Brainstorming :

a theatre / in and around drama

theatre - balcony - seats -

stage - backstage - costumes - set / setting- curtain

theatre play - tragedy - comedy - act - scene - lines - dialogue - monologue - soliloque - characters

playwright - director - prompter - actor - actress -
audience - make up artist

CE page 168 pour compléter le lexique :

cast - performance - plot - rehearsals - rehearse -
props

City of Glass

New York, New York City, NYC is also known as the city that never sleeps or the Big Apple.

New York State is known as the Empire State.

New York City skyline

The skyline is the line formed on the horizon by the tops of NY's many skyscrapers.

A few skycrapers (activity pages 60 and 61)

A The Flatiron : one of the oldest buildings in the city / steel structure / looks like a triangle, an iron or the front of a cruise ship.

B The United Nations Organization headquarters / built in 1952 / modern ; simple structure ; international style / lots of flags

C The Chrysler building / 1930 / Art Deco building

D Time Square / billboards / neon lights / Broadway

E The Guggenheim Museum / modern / looks like a big white ribbon / built by famous architect Frank lloyd Wright

The Empire State Building - Compréhension orale

Empire State Building : named after the Empire State (NY state) - 2nd tallest building in the US and 9th in the world at the time it was built in 1930 / 443 meters high.

It was designed to look like a sharpened pencil and the spire was designed so that zeppelins could dock there. 

However, because of the fog around the top of the tower, this idea was abandonned after a B25 Bomber crashed into the 79th floor causing the crew and 11 office workers to die.

A woman called Betty Lou Oliver, who was in an elevator at the time fell 300 meters and survived! a real miracle!

In 1994, a French man called Alain "Spiderman" Robert climbed the ESB with nothing but his hands and feet.

There's mostly office space in the building but also an observation platform with a spectacular view on the 86th floor.

Once a year, a race is organized : the run up race where people jog up the 1576 steps! The record is just under 10 minutes.

08/04

Ellis Island - Compréhension orale

For most of the millions who arrived in Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty embodies the dream of a new life. For some it eventually came true while for others it remained only a dream. Place of disappointment within sight of a towering symbol of hope.

She (the statue) appears suddenly : the embodiment of the American Dream so close and yet far away.

She beckons the tired the poor, the huddled masses yearning to be free.

Starting in 1892 for 60 years, 12 million immigrants came through Ellis Island.

In 1907 more than 11000 arrived in one day.

The immigrants climbed the steep stairs into the Great Hall where doctors examined them and decided who was free to go, others were held for treatment and possible deportation.

The immigrant processing centre closed in 1954 was restored and is now a museum.

29/04

- recap

- Ellis Island, the Greek experience - Video study

CO : nationalities involved beside the Greeks / feelings, emotions, trauma / the procedure itself.

 06/05

Working on the legal inspection:

- imagine what questions the immigrants were asked

- compare your questions with the ones on the form.

 13/05

pairwork : the legal inspection

CE page 63 : the Ellis Island experience

About Liverpool :

history : industrial town / ships / harbour

culture : the Beatles / football = soccer / violent supporters = hooligans

Revising directions

https://elt.oup.com/student/champions/level02/dialogues/dialogue03?cc=fr&selLanguage=en

04/02

Practice asking directions with the map of Liverpool.  Discover the town.

Page 115 : Written comprehension -  Liverpool, Capital of Culture 2008

Liverpool is a cosmopolitan city and has a proud history from its foundation in 1208, to expanding into the 2nd city of the British Empire.  It developped further with the industrial revolution and is now a wonderful modern city after a difficult period after WW1.

The river Mersey and the harbour have been extremely important in the development of the city.

Homework : relire le texte à la recherche de tous les mots en lien avec l'activité portuaire et l'eau.

