3/28/2021

Happy April Fools' Time!

 



   






STARTER
Watch, listen and report.
1) Who can you recognize on the screen?
2) When did he speak to French people?
3) What has he decided? Why?





ACTION 1

4) Do you understand this decision?
Why or why not?



ACTION 2

Watch, listen, read and explain.




***







ACTION 1

Look, read and react.

What is wrong?




ACTION 2
Read and answer the quiz!



1° The origins of  April Fool's Day is:
a-a joke.
b-not sure.
c-well-known.

2° Ancient Romans and Indians believed that 
the beginning of the year was:
a-January 1.
b-March 21.
c-April 1.

3° Who introduced a new calendar 
making Jan.1 the beginning of the New Year?
a- Pope Gregory.
b-Pope Francisco.
c-Mother Teresa.

4° France accepted the new calendar in:
 a-1564.
b-1515.
c-1789.

5° Some people continued to celebrate 
New Year's Day on Jan. 1 because:

a-they didn't believe the date had changed.
b-they didn't accept the new calendar. 
c-they pretend not to have learnt about the new date.

6° In France today, April 1 is called:
a-"April Jesters Day ".
 b-" Poisson April ".
c-" Poisson d'Avril ".

7° French children usually fool their friends by:
a-putting a tack on their chair.
b-taping a paper fish to their backs.
c-telling knock-knock jokes.

8° Other countries adopted the reformed calendar:
a-in America.
  b-in Europe.
c-In Africa.

9° A British city has become the symbol of April Fools: 

a-London.
 b-Liverpool.
  c-Gotham.

10° In the past, April Fools was an individual matter, but now it has become:
a-a historical matter.
b-a media matter.
c-a crazy matter.









World Autism Day

[Thanks to English teacher Ms. Haquet, collège Chagall, Gasny (27).]

STARTER
Listen, watch and discover.





[Optional]






[Optional]





Do you personally know someone who has autism?
If yes, what is typical about this acquaintance?


ACTION 1
Listen and understand.
Report.




ACTION 2
Read and understand.
Do you recognize her?
What do you know about her?













STARTER
Look and discover.


The Poney Express Started in 1860.
Do you know what it was?




Watch, listen and understand.
Test your understanding!




 1) How long did it take to send a letter in 1830? 
2) How was mail delivered?
3) How long did it take to deliver
     the first Pony Express mailbag?
4) How long did the Pony Express last?

 5) What replaced the Pony Express?










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.













 ACTION 1 

LOOK AND REACT.


ACTION 2

WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND EASTER
Watch the video
and
take notes
(Religion ? Religious icon? Story?)



ACTION 3

COMPARE WITH ANOTHER RELIGIOUS ICON
and make an ID card.








ACTION +
AFTER HARD WORK, LET'S COOK NOW
AND MAKE A DELICIOUS EASTER RECIPE!





In French if you are really greedy and.. impatient!
 http://www.750g.com/hot-cross-buns-r91915.htm
  http://www.marmiton.org/recettes/recette_hot-cross-buns-petits-pains-anglais-de-paques_36884.aspx


















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.

DATE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH
THE HUSBAND
THE MAN OF DUTY
LEGACY

***

Listen and understand.
Report 
the journalist's announcement and emotional state.



***
Look, read and understand.
Where is the scene shown below.
Why is it unusual?

Pick up the strongest words for you
in the announcement.




ACTION 1

Make a Biographical data portrait.





ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
/20

1) Biographical Data Portrait done/2.
2) Presentation/6.
3) Contents/6.
4) Language/6.





For the Adventurers





For the Explorers



***


For the Bold and the Experts





***


ACTION 2
Read and understand.

1-Where was prince Philip born?
2-Was he born at the hospital?
3-What is the name of his birthplace villa
in English and in French?





ACTION 3
Read and discover the funeral route.

