ValmEnglish: juin 2013

Trip to Plymouth April 2013

Un voyage organisé et accompagné par Mmes Decoux, Dezeuze, El Khadari et Havas

On Tuesday, June 11th, we, the 4e Section Européenne, presented, in front of our parents and schoolmates, three short plays that we had been preparing for a few weeks with Miss Havas. The first one was about shopping, the second one was about poetry and the last one was about travels and holidays. Joyce

Smart shoppers

I played in the play about shopping. I was a woman who always wants new dresses or coats. Ethel was my husband. It was very funny. Flora was the shopkeeper. Our play is very short but it's difficult to learn the text and play. The other plays were very funny too! Jeanne

Colin the poet

This play is about a young poet who irritates his family a lot. But one day he wins a trip to New York, for two, and suddenly everybody finds him very interesting!

We had a lot of rehearsals, so I knew my lines by heart, but I admit I was a bit nervous...My role is a father tired of his son who only speaks in vain and recites poems. Angelica

Holiday In Rome

Holiday in Rome is a short play about a husband and wife, Mr and Mrs Davies. Every Holiday, they go to a hotel in Bournemouth, a little hotel with strict schedules and a very strict landlady. They can't eat after 6.30!!!

One day, they are walking in Bournemouth and they see a poster: " Summer Lottery, win 1 000 000 pounds! Last day! Don't miss your chance!" Seeing this poster, they imagine what they could do with one million pounds: " We could go to Rome!" So Mr Davies decides to buy a lottery ticket!

A few days later, while they are having breakfast at the hotel, a woman comes and tells them they have won the lottery! They can't believe it! And at this moment, the landlady comes and says: " Oh, that's fantastic! Congratulations, shall I book you in for next year?" The Davies pretend not to have heard... They sign the cheque and say "Now we can even go to Rome!" The landlady, annoyed, exclaims: " Rooome? What's Rome got that Bournemouth hasn't? !! Anouk

The one I played in was about a couple who always spends holiday in the same small hotel in England. Then one day the couple wins the lottery and goes to Rome... I loved playing the part, it was great and it would be greater to do it again! Anaïs

After several rehearsals we presented our plays

The show was very successful.

The costumes and the scenery were very funny and the make-up beautiful.

Mrs Havas told us that we were talking too fast …but the public laugh during pieces ! Annah

All afternoon, we rehearsed the plays, and we checked if we had all the costume.. There was a good atmosphere!

At 5: 45, the audience arrived:

our friends, our parents, some teachers, Mrs Guisnet and Mr Rubio. During the show, what

was the most difficult it was not to laugh! Generally, we didn’t laugh, but

sometimes we couldn’t refrain it (especially during rehearsals)

I had a really good time! Mya

We rehearsed as much as we could, and on show-day, it was almost perfect! It was very nice to be somebody who doesn't look like us. Some costumes were really funny, especially with the make-up!
A lot of people made fun of me. But I think they were right! :)

It was a lot of stress but it was great and efforts have been rewarded: people laughed in the room, and we did as well... XD

I hope we can do something like that next year... Even better maybe?
Thank you for the great idea! Marie M.

Our parents and our friends came to school to see us.

I thought it was funny and great ! Marie L

I think it was a good experience to do some drama in English, so I am really happy! Mélissa.

We started with the casting for the three plays. Then we learned the text and we rehearsed with it. Then we worked the " acting skills": it's the hardest! But gradually we learned to be better actors. It was very funny! William

Solidarity in the neighbourhood

Our schoolmates have participated to the 'Jeunes Reporters pour l'Environnement" competition. We, the SE 4e helped them to translate one of their productions.

Lincoln

Lincoln

by Steven Spielberg

As a homework,Miss Havas asked the European Section to go and see the movie Lincoln.

This film is about the abolition of slavery in the United States. It shows how President Abraham Lincoln fought and worked to abolish slavery. It happened during the Civil War, which was the war between the northern and the southern states.

We think this film is too long and sometimes a bit complicated for young people like us. But it is also very interesting, and we learnt many things about American history, so it's good for our general knowledge.

Abraham Lincoln is a very touching character and Daniel Day Lewis won an Oscar for this role!

There are several very moving* scenes and the pictures are beautiful, just like the music.

Conclusion: A very good film but you must not go and see it if you are too young, because it is hard to understand. But if you like history, don't miss it! And Daniel Day-Lewis is the best actor ever!

Conclusion: A very good film but you must not go and see it if you are too young, because it is hard to understand. But if you like history, don't miss it! And Daniel Day-Lewis is the best actor ever!

moving= émouvant
4e Section Européenne

December 2012 4eSE in London

Hello!

