seance 1

Séance 1: American Supreme Court, an introduction
Durée de la séance:55 min
Supports de la séance:
document 1:
Document 2:
https://newsforkids.net/fastfacts/supreme-court/
Fast Fact: Supreme Court
A supreme court is usually the highest court in a country. This
court can make decisions about laws and can often change
decisions made by other courts. This means that it is usua
lly also
the most powerful court in the country.
The US Supreme Court is at the top of the judicial branch of the
US government. It has great power to decide which laws are okay
Modalité de travail:
Matériel: Vidéo projecteur + tableau interactive.
Mise en oeuvre
Activité n° 1: (10 mn) Anticipation du sujet
consigne: define the nature of the document
Attendu: it's a picture, a photograph, a poster, a book cover.
Where?
Attendu: In the USA because I can see the American flag.
When:
Attendu: probably in the past because there is/ I can see an
old letter and a feather.
What:
Attendu: on the left, I can see/ there is a white building, I can
read “equal justice under the law. In front of the white
building there is/ I can see an object/tool for final decisions. I
think the document is about justice/ a tribu
nal/ a court in the
USA.
At the bottom of the picture , there is a golden medal, sign of
prestige/ supremacy, highness.
On the right bottom,there is a feather
and a paper/a letter/ a
text.
Pause structurante: (5mn)
Consigne: Restitituer les notes écrites au tableau.
Activité n°2 :10mn
Consigne : Say what you can about in the picture.
Attendu
: She doesn't smile /She looks/ seems very serious,
she wears a long and loose robe/dress. she has a balance in
her left hand/holds a balance. She can'
t see/ she is blind
because she has a band on her eyes. She is probably the
L'interet de l'étape dans la
perspective de la tâche finale.
L'introduction du thème de la
séquence
Introduction du

and which are not. The justices must use the rules of the country –
the US constitution – as their guide.
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Books/making-democracy-work-
supremecourt-justice-stephen-breyer/story?id=11623264
Activités langagières dominantes: CE-EOC
Elements facilitateurs: L'image contient plusieurs indices référents de la
justice au USA
Difficultés présibles: trouver les mots: the Supreme court et Constitution.
Les objectifs de la séance
Identifier la nature d'un document
Repérer et interpréter les éléments significatifs d'une image.
Identifier des informations ciblées.
Objectifs linguistiques:
justice because justice must be blind/ neutral/indifferent.
She holds a balance because she must be equal/ treat
people equally.
Pause structurante: 5mn
Consigne: ecap your ideas about the supreme court.
Attendu: les élèves construisent et reformulent les idées à
partir des notes au tableau.
Activité n°3:2ème support : document texte:
durée 10 min
Consigne: Read the first paragraph and find the subject of
the text
Attendu : The USA supreme court or TSCOTUS
Consigne 2: Read again and give the three main information
about TSCOTUS
Attendu : 1-it's the highest court in the nation ,2-
it's the head
of the judicial branch/ it's the judicial branch 3-
it's
established by the constitution.
Consigne: read the second paragraph and define the word
“constitution:
Attendu: the constitution is the rules of the country/ the laws
the justices must use.
Pause structurante: Recap what you learnt about the
USASC
Attendu: the Supreme Court
is the highest court in the USA.
It's at the head of the judicial branch and it's established by
the American constitution, the supreme law of the
land/nation.
Consigne: look at the word judicial and guess the meaning in
relation to our theme
Attendu:
“Judicial” is the adjective from the noun “justice”
and it's pronounced:/dʒuːˈdɪʃəl/
. The shewa at the last
syllable is a neutral sound, it's like the last syllable of

L'objectif lexical
Judicial, Supreme Court, tool, prestige/ supreme, balance, blind,
equality, law, constitution, golden medal. Feather.
L'objectif grammatical: Rebrassage du superlatif.
L'objectif phonologique :
le son shewa dans supreme, constitution, judicial, feather, golden,
balance, American.
Sociolinguistique :
Pragmatique :
Méthodology : aller du concret vers l'abstrait.
//ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃən/, /ˈbæləns/ the first and the last syllable in :
/əˈmɛrɪkən/
Homework
Introduce the supreme court to your colleauges.