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A jazz chant is like a poem, based on a four-beat rhythm.

Practise chanting, then compose your own jazz chant.

STEP ONE : read and listen to the jazz chant on the blog HERE.
(étape 1, tu dois écouter le ‘jazz chant’)

STEP 2 : sing along to practise.

(étape 2, tu dois t’entraîner en chantant le ‘jazz chant’)

STEP 3 : then write a chant. Choose from the boxes on your worksheet or find your own ideas.

(étape 3, tu dois écrire ton propre ‘jazz chant’. Tu choisis les éléments à partir de ta fiche de travail ou tu trouves les éléments de ton choix)

STEP 4 : you must illustrate your chant. Do it on the computer or draw it on a white A4 paper.

(étape 4, tu dois copier ton ‘jazz chant’ au propre et l’illustrer sur une feuille A4 blanche, ou le taper sur l’ordinateur et l’imprimer)

STEP 5 : then sing your chant. You must record it and send it to misslepretre@gmail.com

(tu dois ensuite chanter ton ‘jazz chant’ et t’enregistrer puis l’envoyer sur mon adresse mail)

Let’s have an overview look at the White House HERE.

HERE. Listen and find irregular verbs.

A good site HERE to view all the presidents with plenty of activities and even audio files.

A game HERE. Can you match the audio file (the name) with the picture?

A game HERE. Can you classify the presidents in the chronological order? 

A chronology HERE.

And THERE.

HERE. Leçon sur le preterit.

AND THERE. Comment prononcer le -ed du preterit.

HERE.

Read the article from The Washington Post HERE, look at the video and answer your questionnaire.

You can read your schoolmates’ scary stories on this padlet!

Listen and practise.

Go Are you ready for a haunted tour of the White House?

Haunted White House tour HERE.

1. Watch the video. What can you expect* from the tour? *expect = attendre
2. Who is the guide? He is the first president of the USA. Do you remember his name?
3. Go to this site and find the list of different ghosts who haunt the White House. Where do they live? In which parts of the White House can you see ghosts?

Learn more about the ghost of president Abraham Lincoln HERE.

Watch the video and answer these questions in FRENCH.

1. Quel président célèbre hante la Maison Blanche alors qu’il n’y est pas mort?
2. Cite deux personnages politiques qui ont vu son fantôme. 
3. Dit où se trouvait la première quand elle l’a vu après que le fantôme ait frappé à sa porte.  
4. Dit où le second a vu le fantôme se tenir perdu dans ses pensées.