The schwa 1 (free - NEW)

In this intermediate lesson plan, students learn and practise how to use the 'schwa' sound. There are audio activities for learners to recognise the sounds in words and as part of sentences, and to practise creating the sound.

Final -s pronunciation (for full members - NEW)

In this intemediate lesson plan, students learn and practise the different ways to pronounce 's' at the end of words. There are audio activities for learners to recognise the sounds in single words and in sentences, and to practise creating the sounds. The lesson ends with a race game for students to revise what they have learned.

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Learning English (free)

This pre-intermediate lesson filler teaches students how to say the letters of the alphabet, how to ask about the meaning and spelling of unfamiliar words and how to describe different parts of speech (nouns, verbs, prepositions, pronouns adverbs).

Ed pronunciation (free)

In this intermediate lesson, students learn and practise the different ways of saying 'ed' at the end of regular verbs in the past tense. There's an audio activity to help learners recognise these sounds in words, as well as exercises to help them use the sounds in their speaking.

And in Business English:

Words in English (free)

In this pre-intermediate business English version of our popular lesson filler 'Learning English', students learn how to say the letters of the alphabet, how to ask about the meaning and spelling of unfamiliar words and how to describe different parts of speech (nouns, verbs, prepositions, pronouns adverbs). There is a pairwork activity in which partners take turns to ask each other questions about the English terms for common items found in an office.

Also, explore our Course plans here for all levels of learners.

https://www.shakespeareweek.org.uk/

Shakespeare Week for you

TEACHERS: Access free cross-curricular resources >

HOME EDUCATORS: Explore our free resources                     families

 

                                                                  ORGANISATIONS: List events and join the celebration >

FOR CHILDREN: Mission Shakespeare - new on-line challenges >

William Shakespeare's handwritten plea for refugees to go online

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/15/william-shakespeare-handwritten-plea-for-refugees-online-sir-thomas-more-script-play-british-library-exhibition

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/search?q=social+media

http://www.speakeasy-news.com/students-demand-gun-control/

Claudette Colvin : the 15-year-old who came before Rosa Parks

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05z1929#sa-link_location=story-body&intlink_from_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fstories-43171799&intlink_ts=1520761669110-sa

In March 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks defied segregation laws by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin did exactly the same thing. Eclipsed by Parks, her act of defiance was largely ignored for many years. She herself didn't talk about it much, but she spoke recently to the BBC.

Find out more

• Claudette Colvin spoke to Outlook on the BBC World Service
• You can listen again here

BBC NEWS

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-43286485

It's "Women's History Month."

This year's theme is

"Nevertheless...She Persisted." 

This issue highlights females who:

Blazed a path forward;

Defied the odds against them;

Disregarded their own well-being to help others;

  Rejected "no" as a standard answer for women/girls.

Who challenged this statement: "Women can't fly planes?"

Why did US flight schools reject female students?

How did Bessie Coleman "prove them wrong?"

Around the time that Bessie Coleman learned to fly, in France, another woman with the name of Coleman was helping WWI soldiers to live again.

Men who'd spent months in French trenches, during "The Great War," were at risk of sustaining massive facial injuries. People with disfiguring facial injuries are subject to psychological as well as physical trauma.

The effects of trench-related injuries caused survivors to recoil from public life. Many refused to return home because they didn't want their families to see their ravaged faces.

Anna Coleman Ladd, an American sculptor, decided to lessen the profound psychological damage sustained by these WWI soldiers. She traveled to Paris where she opened a shop which people called the "Tin Noses Shop." Her mission in life? Take a look.

Around the time that Bessie Coleman learned to fly, in France, another woman with the name of Coleman was helping WWI soldiers to live again.

Men who'd spent months in French trenches, during "The Great War," were at risk of sustaining massive facial injuries. People with disfiguring facial injuries are subject to psychological as well as physical trauma.

The effects of trench-related injuries caused survivors to recoil from public life. Many refused to return home because they didn't want their families to see their ravaged faces.

Anna Coleman Ladd, an American sculptor, decided to lessen the profound psychological damage sustained by these WWI soldiers. She traveled to Paris where she opened a shop which people called the "Tin Noses Shop." Her mission in life? Take a look.

How was Anna able to "give back life to them prayed for death?"

