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Resources : 
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World's oldest person dies at 115
"A Portuguese woman who held the title of oldest living person for just five weeks has died at the age of 115"...
She "never "fell ill, nor took any medication". ..
"She started working in agriculture at the age of 12 and never went to school. She could not read or write."
(BBC)
- World Almanac
- Quickly find facts and figures for over 190 countries :
Richest / Most Populous / Largest / Cleanest / Most Expensive / Most
Polluted... (aneki.com)
- Graphically compare
nations (505 stats) :
Fastest Growing - Richest - Most Militaristic - Most Populous - Most
Generous - Most Taxed - Most In Debt - Poorest - Longest Living -
Largest - Youngest - Most Square-eyed - Most Murderous - Most Educated...
(nationmaster)
- Rankings (permet
un travail sur les superlatifs et comparatifs)
"Which country has the smallest land mass? Which has the youngest
population? Which has the lowest infant mortality rate? Our rankings
pages rank countries and territories by more than 50 geographic, demographic,
economic and military criteria." (geographyiq)
- World Records (pour un travail sur les
superlatifs) - (extremescience.com)

- Superlatifs
- US records and extremes (enchantedlearning)
Lessons :
Listening :
- Superlatives
in context

"Listen to the little sound files
and match the superlatives you hear with what you read."
Activity created by: Renée Maufroid

INTERACTIVE exercises :
- Fossett
sets solo flight record. (language-lab.org) - avec
ou sans script
Practice mode : Keywords - Media - Exercises
Test mode : Quiz
Tools : Translator - Encyclopedia - Grammar
- It's
a Wonderful World! - (englishbanana)
"How much do you know about this planet of ours?
Test your knowledge with our fun quiz..."
- utilisation de superlatifs (2 pages)
Exercises TO PRINT :
- Amazing
Animal Extremes

"World records for the biggest, weirdest, and most bizarre animals"
-
Utilisation de nombreux superlatifs
(enchantedlearning)
Lesson plans :
Webquests :
- Guinness
World Records - a webquest
(envoyé par Stéphane Juvancic qui a retravaillé complètement
le travail qui existait déjà, car les liens étaient
morts)
Idioms and Proverbs :
- Random
I Am by Millencolin :
"the first step is the hardest step to take"
(sing365.com)
INTERACTIVE games :
-
British records. (Superlative Practice)
1. "Look at the video and try to remember what you read. 
2. Practise with the games.
3. Try to do the same about a town, an area or a country you know well.
Use "photopeach", it's easy and fun!"
Created by Renée Maufroid. (Ac. Lille)

Songs :
- Strange
love - Little Annie (Levi's Commercial)
"you're the strangest love I've ever known"
- English
is cuh-ray-zee by Pete Seeger :
"English is the most widely spoken language in the history
of the planet."
- Genius
in France by Weird Al Malkovic :
"I'm not the brightest crayon in the box
Everyone says I'm dumber than a bag of rocks...
I may not be the sharpest hunk of cheese...
A few peas short of a casserole...
I'm not the brightest bulb..
I'm dumber than a box of hair...
I'm a taco short of a combo plate "
- Hit
the Road Jack by Ray Charles :
"You're the meanest old woman that I've ever seen."
- Just
Another Day by Lloyd Banks :
"she ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer"
- Lonely
Day by System of a Down :
"Such a lonely day
And it s mine
The most loneliest day of my life"
- Random
I Am by Millencolin :
"the first step is the hardest step to take"
(sing365.com)
Cartoons : (Si le lien est inaccessible, enregistrer l'image pour obtenir la taille normale.)
Jokes :
- An ideal
homework excuse
"Teacher: Where is your homework?
Pupil: I lost it fighting this kid who said you weren't the
best teacher in the school."
(jokes4teachers.com)
Videos :
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