For Wednesday March 11th: prepare § 1 of the translation – and all of it if you want to hand it in + The UK and the EU: read the two articles and prepare your answer to the question about them.
Wednesday March 4th
Hw corrected + linked with the current spat between the US president and British PM following the strikes on Iran + vocab. + beg. translation.
For Wednesday March 4th: end translation of the sentences p. 5 + beginning of work about Europe I. (video below beginning to 1’52) and II. question a) page 2.
Wednesday February 25th
Hw about NYC corrected.
For Wednesday February 25th: end work in I. about cities.
Optional work:
Wednesday February 4th 2026
End of the test corrected with suggested answer + hw corrected + following work.
For Wednesday February 4th 2026: read grid 1 p. 6 of your test + first article about New York.
Wednesday January 28th 2026
Work on your test papers + vocab. cities corrected.
For Wednesday January 28th 2026: read paper about healthcare in the US + read article of V. and answer the question about it + fill in the paper about city / country vocab.
Wednesday January 21st 2026:
Hw corrected + grammar + beg. vocab. country city.
For Wednesday January 21st 2026: prepare II (2. question) + III + IV (1. questions).
Friday January 9th 2026
In the news? + recap (hw) corrected + beg of health society the family I. & II (video).
For Wednesday January 7th 2026:
- End of vocab. exercise III. 1b) pp. 4-5 + training translation p. 6 and see fair copy and prepare questions if any + read A Cultural Guide – ref. top right-hand corner of p. 7 and fill in p. 7 about US institutions.
- optional Mines Ponts work:
Wednesday December 17th
Tests given back + suggested answer commented + hw corrected.
For Wednesday December 17th: prepare II. 2 video (first 3’07) below + III. prepare a detailed outline of your answer / Starmer – record and prospects.
Watch to 3’07 (before the interview).
Wednesday December 10th
British politics hw corrected I + II. 1 + beg. III.
For Wednesday December 10th: study the translation III. 4, and the fair copy you were given + beg. politics fill in p. 1 + prepare II. 1 about the video below:
Wednesday December 3rd
In the news? + hw corrected + concession
For Wednesday December 3rd: III. 1. d) (words) + read articles III. 1), 2), 3), and sum up the main arguments in those three articles.
Wednesday November 26th
In the news + recap / first picture in I. and following + II. hw / 1. video + 2. video interview of Robert Reich / recap on statistics and the truth, Orwell’s 1984, book bans, the American dream and political responsibilities for growing inequalities.
For Wednesday November 26th: watch the abc news video below and answer the questions asked in II. 1.
Wednesday November 19th
In the news / COP 30 + Hw corrected about the environment energy III + grammar + beg. work.
For Wednesday November 19th:
- revise the grammar reference to Mémo anglais on your papers,
- read the grids and suggested answer (pages 9 to 11) and prepare questions if any,
- fill in the vocabulary exercise IV (page 8),
- revise vocab. Transport Holiday Place + The environment Energy for your next test.
Wednesday November 12th
DS commented , corrected and given back.
For Wednesday November 12th:
- prepare a sentence for each graph in III. 1 and read III. 2
- grammar: III. 2. a)b)c)
- prepare I (the 4 documents) in work / the economy / consumption.
Wednesday November 5th
Hw about the environment / energy corrected I. II & beg of III.
For Wednesday November 5th: prepare I. questions + II. 1&2 + optional: DM below.
Wednesday October 15th
In the news + words + questions article + grammar for / since / present perfect + video beg.
For Wednesday October 15th: prepare III.
For Friday October 10th: DS see « rapport LVA 2025 » – https://www.concours-commun-inp.fr/fr/epreuves/annales/annales-epreuves-communes.html.
Wednesday October 8th
Rappels méthodo synthèse + V. Grammar revision + beginning of hw corrected (I).
For Wednesday October 8th: finish V. How to make your case + prepare I. & II, p. 1 about transport holiday place (video below).
Wednesday October 1st
In the news + end grammar + translation into English + beginning of V. How to make your case.
For Wednesday October 1st: end of the grammar exercise + translation of the first two paragraphs of IV.
Wednesday September 24th
Colles questions + In the news + Hw corrected (vocab. + grammar tenses + question + grammar multiple choice question).
For Wednesday September 24th: keep informed + do exercise III. 3 (words) + prepare III. 5. question a) on page 5 about the article from The Economist on page 4.
Wednesday September 17th
In the news + homework corrected + adj / N -ful / -less / -ness + questions about the article III. 1.
For Wednesday September 17th: read or watch the news + finish II. 1 c) d) 2, 3 a) + III. 1,2,3.
Wednesday September 10th
Phonetics corrected + in the news + recap pictures and work about AI 2027.
For Wednesday September 10th: finish phonetics exercicses + keep informed and be ready for 5-10 min discussing the news at the beg. of next class (and more specifically the flag campaign in the UK at the moment, the immigration crackdown in the US and Space X launches) + start learning vocab. in The Vocabulary Guide and reading A cultural guide (ref. in the top right-hand corner of your paper) + recap what can be said about I. (the two pictures taken together).
Wednesday September 3rd, 2025
Introduction + work about phonetics and pronunciation + in the news + transition to two cartoons about science / technology.