Happy Birthday, Your Majesty!

        LAST YEAR'S JUBILEE!      

FOR THE 6TH GRADERS

http://www.etaletaculture.fr/histoire/god-save-the-queen-lhymne-britannique-a-ete-compose-en-hommage-a-louis-xiv/

https://www.lacoccinelle.net/270465.html
  
ACTION 1
Guess who the royal baby is!
The first baby is... 
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/10177851/Royal-baby-quiz.html 

BABY 1

BABY 2

BABY 3

BABY 4

BABY 5

BABY 6

ACTION 2
A woman of influence

 Look at the Queen's photo album  and put  her photos in order.

PHOTO 1

 PHOTO 2

PHOTO 3

PHOTO 4

PHOTO 5

STUDENT'S ORAL PERFORMANCE
ABOUT
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S BIOGRAPHY AND LIFE
Congrats to Florian!

ACTION  3
Who is who

Four generations of Royals celebrated

the Queen's 90th birthday last year. 

Find out more about the Royal family below.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-23272491

a) Make sure you understand the –‘s- in family relationsip. 

http://lewebpedagogique.com/vauqenglishharris2/files/2011/12/6e_seq-2_genitif_exercices_1112.pdf  

b) Complete the following activities
(reproduce the instructions and exercises on your paper):

A.     Complete the sentences with possessive nouns 

         that describe the British royal family members’ 

         relationships.

        Example: Philip is Queen Elizabeth II’s husband.

1. Diana was ___________________ first wife.
2. William and Kate are ___________________ parents.
3. William and Harry are ___________________ stepchildren.
4. Charles is ___________________ father-in-law.
5. George is ___________________ nephew.
6. Peter is Princess ___________________ son.
7. Autumn is ___________________ sister-in-law.
8. Savannah and Isla are ___________________ cousins.
9. Mia Grace is ___________________ niece. 

    (Use a man’s name in your answer.)
10. Andrew is ___________________ father. 

        (Use ‘and’ in your answer.)
11. Eugenie is ___________________ sister.
12. Sophie is ___________________ mother.

      (Use ‘and’ in your answer.)
13. James is ___________________ brother.
14. Anne is Lady ___________________ aunt.
15. Charles, Anne, and Andrew are ___________________’s  

     siblings.

B. Choose the correct pronouns to complete the sentences below.

                 Example: Queen Elizabeth II is married to Philip, Duke of 

                         Edinburgh. (They/Their (leur) /Them (eux)) have four 

                         children.

1. Charles is Prince of Wales. (He/She/It) is next in line to the 

    British throne. William and Harry are (his/her/their) sons, and    

    George is (his/her/its) grandson.

2. Princess Anne has two children by (she/her/hers) marriage with 

   Captain Mark Phillips. After (she/her/hers) divorced (him/her

   /them), (he/she/they) married Tim Laurence.

3. Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are two of Queen Elizabeth’s 

    grandchildren. (Her/They/Their) mother is Sarah, Duchess of 

    York. (They/Their/Them) are seventh and eighth in line to the 

    throne.

4. Louise and James have three uncles on (his/her/their) father’s 

    side. One of (him/they/them) is Andrew.

 ACTION  4
Learn more aout the Queen 
by clicking on the link below.

 https://fr.slideshare.net/Ptimmins/queen-elizabeth-ii-12897782

 Other resources... and some Fun facts! 

http://projectbritain.com/theQueen.htm  

 http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/nation-now/2016/04/20/queen-elizabeth-ii-england-monarch/83289694/ 

   ACTION  5
Revise your colours withthe Queen's outfit and hats.

 a) What does the Queen currently wear ?

Don't get stuck 

and revise your clothes and description vocabulary!

 http://jerome.boulinguez.free.fr/english/file/didapages/physical%20description/physical%20descrition/index.html
 http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/IMG/didapages/description/index.html

b)  What is she wearing and what has she got

 in the first,second, third, fourth and fifth picture?

