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Chers élèves, ce blog a été créé afin de faciliter votre apprentissage de l'anglais et vous mettre à portée de "click" les exercices, textes, vidéos ou audios étudiés en classe. Vous pourrez ainsi travailler de façon plus autonome et vous tenir à jour lors de vos absences.
Bonne année scolaire et apprentissage à tous !

mardi 16 juin 2020

Black Lives Matter/ Systemic Racism Explained

TASK 5
SYSTEMIC RACISM

LISTENING COMPREHENSION:


In the aftermath of George Floyd's death and the subsequent protests, the term systemic
racism has been constantly used. But what does this term refer to? Watch the explanation
video about Jamal & Kevin, two children with different opportunities and answer the
questions. Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrHIQIO_bdQ&frags=pl%2Cwn



Questions:

1)  Describe the two boys’ situations with keywords around the following picture:



  1. 2)  Historically, what are the things someone would need to build wealth? Did Jamal’s
    grandparents have these 2 things? Why (not)?



  2. 3)  Based on the definition of “redlining”, describe how it affected Jamal’s
    grandparents who wanted to buy a house.


    (redlining: refuse a loan or insurance to someone because he/she lives in an
    area deemed to be a poor financial risk.)



  3. 4)  In a few sentences, how do you explain the vastly different circumstances that
    Jamal and Kevin have inherited?

  4. 5) What does a study about identical(=in terms of graduation)resumes show? What are the consequences of the results?

    6) In which areas can we observe evidence of systemic racism ?
7) What are the suggestions to solve this problem? 



8) Based on the explanation video, do you think systemic racism led to Mr Floyd’s
death? Why/ Why not?






vendredi 5 juin 2020

Black lives matter

 TASK 1
1°https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08fn1qw/george-floyd-as-a-black-american-i-am-terrified-
As a Black american I feel terrified

"Thousands of people are continuing to protest against the death of George Floyd. The 46-year-old man, who was unarmed, died in the US city of Minneapolis after a white police officer used his knee to pin him to the ground.
BBC Minute’s Nabihah Parkar has been speaking to young African-Americans in the city, who say they are scared for their safety." BBC News

Listen to the report and
a-sum up in English what happened/ Where / When / Who / What /Why /
b-Outcome : what happened at the time to white cops
c-What does " I can't breathe" refer 2 ? Has been used for after the event
d-Trump's reaction & the criticisms he had to face
e-The feelings of the 2 inhabitants of Minneapolis ( use adjectives)
f-Quote 2 other examples of police brutality ( Who ? Where ? When ? Why ?)
g-According to the persons interviewed " why does police brutality keep happening ?"

https://www.justsecurity.org/70507/white-supremacist-infiltration-of-us-police-forces-fact-checking-national-security-advisor-obrien/
h-Why such violence against the Black community according to this article ?

TASK 2: Describe and comment upon one of the documents above

Police Brutality: We are in a state of Emergency :Black people are dying...

TASK 3

Listen to the Minneapolis inhabitants'reactions after George Floyd's murder.

1°What message does activist Tamika Mallory address the nation  concerning African-Americans use of violence ?
2°Who does she blame for George Floyd’s murder ?
What does she reproach them for ?
3° How does she describe  young African-Americans’state of mind ? Feelings?
4°What solution does she advocate ?
5° How does she justify looting ?
6°Define the tone and general message she delivers

React : give your opinion about looting

dimanche 24 mai 2020

1eres Scotland/Brave: Fight Scene!

TASK 5 : Identify in this passage the traditional elements of Scottish culture.

Define what the scottish are famous for ( What they are said/thought  to be) / the clichés about their personality. ( use adjectives)

TASK 6 : About piping/ Synthèse de textes et CO type E3C3

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p020ppbp

The regimental piper has long been at the heart of the Scottish military. In the Great War, their role was beyond belief.

For four hundred years or more, Highland regiments advanced and attacked to the sound of the bagpipes. In the Great War, pipers climbed out of the trenches, unarmed, to face machine guns and shells. The descendants of those men return to the battlefields to discover individual stories of unparalleled bravery.



mercredi 20 mai 2020

2ndes / ART : Task 6 : Banksy Artwork Shredded After Selling at Auction May Have Increased in V...




Watch the report and pick out information about the event (place, event, price).
Explain the surprise organized by Banksy.
Comment on people’s reactions. (use feelings)
What issues did the prank raise ?

2ndes/ Task 7 ART: Banksy Sells Artwork for $60 on NYC Streets



Watch the video and find information about the event (concept, place, price, date).

Give the customers’ reasons for buying canvases.

Guess why Banksy decided to organize this
event.( Use opinion and modal forms in the past 

ex : He must have wanted to.../ He could have wished to../ )

What must have been the customers'reactions later when discovering they had bought a Banksy canvas ?

mercredi 13 mai 2020

1eres / Scotland/ New Fella, IRN-BRU advert 2013

Task 1

Describe the scene and explain what it illustrates about the relationship between Scotland and England

lundi 11 mai 2020

1eres / What's The Difference Between THE UK, BRITAIN AND ENGLAND?



Task 3

Go online and find what Great Britain, the United Kingdom and the British Isles are made up of.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eizhmb_tNSk ( à partir d’1mn59) « What’s the difference between UK, Great Britain and England ? »
Great Britain =
The UK=

British Isles =
The
commonwealth =

What is a complicated issue for the British ?

1eres /Scotland. A Spirit of its own: Stories




TASK 2 : Watch the video and identify the different images associated with Scotland & aspects of its culture

a-What makes Scotland such an attractive place according to the video ?
B-°Comment upon the slogan «  a spirit of its own »