Suite à une séquence consacrée à la lutte pour les droits civiques aux Etats-Unis, les élèves d’Anglais approfondi ont chacun créé un exposé retraçant la vie d’une figure afro-américaine. Sport (Jesse Owens, Arthur Ashe), Arts (Sidney Poitier, Duke Ellington) ou bien encore sciences (Katherine Johnson), plusieurs domaines ont été choisis…
The 5èmes in the American International Section have been studying iconic American women this year to work on their use of the preterite and to add to their knowledge of American history. After reading extracts from the book Rad American Women A-Z by Kate Schatz, they each chose a woman…
To continue our work on poetry this year, the 6th graders in the American Section read “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou. After analyzing the structure of the poem and highlighting rhyming words, they then looked for examples of figurative language in the poem. In 6th grade, the students learn…
Les élèves de 3éme 1 partcipent au concours Roboty’c. Il s’agit de créer et présenter une maquette de trieur de déchets robotisée à l’aide d’un robot LEGO Mindstorm.
Pour la 5ème année consécutive, des élèves de 6ème du collège correspondront en anglais avec des élèves espagnols de l’école Pau Casals située à Montmeló. Cette correspondance écrite sera ponctuée tout au long de l’année d’événements spéciaux (cartes de vœux, présentation vidéo du collège…) et permettra de mettre en pratique…
The American Section decided to celebrate Thanksgiving this year by thinking about all the things we’re thankful for. Some of the things were simple like being thankful for having a PS4. Some of them were more complex like being thankful for Taekwondo and for having a dad that is always…
Our 6èmes are working on poetry this trimestre. As part of our lesson on haiku, they spent time in the park next to our school using four of their five senses to observe nature. This observation led them to write their own haiku poems about Fall in La Défense. We…
The American Section has spent the week learning about Remembrance Day (UK)/Veterans’ Day (US). We learned about why many people use poppies to commemorate soldiers who died beginning just after WWI. After reading a short text and doing a word search, we analyzed the poem In Flanders Fields by John McCrae…
The International American Section is reading The Giver by Lois Lowry this year. Today, the students made 3D pumpkins to explore what they’ve learned so far. Each pumpkin had one side for the description of a favorite character from the book, another side describing the setting, another for the important plot…
Part of our work on The Giver includes an introduction to character analysis. First, the students worked individually to describe Jonas, the main character. We looked at personality traits and quotes from the book that supported our description. Then, the students worked together to create a word illustration of Jonas,…