Edgar Allan Poe was born on 19/01/1809.'The Tell-Tale Heart' - text
(eapoe.org)
'The Tell-Tale Heart'
It "is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe written in 1843.
It follows an unnamed narrator who insists on his sanity
after murdering an old man with a vulture eye. The murder
is carefully calculated, and the murderer hides the body by
cutting it into pieces and hiding it under the floorboards.
Ultimately the narrator's guilt manifests itself in the
hallucination that the man's heart is still beating
under the floorboards..."
(Wikipedia)
'The Tell-Tale Heart' - A Study Guide
Plot Summary - Setting - Characters - Type of Work -
Themes - Style - Imagery - Symbolism -
Foreshadowing - Was Madeline Murdered? -
Complete Free Text - Author Information
(cummingsstudyguides.net)
A Directed Listening Thinking Activity
for 'The Tell-Tale Heart'
with a vocabulary worksheet, an assignment sheet,
prediction questions...
(readwritethink.org)
CLASSROOM ACTIVITY :
"Read aloud the opening paragraphs of one of Poe s signature stories, such as 'The Tell-Tale Heart'. Ask students to note
their reactions to the story as they listen..."
(readwritethink.org)
Teacher Lingo
It "is a growing teacher community that connects teachers
and educators from every level. It's a place where teachers
can share ideas, ask questions, learn from each other, or
even vent about the school day."
- FREE membership
(teacherlingo.com)
National Geographic: Kids
Multimedia learning materials, games, activities,
videos, photo galleries, maps...
(kids.nationalgeographic.com)
This Is England (2006)
Overview - Cast - Photos...
"A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983.
He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school,
after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family..."
(IMDb)
This Is England
1 Themes
2 Critical reception 2.1 Top ten lists
3 Notes
4 External links
(Wikipedia)
This is England
with the trailer
(thisisenglandmovie.co.uk)
This Is England - sung by The Clash
(sing365.com)
Presidential Watch 08
"is pleased to bring you the ultimate set of tools to see, hear
and feel what citizens and supporters are saying on the
Internet about the 2008 presidential elections."
Map - Trends Monitor - Blog
(presidentialwatch08.com)USandus
"Un regard sur la campagne présidentielle américaine de 2008."
(usandus.eu)
Heroic Activities - Celebrate Heroes
"Education Word offers ten lessons that will get students
thinking about their heroes. Included: Activities -- students
create a picture book about their heroes, develop holidays honoring their favorite heroes, create memorials for animal
heroes, and more! Plus additional online resources!"
(Education World)
Les professeurs de langues vivantes :
"La passion des langues au service des élèves"
A télécharger.
(media.education.gouv.fr)
TALKING ABOUT 2007
- Activities to print
The first two pages for 4/3ème ,
pages 3/4 for 6/5ème
and pages 5/6 for a 3euro
prepared by Bruno Charbonnier
and pages 7/8 prepared for the lycée by Romain Martiné
(Ac. Nancy-Metz)
Rectifications concernant l'attribution
des différentes pages
What's the time?
"Practise telling the time in English with an online game.
Players listen to the time (and they can read it too if they like)
and move the hands of the clock to the right time.
The game is great for younger learners, and good for
listening practice too. Print flashcards for more practice
at home or in the classroom."
(British Council)
What's the time?
"Practise telling the time with some online games, practise
the names of the days of the week and the months of the year,
and learn about time zones around the world. You can even
print and make your own clock!"
(British Council)
What are zoos for?
"A zoo in Germany has refused to help two polar bear cubs
who were rejected by their mother and are now believed to
have been eaten by her. So if zoos won't help to save the
lives of animals, what are they for?"
(BBC)
I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker
(With Flowers in My Hair)
sung by Sandi Thom
- A worksheet
(created by Sophie OSMONT)
- the VIDEO
(YouTube)
(Lien permanent 1)
(Lien permanent 2)
How well do you remember the year 2007?
Review of the year
Quiz to print - with answers
(developingteachers.com)
The Science of Superheroes
Game: are you a superhero?
Spider-Man - Wonder Woman - Daredevil
- Superman - The Incredible Hulk - The X-men
Vote: who's your favourite superhero?
