dimanche 6 novembre 2016

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.

Go to your English book website for pupils
and 
do the activities on Christmas (Festivities).

 ACTION 3
Play with Christmas vocabulary!
 Click on the link and play!

 ACTION 4
Have fun and make your Santa! 

  DID YOU KNOW?
Learn about the origin of Father Christmas in French!

SMART TIME FOR HELP OR THE BEST!
[AP=accompagnement perdonnalisé]

Students' first draft
describing a Christmas scene.










 ACTION 5
Describe your Santa now!
Use the auxiliary 'have got' correctly conjugated... 
 ...and the right vocabulary.

 ACTION 6
DIY (Do-it-yourself) crafts 

DIY 1 Challenge 1
A 'recipe' to make your Christmas hat!
First, get the template here: 
 Then, watch the video and follow the instructions.
Good luck!

 DIY 2 Challenge 2
Make your 3D Christmas tree!

 ACTION 7
Make yourself at home...
in the living room...  
 ...and in the dining room!


Christmas +
 What are the 3 days of Christmas Season
 in the UK?
Click here and take notes:

Make your 2 Christmas crackers to offer!





 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.

Write your Christmas card!


 

 


ACTION +

 
  Love cooking?
 Make a Gingerbread Man cookies!

Love singing?
  









to
the 8th Graders!
ACTION 1
Look at the drawing above
and complete the family tree below.
 
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 most excited about? Why?
7° What is central to this very special event?
8° How do 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 dessert?
5° How much do they cost?

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?


 ACTION 2
 Be reporters and make your Christmas File!
1° How can you link Darth Vader'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?

4° Now read and complete the  Mission pages of your File.
Good luck!




 ACTION 4 video!

More about the Perfect Santa
and 
your future performance !
ACTION 5
 

Thanksgiving vs Indigineous Day



LOOK AND REACT!

For the 6th Graders
  
ACTION 1
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? 

  ACTION 2
a) LEARN AND SPELL YOUR VOCABULARY


b) DISCOVER MORE HERE!
http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/IMG/didapages/thanksgiving/index.html
[pp.4-5]

 ACTION  3
REVISE YOUR NUMBERS AND COUNT THE TURKEYS!
  
 ACTION  4
LEARN MORE ABOUT US HISTORY
 Watch and react!
 

ACTION 5
MORE VOCABULARY

 http://www.memovoc.com/thanksgiving/index.html


 ACTION 6
 LET'S PARTY !


 ACTION 7
DID YOU KNOW? 
http://www.momes.net/Fetes/Thanksgiving/Je-decouvre-Thanksgiving 
 http://www.gralon.net/articles/commerce-et-societe/services/article-thanksgiving---histoire-et-traditions-2168.htm

http://www.linternaute.com/actualite/monde/1261433-thanksgiving-2016-date-origine-histoire-recettes-c-est-quoi-la-fete-de-l-action-de-grace/

ACTION+
TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE
AND 
MAKE A PUMPHIN PIE!


For the 8th/9th Graders

 ACTION 1




LOOK, READ AND ANSWER.

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?



 ACTION 2

DID YOU KNOW?



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?

ACTION 3
LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS SCENE
by watching this 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 ?

ACTION 4
FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD!
What's for Thanksgiving dinner? 

ACTION 5
 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!
http://providencefoundation.com/?page_id=3250%C2%A0 

ACTION 6
 How did they get there?
 a) Watch the video and find out.

b) Look at the map
then
click on the link below
to anwser the questions 

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


For the 9th Graders
THANKSGIVING
MYTHS AND MISGIVING

 ACTION 1
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!

 ACTION 2
What's behind History?



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

ACTION 3
INDIGINEOUS SPEECH AND FEELINGS


NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH