samedi 2 mars 2019

The Rise and Fall of April!


FOR THE 6TH GRADERS

ACTION 1
Look at the document
 and
describe it.

ACTION 2
Watch and react
in French or English!

 ACTION 3
Look at 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.   


 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 on your friends
on April Fools Day?
What do you do?





FOR THE 9TH GRADERS


ACTION 1

Look and react!

ACTION 2
Read and answer the quiz!

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-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.







Let's educate, entertain, motivate and... inspire!

***

Now
share and send
your comments and your likes
on the blog
at the bottom of the page!

You may be a film or book critic.
You may recommend
a film, a play, an exhibition, a book, etc.
You may share your latest song favs,
your playlist!

[Green points to score!]
Smart Time
for
Help and for the Best!

Step 1
How to... describe a film poster
and
talk about the film plot.
https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/562316703454863087/

Step 2
How to... make a film review.

READ...

Example 1
https://skyteach.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Film_review_worksheet.pdf

Example 2
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/upper-intermediate-b2-writing/skyfall-film-review

... AND DO!
https://slideplayer.com/slide/10059820/
http://geotrackintl.com/movie-review-template/t-e-film-review-writing-template-ver-movie-review-template/
https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/48273027239847320/



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Paris Trade Fair
at 
Porte de Versailles
from
April 27 to May 8
https://www.expodatabase.com/tradeshow/foire-de-paris-international-fair-721.html
Robot or Not Robot
at
the Science Museum
from May 2nd, 2019...
What is a robot?
How does it work?
What are
the recent advances in research
and the challenges to be met?
How to understand
the social and economical challenges related to robotics?

 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/fr/au-programme/expos-permanentes/expos-permanentes-dexplora/robots/lexposition/



 Marvel Heroes
Reaching
a Wild Climax of Action and Comedy!


ACTION 1
LOOK AND DESCRIBE.
Share your first impressions!

ACTION 2
WATCH AND REPORT

ACTION 3
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/avengers_endgame
https://screenrant.com/avengers-endgame-rotten-tomatoes-score-certified-fresh/
























The Story of a WWII lady
Torn 
Between Duty and Love...

ACTION 1
LOOK AND DESCRIBE.
Share your first impressions!


ACTION 2
WATCH AND REPORT

ACTION 3
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_aftermath_2019
https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-aftermath
https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-aftermath-review/5137063.article









http://www.rhidianbrook.com/biography










If You Love Me
by
Inna de Yard
Does the tune ring a bell?


Youthman
by
Inna de Yard
Feat.
Kiddus I

 Speak Softly Love
by
Inna de Yard
Feat.
Ken Boothe


***
French
https://whatthefrance.org/fr/inna-de-yard-un-film-une-tournee-et-un-nouvel-album/

English
https://www.iriemag.com/artists/artists-i/inna-de-yard/


Calypso Blues
by
Calypso Rose

 Far From Home
by

Calypso Rose

 ***
http://www.calypso-rose.com/
http://www.bestoftrinidad.com/calypso/rose.html





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) ?

Has the cat got your tongue?


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.

PART 1

PART 2

ACTION+
Perform
a Nursery Rhyme with partners
of your choice!

ACTION++
Be a Story teller!

Smart time for Help and for the Best!

Step 1
Listen to the story 
and
tell in French
what you have understood. 

Step 2
Learn more about the stories 
of
Peter Rabbit and the person
who created it!

Step 3
Time to act now 
and
be the perfect story teller!

 ***
Yummy, yummy!
See 
nice Easter recipes 
after
the 9th Graders...


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.

Smart time for Help and for the Best!
***
Some tips 
to make a Mind map...

French




English
For the Geeks!
***
Yummy, yummy!
See 
nice Easter recipes 
after
the 9th Graders...

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 
and
make a delicious Easter recipe!


In French, 
if you are really greedy ...and impatient!
https://www.750g.com/hot-cross-buns-r91915.htm







ACTION 1
Look and describe.

ACTION 2
Look and reorder.

