4e EURO 1

Tuesday, June 7^th 2011

History of the American Flag :

the Stars & Stripes

 

The American flag has got thirteen stripes and fifty stars.

The stars represent the fifty states and the stripes represent the original colonies.

White represents innocence and purity.

Blue represents vigilance and justice.

Red represents hardiness (courage) & valor.

The first flag had thirteen stars and thirteen stripes. Betsy Ross sewed the first flag in 1777.

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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

 

 

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Here are some pictures of our trip n Canterbury on Friday June 3rd:

EURO 2 / EURO 1

Here are the News Bulletins made by the EURO groups.

First the EURO 2 collective effort, then 2 of the 3 Euro 1 teams:

5e BOHORT / YVAIN

The Washington WEBQUEST is HERE .