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1. How to understand (any) text Guess the meaning of wordsyoudon’t know

2. Read this Separate classes for boys and girls Associated Press -August 30, 2002 LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) -- Without a laughter or even a whisper, the eighth-grade boys endlessly listened as each of their classmates stood and promised to study hard and earn high marks to get ready for high school. Social studies teacher Wilma Spencer smiled. On the first day of single-sex classrooms at Southern Leadership Academy, her students had abandoned the chatters, the note-passing, the fighting, the flirting and the shyness, and were ready to learn. "I think sometimes with the two genders together, they are so influenced by each other," she said. "They want to impress each other." From the day's first bell to the last, Southern's 820 boys and girls are in separate classrooms. Only chorus and band remain coed ( “co-educational”). Class times are organized to avoid boys and girls mixing in the hallways. They may eat lunch at the same time, but they can't sit at the same tables. Some students say the change reduces distractions and reduces unbearable pressures. The school has struggled with low test scores and a high rate of suspensions for several years. "We felt we needed to take a risk and do something dramatically different," Principal Anita Jones said. The “Title IX” law prohibits public schools from discriminating on the basis of sex, and schools with single-sex classrooms have tried to avoid a conflict with the law by offering boys and girls an equal education. The National Education Association said single-sex public education would promote "harmful and false sex stereotypes" and leave students ill-prepared for the real world. They added in an interview, "There is nothing that can conclusively demonstrate that single-sex education alone improves student achievement ." J. Keller - reproduction interdite

3. There must besomewordsthatyoudon’tunderstand, and so, youmaythink the textistoo hard for you …. Trythese few techniques to guess the meaning of wordsyoudon’t know J. Keller - reproduction interdite

4. 1 - Spot the transparent words Separate classes for boys and girls Associated Press -August 30, 2002 LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) -- Without a laughter or even a whisper, the eighth-grade boys listened endlessly as each of their classmates stood and promised to study hard and earn high marks to get ready for high school. Social studies teacher Wilma Spencer smiled. On the first day of single-sex classrooms at Southern Leadership Academy, her students had abandoned the chatters, the note-passing, the fighting, the flirting and the shyness, and were ready to learn. "I think sometimes with the two genders together, they are so influenced by each other," she said. "They want to impress each other." From the day's first bell to the last, Southern's 820 boys and girls are in separate classrooms. Only chorus and band remain coed ( “co-educational”). Class times are organized to avoid boys and girls mixing in the hallways. They may eat lunch at the same time, but they can't sit at the same tables. Some students say the change reduces distractions and reduces unbearable pressures. The school has struggled with low test scores and a high rate of suspensions for several years. "We felt we needed to take a risk and do something dramatically different," Principal Anita Jones said. The “Title IX” law prohibits public schools from discriminating on the basis of sex, and schools with single-sex classrooms have tried to avoid a conflict with the law by offering boys and girls an equal education. The National Education Association said single-sex public education would promote "harmful and false sex stereotypes" and leave students ill-prepared for the real world. They added in an interview, "There is nothing that can conclusively demonstrate that single-sex education alone improves student achievement ." J. Keller - reproduction interdite

5. 2 - Understandwordswithprefixes and suffixes Separate classes for boys and girls Associated Press -August 30, 2002 LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) -- Without a laughter or even a whisper, the eighth-grade boys listened endlessly as each of their classmates stood and promised to study hard and earn high marks to get ready for high school. Social studies teacher Wilma Spencer smiled. On the first day of single-sex classrooms at Southern Leadership Academy, her students had abandoned the chatters, the note-passing, the fighting, the flirting and the shyness, and were ready to learn. "I think sometimes with the two genders together, they are so influenced by each other," she said. "They want to impress each other." From the day's first bell to the last, Southern's 820 boys and girls are in separate classrooms. Only chorus and band remain coed ( “co-educational”). Class times are organized to avoid boys and girls mixing in the hallways. They may eat lunch at the same time, but they can't sit at the same tables. Some students say the change reduces distractions and reduces unbearable pressures. The school has struggled with low test scores and a high rate of suspensions for several years. "We felt we needed to take a risk and do something dramatically different," Principal Anita Jones said. The “Title IX” law prohibits public schools from discriminating on the basis of sex, and schools with single-sex classrooms have tried to avoid a conflict with the law by offering boys and girls an equal education. The National Education Association said single-sex public education would promote "harmful and false sex stereotypes" and leave students ill-prepared for the real world. They added in an interview, "There is nothing that can conclusively demonstrate that single-sex education alone improves student achievement ." J. Keller - reproduction interdite

6. adjective adverb ly conclusively ness noun shyness noun ful harmful adjective less endless educational al noun ship leadership south, east, west, north adjective or adverb Southern ern verb noun ing fighting adjective verb unbearable un able J. Keller - reproduction interdite

7. 3 - Understand compound words and possessive form Separate classes for boys and girls Associated Press -August 30, 2002 LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) -- Without a laughter or even a whisper, the eighth-grade boys listened endlessly as each of their classmates stood and promised to study hard and earn high marks to get ready for high school. Social studies teacher Wilma Spencer smiled. On the first day of single-sex classrooms at Southern Leadership Academy, her students had abandoned the chatters, the note-passing, the fighting, the flirting and the shyness, and were ready to learn. "I think sometimes with the two genders together, they are so influenced by each other," she said. "They want to impress each other." From the day's first bell to the last, Southern's 820 boys and girls are in separate classrooms. Only chorus and band remain coed ( “co-educational”). Class times are organized to avoid boys and girls mixing in the hallways. They may eat lunch at the same time, but they can't sit at the same tables. Some students say the change reduces distractions and reduces unbearable pressures. The school has struggled with low test scores and a high rate of suspensions for several years. "We felt we needed to take a risk and do something dramatically different," Principal Anita Jones said. The “Title IX” law prohibits public schools from discriminating on the basis of sex, and schools with single-sex classrooms have tried to avoid a conflict with the law by offering boys and girls an equal education. The National Education Association said single-sex public education would promote "harmful and false sex stereotypes" and leave students ill-prepared for the real world. They added in an interview, "There is nothing that can conclusively demonstrate that single-sex education alone improves student achievement ." J. Keller - reproduction interdite

