Happy Christmas!

 

from the Minions

to

the 6th Graders!

ACTION 1

How impossible the Minions are!

 

Watch the video and answer the questions

1° Where is the scene? What can you see?

2° What is the weather like?

3° What's the season?

4° When is it? Why? Which tune can you recognize (reconnaître)?

5° Who can you see?

6° What are they doing?

7° Who do they meet on their way?

8° What is Father Christmas wearing?

9° What is he carrying?

10°What does he say to the group?

11° Where is Father Christmas at the end?

Is it a nice end? Why?

 ACTION 1+

Listen and enjoy 'Jingle Bells'

 by 'the Voice'

Frank Sinatra!

 

Sing along  with Sinatra and get happy!

ACTION 2

 Discover Christmas vocabulary

Click: look, listen and repeat

http://tv.mes-english.com/christmas1.php 

https://youtu.be/AyTQ7nFN7G0 

Click: look, listen, repeat and write in your draft notebook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoxrT---BCg

Go to your English book website for pupils

and 

do the activities on Christmas (Festivities)

http://www.nathan.fr/jointheteam-manuel6e-2010-e/demo/index.html 

ACTION 3
Play with Christmas vocabulary!

Click on the link and play!
http://englishflashgames.blogspot.com

ACTION 4
Have fun and make your Santa!

ACTION 5
Describe your Santa now!
Use the auxiliary 'have got' coorectly conjugated...

...and the right vocabulary 
http://projectbritain.com/Xmas/santa.html

ACTION 6
DIY (Do-it-yourself) crafts 

DIY 1 (optional)
A 'recipe' to make your Christmas hat!
First, get the template here
http://craftygeminicreates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/santahat-1.pdf
Then, watch the video and follow the instructions.
Good luck!

DIY 2 (optional)
Make your 3D Christmas tree!

ACTION 7
Make yourself at home...
in the living room...

...and in the dining room!

There is/There are

Christmas traditions in Britain

Christmas +
 What are the 3 days of Christmas Season
 in the UK?
Click here and take notes
http://projectbritain.com/Xmas/eve.html 
http://projectbritain.com/Xmas/index.html 
http://projectbritain.com/Xmas/day.html 
 http://projectbritain.com/Xmas/boxingday.html
  Yum, yum!
Read the document and answer the questions

 

 1° What is the document?
2° Where can you find this'document'?
3° How many parts are there?
How are they called?
4° What can you eat as a starter?
Which do you prefer?
5° What can you eat as a Main ?
Which do you prefer?
6° What can yo eat as a dessert?
Which do you prefer? 

 ACTION 8
Let's talk about the family!

ACTION 9
Write your letter to Father Christmas

ACTION 10
Surprise!
Discover your Christmas card
http://www.jacquielawson.com/preview.asp?cont=1&hdn=0&pv=3111930 

to

the 8th Graders!

ACTION 1

Look at the drawing above

and complete the family tree below 

http://jerome.boulinguez.free.fr/english/file/hotpotatoes/familytree.htm

ACTION 2

Watch the video and answer the questions below.

1° Who is your hostess?
2° When is it? How do you know?
3° What is your hostess going to teach you about?
4° What is her main question?
5° What is the most stressful thing 
at this time of the year for adults? Why?
But what must they always remember in the end?
6° What are children the most excited about? Why?
7° What is central to this very special event?
8° How are things get organized? 
9° What is the most famous broadcast programme?
 10° What time is it broadcast? On which channel?
 11° Which message is conveyed [=given]?
 12° What do we learn about letter sending to Santa?
13° Finally, what is the anwer to the question 
your hostess asked at the beginning of her video?

ACTION 3
Read the document below and answer the questions.

 1° What is the document?
2° Who issued it? What for?
3° Which ingredients can you buy 
for the Mains or Main Course?
4° Which ingredients can you buy for the dessert?
5° How much do they cost?
(Convert the prices in Euros)

ACTION 4
Make your Christmas File and be creative!
Get inspired by this wonderful interactive book
on Collège Chagall English website
where you can find not only vocabulary, but also listenings, grammar and comprehension in a funny and interactive way.

