16. Teacher: ‘Andrew, your homework looks as if it’s your father’s handwriting.’ Andrew: ‘Well, I used his pen, Sir.’ 17. English teacher: ‘Did you write this poem, Emily? Emily: ‘Yes, Miss.’ English teacher: ‘Well, I’m very pleased to meet you Robert Browning.’ 18. What does a teacher have that her class doesn’t have? The answers. 19. Teacher: ‘What’s your name, boy?’ William: ‘William.’ Teacher: “Say ‘Sir’ when you speak to me.” William: ‘All right, Sir William.’ 20. Teacher: ‘What have you heard about the Dead Sea?’ Maureen: ‘I haven’t heard it was ill, Sir.’ 21. Teacher: Tell me ten animals that come from Africa. Leo: Nine lions and an elephant . 22. Teacher: ‘Who can give me a word meaning the opposite of minimum?’ Kate: ‘Minidad, Sir?’ 23. Bill: ‘Who was the fastest runner in history?’ Jill: ‘Adam. He was first in the human race.’ 24. Teacher: ‘Recite your tables to me, Joan’ Joan: ‘Dining-room table, kitchen table, bedside table…’ 25. Teacher: ‘Tell me something that is important today that didn’t exist 200 years ago.’ Smart Alec: ‘Me!’
Suggest some well known superstitions, defining them through conditional sentences: 1 / If you walk under a ladder, you will have bad luck. 2 / If you break a mirror, you will have seven years bad luck. 3 / If you touch wood, your good luck will continue. etc... The pupils are then invited to suggest further superstitions they know, which may be written on board. They will probably need some new vocabulary, supply as needed. The class might make a list of superstitions as they can, write them out on a big piece of paper and put them on the wall. A lesson or two later, pupils can be asked to look at the list and try to memorize them. Then the paper is taken down, and in pairs or small groups they try to recall and write down as many as they can. The pupils might find it a little difficult at first to recall superstitions. So you need to jog their memories e.g. : What about the black cat ? It is also a good idea to ask them to think of superstitions they know for homework the night before, writing them out in the conditional form, or even simply making brief notes which can be expanded in class. Note : Superstitions can be given by the pupils in the mother tongue, then they are translated. 43 - ANIMALS Aim : To practice the ‘second‘ conditional (‘d / would ). Preparation: Make copies of the completion sentences below so that each student can be given a copy. 1 / Give each student a copy of these completion sentences. If I was an animal, I’d like to be a / an I think other people would mostly see me as...
e) Because he was an Algerian Militant and Activist, and for them he was a trouble maker....... f) Because they did not want Algerian children to go to school, get an education and fight for justice and freedom......... g) Yes, after the Independence. h) The Medal of Moukawim (militant) i) No, he isn’t. He retired./ He died in 2009 j) No, he could not, for he loved being active./ He loved what he was doing such as praying, going out, meeting friends, reading the Coran, organizing conferences.......... 8. Dates Events 1922 1931 By the end of 1939 Early 1940’s. 1947 1953 1954 Sheikh Mohamed Belbachir was born Creation of the Association of Oulémas Sheikh got his degree in teaching Arabic in Morocco Madrasat El Falah was founded He was appointed by the Oulémas Association teacher of Arabic and Islamic Education at Chihab School and Headmaster of the same school. He was appointed Teacher in Madrasat El Falah. The War between Algeria-France started
l’enseignement de la langue Arabe. En 1940, il quitte le Maroc pour s’installer en Algérie, exactement dans la ville d’Oran. Il devient membre dans Harakat El Islah ‘Mouvement de Réforme.’ et El Haraka Aldjazairia AlWatania ‘Mouvement National Algérien’. En 1945, il est expulsé à Béchar avec d’autres militants Algériens par les colonialistes car ils travaillaient secrètement afin de libérer l’Algérie du colonialisme Français. Il retourne à Oran en 1946 afin de continuer sa lutte contre le colonialisme Français. En 1947 il est désigné par l’Association des Oulémas Algériens enseignant de la langue Arabe et de l’Education Civique à l’école Chihab Arzew , puis promu Directeur de la même école. En 1953, il obtient le poste d’Imam Oustad à Madrasat El Falah à Oran. En Décembre 1962 il enseigne la langue Arabe à l’école Pasteur d’Oran puis retourne en 1963 à Madrasat El Falah d’Oran après sa fermeture en 1956 par les autorités Françaises (1956/1962). En 1970, il est nommé Inspecteur des Affaires Réligieuses dans le Sud Algérien. En 1975, il est affecté en tant qu’Imam dans plusieurs mosquées à travers la ville d’Oran : La Mosquée El Falah, Khalid Ibn oulwalid, et Malik Ibn Anès. Le 23 Mai 2001, il reçoit, de la part du Président de la République Algérienne, La Médaille De Militant ‘Médaille du Moukawim’ durant la Guerre de libération 1954-1962) Sheikh décède le 2 Novembre 2009. Que Dieu l’accueille en Son Vaste Paradis