Timeline of events
Audio: exclusive interview with Stan Lee
Video: watch our Stan Lee interview
(BBC)
New Year Resolutions
- Activités niveau 3ème - 7 pages
avec des Conseils de mise en oeuvre
(sent by Brigitte Rempenault - Ac. Versailles)
He used to bring me
my newspaper
(cartoonstock.com)
(Lien permanent 1)
(Lien permanent 2)
(Lien permanent 3)
There's no place
like Home Page
(pritchettcartoons.com)
(Lien permanent 1)
(Lien permanent 2)
(Lien permanent 3)
Same Old Lang Syne
A new year's song by Dan Fogelberg
- KARAOKE
- Use of the PRETERIT
"Met my old lover in the
grocery store
The snow was falling..."
(YouTube)
- The LYRICS
(lyrics007.com)
(Lien permanent)
New Year's Poems
(poemsource.com)
US Presidential elections 2008:
the countdown has started.
Iowa: the first caucus -
New Hampshire: the first primary election -
Super Tuesday - The party conventions -
The presidential elections
(lewebpedagogique.com)
The very hungry caterpillar - Illustrated text
(web.tiscali.it)
The very hungry caterpillar - Activities
to use with the book
(thevirtualvine.com)
Adrian Mole - New Year's Resolutions
(teachers.domainepublic.net)
Adrian Mole (Wikipedia)
(Lien permanent 1)
(Lien permanent 2)
US to decide on lethal injection
"The US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on whether
to ban lethal injections - the means of execution in most states."
(BBC)
Oxford Guided Tour
4 documents
- Teacher's Document
- Oxford Map 1
- Oxford Map 2
- Oxford Map 3 : the centre
(sent by Marina Bureaud - Ac. Poitiers)
Récapitulatif des Histoires pour Enfants
trouvées sur
LITT 1 - LITT 2 - LITT 3
ainsi que des sites-ressources
The car
Vocabulary
+ Fill-in Exercise - The car
+ Find the pairs - Parts of the car
(englisch-hilfen.de)
Mise en place des phonèmes
"Yvan's Laboratory : Micro-casque sur les oreilles ?
Allez écouter et répéter en cliquant sur les mots soulignés.
(une fois sur la page, cliquez sur les bulles
pour afficher les mots)"
(Yvan BAPTISTE - Ac. Montpellier)
(Lien permanent 1) / (Lien permanent 2)
Groundhog Day
Listen to the podcasts.
+ words with their definitions
"This podcast deals with Groundhog Day and starts off with
an easy introduction to the holiday, vocabulary review and
then finishes with a more, idiomatic discussion of Groundhog
Day - again with difficult vocabulary explained."
(englishfeed.com)
CANADA
School of Rock - Geodome - Time Machine
- Culture Club - Market Place
- Maps - Glossary
with Videos, Slideshows and Quizzes
A site recommended by Renée Maufroid.
(canadiangeographic.ca)
Low-energy bulb disposal warning
"The Environment Agency has called for more information
to be made available on the health and environmental risks
posed by low-energy light bulbs."
(BBC)
Cruising away
"A family's memories of the QE2 as it starts its last cruise."
(BBC)
Colourful history of famous ship
"Britain's most famous passenger liner, the Queen Elizabeth 2
is to be turned into a floating hotel after being sold to Dubai
for £50m."
(BBC)
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots (2008) - The film : Overview
"A chronicle of the life and reign of Mary I of Scotland (Johansson),
with a concentration on her strained personal and political relationship
with her father's cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England."
(IMDb)
- Twelfth Night (Wikipedia)
= "a comedy by William Shakespeare, named after the Twelfth Night holiday of the Christmas season."
1 Synopsis
2 List of characters
3 Date and text
4 Performance
5 Adaptations 5.1 Stage 5.2 Film 5.3 Television...
- TWELFTH NIGHT : The complete text (ofcabbages.com)
- Costume Designs (loc.gov)
- Twelfth Night: A Study Guide (cummingsstudyguides.net)
Plot - Summary - Characters - Setting - Themes -
Climax - Key Dates - Source - Type of Work -
Imagery of Love - Allusions - Satire on Puritanism - Comedy Ingredients -
Questions and Essay Topics - Meanings of Names - Use of Disguises - Complete Free Text
- Audio of "O Mistress Mine" and other works (bessbonnier.com)
Twelfth Night at Bankside
"This yearly tradition will mix ancient customs with modern festivities and offer loads of entertainment to try to beat
the post-Christmas blues."
