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: 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: read the article IV. and answer questions 1. a)b)c).
Wednesday January 14th 2026
In the news + recap Constitution + beg. healthcare.
For Wednesday January 14th 2026: try to recap what you should remember about the video (see below if you need to watch it again) and the article + prepare the question of I. society the family health.
Wednesday January 7th 2026
Hw corrected + follow-up about the US Constitution (video + article SCOTUS).
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
Suggested answer for latest DS given and 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
Papers (DS) commented and handed back + British politics hw corrected I + II. 1.
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 + beginning of work about III. 1.
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,
- 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 + grammar for / since / present perfect + multiple choice question corrected + video and first reactions.
For Wednesday October 15th: prepare IV (first two §) and optional: hand in your full translation of IV. + prepare V.
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 + beginning of hw corrected (II) + beg. III.
For Wednesday October 8th: prepare I. & II, p. 1 about transport holiday place (video below).
Wednesday October 1st
In the news + end grammar + translation into English + 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 + finish exercise III. 3 (words) + 5. question a) about the article from The Economist + read IV carefully to understand how to make one’s point and be convincing.
Wednesday September 17th
In the news + homework corrected + adj / N -ful / -less / -ness + vocab. / III. 3.
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 + 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.