- The duck - First Issue for 2013-2014

This is the first issue of our newspaper. The articles are written by

pupils in 6ème and 3ème. They meet once a week in the computer room.

Enjoy!

Video games celebrity game animals

The colours The British royal family

War World I and The Simpsons II School things

Celebrations Translations

CELEBRITY GAMES: who is who?

Selena GOMEZ One direction Katy PERRY Rihanna

Video games

A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a game pad to generate visual feedback on a screen. Today, video games are still on arcades, computers, consoles and smart phones. In 1951, Ralph Baer, an American engineer in the company Loral Electronics, was the first person to have the idea of a video game. In 1952, Alexander Douglas at Cambridge university in the , was the first person to realize a video game in a EDSAC, an old computer, to illustrate his thesis on human-machine interactions. It is about OXO, a game of crab louse of which one of the player is controlled by the computer. The video game OXO by A.S Douglas in the platform EDSAC In 1972, with Ralph Baer and his team in Sanders Associates, the game Pong was born. It was the best video game at that time.

The game Pong by Ralph Baer and his team, Atari inc. Videos games are developed for computers, consoles, telephones and oculus rifts.

Simon WARIN

Crossword Write the names of the animals and find the odd man out !

Across 2. poisson rouge 5. souris 6. lapin 7. chiot 8. lion Down 1. ,chatons 3. hamster 4. cochon d'Inde

The colours Match the English to the French

Pink Blanc Orange Vert Yellow Gris Purple Beige Green Bleu Black Jaune Red Rose Blue Marron White Rouge Beige Orange Grey Noir brown Violet

William,Kate and their son, Georges-Alexander-Louis Georges-Alexander-Louis, son of Kate and William, will be the next king of the United Kingdom. He is Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson. Elizabeth II is the Queen of the United Kingdom.

The British Royal family

The family tree

Daft Punk

Daft Punk is a band. They wear helmets. Daft Punk is a French electronic band from . Active since 1993, and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, the two members, have combined their electro sounds. Origin:Paris The are:Alive 2007(2007), (2005),Discovery (2001),Tron:Legacy (2010) and (2013)... I love Daft Punk !!!!!!!!!

Léa

Colours

Colour the happy face in blue Colour the moon in yellow Colour the piece of puzzle in green

Colour the sun in red Colour the arrow in purple Colour the speech balloon in orange Colour the star in brown Colour the round in white Colour the no entry in pink

ANIMALS: what are their names?

I love cats but I don't like spiders. I hate spiders. I love chocolate. Mmmmmhhh

Léa Kerlau

The Simpsons The Simpsons is a TV series animation cartoon created by Matt Groening and broadcast on the FOX in 1989. It presents the Simpsons, an American family stereotype. The members of family is Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, and the family has a 2 pets, one cat, snow ball I, and one dog, Santa's Little Helper. They all have yellow skin. Matt Groening is the creator of the Simpsons. The Simpson family The Simpsons have 159 recurrent characters and there are 25 seasons of 22 episodes each (the first season has 13 episode) – that makes 530 episodes in total !!! The Simpson has 5 450 000 viewers and it won an Oscar.

World War I

World War I , was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.

The triggering event is the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne in Sarajevo. Austria-Hungary make an ultimatum to Serbia, then Russia make an ultimatum to Austria-Hungary. After That, Germany declares war against and Russia. France wants to retrieve Alsace and Lorraine, Germany attack France through Belgium. The largest battles of the World War 1 are the battle of Marne, Verdun, Somme and the battle of Chemins Des Dames. The United States of America entered the War in 1917 because one of their commercial ships was attacked by Germany. With the help of the United States, Germany back. The armistice was signed November 11, 1918 and there is more empires like Germany and Austria-Hungary. There was 9,911,000 Military dead and 21,219,500 military wounded. Wounded = bléssé triggering event = L'événement déclencheur

World War II

World War II started on 1 September 1939. World War II started when Germany invaded Poland. After this, France and Britain declared war on Germany two days after the invasion of Poland. Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa declared war on Germany later. On the USSR side, there were 21,300,000 deaths, then on the French side , there were 810,000 deaths. In the United States, there were 500,000 deaths. In Germany, there were 7,060,000 deaths. There were 56,125,262 deaths in total. On 6 and 9 August 1945, the USA dropped nuclear Bombs over Japan and hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After That, Japan surrendered and left the war. World War II increased the development of Weapons, Airplanes and Vehicles. Lucas Prevost 3èmeA School things :

Write each word under the corresponding picture. Glue-schoolbag-ruler-pencil-copybook-pencil case.

Translation : Hello ! My name is Kate Smith. I am the Duchess of Cambridge. My husband is called William and my son is George-Alexander-Louis. I live in Buckingham palace.

Hi ! My name is John I'm 12 years old. I live in London. My birthday is on July 11th. I love chocolate and chips but I hate salad. I have one cat, two dogs and one rabbit.

Hi Caroline ! It's Amandine I'd like to go to the shopping centre. On Saturday afternoon ,at two o'clock. It's between the clothes shop and the shoe shop , opposite the butcher. It is in Clarence Street. It's going to be fun ! see you! Bye !!

TRADITIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE U.S.A.

In America, on the fourth Thursday of November, we celebrate Thanksgiving, an old tradition to thank the Indians because they helped the pilgrims to survive. We eat turkey with salad and mashed potatoes: it is very good food! In Ireland, on the seventeenth of March, we celebrate Saint- Patrick’s day.

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