Watch a rare, 1918 video of Anna at work in her shop.

Many years later, another American woman tackled another impossibly difficult project.

When Erin Brockovich investigated why medical records were located in a real estate file, what did she find?

Erin wasn't a lawyer, but she didn't let that fact deter her investigation. With dogged focus, she kept digging. What she found "brought a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees."

Talk about persisting ... Erin's efforts led to one of the largest-ever settlements in .S. history. The funds she and her colleagues collected were paid to individuals unknowingly exposed to dangerously high levels of a chemical known as "Chrome 6" (hexavalent chromium).

While women like Elizabeth Barrett Browning urged change with the power of their words, other women fueled change with the power of their photographs. Dorothea Lange and Marion Post Wolcott are two examples.

lien vers l'article du 15 février + Compréhension orale pour le discours de Meghan Markle de 2015 par

Muriel O' Mahony / Ac. de Montpellier

http://myschoolbag.eklablog.com/speeches-meghan-markle-un-women-2015-emma-watson-i-m-a-feminist-2016-a137123346

ARCHIVES DE CE SITE POUR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

http://myschoolbag.eklablog.com/international-women-s-day-online-resources-a106752402

UN official site for International Women's Day

“Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives”

http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/international-womens-day

This year, International Women’s Day comes on the heels of unprecedented global movement for women’s rights, equality and justice. Sexual harassment, violence and discrimination against women has captured headlines and public discourse, propelled by a rising determination for change.

International Women’s Day 2018 is an opportunity to transform this momentum into action, to empower women in all settings, rural and urban, and celebrate the activists who are working relentlessly to claim women’s rights and realize their full potential.

Echoing the priority theme of the upcoming 62nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, International Women’s Day will also draw attention to the rights and activism of rural women, who make up over a quarter of the world population and majority of the 43 per cent of women in the global agricultural labour force.

They till the lands and plant seeds to feed nations, ensure food security for their communities and build climate resilience. Yet, on almost every measure of development, because of deep seated gender inequalities and discrimination, rural women fare worse than rural men or urban women. For instance, less than 20 per cent of landholders worldwide are women, and while the global pay gap between men and women stand at 23 per cent, in rural areas, it can be as high as 40 per cent. They lack infrastructure and services, decent work and social protection, and are left more vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Rural women and their organizations represent an enormous potential, and they are on the move to claim their rights and improve their livelihoods and wellbeing. They are using innovative agricultural methods, setting up successful businesses and acquiring new skills, pursuing their legal entitlements and running for office.

On 8 March, join activists around the world and UN Women to seize the moment, celebrate, take action and transform women’s lives everywhere. The time is NOW.

 WOMEN AND WORK

 http://www.ilo.org/gender/Events/international-women-day/2017/lang--en/index.htm

iNTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA TIMELINE

http://interactive.unwomen.org/multimedia/timeline/womenunite/en/index.html#/

"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they aren't out to get you."

FROGS AND CROCODILES

https://www.eslgamesplus.com/crocodile-games/

EASY VIDEO WITH TRANSCRIPT

https://www.channelone.com/video_post/rosie-the-riveter/

https://projects.voanews.com/lewis-clark/

THE TELEGRAPH

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ski/articles/brush-up-language-skills-ski-holiday/

Here are the tools that could be used to create the fake news of the future

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/02/12/here-are-the-tools-that-could-be-used-to-create-the-fake-news-of-the-future/?utm_term=.ba03da3310ff

HERALD SUN / KIDS NEWS

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/kids-news/today-marks-10-years-since-former-prime-minister-kevin-rudds-historic-apology-to-the-stolen-generation/news-story/3b1a9bd4a14dc321f63b8e9fbfe3b8fa

En LP

http://anglais-lp.ac-orleans-tours.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/anglaisLP/dossier_ressources/sequence_FRK.pdf

Réseau Canopé

https://www.reseau-canope.fr/langues-en-ligne/uploads/tx_lelextendpages/ANG_lycee_Evolution-Theatre.pdf

Académie de Caen ( Affiche + film)

https://www.ac-caen.fr/dsden61/ress/culture/cinema/college_cinema/ressources/dossiers-films-colleges/Frankenstein/Frankenstein-corrige.pdf

