Subject ? What is the story about (symbolically and
concretely) ?
II. Detailed comprehension :
1. Right or Wrong ? Justify
by quoting elements from the document :
a) Frankenstein is the name of the
monster.
R/W :
______________________________
b) When the novel was published,
scientists were creating new techniques.
R/W :
______________________________
c) The novel was scary.
R/W :
______________________________
2. Complete :
The novel "was
________________ to the way __________ related to _______ and to
________________ and to what was _________ and what was not
_________. People were ____________ that we were tinkering with
___________ in a way that was more _______ than _________."
3. Find information about
the novel:
Myth which was an inspiration for the novel ?
Subject of that myth ?
Difference between the myth and the novel ?
Technique used to create the monster ?
4. Complete Rebekah's
interpretation of the novel:
"In Frankenstein, I
think ________ _________ was making a ________ ____________ on
_______________ getting _______ of us, that as we _________ these new
___________, we __________ be ___________ God, we __________ be
_________ of __________ as _________."
5. Conclusion:
When the novel was
published, people feared ________ might ________ an old _______ of
______.
A. The foundation of
the American Dream in History
(video).
Match
the dates / periods of time with the correct historical events :
17th - 18th
centuries
American War of
Independence
1775 - 1783
Move from
downtown to the suburbs for a lot of people
July 4th 1776
End of
Segregation
Up until (= jusqu'en)1865
Europeans and a
lot of English people moved to the New World, sometimes in order
to escape religious persecution.
1861 - 1865
Declaration of
Independence by the Founding Fathers
1955
American Civil
War and end of slavery
1964
Beginning of the
Civil Rights Movement triggered by Rosa Parks and Martin Luther
King.
1950's - present
Slavery
B. Complete
each part of the USA's history with expressions
from the list.
1) freedom ;
England ; Europe ; escaping ; searching ;
founded ; been ; North America ; decided ;
independent ; to emigrate ; adventure
The
United States of America was _________________ in 1776. The settlers
(= les colons),
who
had ____________ from ___________ (the Old World) to ________________
(the New World), were _____________ persecution and were __________
for ____________ and ____________. They had ______ there since the
17th century when they __________ to become
_____________ from ___________.
2) exploited; emancipated
; had ; forced; won ; waged war (= faire la guerre) ;
stop ; North ; South
For
(= pendant) 200 years, Americans _________ slaves, mostly in
the __________ of the country. They ____________ Black people who
were ____________ to come to the USA. Between 1861 and 1865, the
_________ (the Union) ______________ to the South (the Confederacy)
in order to _________ slavery. The North ________ and the slaves
were ______________ .
3) stood ; became
; rights ; sat ; community ; fought
Unfortunately,
African-Americans only ___________ free in 1964, after Rosa Parks had
__________ up against racism (when she _______ in the front of the
bus) and Martin Luther
King had ___________ for the Civil _____________ of his
__________________.
4) suburbs ; country ; world ; conditions; young ;
fleeing ; living
The
USA may be _________, but it is the richest ___________ in the
_________. Since the 1950's, the American population has been
_______________ to the suburbs, where they have been ________________
in comfortable _______________.
I. Listen to the American national anthem, and memorize the lyrics.
II. Listen to Rosa Parks's definition of the American dream, and complete.
!!! Her accent is Southern and difficult.
I
think the American Dream ____________ be to ________ a good _______,
and to live ________, and
to be a good ____________. I think that should ________ to all of
____. That it is the _______ of
the _______ and the _______ of the _______, and I __________ it
_________ be just that for all _________.
Who can ________ of __________ as _________ beings and that they will
_________ the
____________ of the ___________ of this _____________.
1) Where / in what type of vehicle does the scene take place?
2) What is the relationship between the two men?
II. Detailed comprehension:
1) Complete:
Jake: What's _____? Elwood: ______? Jake: This ______? This _________ _____? Where's the _________? The ________ ? Where's the _________? Elwood: The ______? Jake: The ________ we _______ to ______. The Blues_________. Elwood: I _________ it. Jake: You _______ the Blues________ for _____?
