I want to tell you... I just gave birth to 5 babies last weekend. Isn't that exciting? Oh, you don't believe me? Okay then, I stole some money from a bank on Saturday night. Now do you believe me? (Actually, I hope you don't.)
April 1st, or April Fools Day, is the day when we play jokes on people. Do you have it in your country?
Let's play! Test your memory. TRUE OR FALSE? 1° Rats are dirty animals. 2° Rats like to swim. 3° Rats have excellent eyesight. 4° Rats have good sense of smell. 5° Rats have a good sense of hearing. 6° Rats can chew cement. 7° Rats are not very smart. 8° Rats are selfish.
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APRIL
is also... Carrot Day!
STARTER
Watch, listen and understand.
Take notes.
ACTION 1
Learn more and recap.
ACTION 2
1) Do you like carrots?
2) Do you often eat carrots?
3) Do you prefer them raw or cooked?
STARTER
Read and guess.
On April 5, 1614, a famous Native American woman married John Rolfe, an English settler, in Virginia.
ACTION 1
Look and describe.
Do you recognize this lady?
ACTION 2
Watch, listen and understand.
Take notes.
INTRODUCTION
Read and discover.
Read the newspapers' headlines
and classify them in a Mind map
with the name
"PRINCE PHILIP"
in a middle big crown
and the following topics in other big crowns around.
Read and understand... the contents. What are the documents below? What are their names? What do they report on? Why is this topic on their front pages? How do you call this kind of event in the media talk? What are the key-words related to the catastrophe?
You yourself experience a very unusual moment in confinement because of this "invisible enemy virus" that is Covid-19. You unfortunately live a historical moment in French and Worldwide History. So you are an involuntary eye witness of History 'in action'. How to make the best of it? Well, be a Kid Reporter and write your newspaper page whose headline will say "Eyewitness: Coping with the pandemic in Paris."
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
/20
MISSION IN ENGLISH [CER A2-B1] Your skill : Write and react. Subject : Write your newspaper frontpage entitled "Eyewitness: Coping with the pandemic in Paris".
School year 2019/2020
A1
A2
B1
A
COMPETENCE PRAGMATIQUE
1.
Tu as exécuté la tâche en intégrant les éléments attendus [format/il- lustration(s)/[sous-] titres/rubriques/texte/].
/2
/3
/4
2.
Tu as présenté un travail soigné, organisé et lisible.
/1
/2
/3
B
COMPETENCE SOCIOLINGUISTIQUE
3.
Tu as fourni des renseignements justes et/ou pertinents de nature contextuelle[formules de communication] et culturelle [repères civi- lisationnels/us et coutumes].
/1
/2
/3
C
COMPETENCE LINGUISTIQUE
4.
Tu as réinvesti ou recherché du vocabulaire et l’as bien adapté.
/1
/2
/3
5.
Tu as construit des phrases correctes [grammaire/syntaxe].
/1
/2
/3
6.
Tu as produit des phrases avec une orthographe correcte.
5) How long does a female elephant's pregnancy last?
ACTION 2 Watch, listen and report.
STARTER
Read and guess.
In 1906
an earthquake destroyed 75% of the US city.
Can you guess which through the following clues?
ACTION 1
ACTION 2
Watch, listen and report.
What is particularly moving
in this video?
ACTION 3
Watch, listen and list.
What are the safety instructions in case of an earthquake?
ACTION 4
1) Do earthquakes or other natural disasters often happen
in your country or your parents' home country?
2) Have you ever experienced a natural catastrophe in your life other than earthquakes?
1987
STARTER
Look, read and guess.
Which US cartoon characters
first appeared as a series of shorts
on the Tracey Ullman Show?
Here is what the Simpsons initially looked like... ...and now here they look nowadays. Compare.
*** There are 48 one-minute shorts. For the bold and the Fans!
ACTION 1 Watch, listen and understand. What do you learn about the Simpson family?
ACTION 2
Watch and discover
the first Simpson short.
ACTION 3
1) Do you like the Simpsons?
2) Can you name all the Simpsons characters?
3) What adjectives come to your mind when you think of the Simpsons?
4) Who is your favourite Simpsons character?
5) What is your favourite Simpsons episode?
is also...
Garlic Day!
STARTER Discover the topic and speak your mind. 1) When you think of 'garlic', what do you automatically think of? 2) Do you like garlic? 3) Have you got a favourite garlic recipe?
ACTION 5 Read and understand. What to do to look after the Environment?
ACTION 6
Do you feel concerned with the Environment and its alarming issues?
Why or why not?
If yes,
which environmental issue are you most worried about?
Do you actually do anything
to protect the environment?
ACTION+
Make a poster for the environment
referencing
the problems and the solutions; then use it in a video speech
to present it,
promote your point of view and your action!
POSTER ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
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MISSION IN ENGLISH [CER A2-A2+] Your skill : Write and react. Subject : Make a poster for the Environment.
School year 2020/2021
A1
A2
A2+
A
COMPETENCE PRAGMATIQUE
1.
Tu as exécuté la tâche en intégrant les éléments attendus [format/il- lustration(s)/couleurs/attraction/titre/texte/typologie des lettres].
/2
/3
/4
2.
Tu as présenté un travail soigné, organisé et lisible.
/1
/2
/3
B
COMPETENCE SOCIOLINGUISTIQUE
3.
Tu as fourni des renseignements justes et/ou pertinents de nature contextuelle [formules de communication/slogans] et culturelle [repères civilisationnels/us et coutumes].
/1
/2
/3
C
COMPETENCE LINGUISTIQUE
4.
Tu as réinvesti ou recherché du vocabulaire et l’as bien adapté.
/1
/2
/3
5.
Tu as construit des phrases correctes [grammaire/syntaxe].
/1
/2
/3
6.
Tu as produit des phrases avec une orthographe correcte.
MISSION IN ENGLISH [CER A2-A2+] Your
skill :
Write and react. Subject : Make a
poster for the Environment.
School year 2020/2021
A1
A2
A2+
A
COMPETENCE PRAGMATIQUE
1.
Tu as exécuté la tâche en intégrant
les éléments attendus [discours/affiche promotionnelle].
/2
/3
/4
2.
Tu as présenté un discours
documenté et organisé.
/1
/2
/3
3.
Tu as adopté un ton persuasif,
emphatique, voire solennel.
/0.5
/1
/2
B
COMPETENCE SOCIOLINGUISTIQUE
4.
Tu as fourni des renseignements
justes et/ou pertinents de nature contextuelle
[formules de communication/slogans] et culturelle [repères civilisationnels/sociologiques].
/1
/2
/3
C
COMPETENCE LINGUISTIQUE
5.
Tu as réinvesti ou recherché du
vocabulaire et l’as bien adapté.
/1
/2
/3
6.
Tu as construit des phrases
correctes [grammaire/syntaxe].