TO
EVERYONE!
with
the Minions!
Let's educate, entertain, motivate and... inspire!
[a brand new rubric for the New Year!]
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Now
share and send your comments
on the blog!
On the Wall Exhibition
in London
at the National Gallery
On the Wall Exhibition
in Paris
at the Grand Palais
from Nov. 23, 2018 to Feb. 14, 2019
Released in December!
STARTER+
Mary Poppins?
Does it ring a bell?
ACTION 1
LOOK AND DESCRIBE.
Share your first impressions!
ACTION 2
WATCH AND REPORT
ACTION 3
An Artist Who Lived and Died
for
Art and Love
(a biopic of Oscar Wilde)
ACTION 1
LOOK AND DESCRIBE.
Share your first impressions!
Poster 1
Poster 2
ACTION 2
WATCH AND REPORT
ACTION 3
a) Look and react!
a) Learn more...
WATCH AND UNDERSTAND
OR
READ AND UNDERSTAND
JAN. 2
A Notorious Woman!
ACTION 1
Look, compare and react!
DOC. 1
DOC. 2
DOC. 3
DOC. 4
DOC. 5
DOC. 6
DOC. 7
DOC. 8
DOC. 9
DOC. 10
ACTION 2
Watch and report!
When Art and Imagination
Heal
your pains...
... and transform you into a Hero!
ACTION 3
Look, compare and react!
DOC. 1
DOC. 2
DOC. 3
DOC. 4
DOC. 5
I created a world where I can heal.
ACTION 4
Watch and report!
Lecture in Paris
APRIL 16, 2019!
https://www.accorhotelsarena.com/fr/autre-a-Paris/becoming-intimate-conversation-michelle-obama
http://femmes.leparisien.fr/laparisienne/actualites/people/michelle-obama-sera-a-bercy-le-16-avril-11-12-2018-7965915.php#utm_medium=email&utm_source=external&utm_campaign=welcome_lapar&xtor=EPR-1481423566
https://www.lyrikline.org/en/poems/becoming-12596
https://www.barbaric.com.ng/titilope-sonuga-presents-becoming-featuring-ruby-gyang-omolara-falana-and-deborah-ohiri/
DESTINATION EUROVISION
FRENCH SONG CONTEST
SEMI-FINAL 1
Jan. 12, 2019
Open your ears,
Open your heart
Let emotions reach your soul!
EUROVISION SONG HAPPENING 2019?
WANT TO VOTE
FOR
YOUR FAV?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2019
SEMI-FINAL 2
Jan. 19, 2019
EUROVISION SONG HAPPENINGS 2019?
WHO IS YOUR FAV?
FINAL
Jan. 26, 2019
ACTION 1
Watch and react.
ACTION 2
Listen and enjoy.
Here is
Here is
the lyrics of this traditional Scottish New Year song
called 'Aul Lang Syne'
called 'Aul Lang Syne'
('Old Long Ago')...
... best known in French
under the title
" Ce n'est qu'un au revoir ",
a song for Friendship, Love, Fraternity and Remembrance!
" Ce n'est qu'un au revoir ",
a song for Friendship, Love, Fraternity and Remembrance!
http://charrette.strathlorne.com/archives/723
ACTION 3Listen, watch and sing.
ACTION 4Read a answer.
1° How many months have 30 days?
Which are they?
2° How many months have 31 days?
Which are they?
4° Which month is different ? Why?
5° What is your favourite month?
Spell it.
6° What is the season and the weather like for this month?
ACTION 5
Watch and report.
7° What is the menu?
this teenager?
/his worries)
any of his problems?
Thursday, January 1
2° Where does it take place?
3° Have you ever kept a diary?
6° Make a glossary of these words:
10° Look at the dictionary entry on 'diary'. Answer the questions.
your dog and one neighbour.
after Jan.1st at home.
Watch and report.
ACTION 6
Speak for a few minutes.
Speak your mind aboutyour New Year's Resolutions!
TO
THE 8TH GRADERS!
STARTER
Listen and enjoy.
Step 2
"Aul Lang Syne" is a traditional song that British people sing at midnight on December 31; but most people don't know that it is a Scottish poem written in 1788 by Robert Burns and later set to the music of a folk song.
The song's (Scots) title may be translated from old Scottish dialect into English literally as "old long since", or more idiomatically, "long long ago" or "days gone by".
Step 3
Did you recognize the tune ?
This is the karaoke version of 'Chant des Adieux' the French equivalent of Auld Lang Syne and is sung to the same tune, ou 'Le Joyeux au revoir scout', ou encore 'Ce n'est qu'un au revoir'.