Don’t miss it ! It's really great!

And remember you will probably need adobe flash player

from Darth Vader

to

the 9th Graders!

ACTION 1

Look at the drawings above

and anwser the questions below

by using the links below 

http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/meaning-darth-vader.html

 http://www.starwars.com/databank/darth-vader

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/starwars.html 

1° Which fictional character can you recognize?

2° What is his name in French?

3° What is the origin of the name "Vador"?

What does it mean in English?

4°  What was his original name and who was he 

before being hit by the dark side of the Force? 

5° In which fiction does he appear?  

6° How many episodes have been released so far?

7° What are the titles of each episode?

8°What do these titles evoke?

9° Have you seen any of these episodes? 

If yes, what is/are  your favourite one(s)? Why?

10°  Are you a fan of this saga ? Why or why not?

* Food for Thought *

Do you understanf the idea/the philosophy 

behind  the Star Wars Saga?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_and_religion_in_Star_Wars

http://dailynous.com/2015/12/21/philosophers-on-star-wars-the-force-awakens-spoilers/

http://www.ecoledeslettres.fr/actualites/arts/cinema/star-wars-saga-mythe-de-laurent-aknin/#more-19259 

ACTION2

 Be reporters and make your Christmas File!

1° How can you link Darth Vador's look 

to  the one's in the picture below?

2° What is strange in both cases?
3° Do they express the same ideas? Why or why not?
Which ones exactly?

3° Now read and complete the  Mission pages of your File.
Good luck!

Thanksgiving vs National Day of Mourning

   DO YOU KNOW?

For the 6th Graders
Look at the document
and
answer the questions

1° Who can you see?
2° Where are they? (Imagine!)
3° What are they wearing?
4° What are they doing?  
5° Do you know why these people are together? 

LEARN AND SPELL YOUR VOCABULARY

REVISE YOUR NUMBERS AND COUNT THE TURKEYS!

 LEARN MORE ABOUT US HISTORY

 

Watch and react!

MORE VOCABULARY
Click, repeat and match the words with the pictures!

 http://www.memovoc.com/thanksgiving/index.html
[p.2, 4+5]

 LET'S PARTY !

 

For the 8th/9th Graders

 On the 4th Thursday of November,

 many Americans celebrate 'Thanksgiving'.

1°  If you look closer at the composition of the word,

Which words do you recognize?

So, what do American people do to one another?

2° When you observe the drawing above, 

what is the symbolical animal of this event?

3° Where is this 'animal' on the drawing ? Why?

4°  Who brings this 'animal'?

5° Who is this  'animal' for?

6° What does this scene represent finally?

7° Why do you think these cartoon characters

 have been chosen to commemorate this event?

What does it say of American culture?

DID YOU KNOW?
 For the 8th/9th Graders

1°  What is the document above?

2° Where is the scene?

3° Who can you see or recognize in this scene?

4° What do they look like?

5° What are they doing?

6° Is it a modern scene? Why or why not?

7° What do you understand from this scene?

 
LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS SCENE
by watching the video
http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving/videos/bet-you-didnt-know-thanksgiving 
1°  Who invites whom?
2°  When was the First Thanksgiving?
3°  How many days did it last?
4° What did it consist of ?
5°  What do we learn about the menu? 
Was turkey on the menu a that time? 
6° Who were the first two people 
who made Thanksgiving a national event? 
7° Who participated in the growing interest
 in Thanksgiving afterwards? 
8° Which special tradition about the turkey
has been developed
 by US Presidents ?

FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD!

 LEARN MORE ABOUT US HISTORY

 

This is the Pilgrim Memorial in Plymouth, England,
where the settlers called 'the Pilgrims' or 'the Forefathers'  departed...
...and they landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA...

...where a monument stands!

The Forefathers Monument Explained

http://providencefoundation.com/?page_id=3250%C2%A0

 How did they get there?

Watch the video and find out
Loot at the map
then
click on the link below
to anwser the questions

 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/pilgrim/mayflowerquiz.shtml

THANKSGIVING
MYTHS AND MISGIVING

Most school children are taught that Native Americans helped the Pilgrims and were invited to the first Thanksgiving feast. Their conceptions of Native Americans often develop out of media portrayals and classroom role playing.

