1ères8 :Nike commercial - Pretty - Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova, who has just reached the top eight in the US Open tennis tournament, has been featured in a TV ad for Nike this last month.

Watch Sharapova in the Nike Ad and answer the following questions:
A	She's a top model walking on the catwalk in this ad.
B	She's getting reading for a tennis match.
C	She's putting on a Nike outfit.

question 2 People sing the song "I feel pretty" which...
A	was sung by Nathalie Wood in the musical West Side Story.
B	was the leading song of a Nike commercial.
C	was the theme of the Rolland Garros tournament.

question 3 This song means how...
A	good looking the singer feels. She is in a good mood and wants to tell the whole world about it.
B	pretty her friend looks in her new dress.
C	in love she is and she wants to tell the whole world.
D	tired she feels after a good tennis match.

question 4 Sharapova has the feeling...
A	that people admire her.
B	that people only care about the way she looks and don't pay attention to her talent.
C	that she is going to win the match.

question 5 At the end of the match...(multiple answers possible)
A	she proved that thanks to her Nike outfit she can beat anybody.
B	she made the point that good looking girls can be efficient too.
C	she proved that people misjudged her because of her good looks.
D	she made it clear to the world that she is not only good looking but also good at what she does, platying tennis.
E	she started a fight with one of the umpires.
F	she almost killed one of the centre line judge.

2ndes 3 :Comparatives & Superlatives in Songs

Révisions pour ceux qui n'auraient toujours pas assimilé le cours...

1ères8 gap year project

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Voici un lien vers un blog créé par mes élèves de 1ères8 "Our Gap Year Project", humour très décalé au RDV à ne pas prendre au pied de la lettre Of Course :-)

2ndes 3 :Dexter

DEXTER / TRAILER

Useful words

A rope : une corde

A knife : un couteau

Blood spots : tâches de sang

A corpse : un cadavre

An angel : un ange

Forensic : (expert) medico-legal/            a cop, police officer

A crime scene

A serial killer/ mass murderer/

A hood : une capuche

Remorse/ regret

A culprit : un coupable                           To feel guilty: se sentir coupable

A witness/ to witness: être le témoin de

Disturbing

Scary/ frightening/ fearful/

menacing/ threatening

Satisfied with/ content/ joyful

To feel guilty/ ashamed of : avoir honte

To go to jail/ be imprisoned

To look at/ to stare at (fixer du regard) / to glare at (regard furieux)

Task 1 answer the following questions in pairs (Use probability)

Here are a few billboards of the TV series“Dexter” :

-       guess what genre it is

-       Why is Dexter a “anti-hero” , how different  he is from traditional heroes ?

-       What dos his “job” consists in ?

-       Describe his different expressions according to the posters. What kind of character does he appear to be ?

-       What do you imagine he feels about his “activities” ?

-    Who is he looking at ? Why ? What does he want ?

-       Which poster do you prefer ? Why ?
-       Do you like that genre ? Why or why not ?

Task 2 : describe the trailer to your partner (Use Be +ING)

Associate each verb to its equivalent :

to squeeze                                 étouffer

to grind                                       découper

to cut/chop                                 serrer/nouer

to tie (One's shoe lace)                étrangler

to choke                                     poignarder

to strangle                                  presser

to stab                                        hâcher, moudre

Which moment of the day is it ? What is Dexter doing ?

In terms of crime , what does every activity remind you of ? 

Describe his facial expression using 3 different adjectives.(Use as if +was/had/were)

What do you imagine he is preparing himself for ?

What is his relationship with us/the viewers at the end ?


Task 3 : You are Dexter's next door neighbour, report to the police your suspicions about him, his activities.

1ères 8 :The Good Consumer

If You Dont Have iPhone - Parody Ad

CO1 :New Google Phone Service Whispers Targeted Ads Directly Into Users' Ears

http://www.theonion.com/video/semiliterate-former-gold-prospector-given-own-cabl,17408/

"New Google Phone Service Whispers Targeted Ads Directly Into Users' Ears"The new feature reduces Google phone users' cell phone costs while providing them with unobtrusive, personalized ads delivered in a friendly whisper.

The Onion News Network offers us a terrifying glimpse of what the future could be like with their video spoof on how Google has slashed the prices of its phones to almost nothing because they've developed a voice-recognition technology that can whisper ads into your ear while you're on the phone. Yes, it's as scary as it sounds.

T1:The United States of Hispanic America

The United States Hispanic of America

Associate the following words with their translation

Harvest

Crops

Diseases

Harassed

Law enforcement

Lawful

Citizens

Widespread

Growth

The electorate

La croissance

Les électeurs

Harcelé

Maladies

Personnes chargées de faire respecter la loi :

Récoltes

Très répandu/général

Légal/légitime :

Citoyens

Récolter/moissonner

 -This report deals with (Choose the right answer): illegal immigration in the US/ The impact of latinos in US culture and political life/ the new generation of US latinos’future /

-What is the new phenomenon touching the Latino community ?(Several answers): increasing immigration/a population boom / increasing political role / growing wealth/

-Today, according to the 2010 census, the latinos are moving : to the cities/ to the rural parts of the USA ?

-What is the reaction of some conservative white residents ?

What do they fear ?

What do they want (See billboard) ?

-List the problems the latinos have to face in the USA = (In politics/ in their everyday life/at work)

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Find the statistics corresponding to :

-Number of latinos living in the USA :

-the Latino electorate in California :

-Population growth :

-Latino citizens Under the age of 18 :

T1 : Migrant families divided at Mexican border

Migrant families divided at Mexican border

1)What do Patricia Lopez and Rosario have in common ? (Beginning and end of the report)

2) Are their relatives legal or illegal immigrants ?

What is the expression used to say whether  the immigrants have papers or not ?