06/02

vocabulary related to the harbour :

docks / boat / ship / sail / set sail / sea / ocean / maritime / water front / river Mersey

Compréhension orale: Peter talks about his hometown

Notes

an exiled Liverpudlian / left the city in 1986, aged 18  /  has returned infrequently since

when he was growing up, Liverpool was harsh: opportunities limited  / unemployment high / litter everywhere / fortunate to go to university = escape route / not trapped there for life like his parents  / remembers his visits were depressing / train journey through the suburbs : rows of identical terraced houses / his grandparents' house: toilet outside / modernized 1982

in mid 2008 same streets / same houses / same litter  / Liverpool : notorious for its violence / last visit, read the local paper: 4 fatal shooting incidents / 1 ongoing courtcase an 18 yr old boy killing another 11 yr old / would not volunteer his place of birth in a conversation: he is not proud to be a Liverpudlian (his accent has been much reduced since he left)

Writing from your notes:

Peter is not proud to be a Liverpudlian. He was happy to leave Liverpool in 1986 to study at university. He only infrequently visits his hometown...

11/02 & 13/02

Only 7 pupils present this week.

Choice of activities :

- documentary about the Beatles as an instrument of change

- singing a song by the Beatles

- conversation practice : organizing an evening together / organizing a weekend away

Conversation recap / vocab

We organized a party :

Zoe is going to bring pizza.  Aurélie is going to bring coke and crisps.  Simon said he would bring apples. Célia said she would bring a bubbly drink. We decided to watch Titanic because Barnabé wanted to see a romantic movie. Some of us decided to dress up and then we want to go to a fun park.

We also organized a trip including:

Shopping in Paris, going up the Eiffel Tower, sleeping in a star-gazing dome or another original accomodation, a campsite, swimming with dolphins, jumping from a cliff, getting a haircut in Aubenas, going on a helter skelter, taking a ride on a roller coaster and a caroussel.

Structures :

Why don't we + BV...? / How about + V-ing...? / Let's + BV... / We could + BV...

It would be fun to + BV... / It would be great to + BV...

What a great idea! Excellent plan!

I don't like dressing up.

We will + BV / We're going to + BV / We intend to + BV...

Vocabulaire :

glide / slide / slip / sulk

04/03

page 116 - Past and Present - Compréhension écrite

The scene takes place at the beginning of a Beatles concert in Liverpool in a theatre.  The audience is over-excited and the noise is overwhelming as the four lads arrive on stage!

06/03

CE page 116 text 2

What does each part of this text describe?

CO : Music Fans

Entraînement sur la 1ère partie :

- context, speakers, topic...

- the foundation of the band

Evaluation sur la partie 2

11/03

Liverpool soccer - documents page 117

Liverpool fans have had a very bad reputation : they were notorious for their extremely violent and disrespectful behaviour.

Vocabulary :

football pitch / grounds / field

players

fans are not supposed to :

throw stuff at the players / insult them = throw abuse at them / make obscene gestures / make rude gestures / swear / pull faces at the players / threaten them / spit

Comprehension : a football fan

Context? Speakers? Topic? Opinions?

radio show interview

a woman interviewer + Mr Winterbottom, a football fan

racist abuse / racism in football

Experience, opinions and solutions :

He thinks fans who have a racist behaviour should be arrested

He remembers a player called John Barnes who was a target for racism.

He says groups of racist fans feel safe and powerful and they insult and make rude gestures.

He remembers another player who suffered a torrent of abuse and monkey noises because he was black. Mr Winterbottom was really shocked.

Solutions : the police should eject disrespectful supporters from the grounds.  They already arrest some of them.

Mr W. thinks it's not enough : he believes that supporters themselves should make a stand when they witness racist behaviours.  They should report racist fans. He is radical: he says these fans should have their season tickets taken off them for life.

13/03

Hour 1

Dear White Fella (video)

This video is part of a campaign against racism in football.

A black man is talking and says he remains black whatever the circumstances, unlike white people who change colours according to the temperature or life events (red in the sun, blue in cold water; green when sick...)