Académie de Dijon : site langues

Autour de Frankenstein

http://langues.ac-dijon.fr/spip.php?article357

                                                                                Sitographies

 http://www.webenglishteacher.com/shelley.html
 Académie de Corse

une plongée dans les différentes adaptations de Frankenstein

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42411484

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/korean/features/drama/frankenstein-ep1

Tous les épisodes, ainsi que d'autres séries ici:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/drama

You can also listen to our versions of:

• Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
• The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
• Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

The Economist : 2 articles

Mary Shelley’s monster at 200. Frankenstein: the monster that never dies

Two hundred years after Mary Shelley first imagined him, her creature continues to be reborn

https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21737015-two-hundred-years-after-mary-shelley-first-imagined-him-her-creature-continues-be

Frankenstein revisited: Frankenstein in Baghdad

A prize-winning novel takes the monster to Baghdad

https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21737020-prize-winning-novel-takes-monster-baghdad-frankenstein-and-war-iraq

THE GUARDIAN

Frankenstein at 200 – why hasn't Mary Shelley been given the respect she deserves?

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/13/frankenstein

GALLERY: MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN IN CHARTS

https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2018/jan/13/mary-shelleys-frankenstein-in-charts

Teaching Resources :

Frankestein / British Council / The passive : powerpoint/ worksheets

https://ealresources.bell-foundation.org.uk/resources/frankenstein-passive-voice

The Guardian : Teacher Network

Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus

https://content.teachers.theguardian.com/Guardian_RootRepository/Saras/ContentPackaging/UploadRepository/learnpremium/Lesson/learnpremium/englis~00/post16~02/franke~00/modern~00/learni~00/default.htm

The New York Times : teaching Frankenstein

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/learning/lesson-plans/teaching-frankenstein-with-the-new-york-times.html

Sitographie

From The Times

1931 | “A Man-Made Monster in Grand Guignol Film Story”

1974 | “2 Parties, 800 Guests, 1 Big Night”

2003 | “How Much of the Body Is Replaceable?”

2005 | “Dire Wounds, a New Face, a Glimpse in a Mirror”

2006 | “Frankenstein, Meet Your Forefathers”

2007 | “Are Scientists Playing God? It Depends on Your Religion”

2010 | “Our Life, Between Sea and Oil”

2011 | “‘It’s Alive! It’s Alive!’ Maybe Right Here on Earth”

2012 | “Messing With Mother Nature”

2013 | “‘Frankenstein’ Manuscript Comes Alive in Online Shelley Archive”

2015 | “A Volcanic Eruption That Reverberates 200 Years Later”

2015 | “Readers on Donald Trump: Bigot, Patriot or Frankenstein’s Monster?”

2016 | “Building a Better Human With Science? The Public Says, No Thanks”

2016 | “In London, a Frankenstein With Empathy”

Times Topic Pages

Mary Shelley

Cloning

Genetic Engineering

Science Fiction

From Around the Web

Arizona State University | The Frankenstein Bicentennial Project

The New Republic | “How Frankenstein's Monster Became Real”

Slate | “How a Volcano Helped Inspire ‘Frankenstein’”

Slate | “The Science That Inspired Mary Shelley”

The Guardian | “What Frankenstein Means Now”

Slate | “Why Frankenstein Is Still Relevant, Almost 200 Years After It Was Published”

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-fighting-temeraire

The Guardian

Powerhouse Mechanic

Powerhouse mechanic, circa 1921

"In one of Hine’s most famous images, he emphasizes machinery and musculature. ‘The visual appeal of the photo is rather direct and stunning,’ Daile Kaplan, vice-president of photographs at Swann galleries, told The Hot Bid. ‘It has harmony, it has visual balance, and at the same time, he positions the worker in a way that he’s controlling the machine. It reflects a new visual vocabulary that addresses the machine age, but it privileges the person with the machine’

Cartoon by "First dog on the moon"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/19/florida-shooting-i-cannot-even-begin-to-imagine

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43105699

Trump: " There has never been a better time to start living the American Dream"

https://www.theonion.com/onion-fact-check-trumps-state-of-the-union-1822609550

http://www.speakeasy-news.com/australian-identity-crisis/?utm_source=Nath_Sco_SN&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=OP5841_NATH_2017_SPEAK_Newsletter_201802