Welcome to Middle Earth
31 01 2013 Comments : No Comments »Teacher
Categories : grade 11
1. Watch this biography of British novelist Jane Austen Sum up what you learn about her life and women’s status in late 18th & early 19th century Britain.
2. Watch the Joe Wright Pride & Prejudice trailer and briefly sum up the plot
3. Darcy’s upsets Lalita in Goa Watch the clip and do the exercises.
1. Watch the clip at right and say what the “make America work for us” campaign blames the Bush administration for
2. What specific role has oil played in US foreign policy? Find out more by watching this video: [worksheet]
3. A great historian meets a great actor. Listen to Virggo as he adds his voice to this powerful text:
4. A bit of fun with this song by British band, The Clash:
5. Log onto this site and do a reading comprehension exercise
1. Green Day support the NRDC campaign for making America less oil-dependent. Click on the picture to listen to what they have to say.
2. Click on the cartoon and analyse it using “La Clés des Langues” guidelines. You can make good use of this vocabulary
3. Listen to this powerful song by Gil Scott Heron, watch the video and see if you can draw a parallel with America’s oil addiction [LYRICS].
1. Click on the picture to learn about Barbara Kruger, the artist behind it.
2. Watch this news clip from MTV and find out more about compulsive shoppers.
3. Click on the picture to watch a BBC news report about the busiest day of the year for online shopping
5. How about going Thrift Shopping? Can you say what message this song is trying to put across?
1. Watch the clip below and characterize Lt. Aldo Raine [SCRIPT].
2. This time the character you have to describe in details is Gunnery Sergeant Hartman [SCRIPT].
3. After watching the two clips, compare the two characters’ speeches. Look especially at their vocabulary, register, body language and message. Use the language of comparison sheet and try to vary your phrases and vocabulary.
4. Just for fun, watch this clip starring Rowan Atkinson as another memorable drill instructor.
A– The Beatles in New Zealand
Click on the picture at right to listen to an interview with Ringo in NZ 1964 [2nd one is with Ringo]:
1. Watch the trailer to this film and see what you can find out about the plot.
2. Watch this clip and say what Shaun has to do to join the gang.
3. One of the backdrop themes to the film is the Falklands war. Watch this Al Jazeera documentary . Note down what you learn about the conflict.
A– Bearing in mind Joan Baez’ 1972 visit to Vietnam, talk about the woman at right. Click on the picture to access a word list.
B– Next click on the photo to listen to the song (20:00). Mark the breath groups as you listen.
C– In pairs, do exercises B.1 to B.8.
D– In twos, talk about Joan Baez and her song for about 2 minutes [you may imagine you’re two journalists/ students making a presentation or a teacher testing one of his students (ten questions minimum)].
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