilled
/enthusiastic/
ecstatic/bummed out

NEGATIVE ADJECTIVES
anxious/worried
stressed/depressed
angry/bad-tempered
disgusted
crossed/furious
boring/annoying

ADVERBS / INTENSIFIERS

CHALLENGE TIME

Students' performances
in the voice recorder
with 
a special Pass!

Step 2
WATCH AND UNDERSTAND
Action!
[write your ideas
on the same sheet of paper]
Watch the video
and say what it is about.

Step 3
READ AND UNDERSTAND
Action!
Read the document your teacher gave you in class
and complete the worksheet.

Discover more and speak your mind!

Step 4
a) READ AND UNDERSTAND
b) WATCH AND CHECK

E for English 4
http://www.didier-eforenglish.com/

Step 4

...about lockers in the US?

E for English 4
http://www.didier-eforenglish.com/


ACTION+
Design your "Locker" Selfie!

E for English 4, p.15.

PROJECT 1
BACK TO SCHOOL

DON'T GET STUCK
AND MAKE IT REAL!

THE BIG DEAL!

Start collecting
any items of your choice
to start a School Diary.

Smart Time
for Help and for the Best!

Step 1
READ AND UNDERSTAND

https://www.funbrain.com/books/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid/page/216

Step 2

HOW TO...

...write a diary page.

MISSION... IMPOSSIBLE 1
Speak for a few minutes

Audition
(in live or in a video)
for
 a motivational message 
in favour of
Back to school.

MISSION CONTEXT
The issue of Back-to-school
and  its importance in teenagers' life.
How to make this event emotional and attractive?

MISSION OBJECTIVES

WORDS/CULTURE
Back to school/Motivation
Symbolical objects related to the topic
Places/People/Items at school
Action verbs
Colours

GRAMMAR

Impérative

Be/Have

Be+v-ing/Stop +V-ing

Expressing the future (modal -will)

Adjectives and word order

PHONOLOGY

Intonation/Bombastic tone in promotional call

STARTER+
Back to school to school!
The journey begins...
[See ACTION 5]

Step 1

Smart Time
 for Help and for the Best!

GET ORGANIZED
Get ready to get Speech Bonuses!

Step 2
LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND
Answer the roll.

Step 3
HOMEWORK FOR NEXT LESSON

STARTER++

STARTER+++
[green points to win!]

STARTER++++
Your turn now!
[green points to win!]

ACTION 1
READ AND START
YOUR BACK TO SCHOOL DIARY!

CLASS WORK

 Smart Time
for Help and for the Best!

STEP 1
-ED versus -ING adjectives

STEP 2
Present Perfect

OBSERVE

STEP 3

OBSERVE
Present perfect +V-ing

STEP 4

OBSERVE
Present perfect + for/since




STEP 5

OBSERVE
Present perfect vs Present perfect

PRACTISE
http://www2.hkedcity.net/citizen_files/aa/dz/so6009/public_html/mc-prsesentperfect.htm

http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/ppsppc.htm

STEP 6


OBSERVE
Present perfect vs Past simple

PRACTISE

https://www.learnclick.com/mchoice/show/878
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-perfect-continuous_quiz.htm


CHALLENGE TIME
Check your knowledge!
Check your skills!

FLASH TEST N°1
Give 5 positive and 5 negative adjectives related to Feelings and Lesson charateristics.

FLASH  TEST N°2
Give the French equivalent
of the following 5 adjectives.
Joker!
Give the French equivalent
of 5 more adjectives of your choice.

ACTION +
SPEAK FOR A FEW MINUTES.
[A2/A2+ CER Oral assessment]
Talk about
your Back to School diary page.


Smart Time
for Help and for the Best!
[green points to win!]

Step 1
See Book on the insisde front cover:
Vowel sounds
+ Audio track 2.

Step 2

See Book pp. 130-135:

Get better at... speaking English!

+ Audio tracks 138-146

on the Friendly Internet Site]:

http://www.didier-eforenglish.com/index-3e-demo.html#

Step+
KNOW YOUR ... BRAINS BETTER!
[green points to win!]

Take a Multiple Intelligence
3 Minute-Test first...
https://lonerwolf.com/multiple-intelligence-quiz/
... then go further!
http://www.laclassedanglais-beney.fr/spip.php?article183


ACTION 2
READ AND UNDERSTAND
HOW I FEEL ABOUT SCHOOL...
[green points to win!]

ACTION 3
LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND.
REPORT ON 
SOMEONE'S ROUTINE 
ABOUT BACK TO SCHOOL...
[Take notes]
[green points to win!]
https://www.audio-lingua.eu/spip.php?article3503

Smart Time

for Help and for the Best!

PRESENT SIMPLE IN ACTION

STEP 1
OBSERVE

Spelling rules
/S/ - /Z/- /IZ/

STEP 2

PRACTISE
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/1g67-elementary-present-simple-multiple-choice.php

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/1g68-elementary-present-simple-multiple-choice-2.php

https://www.learnclick.com/mchoice/show/821

https://agendaweb.org/verbs/present_simple-exercises.html

https://quizlet.com/45474718/the-present-simple-verbs-flash-cards/

https://agendaweb.org/verbs/present-simple-worksheets-lessons

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-simple_quiz.htm


ACTION 4
ANSWER A QUIZ.
SCRUTINIZE YOURSELF
ABOUT
SCHOOL...
[green points to win!]
https://www.quotev.com/quiz/1263343/Do-you-like-school


ACTION ++
SPEAK/DEBATE WITH SOMEONE
[A2/A2+ Oral assessment]

Speak your mind about 
   the Pros and Cons of going to
   school and compare your opinion     and feelings.

Smart Time
for Help and for the Best!

Be confident!
Be polite!
Be convincing!

To start the debate...
First of all, I would like to say that...

Giving  your opinion In my opinion,... I would say that... To my mind, ... Personally, I think It seems to me that I believe that... I am convinced that...	Repeating a statement You said that... You told us that... You mentioned that... In other words you mean that...	Giving an example For example, ... For instance, ... Take the example of... Let me give you an example.
Agreeing That’s a good point! Indeed! That’s true! How right ! I completely agree	Disagreeing That’s not how I see it. I don’t really agree with you. I disagree with you on this point. Yes, that may be true but... I can see your point but...	Making suggestions Don’t you think that... Are you sure that... Why not? Perhaps we could consider that...
Hesitating Well, um... Let me think! How should I put it? That’s a good question!	Interrupting Excuse me, but... May I ask a question? Sorry for interrupting but... I’d like to say something here!	Clarifying Sorry but I don’t see what you mean. Could you explain that in more detail? What do you mean by… Are you sure?

To close the debate...

To conclude, I would say that...

In short, it is clear/obvious to me that...

ACTION 5
WATCH AND REACT

TO
A MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGE!
Don't forget to take notes...

ACTION +++
SPEAK FOR A FEW MINUTES
[A2/A2+ Oral assessment]

Audition
(in live or in a video)
for
 a motivational message
 in favour of

Back to school. 

Smart Time
for Help and for the Best!

Get inspired!