We are the 4e "European Section".

We were very lucky to participate to a trip to London for 2 days in December, with Mr Nouvet and Miss Havas.

We had the pleasure to see many things and this was a memorable moment. Stay with us for an English experience!

Kamil and Wassim

The underground

In London, we took the underground several times.

The teacher told us that this underground was the first underground to be built in the world !!! We were very surprised.

A group of students played guides and it was very funny !

The ticket doen't look like the French one: it is bigger and pink on the other side.

This underground is very small but it's cute and we had a good time in it.

Joyce and Angelica

Lunch at Leicester Square. Sunny, isn't it?

We wern't on holiday: we had a lot of work to do : information to gather, questions to ask, solutions to find and photos to take!

So we asked people in the street to help us.

In English of course!

Big Ben

During the visit of London with our class we saw Big Ben.

Big Ben is a famous clock tower, located in the center of London, and next to the Thames and the Parliament. Big Ben is a symbol for London, so with our group we shouted when we saw it, and we took loads of photos, it was funny! We saw it just for a minute but it was a perfect moment and we will never forget it. Our dream to see this popular monument had just come true!

Mélissa and Miya

The London Eye

We saw the London Eye which is situated on the banks* of the River Thames: it is very big and beautiful. We were very happy because we all got into the same cabin for a tour.

We had a wonderful view when we were at the top: we could see most of London's monuments and we saw an open air ice-rink. We were amazed!!!

The teacher asked us how many bridges we think there are on the Thames and we all gave lots of numbers at random*, it was funny!

We took lots of photos and there were some digital touch tablet with information about the monuments we could see.

Angelica and Joyce

* bank = rive

amazed : stupéfait

at random : au hasard

Dunraven School

In London, we were invited to visit a school: Dunraven.

Dunraven is a very big school with students aged from 11 to 18. Of

course, they wear a uniform: a blue one with a yellow emblem.

First, we met in a classroom to make a quiz about Paris and London with our pen friends.

After that, we visited the school and went to different classes.

Lucky ones, they have cooking lessons too!

Delicious "mince pies"

I went to a English class and I didn’t understand anything J !

an art class

the gym

Then, we interviewed the sixth form students. The sixth form are the students who are preparing the A- Level (=baccalauréat). They don’t have to wear uniforms! They have special badges to go to their classrooms, where other students can't go!

We helped them with their French homework.

Then we interviewed them in English!

Finally, we had lunch in a classroom with our pen friends. It was very funny but we also spoke a lot of English!

Jeanne

Harrods

Harrods is a very big shop in London created in 1849.This shop is very famous all over the world. In the shops there are many floors and every floor has a special theme...

In Harrods, there is a very big food’s hall known all over the world. Over there, we can admire the mosaics on the wall, on the ground and on the ceiling*.

There are some Harrods products but other brands too (coca cola...)

We went to Harrods just before Christmas in the evening so the front was illuminated and the lights were sparkling* and everything was very lovely.

Harrod’s windows were very beautifull too.

They represent all the different Wall Disney's princesses.

We especially liked Cendrillon’s pink dress and Snow White’s golden dress. Lots of people stopped in front of these windows to look at them.

We really liked this department store* but we didn’t buy anything because it was very expensive!

*Ceiling = plafond

*Sparkling= étincelant
*department store = grand magasin

Marie et Lucile

The Youth Hostel

When we were in London, we spent one night in a youth hostel close to Picadilly Circus.

It was next to a theater, and when we where there, there was a Spice Girls concert!

In the hostel, there were people from a lot of different countries. It's a big, very colourful hostel: there are lots of paintings on the walls, the design is a bit strange but funny.

After a long day in London, we had chicken and French fries for dinner at the hostel, then we prepared our beds. After that, we had a walk to see London by night.

The next day, we had an English breakfast at the hostel: bacon, tomatoes, beans, eggs, and tea of course! It was delicious!

We really enjoyed this moment in London.

Anouk, Anaïs, Célia and Annah

The M&M's store

When we went in London, we immediately paid a visit to the best store in the wooorld : The M&M’s center !!!

This was in a beautiful place, with a big T.V. screen.

The M&M’s center has a very cool architecture: glass walls with lightning everywhere.

When we got in we could even see a double decker !

The smell was delicious and sweet ! There were 3 floors:

1*: on the ground floors, many T-shirt, cups, golf balls and some picks with the face of M&M’s !!! The distributors were hanging on the wall, there was a flag of England made in M&M’s !!!