Don't forget to mention the colours!

  ACTION  6 

Revise your colours withthe Queen's outfit and hats.

 
ACTION  +

Imagine you are a curator (=conservateur de musée)

and you have decided to pay tribute

(=rendre hommage)

to the Queen’s 90th birthday by organizing an exhibit

(=une exposition)

in your museum.

YOUR MISSION:

Make a Tribute poster for Queen Eizabeth’s 91st birthday!

YOUR TOOLS:

-An attractive (=accrocheur) title to your poster

-Photos with captions

(=légendes)

-Biographical facts

-Fun facts

-A short personal message to the Queen

 ACTION ++

Let's party! and have fun!

  

Happy Easter!

 

TO

THE 6TH GRADERS! 

ACTION 1

Look at the gif image above and speak.

1° Which animal is represented?
2° What is there in front of it?
3° Why?
4° What is the nickname of this animal for   
     Easter ?
5° Do you know famous animals

     like this one (fictional or real) ?

Check here.

http://www.alphabet-soup.net/eas/eastfam.html 

ACTION  2

Learn the Easter vocabulary.

Look, listen end repeat.

 

ACTION  3

Let's revise with Easter numbers.

  

ACTION  4

Learn about the story behind Easter.

 

ACTION  5

Read and do the activities.

ACTION  +

Perform a nursery rhyme!

 

ACTION  ++

Be a story teller!

Step 1

Listen to the story 

and tell in French what you have understood.

Step 2

Learn more abot the stories of Peter Rabbit 

and the person who created it.

  

 

Step 3

Time to act now and be the perfect story teller!

 TO

THE 8TH GRADERS! 

ACTION 1

Learn about the Easter tradition.
Watch the video and take notes
 [Which event? When? Where? Who? What?]

ACTION 2

Learn about the Easter story.
Watch, read and make a Mind map.

Some tips to make a Mind map!

FRENCH

 FOR THE GEEKS!
ENGLISH
 https://fantadys.com/cartes-mentales/anglais/

 Some students Mind maps!

 

  TO

THE 9TH GRADERS! 

ACTION 1

Look and react.

 

 

ACTION 2

What's 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  +

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 

 

Some news of Malala Yousafzai (April 12)

 

 

APRIL 12

Global feminist icon and advocate for the education of girls Malala Yousafzai became an honorary Canadian citizen Wednesday with the presentation by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa. Malala is the youngest recipient of the honour.

Activist and Nobel Peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai addressed the Canadian Parliament after receiving honorary Canadian citizenship. Malala called upon Canada to "to lead again" and outlined various issues on which she said Canada could be a global leader.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/malala-yousafzai-full-speech-text-1.4067821

Special dedication to the 9th Graders for their oral exam in May and their written exam in June!

RESUMONS!

Happy ApRiL FoOlsS' dAY!

  FOR THE 6TH GRADERS
 

ACTION 1

Look at the document and describe it.

ACTION 2

Watch and react in French or English!

 ACTION 3
Lookat the photos below and describe the pranks you see.

FOR THE 8TH GRADERS

 ACTION 1

Read.

I want to tell you... I just gave birth to 5 babies last weekend. Isn't that exciting? Oh, you don't believe me? Okay then, I stole some money from a bank on Saturday night. Now do you believe me? (Actually, I hope you don't.) April 1st, or April Fools Day, is the day when we play jokes on people. Do you have it in your country?

Vocabulary a fool- someone who doesn't understand what is happening to tease- laugh at, make fun of someone, joke about something to play a joke (on someone)- to do something funny that another person doesn't know about or suspect at first container- something that holds something else, like a box, a bottle, or a jar to play a trick (on someone)- same as play a joke in the spirit of fun- with an atmosphere of fun, just for fun, lighthearted 

April Fool's Day started in the sixteenth century in Europe. Before that time, New Year's Day was celebrated on April 1st. Then a new calendar was introduced called the Gregorian calendar. January 1st became the first day of the year, but many people did not know about it. So those who continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1st were teased. They were called fools. 

