THANKSGIVING Objectif civilisationnel : Objectifs grammaticaux : fête américaine de Thanksgiving révision du présent simple révision questionnement There is / There are ( il y a ) + how many Voc : les couleurs I/ Anticipation Look at the document : 1. What kind of document is it? It’s a drawing / a picture 2. Where does the scene take place? The scene takes place in a house 3. How many characters can you see? I can see eight characters Answer the question of the document. What is the date of Thanksgiving this year? Thanksgiving is on Tuesday 25th November. II/ Compréhension orale A/ Listen to the description of Thanksgiving and fill in the blanks in the text with words in the box live – Indians – celebrate – America – thank you – helped – outside – house – eat – three – food – hamburgers – animals – colours – children – popcorn B/ Listen to the dialogue. Can you find six other bizarre things in this picture. * Bottle of coke * Man’s suit * The refrigerator ( with the magnets ) * Dates on the calendar: the text says it happens in October 1621 yet on the picture we can read April 1721 * Places: the text says it takes place outside ( outdoors ) not inside ( indoors ) III/ Compréhension écrite Trouvez dans le texte l’équivalent des mots français suivants : a. aider : to help b. dehors : outside # inside c. d. e. f. beaucoup trop : too many maïs :corn originaire : native ( to = de ) embrouille : mix-up Traduisez les couleurs ligne 7 Red : rouge / yellow : jaune / blue : bleu / purple : violet En connaissez-vous d’autres ? Vocabulaire couleurs: Red Yellow Blue White Pink Purple Green Black Grey Orange Répondez aux questions a. Who are the Pilgrims? They are the first Europeans who live in America. b. What do they celebrate? They celebrate their first year c. Are there many people Yes, there are. d. How many people are there? There are 142 people. e. What do they do? They eat, sing, dance and play games. f. Is there fruit for dessert? Yes, there is. IV/ Focus / Pratique Raisonnée Observez ces deux phrases There are many Indians . There is corn. a. Quel verbe est utilisé ? C’est le verbe être « to be » b. Que remarquez-vous ? « There are » est suivi d’un pluriel « There is » est suivi d’un singulier c. Comment traduiriez-vous ces deux phrases ? Il y a beaucoup d’indiens. Il y a du maïs d. Mettez ces phrases à la forme négative 1. There are cars. There aren’t any cars ou There are no car 2. There is a boy. There isn’t any boy. ou There is no corn. V/ Action 1. Mettez le verbe « be » au pluriel ou au singulier a. b. c. d. There are good concerts this month. There are many problems. There is milk in the fridge. There is a cat on the sofa. 2. Traduisez les phrases suivantes a. Il y a deux garçons dans la voiture. There are two boys in the car. b. Il y a une vendeuse dans le magasin. There is a salesgirl in the shop. c. Il n’y a pas de problème. There is no problem. 3. Transformez ces phrases en utilisant “there is” ou “there are”. a. I can see my cat on the sofa. There is my cat on my sofa. b. I can see people in the street. There are people in the street. THANKSGIVING MIX-UP I/ Anticipation Look at the document : 1. What kind of document is it? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Where does the scene take place? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. How many characters can you see? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Answer the question of the document: What is the date of Thanksgiving this year? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… II/ Compréhension orale a. Listen to the description and fill in the blanks with words in the box. b. Then listen to the dialogue. Can you find six other bizarre things in this picture? ………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………. III/ Compréhension écrite Trouvez dans le texte l’équivalent des mots français suivants : f. g. h. i. j. f. aider :……………………………………………………………………………………….. dehors :………………………………………………………………………………………. beaucoup trop :………………………………………………………………………………. maïs :………………………………………………………………………………………… originaire :…………………………………………………………………………………… embrouille :………………………………………………………………………………….. Traduisez les couleurs ligne 7 ……………………………………………….. ………………………………………………. ………………………………………………. ………………………………………………. En connaissez-vous d’autres ? ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… Répondez aux questions a. Who are the Pilgrims? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… b. What do they celebrate? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… c. Are there many people? ………………………………………………………………………………………………... d. How many people are there? ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. e. What do they do? ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. f. Is there fruit for dessert? ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. . II/ Focus / Pratique Raisonnée Observez ces deux phrases There are many Indians . There is corn. a. Quel verbe est utilisé ? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… b. Que remarquez-vous ? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… c. Comment traduiriez-vous ces deux phrases ? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… d. Mettez ces phrases à la forme négative 1. There are cars. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. There is a boy. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… III/ Action / Exercises 1. Mettez le verbe « be » au pluriel ou au singulier e. f. g. h. There ……………… good concerts this month. There ……………….many problems. There ……………… milk in the fridge. There ……………… a cat on the sofa. 2. Traduisez les phrases suivantes e. Il y a deux garçons dans la voiture. ……………………………………………………………………………………………... f. Il y a une vendeuse dans le magasin. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… g. Il n’y a pas de problème. ………………………………………………………………………………………………