Infonews n°186 du 18/05/2003 

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"A la une" this week, "online grammar" a page of links to
explanations of some grammatical facts in English, with examples, and to
several sites of interactive grammar exercises (Hot Potatoes). Those sites
can be useful to autonomous students who want to remedy one precise point....
"In the News" discover in the last Time Magazine, an article
about Matrix Reloaded, and another one about working mothers, for Mother's
Day....and the fact that Time for Kids is now impossible to read....
Then find various resources for English and geography, theater,
international collaboration, poetry and literature, art, nutrition and
food, and three sites for teaching practice about videoconferencing,
activities for the last five minutes of class....et les rapports de
l'Inspection Générale. For primary school, the sites about Art can provide
useful pictures and interesting ideas to study painting sites and paint 'in
the style of....'
Have a nice week!
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A la Une
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Interactive Grammar
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In the News
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Matrix
Mother's Day (from Jean Barjou for CREATE)
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Resources for secondary school
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Sinking City of Venice (from [LIIWEEK] May 15)
TheatreUSA.com (from [LIIWEEK] May 15)
Inter-Jeunes / youthlinks (from Barbara Dieu on e-teach)
Headline Poems ( from Classroom Flyer, Thursday, May 15th)
Wizard of Oz ( from Classroom Flyer, Thursday, May 15th)
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Art
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Study a painter's style and paint like him/her (from Classroom Flyer,
Friday, May 16th)
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Nutrition and Food
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Food Network.com: Holiday Archives (from [LIIWEEK] May 15)
Seafood Lover's Guide (from [LIIWEEK] May 15)
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Teaching practice
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Videoconferencing Introduction ( from Library Hot Five #182)
5 Minutes to go (Classroom Flyer, Wednesday, May 14th)
Rapports de L'Inspection Générale (from Claude Covo Farchi on e-teach)

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A la Une
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Interactive Grammar
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http://perso.wanadoo.fr/infonews/themes/onlineexercises.htm
This page can be a good alternative to grammar books and exercises on
CDroms. You can invite your students to visit those pages to find examples
and explanations for various grammar points, interactive exercises and
precious resources for a grammar presentation to the class. It has been
very efficient for my première S....

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In the News
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Matrix
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http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101030512/story.html
Time Magazine offers an article and a list of links about the last Matrix :
since the last Matrix film is on French national TV tonight, and the new
Matrix reloaded is in Cannes, all your students will know or be curious
about it.
the official site:
http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/
Matrix Fan site
http://www.matrixfans.net
Animated shorts of life in the universe of Matrix
http://www.matrixfans.net
[ note : copy and keep what you need from the Time website, because the
archive are free only for two weeks. You can also buy the magazine....
Another info : Time for Kids is now free only for subscribers....and we
can't subscribe, because they refuse to send it outside the US : so just
remove this address from your bookmarks for the moment....]

Mother's Day (from Jean Barjou for CREATE)
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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,449466,00.html
read this "guide to Mother's Day, letter by letter, by Allison Pearson, the
author of the best-selling novel "I Don't Know How She Does It" and make
your students reflect about what it is to be a working mother.


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Resources for secondary school
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Sinking City of Venice (from [LIIWEEK] May 15)
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This companion site to a PBS NOVA television program "covers
the battle to keep the world's most unusual city from
drowning beneath the rising tides of the Adriatic Sea." An
article, video, and animations illustrate the problems
caused in Venice by rising sea levels, as well as potential
solutions to the dilemma (such as a series of mobile gates).
Includes a program transcript and teacher's guide.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/venice/
[ For those interested in architecture, geography, technology and sciences.
Un excellent site pour des TPE.]

TheatreUSA.com (from [LIIWEEK] May 15)
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This searchable directory has over 1,200 links in dozens of
categories for theater production, playwrights, actors,
producers, directors, and stage managers. Includes
organizations, associations, trade groups, educational
opportunities, community profit and nonprofit theaters
listed by state, and a Web site of the week and list of
Pulitzer Prize winners.
http://theatreusa.com/
[ for those studying theatre and all those who are interested in the
subject : this site provides help to write and produce a play.]

