How
to agree with someone in an informal conversation 
"After you have listened to the programme,
get some more practice with the quiz..."
- with the script
(BBC)
Arm
idioms 
1. They're up in arms
2. I'd give my right arm to do it
3. He's twisting my arm
(BBC)
(Lien permanent 1) (Lien permanent 2)
'Newseum'
"A new museum dedicated to the history of reporting the news has
opened
in Washington. The 'Newseum' aims to tell the story of how journalism
has changed over time through momentous events and the constantly
changing means of communication."
Listen to the story.
(BBC)
Hallelujah
sung by Rufus Wainwright
(stlyrics.com)
- Use of preterit + present perfect
"Maybe I've been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah"
- the VIDEO
(YouTube)
Directions - Photo prise sur Rottnest
Island
(Sud-Ouest de l'Australie), près de Perth
Permet de travailler les chiffres
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(Lien
permanent 1) (Lien
permanent 2)
(Lien
permanent 3)
Premier
footballers will have to speak English 
Non-EU players face test under new migration rules
"South American, African and other non-European footballers
who cannot
speak English will be barred from joining Premier League clubs from
the
autumn under the new points-based immigration system detailed
by ministers yesterday.
(The Guardian)
(Lien permanent 1) (Lien permanent 2)
CLEAN TEETH FOR A DIRTY JOB
- exploitation d'un dessin
(utilisé en phase d'anticipation d'un texte)
(Céline Champion - Ac. Grenoble)
CLEAN
TEETH FOR A DIRTY JOB 
"This strange count lives in an old castle in Transylvania
and he goes to work when you go to bed... Count D. sleeps in a coffin."
- a worksheet
Compréhension écrite - 9 questions -
Utilisation du présent simple
(Ac. Créteil)
(Lien permanent 1) (Lien permanent 2)
The Spider.
"A Song by Mar - Listen to Mar's song
and try to understand as much as you can.
You know nearly everything!"
Matching - Flashcards (Java / non-Java) - Concentration - Word Search
+ a list of terms used in these activities.
Activities created by: Renée Maufroid
(Lien permanent 1) (Lien permanent 2)
Persuasive
Writing - Advertisements 
- PowerPoint Presentation
Click on :
ENGLISH: Text Level: Non-Fiction: Persuasive Writing /
Advertisements
(Primary Resources)
AIRPORT
WORKERS SECURITY RISK
(BBC)
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Criminal
check loophole
"Last night a Newsnight investigation revealed that foreign workers
who work airside at UK airports do not have to undergo full mandatory
criminal records checks."
(BBC)
About INTERPOL
"INTERPOL is the world's largest international police organization,
with 186 member countries. Created in 1923, it facilitates cross-border
police
co-operation, and supports and assists all organizations, authorities
and
services whose mission is to prevent or combat international crime..."
The word 'INTERPOL' is a contraction of 'international police'.
(interpol.int)
About INTERPOL :
General Secretariat - Member countries - National Central Bureaus -
Governance - History - Legal materials - Distinctive signs -
Commission for the Control of INTERPOL's files /
Core functions / News Drugs and criminal organizations /
Financial and high-tech crime / Fugitives / Public safety and terrorism
/
Trafficking in human beings / Corruption / Other crime areas /
Regional activities / International liaison / Publications Recruitment
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Senegalese
bandits chop off ears
"Armed men have cut off the left ears of 16 villagers harvesting
cashew nuts in Senegal's rebel-hit Casamance region."
(BBC)
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To have something
done
"Listen to Peter Carter's podcast, then play the game."
Activity created by: Renée Maufroid
Prepositions
- Location - interactive
"Within these activities pupils will learn interactively to:
- use a wide range of positional language
- describe the location of a character
- describe the location of an object in a variety of environments,
including simple maps
- give oral and written instructions for a route or journey
- write a description of their route to school"
(ngfl-cymru.org.uk)
Karaoke Play
"Welcome to our online karaoke system where you can start recording
your own songs with your microphone. We offer a free service where people
can play karaoke online. Simply start singing and our system will record
your voice."
