Safe SUVs?

You can have a look there: http://www.suv.org/ or there http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUV or on many other sites as well!

Reign of the Media?

Here is a list of the documents you will study in this unit: p56-57: three photos and a quote by newt Gingrich. (you must have done that already:homework) p59: American profile. p60: Struck Dumb by TV For an oral report, I would also like you to think about the way you use the media. Or do they use you?! Do you read the newspaper? What sort of magazines do you buy? What sort of information do you like to keep track of?What is the biggest news today? etc.... See you tomorrow and don't forget your paper about the Thousanduplets!

About Pollock

http://www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/pollockhome.shtm

http://www.moma.org/

http://www.kaliweb.com/jacksonpollock/

http://www.beatmuseum.org/pollock/jacksonpollock.html

http://myclimatspainters.free.fr/pollock2.htm

The artist at work.

Describe how he painted:

Have you ever heard of ...

You can click on the pictures to enlarge them Jackson Pollock? Why wouldn't you search the web - to explain how he began his career. - the titles of those paintings and when they were done. - to find out when, with whom and how Pollock died - to find out how much his drawings can be sold today. etc... Think of visiting MoMA.org as well as the Guggenheim New york City museum. Say if you found the following link interesting. if you didn't, how did you find it? http://www.jacksonpollock.org

Behind the times...

I'm awfully late... Lots and lots of blogging to catch up with. It's true you haven't been very active with those blogs so far but it might change, don't you feel like it? And even worse: i'm afraid i may have a bigger-than-i-thought computer problem at home. I can't seem to get rid of viruses. (at least only the virtual ones) And tonight, as i got ready to send you some news on your class blog, a major break down took place (at least not a psychological one.) So now, let's hope this message gets through to you if you drop by! We have worked with the text A Most Serious Offence; i suggest you read it again by the way! It's always very profitable to do so. We dealt with the following items - infinitive propositions (want;would like;expect;advise;allow;add) - present perfect/preterit - vocabulary around fear and prejudice We also worked around Thanksgiving with Tyler with lots of oral practise. ..more to come... if the test works...

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks, of family gatherings and holiday meals. A time of turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. A time for Indian corn, holiday parades and giant balloons

Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November, which this year (2005) is November 24th.

In 1621, after a hard and devastating first year in the New World the Pilgrim's fall harvest was very successful and plentiful. There was corn, fruits, vegetables, along with fish which was packed in salt, and meat that was smoke cured over fires. They found they had enough food to put away for the winter.

The Pilgrims had beaten the odds. They built homes in the wilderness, they raised enough crops to keep them alive during the long coming winter, and they were at peace with their Indian neighbors. Their Governor, William Bradford, proclaimed a day of thanksgiving that was to be shared by all the colonists and the neighboring Native American Indians.

The custom of an annually celebrated thanksgiving, held after the harvest, continued through the years. During the American Revolution (late 1770's) a day of national thanksgiving was suggested by the Continental Congress.

In 1817 New York State adopted Thanksgiving Day as an annual custom. By the middle of the 19th century many other states also celebrated a Thanksgiving Day. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln appointed a national day of thanksgiving. Since then each president has issued a Thanksgiving Day proclamation, usually designating the fourth Thursday of each November as the holiday.

messages

you might have been willing to send messages... Please do so here. Any message will be given a mark that will count ONLY IF you want to :-) Do it now!