3)Why have they chosen to go to the USA  without their family ?

Why don’t they come back home from time to time ?

4)Pick up information about the fence separating the US-Mexican border :

Length :

Crossings :

Contol :

Security :

5) What is the aim/goal of such  fence ?

6)How many unauthorized immigrants live in the US according to the report ?

T6 :Salem Witch trials

1)The Salem Witch Trials of 1692

In January of 1692, the daughter and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris of Salem Village became ill. When they failed to improve, the village doctor, William Griggs, was called in. His diagnosis of bewitchment put into motion the forces that would ultimately result in the death by hanging of nineteen men and women. In addition, one man was crushed to death; seven others died in prison, and the lives of many were irrevocably changed.

Dr. William Griggs examines Betty Parris and declares  her possessed by the Devil.

To understand the events of the Salem witch trials, it is necessary to examine the times in which accusations of witchcraft occurred. There were the ordinary stresses of 17th-century life in Massachusetts Bay Colony. A strong belief in the devil, factions among Salem Village fanatics and rivalry with nearby Salem Town, a recent small pox epidemic and the threat of attack by warring tribes created a fertile ground for fear and suspicion. Soon prisons were filled with more than 150 men and women from towns surrounding Salem. Their names had been "cried out" by tormented young girls as the cause of their pain. All would await trial for a crime punishable by death in 17th-century New England, the practice of witchcraft.

Trial of Rebecca Nurse

In June of 1692, the special Court of Oyer (to hear) and Terminer (to decide) sat in Salem to hear the cases of witchcraft. Presided over by Chief Justice William Stoughton, the court was made up of magistrates and jurors. The first to be tried was Bridget Bishop of Salem who was found guilty and was hanged on June 10. Thirteen women and five men from all stations of life followed her to the gallows on three successive hanging days before the court was disbanded by Governor William Phipps in October of that year. The Superior Court of Judicature, formed to replace the "witchcraft" court, did not allow spectral evidence. This belief in the power of the accused to use their invisible shapes or spectres to torture their victims had sealed the fates of those tried by the Court of Oyer and Terminer. The new court released those awaiting trial and pardoned those awaiting execution. In effect, the Salem witch trials were over.

The parallels between the Salem witch trials and more modern examples of "witch hunting" like the McCarthy hearings of the 1950's, are remarkable. http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/education/index.shtml 2) http://www.history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials     In January 1692, 9-year-old Elizabeth (Betty) Parris and 11-year-old Abigail Williams (the daughter and niece of Samuel Parris, minister of Salem Village) began having fits, including violent contortions and uncontrollable outbursts of screaming. After a local doctor, William Griggs, diagnosed bewitchment, other young girls in the community began to exhibit similar symptoms, including Ann Putnam Jr., Mercy Lewis, Elizabeth Hubbard, Mary Walcott and Mary Warren. In late February, arrest warrants were issued for the Parris' Caribbean slave, Tituba, along with two other women--the homeless beggar Sarah Good and the poor, elderly Sarah Osborn--whom the girls accused of bewitching them. Salem Witch Trials: The Hysteria Spreads .The three accused witches were brought before the magistrates Jonathan Corwin and John Hathorne and questioned, even as their accusers appeared in the courtroom in a grand display of spasms, contortions, screaming and writhing. Though Good and Osborn denied their guilt, Tituba confessed. Likely seeking to save herself from certain conviction by acting as an informer, she claimed there were other witches acting alongside her in service of the devil against the Puritans. (...) Salem Witch Trials: Conclusion and Legacy .Though the respected minister Cotton Mather had warned of the dubious value of spectral evidence (or testimony about dreams and visions), his concerns went largely ignored during the Salem witch trials. Increase Mather, president of Harvard College (and Cotton's father) later joined his son in urging that the standards of evidence for witchcraft must be equal to those for any other crime .(...) The vivid and painful legacy of the Salem witch trials endured well into the 20th century, when Arthur Miller dramatized the events of 1692 in his play "The Crucible" (1953), using them as an allegory for the anti-Communist "witch hunts" led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. Did You Know? In an effort to explain by scientific means the strange afflictions suffered by those "bewitched" Salem residents in 1692, a study published in Science magazine in 1976 cited the fungus ergot (found in rye, wheat and other cereals), which toxicologists say can cause symptoms such as delusions, vomiting and muscle spasms. Read the texts above and watch the videos on the following link to be able to answer the following questions on the Salem Witch Trials: http://salemwitchmuseum.com/videos/ a-What led to the Salem Witch Trials? (Historical reasons/religious reasons/ specific event ). Name the historical figures that we saw on the film "the Crucible". How can the girls' "illnesses" be accounted for/explained ? b-What type of people were accused of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials? c-Were only women accused of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials? How many persons were convicted ? How many died ? d-How were people accused of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials?  e-How did the Salem Witch Court decide who was a witch?Explain what is "spectral evidence" . f-What happened to people convicted of witchcraft at the Salem Witch Trials? (Give two different "sentences" to death) g-How did the Salem Witch Trials end? h-What is a now called a " witch hunt "? Name a more recent historical period in the American History. WORDS: Find in the texts above the equivalent for: Text 1 Un procès :                        Passer en jugement :                  Etre déclaré  coupable : Une preuve :                      Etre libéré : Etre ensorcelé:                   Enchantement : Proche : Etre écrasé, broyé : La variole : Etre en guerre : Etre rempli : La potence/le gibet : Une forme (spectrale): Le destin/sort : Text 2 Un accès de/éruption : Montrer : un mendiant : Délivrer un  mandat : démonstration, étalage: Se tordre/contorsionner en tous sens: Condamnation: Un délateur/dénonciateur : Douteux/discutable : Inquiétudes : Héritage : perdurer :