Are you superstitious?

 

Are you superstitious? Is the number 13 unlucky for you? 

Do you believe in horoscope?

Superstitions are a sort of magic: 

some people believe in them and some people do not. 

But actually almost everybody is fascinated by them!

What about you?

Action+
 for the 9th Graders

 Watch the video with Stevie Wonder

and

 complete the song lyrics with the words below

believe	broke	devil	strong	Bad
ladder	save	superstitious	believe	wash

Very  1  , writing’s on the wall,

Very superstitious,  2 ‘s about to fall,

Thirteen month old baby,  3  a looking a glass

Seven years of X luck, the good things in your past.

When you  4  in things that you don’t understand,

Then you suffer,

Superstition ain’t the wayVery superstitious,  5  your face and hands,

Rid me of the problem, do all that you can,

Keep me in a daydream, keep me going  6  ,

You don’t want to  7  me, sad is my song.

When you  8  in things that you don’t understand,

Then you suffer,

Superstition ain’t the way!

Very superstitious, nothing more to say,

Very superstitious, the  9  ‘s on his way,

Thirteen month old baby, broke a looking glass,

Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past

When you  10  in things that you don’t understand,

Then you suffer, 

Superstition ain’t the way!     

                   

Check your answer online!

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/songs/stevie-wonder/superstition.html 

Action1
 for the 9th Graders

 Read the superstitions and put them into French

 Action2

 for the 9th Graders

 GRAMMAR IN ACTION
1st and 2nd conditional
Read, observe, think and learn
http://www.expression-anglaise.com/conditionnel-anglais/ 
http://www.e-anglais.com/cours/3_conditionnels.html 
http://angleterre.org.uk/anglais/conditionnel.htm
 Read and do
http://www.e-anglais.com/exercices/conditionals1.php 
http://www.e-anglais.com/exercices/conditionals2.php 
              Action 3
 for the 9th Graders

Match the phrases  [1-4] 

with the superstitions in the drawings below [A-D]

1. If I were you, I wouldn't open that.

2. If I were you,  I wouldn't walk under that.

3. If I were you, I'd walk.

4. I wouldn't look down if I were you.

Action4
 for the 9th Graders

 GRAMMAR IN ACTION
A little bit of a reminder about 'will' in English!
Watch, observe, think and learn

Complete with 'will' or 'would'

1. If they were American, they.............speak English.

2. If you eat too much, you.............get fat.

3. If I were yoy, I..............forget him.

4. .................this pullover shrink, if I washed it? 

Action5

 for the 9th Graders

Put these expressions in English

 1. S'il fait beau la semaine prochaine, j'irai à la campagne.

2. S'il ne pleut pas, je jouerai probablement au tennis.

3. Si tu me téléphones, je viendrai chez toi ce soir.

4. Si tu veux quelque chose à lire, achète un journal.

Action6

 for the 9th Graders

Click on the link
 http://www.quia.com/cz/300052.html
 
a-Look at the document and name the 10 things
 people are usually superstitious about
b-Listen to Emma and complete her speech

Action7

 for the 9th Graders

Learn more about Friday13 
and answer the questions below
by clicking on the links

1. How Friday 13th is ususally considered?
http://fr.slideshare.net/mcphee/friday-the-13th
2. Which learned (=savant) term is given to people 
who are afraid of 'Friday 13th' ? 
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/friday13.htm
 3. What is the origin of this term?
 http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/friday13.htm
4. What are the theories or myths behind 'the 13th'?
 http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/friday13.htm
 http://fr.slideshare.net/mcphee/friday-the-13th
5. What are the theories or myths behind 'Friday'?
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/friday13.htm
 http://fr.slideshare.net/mcphee/friday-the-13th

Action8

 for the 9th Graders

And you? Are you superstitious? Why or why not?

Action1
 for the 8th Graders

 Read the document below 
and do the ativities

 1° What is the document?
2° Which event is it about?
3° How does each saying (=citation) begin with? 
Do they express wishes or prohibitions? Give a clue.
4° Make a list of the verbs and a list of the nouns. 
5° What do they correspond to? (Which topic?)
 

Action2
 for the 8th Graders

  Learn more about Friday 13th and react
6° What is the origin of 'Friday'?
http://www.almanac.com/content/origin-day-names
7° What does this day symbolize?
http://inamidst.com/symbols/
 (give the name of a precious metal and an element of Nature)
 8°What does number 13 symbolize?
http://www.ridingthebeast.com/numbers/nu13.php
 (select 4 symbols)
9° Tell two striking stories related to "Friday 13th.
http://mysticalnumbers.com/number-13
10°

 And you? Are you superstitious? Why or why not?