1-Where is the place of the funeral?
London, Windsor or Balmoral?
2-Which colour symbolizes
the Royal Family's route?
3-Where and what time do they depart from?
St George's Chapel or Windsor Castle?
4-Where and wha time do they drive to?
5-What time is the Kingdom's Minute Silence?




ACTION 4
Watch and discover the funeral.


Put the scenes in order.

VIDEO 1

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 3


VIDEO 4

VIDEO 5

















STARTER



1) What is Ramadan?
2) When does it / did start?
3) When will it end?
4) Do you celebrate Ramadan?
Why or why?

5) What are the rules and traditions 
during Ramadan? 
['Muslims must / mustn't +Vb...']




ACTION 1





ACTION 2
Watch, listen and understand.




Ramadan Explained for Non-Muslims...




ACTION 3
 Watch, listen and report. 



***






ACTION + 
[Optional]











 ACTION ++
[Optional]

 


 
ACTION+++
Ready to break Fasting?
[Optional]



 







STARTER


April 13 
is Scrabble Day
 because the inventor of the game,
Alfred Mosher Butts,
was born on April 13, 1899.


ACTION 1
Test your understanding 
and answer the questions below.


1) When was Scrabble created?
2) What did Alfred Mosher Mutts do for a living? (job) 
3) Was Alfred Mosher Mutts working at that time?
4) What was the first name of Scrabble?



ACTION 2


1) Do you like playing Scrabble?
2) What is your favourite board game?


ACTION +

How to play Scrabble...










Remembering 
Notre Dame Cathedral...




Fire breaks out at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris | News | Archinect


...two years later.















STARTER
Look and tell.

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2017-04/13/11/asset/buzzfeed-prod-fastlane-02/sub-buzz-9586-1492096931-1.jpg?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto&downsize=360:*

On April 15, 1912
the most famous cruise ship of all times
sank in the wider Atlantic Ocean.

Which was it?
Would You Visit the Titanic?


ACTION 1
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?

Titanic Sinks Four Hours After Hitting Iceberg; 866 Rescued By ...

StatCounter - Free Web Tracker and Counter javascript hit counter



The Titanic: In the News and in Memory | Teaching with the Library ...



Amazon.com: Newspaper Headlines 12x18 Poster Titanic Sinks Boston ...

London Newspaper 1912 reports the sinking of the Titanic and the ...

Titanic Headline, 1912 Photograph by Granger




Once upon a time...
there was a majestic cruise ship, 
the promise of a dream trip across the ocean...


https://youtu.be/bWhJC6OYCOc
https://youtu.be/n_-nPiLdpqU
https://youtu.be/brrYeP_RY7U


...but one terrible day, the dream transformed itself into a nightmare!


For the Adventurers
Pick up key-words.
https://youtu.be/AlXYqoRRFts


For the Explorers

https://youtu.be/NdZ6TY1pxL8



1) How long did it take to build the Titanic?
2) How many people were on board?
3) How long did it take for the Titanic to sink?


For the Bold and the Experts
Take notes.

***

The wreck of the Titanic 
was found on September 1, 1985.


ACTION 2
Read and understand...
the language, structure and layout conventions
of newspaper articles.

For the Explorers
https://prezi.com/ng8mllcoa440/copy-of-titanic-news-article/

For the Bold and the Experts


ACTION+
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.
/0.5
/1
/2
7.
Tu as exprimé des idées riches et variées.
/0.5
/1
/2


*Très bonne maîtrise : 19/20-20/20.
*Maîtrise satisfaisante : 13/20-18/20.
*Maîtrise fragile : 08/20-12/20.
*Maîtrise insuffisante : 00/20-07/20.
/7
/13
/20



Break Time for Help and for the Best!