(karaokeplay.com)
Parents Hand Out Unusual Punishments
- a lesson plan
"Were the unusual punishments handed out
by these parents fair or unfair?"
(Education World)
Voyages
à l'étranger :
formalités administratives et démarches à accomplir
1. Responsabilité | 2. Encadrement | 3. Assurance | 4. Sécurité sociale
|
5. Autorisation parentale de sortie du territoire pour élèves mineurs
|
6. Composition du dossier élève | 7. Pays soumis à visa |
8. Sécurité et actualité sanitaire du pays de destination |
9. Durée du déplacement | 10. Financement |
(Ac. Reims)
Preparing
for an oral exam
Mind Mapping Slideshow
"An activity for my students to help brainstorm and organize ideas
and concepts during oral presentations or exams"
(Prévu pour le lycée - à adapter pour le collège)
(Laurence Bernard - Ac. Martinique)
Conjunctions
: Presentation
(grammar.ccc.commnet.edu)
Conjunctions
: Exercises
Coordinating Conjunctions - Basic gap-fill exercise. (10 questions)
Subordinating Conjunctions - Basic multiple-choice exercise. (8 questions)
Subordinating Conjunctions - Sentence-writing exercise. (6 sentences)
(englishpage.com)
The
FBI agent and the suicide bomber
Red-handed - How an FBI agent saw through a Nairobi bomber
- with VIDEOS
(BBC)
New
immigration rules announced
"Details of rules controlling the number of skilled migrants from
outside the European Economic Area working in the UK are due to be revealed
later."
(BBC)
CCTV boom
'failing to cut crime'
"Huge investment in closed-circuit TV technology has failed
to cut UK crime,
a senior police officer has warned...
an "utter fiasco" - with only 3% of London's street robberies
being solved using security cameras."
+ New database
(BBC)
(Lien permanent 1) (Lien permanent 2)
EXEMPLES DE SUPPORTS POUR L'EVALUATION
de la Compréhension Orale et de l'Interaction en classe de 3e
/ validation A2 pour le DNB
- My favourite actor
+ Fichier son
(Ac. Nice)
(Lien permanent 1) (Lien permanent 2)
Animals
- Interactive games :
American Forest - African River -
African Grassland Animals - Backyard Animals
(sheppardsoftware.com)
Evaluation
de compréhension orale - Niveau 3ème 
(Cécile Clavel - Haute-Garonne)
Rugby in Wales
+ Fichier son
(elllo.org)
Cat
Games - interactive
+ Quizzes and Articles
(sheppardsoftware.com)
Animal
Quizzes - interactive
(sheppardsoftware.com)
The
Mid-Atlantic States :
animated activities and games
"The Mid-Atlantic States (also called Middle Atlantic States) of
the
United States traditionally refers to that section of the Atlantic Seaboard
between New England and the South. The definition always includes
New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and usually includes Delaware,
Maryland, and Washington D.C. Virginia and West Virginia are
sometimes included as well."
(sheppardsoftware.com)
Europe
Quizzes - interactive
Cities - Countries - Flags
(triviaplaza.com)
European
Countries : Level 3 - Drag and Drop Exercise
(sheppardsoftware.com)
European
Geography - interactive games
Capitals - Countries - Landscape
(sheppardsoftware.com)
Europe
: Download a free blank map
(sheppardsoftware.com)
(Lien
permanent 1)
(Lien
permanent 2)
Mayor
Johnson vows to cut crime
"Boris Johnson has pledged to tackle the "scourge" of crime
on London's transport system as a key priority in his new role as mayor
of the city...
he said he would use the resources of the mayor's office
to address youth violence...
Other items on his agenda include revisiting the controversial congestion
charging policies in central and west London, building 50,000 more homes,
increasing river transport options and amending the London Plan to ensure
back garden space is protected from development. Mr Johnson said his
new job included the need to build bridges with communities."
(BBC)
Illegal
workers prosecutions rise
"There has been a dramatic increase in the number of employers
being
prosecuted for hiring illegal immigrants, the BBC has learned."
