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1)Underline 5 similarities between Ken Loach’s life and work and Gustave Courbet’ s life and work.
2)Choose 5 sentences or more and ask as many questions as you can.
Gustave Courbet was born in La Vallée de la Loue (Loue Valley) in Franche-Comté on June 10th 1819 .He studied in Besançon and Paris. His family wanted him to study law but he preferred drawing and painting. He spent a lot of his time in museums copying a huge amount of paintings and eventually stopped studying law. He was politically involved in La Commune and was attributed the destruction of La Colonne Vandôme.
He liked saying “Courbet sans les courbettes”.It means that he was a very straightforward person with a lot of personality- at times, too much!He wrote many interesting pamphlets and letters to explain his viewpoints about painting. He didn’t want to work for the Académie des Beaux-Arts and refused any type of promotion linked to the government because he wanted to be a free “thinker”.
He had a son who died when he was 25 years old .
He was condemned by the French government and put in prison. He died in exile in Switzerland on December 31st 1877. The debate about his responsibility or the absence of responsibility in the destruction of the Column is still going on.
His painting has the realism of every day life:
-people at work
-people coming back from a burial
-ordinary people at a burial
-hunting scenes with realistic details
-ordinary people by the riverside
-nudes with realistic details
-portraits and landscapes of his region
The common key-word and denominator between the two people is r e a l i s m .
Ken Loach was born on June 17th 1936. He started studying law and eventually became a comedian. He is interested in shooting films and documentaries about daily life.He becomes the reference for “docudrama”, a mixture of fiction and documentaries.
He wants to show the difficulties of people in today’s world. The words which best sum up his work are= dark and gloomy, depressive and depressed, depression, gloominess and darkness.
He usually resorts to ordinary people rather than real actors.
He likes shooting films about the working-classes.
Kes (1969) is a film about a young boy who trains a kestrel in an ordinary working-class family with very ordinary people.
-cinema as a tool for understanding our world
-cinema should inform, educate and high light our human condition
-cinema should stress important elements in people’s daily life=
their problems in their jobs and their family relationships.
-cinema should serve politics, ethics and economy more than entertainment.
– “Humour is essential to our humanity”. “It is a question of survival.”
– Football is part and parcel of social life in working class families
Regions shot by the artist:
Sheffield, Manchester-Liverpool , Glasgow.
http://www.visitengland.fr/destinations/find/yorkshire/dg.aspx
from A2 Bhutan, the last valley in sanskrit is also called the Kingdom of the Dragon
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12480707
The wedding of the King and the Princess of the Kingdom of the Dragon.
Bhutan in English or Bhoutan in French is a country as big as Switzerland.School is compulsory for boys and girls. The language is “ dzongkha” . English is compulsory for boys and girls. School has got a mixed number of boys and girls. You can see dragons everywhere in Bhutan.
Bhutan means the last valley in Sanskrit. The inhabitants are the Bhutanese.
My noun toolbox friend=
music, a uniform, silk, shiny silk, a scarf,respect, a tie, the lady, the gentleman, ladies and gentlemen, the King, the Princess, the crown, a necklace, a ring and a watch, fruit, the Palace of Happiness,
My adjective toolbox friend=
happy, unhappy, manly and handsome, lovely and beautiful, sad, nervous, afraid and frightened, obedient, respectful, smiling, serious, kind, good-looking, green orange, red, black, white, yellow, grey, purple, in love, not in love, tolerant, different, religious and military
My verb toolbox friend=
to be in love, to walk, to smile, to sing, to hold, to bow, to pay respect to, to like, to enjoy, to hate, to accept difference, to wear (the lady is wearing) (the gentleman is wearing)
My preposition toolbox friend=
close to, near, behind, in front of, on top of, up, down
My culture toolbox friend=
Bhutan, India, Nepal, The Himalayas, a country, wedding or marriage, ceremony, tradition, history, war, peace, a Catholic, Catholicism, a Protestant, Protestantism, an Islamic, Islam, Buddhism, a Buddhist, a Hindu, Hinduism, religion.
A1-A2-B1 Our film review of the Secret of Kells
https://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Celtes
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZm1kVnZ7hk&feature=related[/youtube]
About the film: Where does the story take place?
1) It takes place in Iona in Scotland
2) It takes place in Kells in Ireland
3)Louis Le Bocquy, a painter (born in 1916) inspired the film-maker
3) The book was transferred in 806 from Iona in Scotland to Kells in Ireland
Who are the characters of the film?