8. compound wordscanbe nouns or adjectives classrooms hallways single-sex note passing ill-prepared in all cases word 2 is the essential element - word 1 qualifies word 2 note - passing word 1 word 2 so, to translate it, youneed to reverse it note - passing the « passing » of notes itis the sameprocess for possessive form the first bell of the day day's first bell Southern's 820 boys and girls the 820 boys and girls of Southern(school) J. Keller - reproduction interdite

9. 4 - Guess the meaning of prepositions… Separate classes for boys and girls Associated Press -August 30, 2002 LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) -- Without a laughter or even a whisper, the eighth-grade boys endlessly listened as each of their classmates stood and promised to study hard and earn high marks to get ready for high school. Social studies teacher Wilma Spencer smiled. On the first day of single-sex classrooms at Southern Leadership Academy, her students had abandoned the chatters, the note-passing, the fighting, the flirting and the shyness, and were ready to learn. "I think sometimes with the two genders together, they are so influenced by each other," she said. "They want to impress each other." From the day's first bell to the last, Southern's 820 boys and girls are in separate classrooms. Only chorus and band remain coed ( “co-educational”). Class times are organized to avoid boys and girls mixing in the hallways. They may eat lunch at the same time, but they can't sit at the same tables. Some students say the change reduces distractions and reduces unbearable pressures. The school has struggled with low test scores and a high rate of suspensions for several years. "We felt we needed to take a risk and do something dramatically different," Principal Anita Jones said. The “Title IX” law prohibits public schools from discriminating on the basis of sex, and schools with single-sex classrooms have tried to avoid a conflict with the law by offering boys and girls an equal education. The National Education Association said single-sex public education would promote "harmful and false sex stereotypes" and leave students ill-prepared for the real world. They added in an interview, "There is nothing that can conclusively demonstrate that single-sex education alone improves student achievement ." prepositions are very important to understand . Theyindicate a movement, and are largelyused in English afterverbs or adjectives . We’ll have a closer look atthemlater … J. Keller - reproduction interdite

10. 5 - Use the context LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) -- Without a laughter or even a whisper, the eighth-grade boys listened endlessly as each of their classmates stood and promised to study hard and earn high marks to get ready for high school. Social studies teacher Wilma Spencer smiled. On the first day of single-sex classrooms at Southern Leadership Academy, her students had abandoned the chatters, the note-passing, the fighting, the flirting and the shyness, and were ready to learn. "I think sometimes with the two genders together, they are so influenced by each other," she said. "They want to impress each other." From the day's first bell to the last, Southern's 820 boys and girls are in separate classrooms. Only chorus and band remain coed ( “co-educational”). Class times are organized to avoid boys and girls mixing in the hallways. They may eat lunch at the same time, but they can't sit at the same tables. Some students say the change reduces distractions and reduces unbearable pressures. The school has struggled with low test scores and a high rate of suspensions for several years. "We felt we needed to take a risk and do something dramatically different," Principal Anita Jones said. The “Title IX” law prohibits public schools from discriminating on the basis of sex, and schools with single-sex classrooms have tried to avoid a conflict with the law by offering boys and girls an equal education. The National Education Association said single-sex public education would promote "harmful and false sex stereotypes" and leave students ill-prepared for the real world. They added in an interview, "There is nothing that can conclusively demonstrate that single-sex education alone improves student achievement ." J. Keller - reproduction interdite

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12. do you know the « smurf » language ? Separate classes for boys and girls Associated Press -August 30, 2002 LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) -- Without a laughter or even a whisper , the eighth-grade boys listened endlessly as each of their classmates stood and promised to study hard and earn high marks to get ready for high school. Social studies teacher Wilma Spencer smiled. On the first day of single-sex classrooms at Southern Leadership Academy, her students had abandoned the chatters, the note-passing, the fighting, the flirting and the shyness , and were ready to learn. "I think sometimes with the two genders together, they are so influenced by each other," she said. "They want to impress each other." From the day's first bell to the last, Southern's 820 boys and girls are in separate classrooms. Only chorus and band remain coed ( “co-educational”). Class times are organized to avoid boys and girls mixing in the hallways. They may eat lunch at the same time, but they can't sit at the same tables. Some students say the change reduces distractions and reduces unbearable pressures. The school has struggled with low test scores and a high rate of suspensions for several years. "We felt we needed to take a risk and do something dramatically different," Principal Anita Jones said. The “Title IX” law prohibits public schools from discriminating on the basis of sex, and schools with single-sex classrooms have tried to avoid a conflict with the law by offering boys and girls an equal education. The National Education Association said single-sex public education would promote “ harmful and false sex stereotypes" and leave students ill-prepared for the real world. They added in an interview, "There is nothing that can conclusively demonstrate that single-sex education alone improves student achievement ." smurf smurf smurf smurf smurfed smurf smurfs smurf J. Keller - reproduction interdite

13. In the sameway, youcanunderstand all types of texts So, neverpanick, northinkyou’re « useless » (hopeyouenjoyed) J. Keller - reproduction interdite