Monday, November 28th
Thursday, November 23rd
Monday, November 20th
Reading Tartan, a short-story by George Mackay Brown.
Re-write the story using Morag’s point of view, and write it in the first person (250 words +/-10%)
- put yourself in her shoes an visualize the landscape (see photos below) and the scene (the Vikings coming ashore)
- collect vocabulary and information in the short-story which you are going to recycle in your own version.
Morag’s account of Tartan
It was last year, on a cold winter morning, I had woken up early because of the noise made by the wind and also because I didn’t feel safe without my husband at home with me. He had left a few days before to spend some time in the hills taking care of the new lambs. Looking at the window I saw four Vikings coming ashore from the ship they had anchored in the bay. I decided to hide in the rocks above my house where I watched them kill my neighbour’s dog. I was terrified but when I saw them going into my house I couldn’t help wondering what they were doing in my house. Silently I came back to my house and watched them while they were eating my good soup. Suddenly one of those big brutes realized I was standing by the door and I had to run away in a hurry. I stopped only when I was out of breath but was relieved to see that they had not tried to follow me but anxious for poor old Siobhan who was mourning her grand-son in the house next to mine. At least the Vikings seemed to respect death because they didn’t take anything from her, not that there was much to take anyway. Then they went to Malcolm’s house and remained there for quite a while, by that time I had met with a group of men from the village who were wondering what Malcolm was up to. When we realized that the Vikings were heading towards Duncan’s house we understood that Malcolm wanted to use the Viking to settle
his business with Duncan. What a horrible thing to do! But so typical of that scheming bastard!
Fortunately Malcolm’s oldest son displayed more courage than most adults around and won the Vikings over with his clever behaviour. In the meantime Alasdair, my husband’s brother, had killed the drunk Viking. The three remaining Vikings didn’t seem very upset when they discovered his body and went back hurriedly to their ship, laden with Malcolm’s tartan and two sheep. Old Siobhan who is a bit of a witch uttered one of her maledictions so that they would perish in the sea. We have never heard from them again.
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Thursday, October 19th
English Test: written comprehension & short written expression
Monday, October 16th (Cours annulés de 8h à 10h)
Thursday, October 12th
- Howlers – most common mistakes to avoid
- numbers and figures (to train yourself at home use this)
- False friends
- Irregular verbs
Monday, October 9th
Reading Tartan, a short-story by George Mackay Brown.
Re-write the story using Morag’s point of view, and write it in the first person (250 words +/-10%)
- put yourself in her shoes an visualize the landscape (see photos below) and the scene (the Vikings coming ashore)
- collect vocabulary and information in the short-story which you are going to recycle in your own version.
Thursday, October 5th
Reading Tartan, a short-story by George Mackay Brown.
Monday, October 2nd
Reading Tartan, a short-story by George Mackay Brown.
Thursday, September 28th
Use the 8 forms of WRITE to complete the following sentences.
Allan ……… songs to impress girls when he was a teenager.
Allan …………………… for years on this old typewriter.
Allan …………………… , be quiet!
Allan …………………… three novels before becoming famous.
Allan ……………………poetry, he is a poet.
Allan (also) ……………………six novels.
Allan ……………………his fourth novel when he got the Booker prize.
Allan …………………… for years when at last a publisher phoned him.
Allan WRITES poetry, he is a poet. PRESENT
Allan IS WRITING.Be quiet! PRSENT
Allan HAS also WRITTEN six novels.PRESENT
Allan HAS BEEN WRITING for years on this old typewriter.PRESENT
Allan WROTE songs to impress girls when he was a teenager.PAST
Allan WAS WRITING his fourth novel when he got the Booker prize.PAST
Allan HAD WRITTEN three novels before becoming famous.PAST
Allan HAD BEEN WRITING for years when at last a publisher phoned him.PAST
Monday, September 25th
Personalize the chart about tenses with some examples of your own.
+ Fire alarm exercise!!!
Thursday, September 21st
Complete Tense Chart / Slides : Waiting for the bus
Monday, September 18th
Thursday, September 14th
Reading Tartan, a short-story by George Mackay Brown.
Monday, September 11th
Reading Tartan, a short-story by George Mackay Brown.
Visualizing the scene by drawing elements. The scene takes place in the north of Scotland, near Durness and it looks like this when the weather is good!
Thursday, September 7th
General introduction and a short history of the English Language.
=> homework: watch the video