But this early conception of Native Americans is both inaccurate and unfair and do not correspond to the historical facts, which explain why many Native American today call Thanksgiving a "Day of Mourning". Peaceful relations between Native Americans and the colonists didn't continue for long. Why? What happened?

You may see some controversial posters and campaigns. Observe and read the following. React and try to explain, and understand!

 

What's behind History?

   

http://www.treehuggersofamerica.org/The-First-Thanksgiving.php
http://www.indians.org/articles/thanksgiving.html 

 

 

Native Americans today

Who are they?

 

NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

November 20-Universal Children's Rights

ACTION 1

FOR THE 6TH GRADERS

Read and answer the questions.

1° What is the document about?
2° When is 'Universal Children's Rights?
(click on the link below) 
http://www.un.org/en/events/childrenday/ 
3° How many rights are there?
4° What is the key word for each right? 
 For example, 'The key word or topic for the first right is "Protection".
5° Which is your 'favourite" right? Why ?

ACTION 2

FOR THE 8TH GRADERS 
Read and understand

*If you can't see the document properly, click on this link

http://myschoolbag.eklablog.com/human-rights-infographie-a119517966 

 

1° What is the document?

2° When was it adopted ?

http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/universal-childrens-day

3° Who created it? What does this organization promote?

http://www.unicef.org/media/media_86309.html

4° How many rights can you read?

5° Re-write these rights with "must" or "can't". 

ACTION 3

FOR THE 9TH GRADERS 
Read and understand 
http://www.voicesofyouth.org/en/posts/arfa-karim---inspiring-girl-from-pakistan 
1° Who is the document about?
2° Who is she compared to?
3° Where is she from?
4° When was she born?
5° What is she crazy about?
How do you call this kind of people?
6° Where did her father send her when he notices her skills?
7° Which reputed exam did she pass at 9?
8°  Who did she impress?
9° Unfortunately, what happened to her at 16?
10° What did her country's government do to honour her?
11° What is the link between this girl's story and Nov 20

ACTION 4

FOR THE 9TH GRADERS 
a) Watch and report in your copybook

 

b) What  is the link 

between the children you read about or see in the video 

and Nov. 20?

(See 'Action 2 for the 8th Graders-2+3' and click on the links)

Inspirational messages...or my way to success!

November 16-International Day for Tolerance

ACTION 1 
FOR THE 8TH/9TH GRADERS

LOOK AND REACT

1° What is the document?
2° What is the topic (=subject) about?
3° Which tense (=temps) is used? 
(the Present, the Past or he Future?) 
How do you know? (Give a clue)
4° Say the same 'message' by using "can" and "must".
(Help! Look into your English book to refresh your memory about 
"CAN" -p.140, n°4; p.141, n°7+"MUST" -p.163, n°48+49)
5° What is " to be intolerant" for you?

The document above is called " a Wordle".

1° Read the words that compose it. 

Which word is the biggest? 

Which word(s) are in medium-sized (=de taille moyenne) letters?

Which one is the smallest?

2° Classify them 

by alphabetical order.

3°  What are your favourite "words"?

4° Make your own Wordle and send it to your teacher by mail!

 

http://lewebpedagogique.com/latelierdelastrolabe/les-tutoriels/utiliser-wordle-logiciel-en-ligne/ 

http://icp.ge.ch/sem/cms-spip/spip.php?article1832 

http://www.wordle.net/

http://www.tagxedo.com/ 

Students' WoRdLes

 

 
 
ACTION 2
FOR THE 8TH/9TH GRADERS

LOOK, READ AND REACT

LEARN MORE

 

 

READ AND RECAP

Watch the video and answer the questions below

• Where was Malala Yousafzai born?

• What is she known for?

• What views did she write in her blog for the BBC?

• Who shot her in the head?

• She was born in (           )

• She started a blog in (           )

• She was shot in (           )

• She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in (           )

  + 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-24504652

LISTEN AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE LYRICS

 

LET'S SING NOW!