Elwood: _____. For a ___________. Jake: A ____________? Okay, I can _____ that. What the ______ is this ? Elwood: This was a __________. I ________ it ____ at the Mount Prospect City ________ auction last _______. It's an ____ Mount Prospect _________ _____. They were practically ________ them _______. Jake: Well, ______ you, pal. The ______ I _____ out of _________, my own _______ ______ me ____ in a __________ _____. Elwood: You _____ _____ it? Jake: ____. I ______ _____ it.
2) Right or Wrong? Justify with elements from the script.
a) Jake likes the vehicle.
R/W: _____________________________
b) Jake and Elwood have never had a different car.
R/W: _____________________________
c) The vehicle was expensive.
R/W: _____________________________
3) Why is today special for Jake?
4) What does he blame Elwood for?
5) What is the effect?□ absurdity □ humour □ suspense □ irony
________________, an American author,
wrote a novel entitled _______________________. This novel deals with
_____________ coming from the mid-_______ on their way to
_______________ in search of a better _______.
5.
For the United States, this road is one of the ______ _________.
Justification:
“Love ______ _____ _____. Only my ____ ________ _____ do that.”
g) Complete the dialogue:
"(...) You're
a _______ person, ______ do this."
"I ______
_____ you the way I ______ my _______. I'm _________ more ____________
than any Jedi has ever __________ of. And I'm ________ it for _____. To
_________ you."
Part II.
a) What information do we learn about Padme? What does she want to
do? Pick out keywords:
"We _______ ______ to _____ away anymore. I have ________ peace
to the __________. I am more __________ than the Chancelor. I can __________ him. And
_________, you and I can _______ the galaxy, make _______ the way we _______ them to ____."
"I don't ________ what I ___ _______. Obi-Wan was _______.
You've __________."
"I don't want to
_______ anymore about Obi-Wan. The Jedi ________ _______ me. Don't
you ________ _______ me."
"I don't know you
anymore. Anakin, you're ___________ my _________. You're _______ down
a path I can't _________."
c) Find the equivalents in the text above: (in the order of the
dialogue):
English expression
Equivalent
Needn't
To kill and replace someone
To govern
To oppose someone
A road
d) What
does Anakin blame Padme for? Pick out and rephrase his words:
He blames her for
being a _______ and for __________ Obi-Wan here to _______ him.
e) What does Anakin
blame Obi-wan for?
He blames him for
________ Padme ________ him and for ________ her from him.
f) Pick out 3
expressions to show that Obi-Wan blames Anakin:
Part III.
a) Complete the dialogue:
"You have
_________ this ______ lord to ______ your mind until now, you have ________ the
very thing you _______ to __________."
"Don't
________ me, Obi-Wan. I see _______ the _______ of the Jedi. I do not ______ the dark
_____ as you ______. I have _________ ________, ___________, ___________ and
_________ to my new __________."
b) Find the equivalents in the text above: (in the order of the dialogue)
English expression
Equivalent
To permit
To corrupt someone
To promise
To give someone a lesson
To perceive
Untruth
To be scared of
Liberty
c) What
political party and value does Obi-Wan stand up for
(= defend)?
What about Anakin?
Obi-Wan
Anakin
Political party
Values
d)
Pick
out expressions suggesting that the two characters are about to
fight:
C. Right or Wrong ? Circle the
correct answer and justify with an element from the recording.
1. On Thursday, the weather was sunny.
R/W :
_____________________________
2.
In the streets, people in their cars couldn't move.
R/W :
_____________________________
3.
No one was in danger.
R/W :
_____________________________
4.
A woman almost died.
R/W :
_____________________________
PART TWO:
D. What is the passerby's probable
origin? ____________________
E. His actions (tick the correct
answers):
□ He made a video with his cellphone
and sent it out over Youtube.
□ He just called 911 to say, "There's
a woman drowning. You ought to get over here."
□ He stripped off
his clothes and dove (= plongea)
into the water.
□ He brought Bernice
Clark out of the car and saved her life.
PART THREE:
F. What
did the passerby do after that? Fill in the blanks with words from
the recording (one blank = one word).
And then, the man went
________________. He didn't stay around to receive ________________, or join Bernice Clark and
her great-grandson for some hot ________________, and receive their tearful ________________ for
saving their ________________.
