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Here is one of the slogans we worked on in class. It denounces domestic violence:

Now, inspire yourself of this cartoon and create your own slogan to denounce child labour:

Spend a day in the life of a child labourer:

Copy and complete with the words from the list below:

Common elements in gothic novels

In most gothic novels, the story ……………………………. at night. The atmosphere is usually ……………………… and …………………../ ………………………………. The weather is often cloudy, rainy, …………………… or even ……………………………  A lot of gothic stories take place in remote places like …………………………………………………., in a………………………………………………… or in a ………………………………………… Most of the time, the main characters are …………………….. , …………………………. and sometimes …………………………

gloomy  -  stormy  -  lonely  -  ruined castle  -  unfolds  -  evil -  foggy -  weird -  in the middle of the woods – creepy – graveyard/cemetery – mysterious

A “senseless” war

This woman was probably an American housewife whose husband’s brother was a colonel in the US Air force. She felt frustrated because she thought that war was senseless/useless/worthless. In her letter, she denounced the fact that innocent Vietnamese civilians were sometimes tortured by American soldiers or that too many young soldiers got wounded/injured or paralyzed during that conflict. She also said that it was unjustified and she protested against the government policy to raise/increase taxes in order to finance the war effort.

Vocabulary:

- housewife (pl.: housewives) (n) = femme au foyer

- senseless (adj)

- wounded / injured (adj) = blessé (grave)

- policy (n) = politique (mesures prises par le gouvernement)              – politics (n) = la politique (le monde de la politique)

- (to) raise/ increase (vb) = augmenter