Libre à qui le souhaite de tisser ici ses propres
fils avec ceux d'un blog à la trame dessinée par l'anglais et son univers. Orientés par exemple par l'histoire, l'humour, la musique ou le cinéma ses vidéos, textes, sons, illustrations -etc-
viennent y prolonger les thèmes explorés en cours, et j'y publie des ressources conçues pour enrichir la pratique de la langue. S'il peut devenir outil de progression, je souhaite aussi
qu'il vous procure plaisir et parfois même amusement... why not ?!
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anglais
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You work for the WWF Advertising Department : you'll have to design the front page of a leaflet campaigning against man-made global warming effects.
The WWF= the World Wildlife Fund : a global environment-friendly organization created 56 years ago. Its logo
shows a black and white panda (a protected species)
Watch the picture below attentively... then write as many words or phrases (expressions) as possible !
TIP :Reuse the previous vocabulary activities (Questions 1 to 5 page 31 - workbook, ex. #1-2 -copy) and the vocabulary mind map on the environment you worked on last week.
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Tu travailles pour le Service Publicitaire du WWF. Ta mission est de concevoir (rédiger et illustrer) la première de couverture d'un prospectus de campagne contre les effets du réchauffement climatique causés par l'Homme.
Although the environment endures a great deal of threats and damages, there may be some solutions. The mind map below shows things people could do to slow global warming and to protect our planet :
The third map indicates the origins of global warming :
[Click on each mind map to get the full-size illustration (you can enlarge the picture on the web page : CTRL++]
Parodies are an interesting way of working on traditional and classic literary works : school textbooks in France have now taken over the English teachers' suggestions and offer paths and plans including animated parodies.
The internet displays loads of documents that parody various tales : "Little Red Riding Hood" is one of the most commonly studied although many others are also worked on.
Below, three cartoon or animate parodies of Little Red Riding Hood.
Click on this overheated planet ⇑to see the illustration you will study.
Click on the PDF logo⇑to get the Worksheet and your writing task.
>> [don't forget your password !] << (1)
This article from 'Simple English Wikipedia'⇑may be of some help :o)
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(1) : Recap --> cliquer sur le logo PDF > "password protected file - enter... etc" : insérer le mot de passe reçu par mail > "unlock file" > "click here to start download" > "ouvrir" le document PDF.
NPR's breaking news (delivered on October 28, 2010) : a radio file you will use to train your oral comprehension.
This file is taken from the radio's website : NPR delivers both national and international breaking news & "top stories from business, politics, health, science, technology, music, arts and culture."
Click on the radio logo to listen to the file :
The news tells us about a huge farm that will be built in South Africa's Northern Cape region. The project might eventually meet up to 10% of South Africa's energy needs. The project is to be managed by the U.S. engineering firm 'Fluor' ; it was based on a viability study by the 'Clinton Climate Initiative'.
Northern Cape - map released in the Public Domain by Htnol