The 6ème1 see double and think twice!

 

Reading is Elementary for the 8th Graders!

                                         Reading is...delicious and thrilling!

 

MISSION

READ AND UNDERSTAND

ACTION 1
 DUE ON : Sept. 28/29, 2015

Anwser these questions or instructions on a loose sheet of paper.

1°Describe what can you see on both book covers (people, objects, reactions).

2°Which book cover do you prefer and why ?

3°What do you think of the titles ? Do you understand their meanings [=signification] ?

4°What is « a classic » ? To your mind, why is the collection called « Crazy Classics » ?

5°Do you know « Frankenstein » and « Dracula » ? What do you know about them ? 

Vous pensiez connaître Frankenstein et le monstre qu’il créa à partir de cadavres ? Préparez-vous à être surpris ! Sur une Terre bouleversée par le réchauffement climatique, un homme est prêt à tout pour préserver l’espèce. Ce faisant, il donne vie à son pire cauchemar…

Londres, de nos jours : le nouveau roi de la nuit s’appelle DJ Vlad et il veut être votre ami… à vos risques et périls. Dracula, le célèbre vampire créé par Bram Stoker, sévit désormais sur les réseaux sociaux. Seules les conversations en ligne de ses victimes permettront à la police de comprendre ce qui s’est passé…

ACTION 2
 DUE ON : Sept. 28/29, 2015

Look the illustrations on the book covers again and read  the blurb of the story in French.

1°Highlight in yellow the key-words.

2°Pick and choose now !

AND THE WINNER IS...

                     

"Hello!

I’m Count Dracula.

Do you really know me?

Meet my friends and find who is who!

 

                                     MISSION SPECIAL

What is Halloween and where does it come from?

Put the words into the text. You don’t need to use all of them!

dress	bats	October	parties
dead	traditional	vampire	pumpkins
apples	outside	neighbours	goes

Halloween is __________ celebration in the USA and UK which takes place on the last evening of __________ every year. It’s a night for spooky monsters and scary ghosts. Ancient people believed it was the ‘night of the __________’ and a time to think about the family members who had died.

Children often__________  up in different costumes and play ‘trick or teat’ on their __________. They knock on doors and when someone opens they shout ‘trick or treat’, people give them sweets or money as a treat because they don’t want the children to play a trick on them. Lots of adults like to dress up too but they usually go to __________ and don’t knock on any doors.

Many people also make lamps out of __________ . They cut faces into the side and put a candle inside. People used to believe that this would scare away bad spirits and ghosts and would hang them __________ their houses.

Do you celebrate Halloween in your country? What do you do? Do you undestand this tradition? Why or why not?

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