Nowadays we play jokes on people on April 1st. For example, someone might put salt in the sugar container so another person could "accidentally" put it in their coffee. Or someone might change the time on another person's alarm clock so that person would unknowingly wake up earlier or later than planned. Or maybe a person would tell a lie to make someone else shocked. 

After we play the trick, we say "April Fool." Then the poor person realizes he was fooled. It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause any real harm to anyone. Do you have any great jokes to play on anyone today? Try it out. Just don't forget to say "April Fool" when the other person begins looking a little confused.

ACTION  2
Check your understanding.  

http://www.5minuteenglish.com/apr1.htm 

 ACTION 3
Read and answer the questions below.

 

There are rules to this game.

1. Your trick must be harmless.

2. Your victim must

believe you.

3. Your trickery must

 make your victim at least

smile (or better yet,

laugh) when you shout "April Fool's!" Otherwise, it does not qualify as an April Fool's Day trick.

1. What is the document ?
2. What are the recommendations given?
3° Do you agree with them? Why or why not ?

 ACTION 4
Do you play tricks onyour friends on April Fools Day?
What do you do?

 FOR THE 9TH GRADERS

  ACTION 1
Look and react!

 ACTION 2
Read and understand.
 The origins of April Fool’s Day are uncertain, although there are various theories have been proposed. The most likely seems to be related to the festivals that celebrated the equinox on March 21. Many cultures considered that day as the beginning of the new year, including ancient Rome and India.

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar (the Gregorian Calendar) to replace the old Julian Calendar. The new calendar set New Year’s Day, originally celebrated from March 25 to April 1 on January 1. However many countries resisted the change (Scotland until 1660 ; Germany, Denmark, and Norway until 1700 ; and England until 1752).

In 1564 France adopted the reformed calendar and shifted New Year’s day to Jan. 1. However, many people either refused to accept the new date, or did not learn about it, and continued to celebrate New Year’s Day April 1.
Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them on "fool’s errands" or trying to trick them into believing something false. The French came to call April 1 Poisson d’Avril, or "April Fish." French children sometimes tape a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying "Poisson d’Avril" when the prank is discovered.

In 1752, Great Britain finally changed over to the Gregorian Calendar, and April Fool’s Day began to be celebrated in England and in the American colonies, along with the tradition of pranks and jokes. 

British folklore linked April Fool’s Day to the town of Gotham, the legendary town of fools located in Nottinghamshire. According to the legend, it was traditional in the 13th century for any road that the King travelled over to become public property. The citizens of Gotham, not wishing to lose their main road, spread a false story to stop King John from passing through their town. When the King learned of their deception, he sent a messenger to demand that they explain their actions. But when the messenger arrived in Gotham he found the town was full of lunatics who were engaged in foolish activities such as drowning fish or attempting to cage birds in roofless fences (though, of course, their foolery was all an act). The King fell for the ruse and declared the town too foolish to warrant punishment. And ever since then, April Fool’s Day has supposedly commemorated their trickery.

The custom of playing practical jokes on April Fool’s Day is also very widespread and of uncertain origins. The victim of a joke is known in English as an April Fool ; in Scots as a gowk (cuckoo or fool) ; and in French as a poisson d’avril (April fish). The custom may have had something to do with the move of the New Year’s date, when people didn’t accept the new date system were played jokes upon. Originally, April Fool’s Day jokes and pranks concentrated on individuals but in the 20th century it became common for the media to perpetrate hoaxes on the general population.

[Source: http://www.anglais.ac-aix-marseille.fr]/spip/spip.php?article102]

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-Janurary 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 hah changed.

b-they didn't accept the new calendar. 

c-they pretend nt 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 ontheir chiar.  
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.