The Green Man - The Bankside Mummers -
King Bean and Queen Pea - A royal parade
(viewlondon.co.uk)
Twelfth Night Gallery
The Green Man arrives - Wassailing the Globe -
Music and dancing on Bankside -
The Mummers' Play -
The crowning of King Bean and Queen Pea -
The Procession
(thelionspart.co.uk)
Superheroes : Worksheet A
- séquence PAIR WORK
+ Worksheet B
+ Grammar Bank
+ Séquence Superheroes
(Florinda FERNANDES - Calvados)
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
- a lesson plan
(Séquence proposée par Nathalie Cadot - Niveau 6ème)
All Good Things (come to an end)
- sung by Nelly Furtado
(YouTube)
- the LYRICS :
"Honestly what will become of me
don't like reality
It's way too clear to me
But really life is daily
We are what we don't see
Missed everything daydreaming...
Flames to dust
Lovers to friends"
(paroles-musique.com)
India - Travel Guide.
"Contains information on history, culture, climate,
food and major tourist attractions."
(bharatonline.com)
Jamaican Patois
"Listen and Match the Jamaican patois sentences
with their equivalent in standard-English."
(Laurence Bernard - Ac. Martinique)
Who seh wi chat patwa (patois)?
"It is said that Jamaicans, Trinidadians, Guyanese, St. Vincentians, Antiguans, all speak patois, which is the dialectal offspring of the
language of the colonial powers of these islands. What do we really
speak, and does our language have a distinct name? Let us first find
out what is patois. It is an illiterate or provincial form of speech;
broken English; jargon. Jargon is confused speech, gibberish,
or technical phraseology."
(jamaicans.com)
(Lien permanent)
Happy New Year.
Listen and watch the video.
Then do the activity
created by Renée Maufroid
"Le podcast est un peu long mais facile
et en "anglais de la BBC",
l'activité devrait convenir à des 4 ou 3èmes."
A new section :
Music genres
Music Styles - Blues - Folk Music
- Gospel Music / Spirituals
- Hip-Hop - Jazz - Pop Music - Rap - Rock n' Roll
- Roots Music
How to make small talk during greetings
"In this programme, we look at some handy topics and
phrases to use when you've said hello to someone, but
want to continue the conversation. What kinds of things
are suitable for small talk during greetings, beyond the
usual 'how are you?' After you have listened to the
programme, get some more practice with the quiz ..."
(BBC Learning English)
France introduces smoking ban
Listen to the story and try a quiz
- with a lesson plan based on this story
(BBC Learning English)
A new page :
Chinese New Year
Information - PowerPoint Presentations -
Photos - Graphics - Cliparts -
Superstitions -
Interactive activities - Activities to print -
Lesson plans - Webquests -
Interactive games - Games to print - Cards
US elections 2008
Key dates and results
US elections 2008 Treasure Hunt
Useful links with Activities
(lve.scola.ac-paris.fr)
WebQuest Taskonomy:
A Taxonomy of Tasks
Definitions - Tips
Retelling Tasks - Compilation Tasks - Mystery Tasks -
Journalistic Tasks - Design Tasks -
Creative Product Tasks - Consensus Building Tasks -
Persuasion Tasks - Self-Knowledge Tasks -
Analytical Tasks - Judgment Tasks -
Scientific Tasks
(webquest.sdsu.edu)
Personal Space Invaders - Lien modifié!!!
The top science-and-tech privacy threats of 2007.
"It's been another big year for scientific and technological encroachments on individual privacy.
For good or ill, governments and businesses are finding new ways to enter what used to be considered personal space.
Here are this year's top 10 highlights."
1. Surveillance cameras. 2. The war on smoking. 3. The war on junk food. 4. The war on salt.
5. Pedestrian cell-phone use. 6. Naked body scanners. 7. Phone-surveillance ads. 8. Human chip implants.
9. Mind-reading. 10. Manipulating sexual orientation.
(slate.com)
He is alive!!!
Pour parler de cette histoire,
on pourrait utiliser le preterit simple
et le preterit progressif :
"They were talking..., when some boys decided to..."
