3 GIRAUD: today's lesson

A self-made millionnaire

She suffered from a scalp disease SO she was losing her hair.

THEREFORE, she created home-made beauty products for her hair to stop falling AND it worked! Her beauty products were efficient.

SO, she started a business AND created a line of beauty products THANKS TO her experiments WHICH were a success.

She employed only black women to sell her line of beauty products door-to-door.

She had success AND she made money SO she became rich.

Before she became a businesswoman, she had moved to Denver WHERE she had married Charles J.Walker, THEREFORE she had become Madam CJ Walker.

NOWADAYS, she is famous because she is the first African American woman to become a millionaire.

 

5 DUBLIN: the video!

 Watch the video!

An interview

The document is a video.

A man is on a pier AND he has a mike.

I can see a man with a mike AND he is on a pier.

He is asking people about their New Year’s resolutions.

He is interviewing people.

 

My notes!

Woman / more money

Woman / play soccer professionally

Man / be the best father for my daughter

Woman / 5 pull ups

Man / love – grandma

Woman / play the guitar

Woman / be more present in the moment

 

A woman would like to do five pull ups.

A woman wants to play soccer professionally.

A woman plans to make more money.

A man intends to be the best father for his daughter.

A woman hopes to be more present in the moment and she aims to play the guitar.

 

Vocabulary:

Pull ups: des pompes

Make money: gagner de l’argent

The best: le meilleur

Vocabulary

A pier: une jetée

Mike: micro

Ask about: poser des questions à propos de

3 DAUDET: today's lesson!

 A self-made millionnaire

She suffered from hair loss (she was losing her hair) BECAUSE she had a scalp disease.

CONSEQUENTLY, she created home-made products (for her hair loss) AND it worked!

AS A CONSEQUENCE, she decided to start a business BECAUSE she wanted to help many women in the same situation. SO, she created a line of beauty products.

She hired black women to sell her beauty products door-to-door.

Her business was a success. (Her business was successful. She was successful)

SO she made / earned a lot of money. (She became very rich.)

She used her money to help black people.

BEFORE she became a businesswoman she had moved to Denver. She had married Charles J.Walker AND had become Madam CJ Walker.

She is famous NOWADAYS because she was the first black woman to be a millionaire.

 

Vocabulary :

Start from scratch : partir de rien

Nowadays : de nos jours

 

 

6 DANUBE: Twin Day!

The document is a picture.

I can see two boys.

They are happy.

They are at school.

I think it is Twin Day BECAUSE they have the same clothes.

 

They have black sunglasses.

They have a red tee-shirt.

They have red and white shoes and white shorts.

They have a white belt, a gold medal and the same headband.

They have two different socks: they are yellow and blue. The left sock is blue and the right sock is yellow.

 

Vocabulary:

Because: parce que

Right : droit(e)

Left : gauche

A gold medal : une médaille d’or