Photo 1

Photo 2

Photo 3

Photo 4


ACTION 3
Who is Who.
a) Have a look at the Royal family tree!
https://www.rd.com/culture/royal-family-tree/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-23272491

Smart Time 
for
Help and for the Best!

Step 1
Make sure you understand
the -'s- in the family relationship.
https://lewebpedagogique.com/vauqenglishharris2/files/2011/12/6e_seq-2_genitif_exercices_1112.pdf

Step 2
Check your knowledge now!

c) Complete the following activities.
 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. Little Prince Louis is te Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's lastest______________.
5. George is ___________________ nephew.
6. Prince George is Princess Charlotte and Little Prince Louis' __________________.
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. Princess Charlotte is Prince William and Kate Middleton's _____________.
13. James is ___________________ brother.
14. Anne is Lady ___________________ aunt.
15. Charles, Anne, and Andrew are ________’s  
     siblings.
16. Prince Harry's wife ______is Meghan Markle.
17. Sophie is ___________________ mother.
      (Use ‘and’ in your answer.)
18. Peter is Princess   _________________ son.
19.Charles is _________________ father-in-law.
20. The Duke and the Duchess of Sussex are going to have a _____________ soon. So stay tuned for Breaking news in May!

Step 3
Check your knowledge
 of
pronouns [subjects/objects] in English.
https://www.memovoc.com/grampronomssujets.htm
https://www.memovoc.com/grampronomsobjet.htm

Step 4
Check your knowledge now!

d) Complete withe the right pronoun.
Example: Queen Elizabeth II is married to Philip, Duke  Edinburgh. (They/Their/Them) 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.

5. Prince George has got two younger siblings: (they/their/them) are a boy and a girl.

ACTION 4
Learn more about the Queen 
by clicking on the link below.
https://fr.slideshare.net/Ptimmins/queen-elizabeth-ii-12897782

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



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

 a) What does the Queen currently wear ?

Don't get stuck and revise first
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!


1
How amazing that National Tea Day, 
Easter Sunday 
and the Queen’s birthday 
are on the same day! 
What tea would you serve 
 for the Queen’s birthday?

FOR THE ADVENTURERS

FOR THE EXPLORERS
https://www.nationalteaday.co.uk/


FOR THE EXPERTS
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/magazine/national-tea-day


















2

Do you know anything about Earth Day?

MAY 5 - MAY 6
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/politique-etrangere-de-la-france/presidence-francaise-du-g7/


***





https://saveanimalsfacingextinction.org/





***
APRIL 22
https://www.wincalendar.com/en/fr/International-Day-Biological-Diversity

***
What is Ecosia?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosia




 FOR THE 6TH GRADERS

ACTION 1
Look at the document above
and answer the questions below.
 
1° What does the drawing represent?
2° What is the topic?
3° Can you imagine a slogan?
6° Do you know other environmental problems?

***Click here and note down these problems:

ACTION 2
Visit the Planet Earth Museum. 
Click on the link below
and take notes. 
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/planet-earth

ACTION 3
Observe, read
and reproduce the Mindmap.

ACTION 4
Read and copy
 what (=ce que) kids say.
http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=288&id=2651

ACTION 5
 Write down what YOU can do.
https://www.starfall.com/h/?t=261660088

ACTION+
Make a poster to save the planet! 
Need some ideas!
(=Quelques idées!) 

FOR THE 8TH GRADERS

ACTION 1
Observe this poster
and
comment on it!

ACTION 2

 How Green are you? 
Read and answer the quiz below.
  
1. When you leave a room, 
do you...
a) turn off all the lights?
b) leave on light on?
c) never bother to turn off  the lights?
2. Do you...
a) take short showers (less than 10 minutes?)
b) have baths?
c) take long showers (more than 10 minutes?)
3. Do you...
a) walk or ride a bike for short journeys?
b) take a public transport when you can?
c) travel everywhere by car?
4. Do you...
a) separate all your rubbish and recycle what you can?
b) recycle some of your rubbish?
c) never recycle anything?
5. Do you...
a) only use heating and air conditioning when you really need them?
b) use heating and air conditioning now and again?
c) have the heating all the winter and the air conditioning on all summer?

