Martin Luther King Jr. Day

ACTION+

Look and react.

For the 6th Graders

 ACTION 1

Watch the video and complete the word clouds.

 

ACTION 2

Look and write in French what you understand.

ACTION 3

Organize your ideas in a Mind map.

ACTION 4

a)Read and do.

       http://mbmorell-hts3rdgradetech.blogspot.fr/2012/01/martin-luther-king-jr-day-what-is-your.html

b) Write a timeline of MLK's life.
http://www.powershow.com/view/16380-Y2IyO/Martin_Luther_King_Jr_powerpoint_ppt_presentation 

 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/MLK/timeline.shtml

ACTION 5

Like MLK, you can dream too!

For the 8th Graders

ACTION 1

Look at the thumbnail above and say what you can guess.

ACTION 2
Watch and take notes.

Easier

 

 Harder

ACTION 3
Make a timeline of MLK's life.

  

ACTION  4
Watch and catch the words!

ACTION 5
Imagine you are a journalist and you have decided
to make an interview of one of his children.

For the 9th Graders

Learn more about this art work!

ACTION 1

Look at the document above and say what it evokes.

ACTION 2

Watch and report.

ACTION 3

Watch and report.

ACTION 4
Discover the man who "had a dream"
and the spirit behind it.

ACTION 5
Scrutinize his words!

 Easier

 Harder

I have a dream that one day this .............. will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be ........................................., that all men are created .............”

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of ..............., the sons of former ............... and the sons of former ................ owners will be able to sit down ...................... at the table of ...................................

I have a dream that one day even the state of ........................, a state sweltering with the heat of .......................... sweltering with the heat of ................................, will be transformed into an oasis of .................. and ..................

I have a dream that my four little ...................... will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the ..................... of their ..................... but by the content of their ....................................

I have a dream ..........................

I have a dream that one day, down in ......................, with its vicious .................. with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little ............... boys and .................... girls will be able to join hands with little .................... boys and ...................... girls as ..................... and ......................

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."

This is our ................, and this is the ...................... that I go back to the ................ with.

With this ........................, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of ..................... a stone of ................... With this ....................., we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of ..................... With this faith, we will be able to ..................... together, to ................. together, to .................... together, to go to ............... together, to ..............   ....... for ................. together, knowing that we will be ................. one day.

ACTION 6
Watch and listen.

 

ACTION 7
Be inspired by MLK.
Either write a speech for Peace and Harmony
(with a slogan on a banner)
or a Rap song
(with the outfit of your choice)!

Into the Job Market (9th Graders)

ACTION 1

Complete a self-evaluation questionnaire.

  
Know yourself better and build up your profile!
http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/spip.php?article24 

http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/spip.php?article27

ACTION 2

Read and understand.

ACTION 3

a) Read and react.
b) Choose 2 teens' reports 
and rewrite it in the 3rd person of the Present Simple.

ACTION 4

 Discover jobs and occupations in English.

 http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/jobs/

ACTION  5
a) Vocabulary in action. 

http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-jobs.htm
 http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/jobs.html 
http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-workplace.htm 
  
b) Grammar in action. 
Make a Mind map of Job endings:
-ER / -OR / -IAN / -IST / -MAN / (OTHER)

ACTION 6 

Writing about my internship week
Jan. 16 - Jan. 20

Smart Time for Help or the Best! 

(Strategies)

 

ACTION 7
YOUR MISSION
Imagine you are a career counsellor/adviser.
The students of the school you work in come and see you.
What can you tell them.

Get prepared for the job!
  Smart Time for Help or the Best! 

(Strategies) 

a) Guess their jobs.

b) Jobs description: obligations and opportunities.

STEP 1

Number the first column fom 1 to 9.

 

 STEP 2

Read the job names and match them with the right illustration.

 STEP 3

Read the 2nd column with each job's obligation

and write the corresponding job number.

STEP 4

Read the 3rd column with each job's opportunity

and write the corresponding job number.

STEP 5

Now link the three parts and write the obligations and opportunities related to the jobs.

"If you become a/an...,

 you will have to... and you will be able to..."

ACTION +

a) Write your dialogue

 between a career counsellor and a 9th Grader.
Smart Time for Help or the Best! 

(Strategies) 

b) Get ready to perform the scene
  between a career counsellor and a 9th Grader.

  

 

 

ACTION 8

Read and understand a resume.
[Source: Onisep]

 

ACTION 9
Read and understand job advertisements.

ACTION 10
MISSION
 You are going to perform a scene 
between a recruiter and a job applicant.


Get prepared for the job!
  Smart Time for Help or the Best! 
(Strategies)

a) Complete your own resume!

Resume templates...

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing-skills-practice/cv

 
b) Write your application letter.
 See the writing you did for your Mock Exam
and improve it!

c) Ready for your job interview?
Let's check!

UNUSUAL JOB APPLICANTS!

SCENE 1

SCENE 2

 SCENE  3 

http://englishpage.free.fr/spip.php?article290

d) Still anxious?
Go to the next blog page called 
Inspirational messages ...on the way to success!

 ACTION +
 You are going to perform a scene 
between a recruiter and a job applicant.