Abbot Cellach:
1) he is a tall and protective man who lives in a tower
2)he forgot he was an illuminator in the past
3)he has got ginger hair
4)he lives in a tower to forget the past
Abbot Aidan:
1) He is of small size
2)he teaches Brendan how to draw or how to observe
Pangur Ban:
1) She is a real and mythical cat
2) She is only mythical
3) There are poems written by the monk in the archives which mention the cat
Aisling’s parents:
1) They were killed by Crom Cruach
2) They died when she was younger
3) They are still alive
Aisling:
1) She is a fairy and an angel
2) She is intelligent, careful and also very sensitive
3) She moves on four feet
4) She can transform herself into a wolf
Abbots Tang, Leonardo and Assoua:
1) They are all illuminators
2) They are allowed out of the monastery
3) They are not allowed out of the monastery
4)They are entirely dedicated to the scriptorium
5) They eventually/finally die but the spectator doesn’t see them
The Vikings:
1) They are not menacing shadows
2)They are represented as cruel animals
3) They represent death, unhappiness, dangers and tragedy, destruction and war, horror and blood
Crom Cruach:
1) He is a Celtic God with a snake
2)He represents the dragon as a legend
3) He was shot by Saint Patrick in Irish mythology
4)His name means “The Dark One”
What are the Celtic symbols in the film?
1) The square
2) The rectangle
3)The triangle
4)The circle
5) light modifies the scenes
6) light doesn’t modify the scenes
7) forest as paradise on earth
8) forest as opposed to flat landscapes
9) the circle as the symbol of harmony
10) the “triskele” is a Celtic symbol which is a representation of water, fire and earth
And now the story:
1) it starts when Brendan is a child and finishes when he is an adult
2)it is the story of the evolution of a young boy into adulthood
3)the Book is always present in Brendan’s mind
4)the Vikings are always present in Brendan’s Uncle’s mind
The Book of Kells:
1)The Book of Kells is a real book which is in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
2)The Book of Kells isn’t a real book and doesn’t exist.
It is a legend.
What about Pangur Ban, the magic spell and spirit?
1)Pangur Ban, the white cat, existed. She is a female cat.
2)Pangur Ban the white cat never existed.
3)One of the monks wrote poems about her.
How is Celtic mythology represented ?
1) symbols inspired by nature and animist cults.
2) it is close to natural rites and rhythms
Can you name painters who inspired the artist?
The monastery is very beautiful.
The colors are original.
People are monks and priests.
Walls have got bizarre shapes.
Brendan is twelve years old.
He is an orphan: he hasn’t got any parents.
His father and his mother died.
He meets a very friendly girl: she is called Aisling!
She will help him. She is a fairy. He is looking for berries to make ink
because he wants to write the Chi Ro page.
Brendan is of medium height and size and has got ginger hair.
He lives in Kells in Ireland.
Brendan’s Uncle is the head of Kells.
He is taking care of other monks and people.
The book is very important to him.
The security and safeness of the monastery matters to him as well!
He lives in a tower which opens with a very narrow door.
He is very strict because he wants to save the monks and his people from the Northmen’s attacks.
The Secret Of Kells
Description of Aisling: long white hair and green eyes. She looks like a fairy and she is one! She has the power to turn the cat, Pangur Ban into a fish-cat, a spirit! She can use her spells!
Description of Brendan: short orange hair and blue eyes, long feet, curly and funny ears! He is the hero of the story and we can see him when he is older!
Description of the monks: Asian, African, all walks of life! They are wearing long red coats
I like the scene when :
– When the bad guys come and attack the town of Kells
– When Brendan goes into the forest to look for an eye
– When Brendan dreams that the Vikings will attack Kells because he has visions and can trust his imagination! He is a visionary!
– When Brendan makes a lot of drawings on the Book! He is inspiring!
I like the scenes when there is
- a lot of suspense and many battles
- when the forest is beautiful
- when the book is beautiful and turns into a magic spell!
- Pangur Ban is really cute with two different colours for his eyes! Pangur Ban did exist! He was one of the monk’s cat. The monk wrote poems about her!
Our film review about the Secret of Kells
I liked the scene when the little boy writes the sacred book
-I liked the discovery of the forest
-I liked the scene when he catches the monster’s eye.
-We liked the red and the green colours and the drawings!
My best scenes:
– The meeting between Aisling and Brendan
-She is quicker than Brendan,
she runs faster and she is the best!
-She has magical powers to trasnform nature .The cat can go where she cannot
My best favorite scenes
-When his Uncle is hurt, someone tells Brendan : « You must go, your Uncle is not dead! »
– Brendan disobeys his Uncle to pick up berries because he is not allowed to do so!