ACTION 3
Watch the video
and
write the report.
 News on Global Warming 
August 2007

 ACTION 4
What to do
to look after the Environment?
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/archived-word-games/paint-the-words/environment
ACTION 5
How to protest?
Watch, listen and understand.

 ACTION+

Make a Mindmap
 on the Environment
 with Wordle or Tagul.
Smart Time
 for Help and for the Best!

French


English



TAGUL CREATIONS


French



English



 FOR THE 9TH GRADERS

ACTION 1
Watch, listen and react.
I can see... / I saw...
I can hear.../ I heard...
What surprises/strikes me is...
To my opinion, the tune combines well/ not so well with the song lyrics because...


ACTION 2

Study and the song lyrics.
a) Which key words in the lyrics
can you understand?
b) Which environmental issues can you relate them to?
Select an issue in the list below
and
match it with them .

a-Overpopulation?
b-Deforestation?
c-Ocean trash?
d-Nuclear accidents?
e-Poisoned air?
f-Climate change?
g-Acid rain?
h-The Ozone layer hole?
i-Oil spills?
j-Unsafe drinking water?
k-Radioactivity?
l-Overcrowding?
m-Man's ambition?
n-Other?

c) What environmental disasters does the song reference?
d) Why does the lyrics refer to 
religious figures? Which are they?

 ACTION 3

Compare the former video
with the following one.

ACTION 4
Study and analyse the song lyrics.

a) Which key words in the lyrics
can you understand?
b) Which environmental issues can you relate them to?
Select an issue in the list below
and
match it with them .

a-Overpopulation?
b-Deforestation?
c-Ocean trash?
d-Nuclear accidents?
e-Poisoned air?
f-Climate change?
g-Acid rain?
h-The Ozone layer hole?
i-Oil spills?
j-Unsafe drinking water?
k-Radioactivity?
l-Overcrowding?
m-Man's ambition?
n-Other?

c) What type of music is heard? Which impression does it convey?

https://www.lacoccinelle.net/248685.html


https://www.songfacts.com/facts/marvin-gaye/mercy-mercy-me-the-ecology


ACTION 5
Be aware
 and 
get ready to take action!

a) Do you feel concerned with the Environment and its alarming issues? Why or why not?
b) Watch, listen and complete
the worksheet of your choice.

 FOR THE EXPLORERS
https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2077

FOR THE EXPERTS
http://languesvivantes.eklablog.net/animals-save-the-planet-a103163195


ACTION+
Make a poster for the environment
 referencing
the problems and the solutions;
then prepare a speech to promote 
your points of view and propositions!


Smart Time



ACTION 1
Look, read and explain.




https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/worldbookday


https://www.worldbookday.com/resources/
ACTION 2
a) Look, read and describe.
WS'S TOP 10 EPIC DEATHS!


b) Read and discover.



LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND

FOR THE ADVENTURERS

FOR THE EXPLORERS

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/william-shakespeare
or

FOR THE EXPERTS
READ AND UNDERSTAND

 FOR THE ADVENTURERS
https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/william-shakespeare
FOR THE EXPLORERS
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/william-shakespeare

 FOR THE EXPERTS
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/william-shakespeare





ACTION 3
a) Look and report!





b) Who is Who 
for
their 1 Birthday!

Princess Charlotte?
Prince Louis?
Prince George?

                                 A               B                 C



a) Look at
the British Royal Family Tree 
and the Royal heirs...



b) Guess who the Royal Baby is!

 Baby 1

Baby 2

Baby 3

Baby 4

Baby 5

Baby 6

 Find out!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/10177851/Royal-baby-quiz.html

Baby 7

Baby 8

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/g12244528/queen-elizabeth-great-grandchildren/

FOR THE ADVENTURERS

 FOR THE EXPLORERS

FOR THE EXPERTS


https://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/April/stgeorge.html



https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/george-and-the-dragon







in May.






https://www.mapsofworld.com/japan/japan-location-map.html


http://reachingjapan.com/10-interesting-facts-about-the-japanese-flag/


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