HOW TO WRITE A GOOD STORY

1. Imaginer la trame:

 Noter des idées sur le moment (matin, soir, nuit ? période contemporaine, historique, future ?), le décor, les personnages présents (noms, description physique ).

 Prévoir ce qui va se passer dans les grandes lignes (si possible, directement en anglais).

2. Choisir un point de vue :

Type de narrateur : personnage (= récit à la 1^ère personne) ou narrateur non personnage (= récit à la 3è personne) ?

Type de narration : neutre (= point de vue externe) ou engagée (= point de vue interne) ?

3. Construire l’histoire :

 Poser la situation initiale.

 Proposer un problème.

 Développer = réaction au problème.

 Conclure.

4. Autres remarques :

 Temps de la narration :

• pour décrire les actions passées = …………………………………………………

• forme interrogative :

• forme négative :

• forme affirmative : V réguliers : …………… ; V irréguliers :

• pour décrire une action en déroulement = ………………………………………………………

• pour parler de ce qui s’est passé avant l’événement au passé = ………………………………………

 Utiliser des mots de liaison : et encore bien d'autres ici

au début : d’abord : puis – ensuite : à la fin : il y a deux ans :

dès que : pendant que : soudain : plus tard : quelques minutes plus tard :

HOW TO WRITE A GOOD ESSAY

Writing an essay for and against

To help you in the following tasks, you may have a look here

1. Classify the folowing link words in the chart bellow.

Introduire le sujet	Ajouter une idée	Donner des exemples
Présenter un aspect différent	Conclure	Donner son point de vue

All in all/ All things considered / As for me/ Besides/ For example/ For instance / Furthermore

Generally speaking / However / I am convinced that / I really believe that /In most cases

It is believed that / Moreover / nowadays / Nevertheless / On the other hand /Particularly

Such as /To conclude / To my mind/ To put it in a nutshell /What is more / Yet

2. Look at the way this short essay has been composed.

Subject: Is technological progress always positive? Explain your point of view.

Introduction: Recent technological progress	Over the last few years, there have been tremendous changes in our work and leisure activities. Indeed, we could go as far as to say that our daily life has been revolutionized by computers, faster communications and other forms of technological progress.
Arguments for: easier work, more varied leasure	First of all, this has made our working lives easier by getting rid of boring repetitive tasks and speeding up our work. In addition, video games and CD players have brought high quality sound and pictures, as well as huge quantities of information right into our homes.
Arguments against: Saturation or refusal of reality	On the other hand, some people, especially the young, are tempted to spend too much time either in front of a screen or wearing headphones and, as a result, their ability or desire to communicate is reduced. They have no friends or, even worse, they invent imaginary friends who inhabit their artificial universe.
Personal point of view: Good if used with moderation	As far as I am concerned, I consider that technological progress is both inevitable and globally beneficial, as long as people use it in moderation in order to improve their efficiency or increase their pleasure. Pushed to extremes, it can lead people to refuse the real world and seek refuge in “virtual reality”.

Which of the inderlined expressions in the essay could be replaced by the following?

1. As a matter of fact...............................

2. However................................................

3. In my opinion......................................

4. Particularly..........................................

5. Not to mention.....................................

6. Provided that .......................................

7. Recently...............................................

8. Therefore..............................................

9. to begin with..........................................

10. What is more...........................................

Now, it is your turn:

Number one: Is the mobile phone a good or a bad thing? Explain your point of view.

detectives....

Who do they remind you of?

Tell me what you know concerning each of them

If you need help (you are maybe too young to know about these characters)
You may try here
Or else here

You are fed up with reading already? well you can listen and watch then, but then again, you can also read
If the address above does not work, or if you have not found all you needed, you can try this website

A musical clue for the last one

A version with Peter Sellers

A hilarious stupid joke.
This is a video, from youtube, but I am too stupid. I didn't manage to embed it....

You may want (or need ) to know more...


Now you know quite a lot about famous detectives
Yu may want to turn into one yourself
Check here, read the text, try to find the clues and try to solve the mystery
Good luck

Holidays!! Let's be stupid!

CHRITSMAS COLLEGE

To learn more about the mince pie

want to learn more about Christmas?

want to enter the USA?

Here is an example of the form you 'll have to fill in if your want to set foot on the Amercian soil..

Don't try to be funny, because they won't be!!

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Sherlock Holmes

FBI page for kids

1. When did the organization begin?
   

2. Who brought together the 34 investigators into a special agent force?
   

3. What was the name of the organization in 1933?
   

4. When did the agency become the Federal Bureau of Investigation?
   

5. Do you know the name of the special wallets used to identify FBI agents?

6. How many different wallets are there? .

7. What is Jose's job?
   

8. Can you find a definition of a law?
   

9. How many violations of the law does the FBI investigate?

10. Name the seven different categories of investigations

11. Where do Congress meets to make laws?

12. Find a way to identify people which is great because it never changes
    

13. How many new fingerprints does the FBI get each day?
    

14. Do identical twins have the same fingerprints?
    

15. How many different fingerprint patterns are used to identify people?

16. Name them:

17. Which pattern correspond to YOUR fingerprints?
    

18. If you don't have fingerprints, what can you use to identify people?
    

19. Do identical twins have the same DNA?
    

20. What is the name of the instrument used to measure how you react to questions?
    

21. What is the other name of this machine?

22. Who invented it?
    

23. What must you do to become a Special Agent on top of having special skills, training or work experience?
    

24. Where do Special Agent receive their training?
    

25. How long is the training?
    

26. What subjects do the future special agents study?

27. How many times a year are they tested on their shooting skills?
    

28. What happens if a special agent doesn't pass tests that check the physical skills?

29. What techniques are important not to be hurt?
    

30. Name the town where Agents practice the skills they learn in class

31. What's Agent Wayne's job? ................................................................

32. How many languages does he speak?

33. Name them.

34. What is the name of people whose job consists in studying secret messages?

35. Have you decoded the secret message?
    

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