The tone is humouristic.  The last sentence "And you have the cheek to call ME coloured?" is ironic and it shows how absurd it is to define people according to the colour of their skin because it's all relative.

Group work : write a short radio spot against racism

Hour 2

Révision de la modalité:

obligation, absence d'obligation, interdiction, capacité, permission... au présent, passé et futur. (page 122)

 25/03

CE : textes page 118

the transatlantic slave trade and its consequences

In text 1, we see that trading with the colonies really changed Europeans' consuming habits and diet when they started consuming products like sugar, coffee, tobacco...

In text 2, we also see another consequence : slave owners made large profits and invested their money in Great Britain's economy.  As a consequence, it became a flourishing industrial country.

(economy & money : successful, fortunes, wealth, benefit from, increase, economic, industrial)

In text 3, we discover the involvement of Liverpool in the European slave trade.  It started in 1699 and demand for products from the colonies increased so more slaves were needed.  By the 1740s, more than 1.5 million African slaves had been transported by Liverpool ships. The port was well located and all the prominent people were involved.

27/03

Révisions des modaux (ex p 123 n°3)

The transatlantic slave trade recap

Compréhension orale : The Essex, a slave ship

1. What do you know about the building of the Essex?

2. When did she leave Liverpool?

3. How many sailors were on board?

4. Where did they stop on the way to Africa?

5. What was the ship's cargo then and what were they planning on exchanging it for?

6. How long did the ship stay in West Africa?

7. How many slaves did the ship carry when she left Africa?

8. What happened during the crossing?

9. What happened to the other slaves when they arrived in the Carribeans?

10. When did the ship get back to Liverpool?

11. What was her cargo then?

01/04

Group work : create a leaflet to encourage tourists to come and visit Liverpool.

January 7th :

the Lewis and Clark expedition

text page 74

When the Louisiana Territory was purchased (= bought) from France in 1803, President Jefferson decided to send a group of explorers there to achieve a certain number of goals :

They were to discover and bring back notes on nature (plants and animals, climate and geography).

He wanted them to find a northwest passage to the coast via a water route for trade.

They were asked to bring back maps of this unchartered territory.

January 9th:

Oral comprehension : Who were they?

The Lewis and Clark expedition was the result of many dreams, hopes and ambitions. It was a large enterprise. Approximately 50 people participated, led by Lewis and Clark. Among them, were some of the best scientific minds of the day, some people of European and Native descent, one Afro-American and eventually one Native American woman and her infant son.

Lewis was 29 years old and Clark was 33.  They were both single and both army veterans. They were skilled hunters too., They were also brave, resourceful, smart and funny.

Lewis had a more formal education as Jefferson's personal secretary. He was a doctor and studied the medicinal quality of plants. Clark was the map-maker, the cartographer.  He was also the better boatman and the more consistent journalist. He was more level-headed and had a longer happier life.

Written comprehension page 75: Sacagawea

 January 14th:

Dans le recap :

Sacagewea was sold to Toussaint Charbonnaud.

She was hired for the expedition.

Structures passives où le sujet subit l'action : BE conjugué + participe passé du verbe.

Oral comprehension about the Lewis and Clark expedition :

Part 1 : the Louisiana Purchase

1800 : Jefferson was elected president

1803 : The US purchased the Louisiana territory for 15 million dollars.

It was 828 000 square miles stretching from the Mississippi Valley to the Rocky Mountains.

Part 2 : the expedition itself

May 1804 : the expedition departed from St Louis in Missouri

Itinerary : they left from St Louis and went up across the Continental Divide (ligne de partage des eaux) through the mountains via the Snake and Columbia to reach the Pacific Coast.

mission ?

people involved?