G. Right
or Wrong ? Circle the correct answer and justify with an element
from the recording.
1.
The passerby left the scene immediately.
R/W :
_____________________________
2.
Maybe he was a legal immigrant.
R/W :
_____________________________
3.
Maybe he came from Central or South America.
R/W :
_____________________________
4.
He feared the police might have demanded his papers.
R/W :
_____________________________
PART FOUR:
H. The
reporter's conclusion. Fill in the blanks with words from the
recording (one blank = one word).
When he saw someone in
_____________________ and _____________________, he _____________________
his life to _____________________ them. He was a _____________________. He was a _____________________ citizen.
Type of document : □
interview □ news report □ debate
It deals with a man who □ is a
hero in real life □ pretends to be a superhero
Nickname (= surnom) of this man :
_____________
Real name of this man :
_________________
His mission is to _______ a bit of
______ to those who ______ it the _______.
II. Details about the
man :
1. Name one object this man distributes
in the street : ___________
2. He gives these objects to people □
who build homes □ who have no home.
3. Pick out elements to describe his
equipement :
on his face :
________________
in his bag :
________________________
4.
Right or Wrong ? Circle the correct answer and
justify with keywords :
All of the items the man gives to people are donated.
R/W :
_______________________________
For him, charity is necessary.
R/W :
_______________________________
He grew up in New York.
R/W :
_______________________________
He is Jewish (= juif).
R/W :
_______________________________
For him, if you don't look like
other people, it's not a problem.
R/W :
_______________________________
5. Information about the man :
age range (= tranche d'âge) :
___________
neighborhood (= quartier) where he
lives : _______________
occupation : co-_________ of
Superheroes ____________
his association takes __________
into their _______ _________.
III. Actions :
1. Right or Wrong ? Circle
the correct answer and justify with keywords :
The man presented in the document
works alone.
R/W :
_______________________________
He fights aggressions in the
streets.
R/W :
_______________________________
His actions are perfectly safe.
R/W :
_______________________________
His actions have no impact.
R/W :
_______________________________
2. Complete the man's hopes for the
future :
"I would ________ it if
everybody _______ some sort of _______ of the ____-______ superheroes
or _______ something __________ that __________ them that they ______
the ________ to do __________ and then ________ out and ______ some
________ work in the __________.
“We
are not here because we are □ lawbreakers □ lawmakers. We are
here in our efforts to become □ lawbreakers □ lawmakers.”
2.
Who
said this sentence? _________________
3.
Who does “we”
refer to (= fait
référence à) in
this sentence? We refers to __________ in general.
B.
A woman's struggle.
1.
Right or Wrong ?
Circle the correct answer and justify with keywords.
This
document deals with women and American politics.
R/W :
____________________________________
Emmeline
Pankhurst was married.
R/W :
____________________________________
She
had no children.
R/W :
____________________________________
2.
Tick
what you hear.
She
was a political □ activist □ pacifist
She
led a women's □ suffrage □ suffragette movement
Without
her, ideas of political □ equality □ inequality for women would
have remained theoretical (= seraient
restées théoriques)
3.
Complete :
"No
women would ______ been ______ to ________, let alone _________ some
of the _____est political offices in our ___________. She _________ a
___________ of _________ for __________.
4.
Tick
what you hear:
She
repeatedly risked her □ health (= santé)
□ wealth (= richesse)
She
risked her □ responsability □ respectability
She
risked her life □ because of □ for the cause of votes for women
5.
Complete:
"Many
are quick to _______ the less ________ and more ___________ methods
of the __________, but we should ___________ that as with many
__________ movements against ____________ the _________ over
throughout _________, ___________ was simply ______ available (=
accessible)
to those __________."
6.
Tick
what you hear:
Emmeline
Pankhurst transgressed the □ ephemeral □ traditional role of
wife and mother
She
paved the way (= le
chemin)
for future □ feminists □ activists
She
contravened the limits of □ political □ conventional gender
roles (= les
rôles de chaque sexe).
She
gave the women of □ Brittany □ Britain the first political □ voice □
choice of their own
She
changed our understanding of a woman's □ face □ place forever.