ACTION 2
Revise.
a) Revise your ordinal numbers
to say the date.
b) Practise these ordinals and the date.
http://yvanbaptiste.pagesperso-orange.fr/numbers/dates.html
ACTION 2
Revise.
a) Revise your ordinal numbers
to say the date.
b) Practise these ordinals and the date.
http://yvanbaptiste.pagesperso-orange.fr/numbers/dates.html
1° Who can you recognize?
2° Is he a human? Why?
3°Why does he speak then?
4° What does he say?Why?
5° Do you know more traditional New Year's Resolutions?
Make a Mind map
to organize your ideas!
AT SCHOOL / AT HOME / SOCIALIZING AND FRIENDSHIP / OTHER?
ACTION 4
Read and react.
ACTION 5
Listen and react.
Listen to
Tassa's New Year's Resolutions;
then answer her question!
Need some vocabulary?
Rock the New Year!
Here is
a parody of
the Beatles' Revolution!
ACTION 4
Read and react.
ACTION 5
Listen and react.
Listen to
Tassa's New Year's Resolutions;
then answer her question!
Need some vocabulary?
Rock the New Year!
Here is
a parody of
the Beatles' Revolution!
the Beatles' Revolution!
ACTION 1
READ AND UNDERSTAND
ACTION 1
READ AND UNDERSTAND
1° Which type of document can you see?
2° Which event is it about?
3° When is this event?
4° In which country is this event?
5° In which place and at which address will this event be celebrated?
6° What time will it be celebrated?
7° What is the menu?
8° Which food is typical and is praised by a poet?
ACTION 2
LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/british_history/robert_burns/
ACTION 3
LOOK AND REACT
ACTION 4
STUDY AND UNDERSTAND
People usually make New Year's resolutions at this time of the year and so does Adrian, a fictional British teenager who records his misadventures in his personal diary!
His author is Sue Townsend who started writing a series of books at 15 and did it for 20 years until her death in April 2014.
The book has been issued in 1982 and it starts at 1st January...
ACTION 5
LOOK, READ AND UNDERSTAND
First, let's have a look at
the book cover!
1° How do you know it is a book cover?
2° What is striking at first sight on this book cover?3° How is the illustration related to the book title?4°From the word "diary", what kind of writing can you expect?
5° From the title and the illustration, what can you say about the tone of the book and the main character of the book?
ACTION 6
LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND
LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND
a) Listen to this song from the musical adapted from the book
to check your first impession.
b) What did you learn about
this teenager?
(his personality/his state of mind
/his worries)
Do you identify with
any of his problems?
Which one(s)?
ACTION 7
LOOK AND STUDY
Now look at a montage of just some of the Secret Diary of Adrian Mole book covers over the 30 years by Sue Townsend.
Which one is the most appealing
to you ? Why?
Here is an extract from that first teenage diary.
Read it
and then answer the questions.
Thursday, January 1
BANK HOLIDAY IN ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES
These are my New Year’s resolutions:
I will help the blind across the road.
I will hang my trousers up.
I will put the sleeves back on my records.
I will not start smoking.
I will stop squeezing my spots.
I will be kind to the dog.
I will help the poor and ignorant.
After hearing the disgusting noises from downstairs last night, I have also vowed never to drink alcohol.
My father got the dog drunk on cherry brandy at the party last night. If the RSPCA hear about it he could get done. Eight days have gone by since Christmas Day but my mother still hasn’t worn the green lurex apron I bought her for Christmas! She will get bathcubes next year.
Just my luck, I’ve got a spot on my chin for the first day
of the New Year!
These are my New Year’s resolutions:
I will help the blind across the road.
I will hang my trousers up.
I will put the sleeves back on my records.
I will not start smoking.
I will stop squeezing my spots.
I will be kind to the dog.
I will help the poor and ignorant.
After hearing the disgusting noises from downstairs last night, I have also vowed never to drink alcohol.
My father got the dog drunk on cherry brandy at the party last night. If the RSPCA hear about it he could get done. Eight days have gone by since Christmas Day but my mother still hasn’t worn the green lurex apron I bought her for Christmas! She will get bathcubes next year.
Just my luck, I’ve got a spot on my chin for the first day
1° When does this extract take place?
2° Where does it take place?
What is the other name given
to these 4 countries together?
3° Have you ever kept a diary?
4° Why do you think teenagers
very often keep one?
5° If you became famous, would you be happy for your diary to be published? Why or why not?
6° Make a glossary of these words:
Bank holiday
the blind
hang up
the sleeves
spots
RSPCA
apron
7° What is the entry of this diary extract?
8° What are the topics spoken in this extract?
