lundi 30 novembre 2009

Limericks

Yesterday we saw how limericks are formed  ( remember AABBA !)
There are many limericks in Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense ; Here are two of them.  Enjoy !


There was an Old Man with a beard,  


Who said, 'It is just as I feared!

Two Owls and a Hen,

Four Larks and a Wren,

Have all built their nests in my beard!'  
 
 
 
There was a Young Lady whose chin,



Resembled the point of a pin;

So she had it made sharp,

And purchased a harp,

And played several tunes with her chin  
 
 
 
 
 
There was an Old Man of Kilkenny,



Who never had more than a penny;

He spent all that money,

In onions and honey,

That wayward Old Man of Kilkenny.
 
 

vendredi 27 novembre 2009

LOGOS !!

Here are your logos together with the texts
You are not allowed to vote but you can post your comments to tell what you think of them !!

Text1 - Logo 1
This logo represents France and UK. In the middle we can see a giant four for the 4eme. On the left, we can see UK and on it a little man Who is holding the UK flag. There is another little man, on the right who is holding the French flag. They are saying "Hi" and "Salut" in their own languages. We've chosen this logo because it symbolizes our correspondence with pen friends from another country. It represents the importance of English because we can talk with everybody. It shows our class too: the European class.

Text 2 - Logo2
At the bottom, in the foreground, there are pupils who represent the French pupils and there is France in the background. At the top, there is a board, and on this board there is the United Kingdom, which represents the English class. On the left of the board, there is a teacher, he represents the English teachers. On the left, we can see the United Kingdom flag and on the right, we can see the French flag. In the middle, the handshake located between the flag of France and the Union-jack, symbolizes the union between France and England. This union is possible because French children learn English (and conversely) and contribute to the relationship between these two peoples. When we speak English, we can travel more easily and meet foreign people, and find news friends.


Logo3 - Text 3
According to us, this logo evokes many things which represent the euro class.
First, the correspondence which joins some London pupils and us, through the first two letters mixing our cities: “L” and “R”. The two characters who are bearing the letters of our cities show that, too : they are united. What is more, they are holding a post between them to also bring to the fore the euro class’ correspondence
Secondly, on the top of the “R”, two flags, the Union Jack and the French flag, are represented. Moreover, we can see the twelve stars of the European Union between them. Thus, it shows our union. In fact, we can guess the two flags make just one: that of the European Union. On top of that, we have chosen the European motto, ''United in Diversity'', to refer this topic, too.
Last but not least, there is another reason which explains our choice. The Union Jack fills a large part of the top of the “R”. So, we wanted to illustrate the importance of English.
To sum up, we'd like to say this logo evokes almost everything about the great euro class of this year and the next one according to us.




Logo 4- Text 4

In euro class we talk about the history, harmony and languages in England.
To improve our general knowledge, this year we'll do presentation about festivals in the United Kingdom and you can see these in this site because our English European teacher has filmed us
We'll speak English more often and we'll correspond with English students who come from the south of London to improve our English.
And you, you can make progress in English if you read our site.
And don't forget: «The world seems to us less big if we share our cultures and languages.»

Logo5-Text 5




First we can see two maps which represent France and the United Kingdom ; in the middle, there is a plane which is going from France to The United Kingdom, on the plane , there is the topic : EURO 4 . We have chosen this picture because the plane represents us when we’re going to the UK to see our pen friends. There are two maps because France represents us and the UK represents our pen friends.

mardi 17 novembre 2009

What does European citizenship mean to you ?

Yesterday we revised about the European Union and saw what European citizenship meant to some teachers ...
What about you ? Do you feel a European citizen ? Why yes ? Why no?
You'll have to prepare a one or two-minute speech on this topic for Monday 23rd .
To help you here is the link where you can listen to the teachers again.
http://myeurope.eun.org/ww/en/pub/myeurope/home/news/headlines/eu_citizenship.htm
Don't forget to use gap fillers and to have your ideas organized by using linking words.
You will not be allowed to write complete sentences , just notes....

mercredi 11 novembre 2009

Remember, Remember, the 5th of November ... Guy Fawkes

Yesterday we listened to a great talk by Adam on Bonfire Night
Here he is :


If you want to know more about Guy Fawkes night, I advise you to visit this site and click on the talking cards to get the full story. http://www.parliament.uk/gunpowderplot/children_index.htm
If you go over the heads with the mouse, you'll even hear the famous nursery rhyme.
Otherwise, you'll find a very useful slideshow on the site of the school .
Enjoy !!

mercredi 4 novembre 2009

Halloween

We've listened to a great talk on Halloween by Alice and Diane .
Here are some photos ( thank you Mathilde!)
If you  couldn't understand it all and/or if you were mesmerized by their performance and if you want to revise about this Celtic celebration , go to http://home.howstuffworks.com/holidays/halloween.htm
Don't forget , there's a small test on it ....