Inter-Jeunes / youthlinks (from Barbara Dieu on e-teach)
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Youth Links is a collaborative web-based learning project for high school
students and teachers. It is supported by Canadian Historica Foundation .
The YouthLinks e-zines are a collection of opinion pieces from the thousands
of students participating in the program. A wonderful site!
[ an bilingual English/French site to :
- find ideas to work on current issues like peace, safety and immigration
- work with other young people in the world.]

Headline Poems ( from Classroom Flyer, Thursday, May 15th)
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http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/headlines.html
Students will work in groups to comb newspaper headlines for prevalent
themes. They will choose a topic, collect headlines, and then rearrange
them to create their own brand of newspaper poetry, adding punctuation and
capitalization where appropriate.
[ to work on headlines and turn them into poems...]

Wizard of Oz ( from Classroom Flyer, Thursday, May 15th)
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Use this collection of links and lesson plans to assign
your students topics on researching author L. Frank Baum,
finding the history of the Oz stories, or to create a
tour of the land of Oz.
http://www.literarytraveler.com/spring/west/baum.htm
http://hometown.aol.com/seramary/myhomepage/books.html
http://www.halcyon.com/piglet/books.htm
http://www.halcyon.com/piglet/ozozite.htm
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/oz/
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6188/oz-authors.html

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Art
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Study a painter's style and paint like him/her (from Classroom Flyer,
Friday, May 16th)
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Kandinsky : http://www.kinderart.com/arthistory/kandinsky.shtml
O'Keeffe : http://www.kinderart.com/arthistory/abstractflowers.shtml
Douanier Rousseau : http://www.kinderart.com/arthistory/rousseau.shtml
Van Gogh : http://www.kinderart.com/painting/vangogh.shtml
Modigliani and Arcimboldo (symbolic portraits) :
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/create/try_this_symb_port.html
Miro :
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materials/curricula/curriculum.cfm?curriculum_id=7&mode=overview
[ for all those intersted in painting, and you can also use the pictures
from this site in primary school.]

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Nutrition and Food
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Food Network.com: Holiday Archives (from [LIIWEEK] May 15)
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Recipes and menus for major and some minor holidays
(including April Fool's Day, Mardi Gras, and Oktoberfest).
Cooks will appreciate the sidebar topics that pop up with
every recipe: Terms and Tips Encyclopedia, Culinary Q and
As, Ingredient Substitutes, and Fat and Calorie Calculator.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/et_holidays
[ for all those interested in food, recipe and dieting.]

Seafood Lover's Guide (from [LIIWEEK] May 15)
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Part of the Audubon Society's Living Oceans site, the
Seafood Lover's Guide is designed to enable consumers to
select fish that are both healthy and likely to ensure
sustainable fish populations. Varieties of seafood are
ranked on the "Fish Scale" from green (abundant) to red
(depleted/poorly managed). Resources include PDF files of
national and regional wallet cards with the ranking, an
explanation of the "Fish Scale," and FAQ.
http://www.audubon.org/campaign/lo/seafood/
[ find out about the Audubon fish scale and what fish is safe to eat (for
the fish) or an endangered species.]

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Teaching practice
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Videoconferencing Introduction ( from Library Hot Five #182)
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http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/intro.html
This site features instructional strategies, netiquette, and equipment for
videoconferencing.
[ to discover how to use videoconferencing in your class.]

5 Minutes to go (Classroom Flyer, Wednesday, May 14th)
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http://www.teach-nology.com/ideas/5_min/
It's almost the end of the period, but not quite... Find several
suggestions here on how to fill up those extra five minutes before the bell
rings.
[ to find ideas for short, end of class activities.]

Rapports de L'Inspection Générale (from Claude Covo Farchi on e-teach)
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Liste complète par année et par sujet:
http://www.education.gouv.fr/syst/igen/rapport.htm#2003
On y trouvera entre autres celui sur l'utilisation des réseaux numériques
et des techniques
d'information et de communication dans l'enseignement des langues vivantes
ftp://trf.education.gouv.fr/pub/edutel/syst/igen/rapports/annexelv.pdf
et celui sur le suivi de la qualité de l'enseignement des langues en primaire
ftp://trf.education.gouv.fr/pub/edutel/syst/igen/rapports/lvprim.pdf

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