For the Explorers

Priya Chavda (priyachavda) on Pinterest
Priya Chavda on Pinterest

This Microsoft Word newspaper template could be used for your students to complete a newspaper book report project. (You will have to scroll down through more recent posts to download this.)
http://www.communication4all.co.uk/http/literacynew.htm

Newspaper Template for Adobe InDesign CS6 | Free Newspaper Template Sample | NewsPaper-Templates.com
https://graphicriver.net/item/old-style-newspaper-template/5068743free-newspaper-template-sample.html

For the Bold and the Experts







is also
Banana Day
[Every 3rd Wednesday of April each year]


STARTER
Look, read and tell.
Look at the information above.
What is the news about?
Are you surprised? Why or why not? 


***

What about you?
1) Do you like bananas?
2) What is your favourite fruit?

Read and understand.
Are bananas a healthy food?
Yes or no? How do you know?
CT FM 021: March Foods In Season


ACTION 2
Watch, listen and understand.
How do bananas grow and end in store?




ACTION+
Let's cook!
Yummy Smile Emoticon With Tongue Lick Mouth Tasty Food Eating ... 
Let's make and taste...

...banana chips!

Samarth Crispy Banana Chips, Pack Size (Gram): 100, Rs 180 ...https://youtu.be/qA2e890RhG4


...microwave banana cake!
Microwave Banana Cake | Easy & Healthy Mug Cake Recipe | Em's ...
https://youtu.be/sVRjZ5cwOWQ

...microwave banana and chocolate  cake!

1 Minute Chocolate Banana High-Protein Mug Cake https://youtu.be/d0UsbVhRKxg

...banana bread muffin!
Easy Banana Bread Muffins Made with Greek Yogurt | Mom's Dinner


...banana bread cake!


...mashed banana fritters!
Mashed Banana Fritters - YouTube














ACTION 1
Watch, listen and test your understanding.



***
1) What are the two types of elephants?
2) How much grass must elephants 
eat a day?
3) How much does an elephant weigh?
4) What can elephants not do?

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?

New York Chicago Dallas San Francisco American Cities Flip Symbols ...


SF cable cars to stop running briefly for historic overhaul – The ...


Golden Gate Bridge - Length, Facts & Height - HISTORY


Row of charming colored Victorian style homes on the incline of ...



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.


Simpson Family Wallpapers - Top Free Simpson Family Backgrounds ...

***
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?




https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/garlic-day/


ACTION 1
Watch, listen and learn?
What do you like to remember?

https://youtu.be/_dgxfF-4S44



ACTION 2
Read and understand.
What is worthy to remember?

https://youtu.be/Y5OZU6AgOzc
https://youtu.be/IPLCX0PGpI8


ACTION+
Let's cook!
Yummy Smile Emoticon With Tongue Lick Mouth Tasty Food Eating ... 

Let's make and taste...

...garlic caesar salad dressing!

Skinny Lemon Garlic Shrimp Caesar Salad - Cafe Delites
https://youtu.be/QL8GtFtkA3I
https://youtu.be/CfYkdQf-9v8



...roasted garlic potatoes!

Parmesan Garlic Roasted Potatoes | Let's Dish Recipes













STARTER





1) Do you like tea?

2) How many cups of tea a day do you drink?

3) What is your favourite hot beverage / drink?
4) What about your relatives and friends?




[OPTIONAL]

What are the health benefits of drinking tea?







ACTION 1

Watch, listen and understand.
Report.
[When? What? Why? How? ]







ACTION 2
Watch, listen and understand.
Take notes.

For the Explorers
How was tea introduced to Britain?



For the Bold and the Experts
What is extrarordinary about 
the history of Tea?









INTRODUCTION
Watch, listen and report.






ACTION 1



For the Explorers


For the Bold and the Experts





ACTION 2
Watch, listen and recap.





ACTION 3
Look, listen and understand.
Complete and react.




***
Copy the songtext below,
then complete the activities about the video.

  a) Fill in the gaps of the lyrics. 

What about ..............
What about ……………

What about all the things
That you said we were to gain
What about killing fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said was ............. and ……………
Did you ever stop to ……………………
All the blood we've shed before?
Did you ever stop to ……………………
This ..............   .............., this weeping shore?