(YouTube)
US election 2008: Key primary season states
Primary roadmap :
"Find out about key primaries in the race
for the White House."
(BBC)
China to expand lethal injections
"China is to expand the use of lethal injections to replace
execution by shooting, a senior official has said."
(BBC)
New Year's Resolutions
"Nous vous proposons une sélection de liens vers des
activités ou documents liés aux "bonnes résolutions"
que nous souhaitons prendre cette année."
(Laurence Bernard - Ac. Martinique)
The skier - a story
with a multiple-choice activity,
a comprehension activity
and a vocabulary activity.
(British Council)
Classical music.
"Have a look at the article, stories, word games,
cartoons, trivia and links."
(British Council)
Australia.
"Take a look at the article, poem, story, word game,
cartoon, trivia and links."
(British Council)
Winter sports.
"Have a look at the article, story, word game,
cartoon, trivia and links."
(British Council)
New Year.
"Take a look at the articles, poem, word game, cartoon,
poll, trivia and links."
(British Council)
Listen to almost 200 jokes
divided into different categories such as animals,
boys & girls, Christmas, doctors, family, food & drinks,
history, horror, jobs, school, etc.
(British Council)
Pictures of 2007
= "remarkable moments that we will remember
for years to come."
+ Mini-Lesson
Comprehension Quiz
Teacher's Guide and Worksheets
(Time for Kids)
"It's a free world" by Ken Loach
It's a Free World (2007) Movie Trailer
(YouTube)"It's a free world", de Ken Loach sort en salles
(tempsreel.nouvelobs.com)It's a free world : chronique du libéralisme
(zerodeconduite.net)"It's a Free World !" : travail, morale, tout est flexible
(lemonde.fr)
Ken Loach: Still angry after all these years
(news.independent.co.uk)It's a Free World...
(socialistreview.org.uk)Ken Loach and Paul Laverty
(film.guardian.co.uk)It's A Free World... (2007) : Production Notes
Introduction - Synopsis - Crew Notes - Cast Notes
(sixteenfilms.co.uk)It's a Free World
(movingpicturesmagazine.com)
New Junk Food Advertising Ban Begins
"Total ban on adverts for unhealthy food and drink products
around TV programmes for under-16s has come into force...
The new curbs affect commercials for food and drink products
high in fat, salt and sugar."
(news.sky.com/skynews)
The Iditarod Sled Dog Race 2008
"The Iditarod begins Saturday March 1, 2008...
Why the Iditarod?
What About the Dogs?
The Electronic Iditarod Project"
+ LINKS
(surfaquarium.com)
Technologies on the rise in 2008
"A number of technologies have exploded throughout 2007,
from Facebook and the iPhone to the Nintendo Wii...
Here the BBC News website gives its predictions for five technologies that could become big in 2008.
1. The web to go 2. Ultra mobile PCs 3. IPTV
4. Wimax 5. Mobile VoIP"
(BBC)
UK and US 'keenest on fast food'
"The UK is the country most attached to fast food, closely
followed by the United States, a survey has suggested."
(BBC)
State of Play (TV serial)
- a British television drama serial
"It tells the story of a newspaper's investigation into the
death of a young woman, and centres around the relationship between the leading journalist and his old friend,
the woman's employer."
1 Plot 2 Overview 3 Critical reception
4 Film adaptation 5 References 6 External links
(Wikipedia)State of Play - Jeux de pouvoir
"À partir de deux meurtres sans lien apparent, l intrigue tisse
une toile d araignée où se mêlent politique, enquête policière, journalisme d investigation, poids des lobbies, intox et manipulations, pressions et manigances de coulisses
entre White Hall, Scotland Yard et Fleet Street."
(locus-solus-fr.net)
Wind Across the Everglades
- a film by Nicholas Ray (1958)
(channel4.com)
- the summary
(fandango.com)
The Everglades
(Wikipedia)
1 History
2 Everglades National Park
3 Encroachment
4 Restoration
5 Non-native/Invasive species
6 External links
7 References
Quantities and containers
Matching - Flashcards (Java / non-Java) -
Concentration - Word Search
"See a list of terms used in these activities."
Activities created by: Renée Maufroid
Little Red Riding Hood
Read the story (with an animation)
and start the activity.
Use of the preterit.
Activity created by: Renée Maufroid