9° Which one is the longest, the funniest,the most hilarious, the most disgusting, the most generous, the most unexpected, the most disappointing, the most mysterious, the most boring and the healthiest?
10° Look at the dictionary entry on 'diary'. Answer the questions.
a- What is a diary?
b-Have you ever kept a diary?
c-Do you think teenagers keep one nowadays or have they changed their way of communicating/confiding?If yes, how?
5° What do you know about diary characteristics and style?
sMaRt TiMe
FoR hElP aNd FoR ThE bEsT!
ACTION+
Now your turn!
Imagine you are Adrian Mole.
Write a diary entry for Monday,
January 21st
or any other day before the end of January.
sMaRt TiMe
FoR hElP aNd FoR ThE bEsT!
- The event concerns your father,
your dog and one neighbour.
- It can be funny or surprising or unexpected.
- It happens a few days
after Jan.1st at home.
- It involves the RSPCA members.
- You have to use the vocabulary you know and the Future tense.
- To conclude, you will explain the impact of this particular event on your life.
ACTION+
FOR EVERYONE
Make your Birthday's Inspirational Card!
FOR EVERYONE
ACTION 1
Let's review some good happenings
according to CNN!
Do you agree?
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/16/us/2018-year-in-review-trnd/index.html
ACTION 2
Your turn now!
If you must think of
the most memorable events
(either positive or negative)
that occurred in 2018,
which Top Three ones are worth mentioning or remembering for you?
ACTION 1
Let's review some good happenings
according to CNN!
Do you agree?
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/16/us/2018-year-in-review-trnd/index.html
ACTION 2
Your turn now!
If you must think of
the most memorable events
(either positive or negative)
that occurred in 2018,
which Top Three ones are worth mentioning or remembering for you?
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Let's sing and dance
for
Hope and Change!
An African Fairy Tale...
Let's Heal the World!
Playing for Change...
...Songs around the world.
a) What is Epiphany?
b) How is it celebrated
in French culture?
STEP 1
How is Epiphany celebrated
in the world?
https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/epiphany.shtml
STEP 2
Let's recap about
Advent, Christmas, Epiphany,Yule...
https://trinitychurchmilton.org/the-churchs-liturgical-year/
https://www.slideshare.net/Nines/advent-christmas-epiphany-and-yule-explained
... and much more!
ACTION+
Cook your Epiphany cake!
WATCH, LISTEN AND DO!
READ AND DO!
ENGLISH RECIPE
FRENCH RECIPE
A PROTEST WEEKEND
WITH
ANGRY PEOPLE
Identity, Diversity, Fraternity
Fraternity, Liberty vs Controversy
Food for Thought...
Make up your own mind!
US Election 2017:
the trigger for Women's Roar.
Some Women' s March Voices
Woman Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg...
... on Women's Movement
How did Feminism start?
10TH WEEKEND
=
ACT 10!
Who are the "Yellow Vests"?
How
did the Protest Movement start?
The "Yellow Vests" Demands
a) Match
the English theme with the French theme.
A-Geopolitical issues.
B-Economy/Work.
C-Health/Ecology.
D-Political issues.
b) Match
the propositions with the right theme.
1. Plastic bags to ban.
2. Stop the wave of immigration.
3. Break the Media monopoly.
4. Raise in minimal wage.
5. Restore Public Services (hospitals, schools, post offices, transports...).
6. Build new houses.
7. Leave the EU [Frexit).
What is the link between this 2019 "Yellow Vests" photo on the left and this representation of a 1930s American painting called "American Gothic" by Grant Hugh?
FOR THE 6TH GRADERS
ACTION 1
Watch the video
and complete the word cloud.
For the Adventurers
For the Explorers
ACTION 2
Look and write in French
what you have understood.
ACTION 3
Organize your ideas
in a Mind map.
ACTION 4
Learn more about MLK's biography.
Read and do.
ACTION+
Write a timeline of MLK's life.
Break Time for Help and the Best!
ACTION++
Like MLK, you can have a dream too!
FOR THE 8TH GRADERS
STARTER+
Look at the thumbnail above
and say what you can guess.
ACTION 1
Watch and take notes.
For the Explorers
For the bold and the Experts
ACTION 2
Watch and catch the words.
ACTION+
Make a timeline of MLK's life.
ACTION++
Imagine you are a journalist
and
you have decided
to make an interview of one f his children.
FOR THE 9TH GRADERS
STARTER+
Look and react.
ACTION 1
Watch and report.
ACTION 2
Watch and report.
ACTION 3
Discover the man who had a dream
and the spirit behind it.
a) Scrutinize his words...
For the Explorers and the Bold
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.
b) Watch and listen.
For Everyone
ACTION+
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).