Aaaaaaaaaah Ooooooooooh

What have we done to the …………………
Look what we've done
What about all the peace
That you pledge your only ………………
Did you ever stop to ……………………
All the children …………………… from war?
Did you ever stop to ……………………
This ...............  ..............., this weeping shore?

Aaaaaaaaaaah Ooooooooooh

I used to …………………
I used to glance beyond the ..............
Now I don't know .............  ............  .......... 
Although I know we've drifted far

Aaaaaaaaaaah Ooooooooooh


Hey, what about .............
(What about us)
What about the ..............
(What about us)
The heavens are ...........  .........
(What about us)

I can't even breathe
(What about us)
What about everything
(What about us)
[ I have given you
(What about us)
What about ..............'s worth
(ooo,ooo)
It's our ..............'s womb**
(What about us)

What about ...............
(What about it)
We've turned kingdoms to ..........
(What about us)
What about ...............
(What about us)
Have we lost their trust
(What about us)
What about .............  ............
(What about us) ]
We're ............... the seas
(What about us)
What about .............. trails
(ooo, ooo)
  ................ despite our pleas
(What about us)
What about the ............  ...........
(What about it)
Torn apart by creed
(What about us)
Where did we ..........   ..........
(oooh, oooh)
Someone tell me ............
(What about us) 



What about ............   ...........
 (What about it)
What about the .............
(What about us)
What about all their .............
(What about us)
Do we ............  ....   ...........?
 


 b) Do the following activities.
1) Name two animal species mentioned
in the song.
2) What have we done to them?
Underline the passages in green.
  3) Underline in blue 
a sentence that may refer to
natural Catastrophes
like hurricanes or tornadoes.
  4) Underline in black a sentence
       that may refer to air pollution.
  5) Circle in green a sentence
    referring to deforestation.
  6) Underline in red an expression or a sentence referring to the evil done to mankind.
  7) Circle in red two expressions
showing that the Earth is sad.

 c) Match the words.


peace •
heavens •
worth •
womb •
kingdoms •
dust •
holy •
creed •
give a damn* •

• cieux
• paix
• royaumes
• sein ; matrice
• valeur
• croyance
• poussière
• sacré, saint
• s’en préoccuper



 d) Say it in French. Use a dictionary.

1)What about all the things
That you said was yours and mine?
2)Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we’ve shed before?
3)I used to dream, I used to glance beyond the stars.
4)Now I don’t know where we are,
although I know we’ve drifted far.
5)We've turned kingdoms to dust. 

 e) Watch the video.
Complete Worksheet A or Worksheet+.

  Worksheet A
 (Pre-intermediate A2  level)

 Worksheet+
(Intermediate B1 level)
http://languesvivantes.eklablog.net/animals-save-the-planet-a103163195






ACTION 4
Look, read and react.




STEP 1
Get prepared




STEP 2
Get into action

INTRODUCTION
Introduce the documents.

DESCRIPTION
Describe and compare them.

CONCLUSION
React!




***

DOCUMENT A



DOCUMENT B


DOCUMENT C



ACTION 4
Look, listen a repeat.
What topic is the document about?
Do you do any of these actions?
Copy and learn the list of the actions.





ACTION 5


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?













STARTER

Watch, listen and report.




ACTION 1
Look, describe and explain.
What do you know about the man below?



ACTION 2
Read and understand.
Complete the Identification Biography sheet.









ACTION 3




ACTION 4


1) Do you like Science 
and more specifically Space? Why?
2) Do you follow the Space adventure?
What do you know about it? 

3) Take a Space Quiz.



ACTION+
[OPTIONAL]

Want to be an Expert?



[OPTIONAL]

What do you learn?












STARTER
Look, read and explain the image above.
Do you find it attractive?


ACTION 1
Read and understand.