-Vikings’s attack and the wolves eat the Vikings in the forest
-Brendan thinks the bees will attack him but it is not true!
the Vikings ‘s attacks are in red
Aisling in the forest
the wolves ‘s scenes are also in red
Aisling ‘s eyes
the wolves ‘s eyes
beautiful nature: waterfalls, rivers, leaves in spring, leaves on trees, leaves falling down,
the Vikings’ s eyes
Pangur Ban
the monster Crumach
The scene when Brendan is writing
when the Vikings go Kells
When Brendan meets his uncle
The wolf’s lips and mouth
When Brendan writes the Book of Kells
the fire, the sky, the buildings, the walls, the attacks, the
Brendan catches the goose
Brendan’s UNCLE’s clothes
green berries for green ink
Aisling disappears and gets lost in darkness
red represents evil or a danger: it means something bad is going to happen
and green represents what is best and good in life, luck, happiness,
writing and drawing
The project:Let us write a letter of congratulations to Prince William and Kate Middleton
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92o1JLabCYk&feature=related[/youtube]
Let us write a letter of congratulations to
Prince William and Kate Middleton
on the occasion of their engagement
Conformément à ce que nous avions dit et à ce qui avait été décidé ce vendredi 19 novembre, nous réaliserons ce projet qui nous tient à coeur. Ecrire et envoyer une lettre de félicitations aux jeunes fiancés.
Nous utilisons le moteur de recherche hooseek (moteur de recherche à visée humanitaire donnant une partie de ses gains à des associations -Amnesty International, Clowns sans frontière en font partie par exemple ) ou celui installé dans l’établissement et nous nous connectons sur le site de Clarence House,
la résidence du Prince Charles et de ses deux fils.
http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/residences/clarencehouse/
http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalResidences/BuckinghamPalace/BuckinghamPalace.aspx
http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/princewilliamprinceharry/princewilliam/index.html
Pour chercher des informations sur Le Prince et la famille royale ainsi que sur la famille de Kate Middleton.Le site wikipedia peut être utile ainsi que les sites officiels de Buckingham Palace
Les compétences mises en oeuvre (palier 1:modernité et traditions) visent aussi et surtout à utiliser hors de la salle de classe nos connaissances, tout comme la chanson ‘Do you like?’ que nous irons chanter le vendredi 3 novembre chez nos voisins de l’Ehpad et à rebondir de manière constructive sur un fait positif et réjouissant de l’actualité dans un espace culturel précis directement lié à nos programmes: celui de la famille royale.
-rédiger une lettre et savoir manipuler les formules de politesse
-se présenter et faire une description ou un portrait de quelqu’un
(biographies du Prince William et de Kate Middleton:
-date of birth: When was he born? When was she born?-physical description-training and jobs)
-brevet informatique des collèges (domaine 4: s’informer, se documenter)
Nous cherchons les mots dans le lexique de Enjoy ou dans les dictionnaires de l’établissement
ou sur le site wordreference.
Nous nous présentons en tant que classe en disant:
1)qui nous sommes:
des élèves d’un collège
notre âge
nos goûts et nos préférences
nos peurs et nos espoirs pour notre futur et pour le monde
2)ce qui nous plaît dans la langue anglaise :
We enjoy +base verbale+ing,
We enjoy + noms
We are fond of+base verbale+ing
My best moment is…
Our best moment is…
Our worst moment is when…
3)ce que nous trouvons difficile dans la langue anglaise:
We do not like…
We do not enjoy+ base verbale(verbe sans to)+ing
4) nos projets:
In the future we want to be…,
In the future we want the world to be…
In the future, we will be…
5)nos souhaits:
We wish you…
We hope you will be…
Nous utilisons les formes pleines des verbes.
Nous nous devons d’avoir un style noble et distingué, le destinataire étant l’un des membres de la famille royale. Ce que nous dirons ici et que nous écrirons sera différent de ce que nous écrirons à un ou une camarade. Le registre utilisé est différent.
We must write with our best English pens and use our best English!
6)Last but not least
(en dernier et non des moindres, le plus important restant pour la fin)
Nous félicitons le prince et sa fiancée:
– la formule de politesse qui convient pour s’adresser à sa Majesté Le Prince William
– les mots suivants apparaissent:chance, réussite, protection, féliciter, encourager,oeuvres humanitaires, bénévolat
-les formules de politesses pour conclure: Best regards et autres variantes possibles
Un travail d’écriture poétique sur ‘Ode to Joy’ ayant été bien conçu lors de la semaine européenne des langues, nous composons un acrostiche à partir du mot ‘Congratulations!’ et intégrons des éléments-clés de nos recherches.
Fingers crossed ! Toes, knees and feet double crossed!
Croisons les doigts!
S’il faut s’attendre et se préparer à une absence de réponse,
n’oublions pas le plaisir que nous avons à réaliser ce projet et
à… espérer!
