We received thousands and thousands of fabulous entries to our Edward Hopper creative-writing contest. Here are our favourite texts from collège pupils entered as B1. And the winners are, in no particular order: Mathéo, Miss Rocher-Ferchaud’s class, Collège La Hève, Sainte-Adresse Adam and Jérôme from Mrs Orbann’s class, Institution Saint-Jean, Colmar Mme Guérin’s class, Collège-Lycée … Continue reading “Edward Hopper Winners Collège B1”
We received thousands and thousands of fabulous entries to our Edward Hopper creative-writing contest. Here are our favourite B1-level texts from lycée students. And the winners are, in no particular order: Romane, Tristan, Inès and Clara from Mme Crabos’s class, Institut Saint Dominique, Pau Luka and Noé from Mme Traista’s class, Lycée de Cornouaille, Quimper … Continue reading “Edward Hopper Winners Lycée B1”
We received thousands and thousands of fabulous entries to our Edward Hopper creative-writing contest. Here are our favourite B1-plus texts. And the winners are, in no particular order: Téa from Mrs Malecki’s class, Lycée Jean-Baptiste Corot, Douai Danaia from Mrs Maurin’s class, CSI Europole, Grenoble Pia and Fanny from Mme Chabal’s class, Lycée Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, … Continue reading “Edward Hopper Winners B1 plus”
We received thousands and thousands of fabulous entries to our Edward Hopper creative-writing contest. Here are our favourite B2-level texts. And the winners are, in no particular order: Adel from Mrs. Lesueur’s class, Europole, Grenoble Tanguy from Mme Ledroit’s class, Institut Emmanuel d’Alzon, Nîmes Damien from M. Thuillier’s class, Lycée Anguier, Eu Claire from Mme … Continue reading “Edward Hopper Winners B2”
We received thousands and thousands of fabulous entries to our Edward Hopper creative-writing contest. Here are our favourite C1 texts. And the winners are, in no particular order: Alexia from M. Trompat’s class, Lycée Mme de Staël, Montluçon Julien from Mme Peyrot’s class, Lycée Berthelot, Toulouse Timéo from Mme Le Brun’s class, Lycée Gisèle Alimi, … Continue reading “Edward Hopper Winners C1”
We received thousands and thousands of fabulous entries to our Edward Hopper creative-writing contest. There were a few that were much longer than our suggested word count but that we couldn’t resist including. And the winners are, in no particular order: Angèle and Imane from Mme Proust’s class, Lycée Edouard Branly, Châtellerault Pauline from Mme … Continue reading “Edward Hopper Winners Outsize”
Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt has been taking photos for 80 years and the retrospective exhibition he curated himself at the Musée Maillol in Paris is a rich record of his home country of the U.S.A. and all those he has visited, the people who fascinate him and a lot of dogs! Erwitt was born in … Continue reading “Elliott Erwitt: A Life in Photos”
When 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, he could have just have been another statistic in the segregated South under Jim Crow. But his mother decided the world would be made to see what her son had suffered and her actions galvanised the Civil Rights movement. A new film, 18 years in … Continue reading “Telling the Story of Emmett Till”
You may have never heard his name before, but you’ll never forget it after watching this film or even just the trailer for Till, written and directed by Chinonye Chukwu. These B1 activities explore the heart-wrenching story of 14-year-old Emmett Till who was lynched for misjudging Jim Crow conventions in the 1950s segregated American South. … Continue reading “Emmett Till”
The strange, gothic Addams family have been a staple of American cultures since cartoonist Charles Addams created them for The New Yorker in 1938. And when you think Gothic, Tim Burton is definitely one of the first filmmakers who comes to mind. He has created a Netflix series, Wednesday, about the daughter in the Addams … Continue reading “The Addams Family, Tim Burton Style!”