[OPTIONAL]



[OPTIONAL]




ACTION 2
Look, read and describe.


[OPTIONAL]

What do you learn?


WS'S 10 TOP EPIC DEATHS


THE BARD



For the Adventurers





For the Explorers




For the Bold and the Experts






[OPTIONAL]






ACTION 3
Discover WS's Globe Theatre.
Картинки по запросу Shakespeare's Globe logo | Globe theater ...

Shakespeare's Globe | Great Writers Inspire







[OPTIONAL]




***

























STARTER

Watch, listen and report.
Where have the 4 astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon Endeavour arrived
after a nearly 24-hour journey from Earth?
Who welcomed them?
What is the atmosphere like?




ACTION 1
Watch, listen and report.

What is shown?




ACTION 2



For the Adventurers

For the Explorers


For the Fans



[OPTIONAL]

Want to become an Expert?

How the Outer Space is organized...

How a shuttle is built and launched...

Inside SpaceX capsule...

Thomas Pesquet's Alpha Mission 


ESA is recruiting new astronauts!


Elon Musk's Ad Astra School ...


Elon Musk's dark and sad early story ...

For the Explorers

For the Bold and the Experts







INTRODUCTION
Read and discover.
What is the document below?
Who does it refer to?
Why?

Daniel Defoe

STARTER
Read and discover.
1) Who died /d/ on April 24?
2) Have you ever heard of him?
3) Why did he change /d/ names?
4) In which century did he live?



https://www.slideshare.net/lindsayprater/daniel-defoe-5443793



ACTION 1
Look and describe
Do you know this story?

Late 19th century yellow back edition of Robinson Crusoe ...



ACTION 2

Watch, listen and understand.
What is the story about?

Discover

For the Explorers




For the Bold and the Experts


ACTION+
Write your own Adventure story 
like Robinson Crusoe
...in confinement!

The title of your diary will be:
"My Incredible Adventure Story
in Confinement".

Find your own sub-title!

You should (try to) insert
as many as the following words
in your story!

home
island
bathroom
door
bread
cheese
shirt
trousers
parrot
footsteps



Assessment Criteria
/20

1) You have executed the task /2.
2) You have presented a beautiful, neat and clear diary cover  /4.
3) You have well organized 
all the elements of your Diary cover
[Main title/Sub-title/image(s)/author's name]  /4.
4) You have correctly written your text  /4.
5) You have added the words given  /3. 
6) Your words and speech are relevant /3.


Break Time for Help and for the Best!

Step 1
Read and use these instructions.



Step 2
You may use a digital tool
to make your Diary!
https://www.canva.com/


Step 3
Send your work to your teacher.





DNA Day

Dna GIF | Gfycat




What do you learn?





[OPTIONAL]

What is DNA?


What is the importance of DNA?








National Zipper Day! – Cynthia's Fine Fabrics



When was the zipper invented and who created it?












What is International Dance Day and how can you celebrate it ...

gwendalyne in 2020 | Animation, Dancing day, Cinemagraph





STARTER


1) Do you like dancing?
2) Do you take dancing lessons? 
(How long have you been dancing?)
3) Why do you dance? 
(What does dancing allow you to do?)
4) What is your favourite type of dance?








ACTION 1
Read and understand.
Why is dancing 'healthy' for you?

Mocomi Kids — Get off that couch and start dancing! It's...




[OPTIONAL]





ACTION 2
Watch, describe and enjoy.
Which dance do you prefer? 
Why?

















Trumpet Amish Sticker for iOS & Android | GIPHY

STARTER


1) Do you like jazz?
If no idea, you may eventually ask
your parents!
2) Who is your favourite jazz artist?
If no idea, you may eventually ask
your parents again!




[OPTIONAL]

What is jazz?



JAZZ MUSICIANS


JAZZ PIANISTS


JAZZ GUITARISTS


JAZZ SINGERS

FEMALE PERFORMERS





MALE PERFORMERS





























 

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