(BBC)
Australian
English Glossary from A to Zed - Travelogue
(travel-library.com)
AMERICAN
VERNACULAR and FOLKSONG LIST
Nursery Rhymes - Games - Patriotic - Cowboy - Christian -
Lullaby - Work
(edu-cyberpg.com)
The
world's most influential people:
leaders, thinkers, heroes, artists, scientists and more"
(TIME)
The 11th Hour
Film Synopsis - Film Trailer - Short Clips - Poster
"Leonardo DiCaprio's "The 11th Hour" is a feature length documentary
concerning the environmental crises caused by human actions
and their impact on the planet."
(11thhouraction.com)
Two other free online
films in Flash by Leonardo Di Caprio :
Global Warning and Water Planet
(bottom right)
(leonardodicaprio.org)
MORE LINKS about 'The 11th Hour'
on Infonews
n°332 from 04/05/2008
Label
R.I.P. ("Reconnu d'Intérêt Pédagogique") :
résultats de la commission multimédia du 19 mars 2008
(educnet.education.fr)
Verbbusters
Irregular verbs - Test your level.
Levels : Beginner / Easy / Medium / Difficult / Advanced / Special
(verbbusters.com)
Johnson
wins London mayoral race
"Boris Johnson has won the race to become the next mayor of
London
- ending Ken Livingstone's eight-year reign at City Hall."
- an article and a video
(BBC)
The
Boris Story
"A look at the colourful life and times of
London's new mayor, Boris Johnson."
(BBC)
Tornadoes
tear through Virginia
- an article and a video
(BBC)
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(Lien
permanent 1)
(Lien
permanent 2)
Winning
is Everything - Sportsmanship and Leadership
- a video "about something inspirational that took place
on a college softball field in Portland,
Oregon recently."
(barbarafeldman.com)
or on YouTube
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Sustainable development
It "is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs
while
preserving the natural environment so that these needs can be met
not only in the present, but in the indefinite future."
1 Scope and definitions
2 Environmental sustainability
3 Decade of Education for Sustainable Development...
(Wikipedia)
YouthXchange - towards sustainable lifestyles
"Planet Earth is facing a severe global crisis. Inefficient consumption
and production patterns are putting an unbearable strain on our planet.
youthxchange is designed to help trainers and individuals to understand
and communicate on sustainable lifestyles."
(youthxchange.net)
YouthXchange - towards sustainable lifestyles
Training
Kit on responsible consumption - The Guide
(UNESCO)
WALLACE & GROMIT.
A Close Shave
(Niveau 4ème)
- Sheep - Vocabulary
- Close Shave - Sequence
- Episode 1
- Present Perfect - Episode
1
- Close
Shave - Worksheet - Script - Episode 1 - Correction
- Crosswords - Clues (key)
(.rtf)
- Close Shave - Test - Episode
2
- Correction - Test - Episode
2
- Close Shave - Worksheet
- Episode 2
- Close Shave - Episode 3
- Close Shave - Episode 4
- Close Shave - Pairwork
- Characters
- Close Shave - Pairwork
- Present Perfect
proposées par 
Dictionaraoke
The singing Dictionary
"Audio clips from online dictionaries sing the hits of yesterday
and today.
The fun of karaoke meets the word power of the dictionary."
(dictionaraoke.org)
Tiger Adventure
Games
"These interactive games are appropriate for kids age 10 and
higher.
All games are courtesy of the Tiger Information Center, a tiger conservation
website that was developed by the Minnesota Zoo and is currently funded
and maintained by the Save The Tiger Fund."
(mnzoo.com)
Open Source Shakespeare
Features :
concordance + keyword search + advanced search +statistics
Plays :
by genre + by number of lines + character list + character search
Sonnets and Poems :
individual sonnets + sonnets compared side-by-side
+ all sonnets + all poems
(opensourceshakespeare.org)
Career
Videos
- You can donload 1737 films about careers in 17 different fields
- anglais US,
3 formats : mov, mpg uncaptioned et captioned
(web1.dol.state.nj.us)
