DEVOIRS DE VACANCES pour le groupe 3 Mme Eblagh
3ème/ 4èmes
All the First Certificate Cambridge Test papers given to you on 13 April must be done by 03 May 2010
Geography: The Balakot Earthquake: prepare for test on 06 May 2010
History/ USA: The Prohibition, 1920 to 1933. Write a page in your notebook about this. Use what you have learnt in class from reading The Great Gatsby as well as other sources: the Internet, encyclopedias
History:
Prepare for questions on Medicine in the Middle Ages (AD 500-1500)
Geography:
Revise facts on:
Earthquakes.
Argentina, San Diego, Nigeria.
Saturn (the planet) and great white sharks.
English Literature: “Great Gatsby”
Revise vocabulary and re-read page 1 to 58 inclusive
Group1
Workbook p. 40,41
Student’s book p. 46,47
Group 2
Student’sbookp. 40,41
Workbook p.43,44,45
4èmes/3èmes
English Literature
The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald
1. Re-read the chapters we’ve studied in class. Update your vocabulary list (add all the words you don’t know and write out their definitions in your notebook).
2. Write a short essay (150 to 200 words) describing Tom Buchanan. How does the author portray Tom through his relationships with the other characters in the novel (his wife, Nick Carraway, etc.)? Give examples from the text.
History
Read Topic 3 and do all the exercises relating to Topic 3 in your History of the Development of Medicine Workbook.
Geography
Argentina: prepare for a test (in the week of 08 to 12 March).
English Literature
Update your vocabulary lists for ‘The Great Gatsby’. Notebooks will be checked for this in the first week of January.
Write an essay (minimum 250-350 words) based on the theme given in class (’If I Could Teach One thing it Would be……..). Give it your own title. Use your English dictionary. IMPORTANT: Spend time researching and structuring what you’re going to write but write the essay, in longhand, within the set period (45 minutes for the ‘3èmes’, 65 minutes for the ‘4èmes’).
History-Geography
Using the illustrations in your copy of ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ write at least three paragraphs about how people dressed in Europe at the end of the 16th century. Mention historical differences compared to the 21st century. Look for details in clothing based on rank and gender in Shakespeare’s day.
Geography
Reminder re-presentations not yet done: start your research during the vacation. No changes in individual dates or topics.
Using the concept of a global village studied in class, whittle down (to create percentages based on one hundred people) the human geography statistics for any city or country of your choice (use the Internet or a library for information on population, birthrate etc. Write your own conclusions in your notebook.
4/3èmes:
I. Geography. Do the exercises on pages 5 and 6 of the Environment document using the lexical information given on the first four pages. Learn the twenty HIGHLIGHTED DEFINITIONS for a test on
09 November.
11. English Literature. Prepare the introduction and Chapter I (to page 
of The Great Gatsby by Henry James for a test on 05 November.
Revoir en anglais et en histoire géographie, tout ce qui a été étudié depuis le début mars 09.
la composition aura lieu le 5 juin 09.
Ré-écriture des dialogues dans Twelfth Nght: page 98 à 101
Do the activities 1 et 2 p.23
Learn word origin listsand definition for test.
An essay using words from one of the list
Revoir ce qui a été vu depuis le début de l’année.