3e ICARE

Wednesday, June 8^th 2011

Obama is going to run for the presidency... again !

This document is an article from a newspaper, « The Chicago Tribune ».

It was written by Stephen Clark.

Since 2008, he has started to withdraw troops from Iraq.

He has caught and killed Oussama Bin Laden.

He has helped the economy.

If he is elected, he WILL make the American econmy stronger.

He WILL close the Guantanamo military base in Cuba.

He WILL find a peaceful solution in Afghanistan.

 

VOCABULARY

# make (→ made, made) : faire, construire

# a highlight : un moment important

# withdraw (withdrew, withdrawn) : retirer

# enough : assez # peaceful : paisible

# find (→ found, found) : trouver

# catch (→ caught, caught) : attraper

# run for the presidency : être candidat à...

→ Pour faire un bilan « passé-présent » on utilise le Present Perfect :

HAVE (au présent) + Participe Passé

Rappel : Participe Passé, c'est :

# Soit Verbe+ED

# Soit 3e colonne des verbes irréguliers

→ Pour faire une prédiction par rapport au futur, on utilise : WILL + Verbe

Ex : In 10 years, Mr Cheikh WILL be president of a major company.

3e ICARE

Tuesday, June 7^th 2011

Martin Luther King's Speech

This document is a speech by Martin Luther King. He gave this speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. In 1963.

He spoke about the « Negro Slaves », discrimination, segregation and freedom.

He talked about the Emancipation Proclamation, WHICH was the end / abolition of slavery in 1863.

He said that one hundred years later black people were not free and he wanted equality.

→ Pour rapporter les paroles de quelqu'un, on utilise le discours indirect.

On a besoin d'un verbe introducteur :

# say # claim # affirm # argue

On peut relier le verbe introducteur et ce qui est cité avec « that ». A l'oral, ce n'est pas obligatoire

Ex : He said (that) black people were not free.

 

« I HAVE A DREAM »

Martin Luther King said (that) he had a dream.

He said / claimed he had a dream that his four children would not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character.

He said he had a dream that white children and black children would join hands AS brothers and sisters.

Malcolm X was MORE aggressive THAN Martin Luther King. He was angriER.

Martin Luther King was MORE optimistic THAN Malcolm X. He was wisER THAN Malcolm X.

→ Pour rapporter les prédictions futures de quelqu'un (formulées avec WILL), on a besoin de WOULD.

Ex : « I will kill you ! »→He said he would kill her

→ Pour comparer 2 choses / 2 personnes on utilise :

# ADJ long : MORE ADJ THAN

Ex : He is more optimistic than Malcolm X

# ADJ court : ADJ+er THAN

Ex : HE is wiser than Malcolm X

 

 

3e THESEE / ICARE

Your "Civil Rights Movement" Webquest is HERE .

3e ICARE / THESEE

 

Tuesday, May 24^th 2011

Rosa Parks

This document is a scene from a film.

The scene took place in 1955 on a bus in Alabama.

A black woman sat at the front of the bus and the driver wanted her to move at the back.

She refused, so the driver called the police.

The police arrested Rosa because she sat at the front of the bus, and black people COULDN'T sit at the front of the bus, they HAD TO sit at the back of the bus.

Black people COULD NOT (COULDN'T) go to the same schools.

Black people COULD NOT vote.

There was racial segregation between white and black people in America...

VOCABULARY

# refuse: refuser

# go (→ went): aller # leave (→ left): partir

# sit (→ sat): s'asseoir, être assis

# ask: demander # answer: répondre

# a bench: un banc

→ Pour parler de ce qu'on POUVAIT faire on utilise COULD (CAN au passé):

Ex: Black people COULD NOT vote (COULDN'T)

→ Pour parler de ce qu'on DEVAIT faire, on utilise HAD TO (HAVE TO au passé)

Ex: They HAD TO sit at the back of the bus.

 

Obama becomes President

This document is a radio interview with two Obama supporters.

This interview took place / happened in November 2008.

Obama's slogan was « Yes we can! ».

He also said « I have a dream » like Martin Luther King. He is the first African-American President of the United States.

Dwayne was very happy.

Dwayne spoke about slavery: black people HAD TO work for white people for free.

Dwayne also talked about segregation:

# Black people COULDN'T sit at the front of the bus.

# They COULDN'T go to the same schools as white people.

# They COULDN'T sit on the same benches in the parks

# They COULDN'T vote

Etc.

VOCABULARY

# a slave: un esclave # slavery: l'esclavage

# a field: un champ # work: travailler

# live together: vivre ensemble

# give a speech: faire, « donner » un discours

 

3e THESEE / ICARE

Here are some of the speeches that we will use in the next 3e lessons:

3e THESEE

 

Thursday, May 19^th 2011

In Memory of Rosa Parks

This scene took place in the United States on December 1^st 1955.

A black woman went on a bus, sat down and the driver wanted her to move at the back, but she refused to move.

So the driver called the police and Rosa was arrested. She went to prison / jail.

She was arrested because black people

HAD TO sit at the back of the bus.

They / The African Americans COULD NOT sit at the front of the bus.

Actually / In fact / Basically this document is an example of segregation in America in the 1950s.

VOCABULARY

# refuse: refuser # call: appeler

# several: plusieurs

# in fact = actually: en fait

# basically: en gros, en fait

# drive: conduire # a driver: chauffeur

# arrest: arrêter

 

→ Pour parler de ce qu'on doit faire, on peut utiliser: HAVE TO + Verbe.

→ Pour parler de ce qu'on DEVAIT faire:

HAD TO + Verbe

→ Pour parler de ce qu'on POUVAIT FAIRE:

COULD + VERBE

Ex: They could not sit at the front of the bus.