January 16th:

- recap

- mission :

find a water route to the Pacific ocean / bring back maps & notes about nature / make contact with several Indian tribes

- people involved :

* the Corps of Discovery : a group of about 40 soldiers and officers led by Lewis and Clark

* Sacagawea joined the expedition (cf. texte)

Part 3 : a great success

Nov 1805 : the expedition reached the Pacific coast in what is now Oregon

Sept 1806 : the expedition retruned to St Louis

A great success :

Their mission had been accomplished

It opened the way to settlers and American ideals

Written comprehension page 76 : Chief Joseph Speaks

Chief Joseph was the chief of the Nez Perce tribe.

He wanted peace and he promised never to make war with white men and to let them pass through their territory.

This was because of their encounter with Lewis and Clark who were friendly and were only passing through.

Unfortunately, the white men that came later found gold and decided to exploit the land.

This led to the trail of tears as whole populations were relocated :

They had to leave their homeland, walk miles and miles in the cold freezing weather of winter without blankets. They had to leave their dead behind.

A lot of them died of hunger on the way. Some froze to death. Others were shot as they tried to escape.

At first, Chief Joseph had helped the white men and tried to maintain peace by giving them land.  This was not enough. So he went to Washington D.C. to plead for his people, to ask that they be treated like men and not like animals. This did not help either.

 Homework :

Évaluation de prise de parole en continu à préparer :

1) reprendre toutes les notes sur l'expédition Lewis & Clark et sur Sacagawea et faire une carte mentale avec des mots clef qui reprenne tout ce que vous savez.

2) faire de même avec Chief Joseph.

3) s'entraîner à parler à partir de ces cartes

4)vous tirerez un des sujets au sort en classe mercredi 23/01

Using the following link, explore a few states and find out about them.

If you have problems with vocabulary, use the thesaurus or dictionary.

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/states/us-states-hub

Talking about a state.  Choose one of the states and prepare a 1 minute talk about it

21/11

Wild Wild West

Colorado is situated in the Midwest. We have snowy mountains there which are part of the Rocky Mountains range (the Rockies). The emblem of this state is the eagle. // In the state of Washington, which is situated on the North West coast, there are killer whales which are endangered because their main source of food, salmons, are polluted or submitted to over-fishing. // Idaho is situated in the north west.  The main activity there is forestry because there are many forests and woods. It's also in the Rockies. // Utah is situated in the south west between Colorado and Nevada.  It is red rock country with arches and desert landscapes.

28/11

Discovering states.

Introduction to the Lewis and Clark expedition.

03/10

Heroes and role models:

A hero, in real life, is a person who does something exceptional.

A hero is a person who inspires me and makes me dream so I think heroes are very important.

Superheroes are fictional heroes who save the world, have superpowers and symbolize values like justice and courage so they are good role models for children. This is also why they always win because the value they represent gets to prevail. (= win)

Both heroes and superheroes help the powerless or people in need.

A role model is a real human being who we can identify with.  We can try to follow in their footsteps by embracing the same career as them for example.

There are many types of role models : record-breakers, peace-makers, explorers, scientists, athletes, war heroes, human rights fighters, earthkeepers.

Homework : choose a person who you consider as a role model.  Explain who they are, their achievements and why you admire them.

08/10

A real-life superhero. Written comprehension page 45

Who was involved?

A victim : Cameron Hollopeter, 20, student at the New York film academy, has a stepmother.

A savior : Wesley Autrey, 50, 2 young daughters, construction worker and Navy veteran.

What happened?

Cameron fell onto the subway tracks and Wesley jumped onto the tracks and shielded the 20-year-old with his own body by rolling him into a gap between the tracks.

Both were unharmed = neither got hurt / injured.

Revision : fall - fell - fallen

Prépositions de lieux :

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Homework : finir de relever les informations importantes dans le dernier paragraphe page 45. Se préparer à récapituler tout l'incident à l'oral (sans notes).

15/10

Dian Fossey and gorillas:

Gorillas are an endangered spieces.  They are big mammals that can eat everything (they are omnivore).  They can live up to 35 years.  they can measure up to 1 meter 80 and they can weigh up to 220 kg.

Attention :

- they can live (accentuation de they et live - liaison entre tous les mots)

- prononciation de spieces / endangered

- révision des symboles phonétiques :

Compréhension écrite : Dian Fossey page 46

Homework : finir de remettre dans l'ordre le texte p. 46.

17/10

Hour 1

Do you think Dian Fossey was a hero?

Yes! She was a wonderful woman.  She was strong and generous.  She cared for people and animals alike. She was also an adventurer because she took risks to fight for what she believed in.  She was determined because dedicated her whole life to protecting gorillas.  Without her, maybe there would be no gorillas left!

Hour 2

Phonetics : diphtongues

Gorillas in the mist : video comprehension part 1

mind map from notes :

 05/11

Oral comprehension : Gorillas in the mist parts 2 & 3

 07/11

Written Comprehension page 47

Sir Edmund Hillary, a famous Kiwi*.

Judging from the picture of a New Zealand dollar bill (bank note in GB English), we can imagine that Sir Edmund is a famous mountaineer from New Zealand.

* a kiwi is a bird endemic to New Zealand.  It has become the nickname of the inhabitants of New Zealand.

He became famous by being the first person to ever reach the peak of Mount Everest.

Despite this huge achievement, he remained very modest and helped the populations of Nepal.  He financed the building of roads, hospitals and bridges. He was very generous.

14/11

Entraînement à la compréhension orale

1. Identify the type of document and the speaker(s) - WHO?

type of recording :

interview / documentary / conversation / monologue / testimonial / news report...

speaker(s) :

gender (male or female) / role in the recording

interviewer : the person who asks the questions in an interview - journalist - presenter - the host...

interviewee : the person who answers the questions in an interview - the guest

2. Identify the general topic - WHAT?

3. Answer the other usual questions : Where? When? How? Why?...

4. Make sure you pick out significant details.

5. Write to say what you have understood.

Who's your hero?

B's recap :

The speaker is conducting an interwiew with Suzy, a mountaineer. Suzy wants to organize the next expedition to Mount Everest to help raise money for an association called "Cancer Link". She has been a great fan of sir Edmund Hillary ever since she read a book about him when she was a kid and he is her hero.

M's recap :

This recording is an interview. Two people are speaking : a male interviewer and a female interviewee called Suzie .

They are talking about Suzie's upcoming expedition to Mount Everest next spring. She can do this because she raised money for an association called "Cancer Link".

The presenter asks her why she became a mountaineer and she answers that, when she was young, she read a book about Edmund Hillary's achievement so he became her role model.

 19/11

S' recap :

The speaker is Suzy. She speaks about Sir Edmund Hillary. She says that, as a child, the dreamt a lot and that he read a lot of books about adventure, and he became a competent moutaineer. He did a lot of climbing. He went on an expedition to Antarctica: he was a real adventurer.

Evaluation de CO

Révision du prétérite  page 51 ex 1

Homework : page 51 - exercice d'écriture sur Terry Fox

21/11

page 51 - exercice d'écriture sur Terry Fox

Terry Fox was born on July the 28th, 1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He spent his childhood near Vancouver.  In 1977, he had bone cancer and his right leg had to be amputated.

In hospital, he decided to run across Canada and raise money for cancer research in a journey called the Marathon of Hope whose goal was to get attention and get every Canadian to contribute 1$. He trained for 18 months preparing for his 5000-kilometre run. He started in St John's, Newfoundland on April 12th, 1980, covering 42 kilometres a day through Quebec and Ontario. By the end of his run in September 1980, he had covered 5373 km in 143 days.

Unfortunately, he died the following year but he is remembered as a hero and a Terry Fox Canadian dollar was issued in his honor in 2005. He became the first Canadian on coins! Today, the Terry Fox Run around the world is organized every year.  Unsurprisingly, its goal is to raise money for cancer research.