Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Squence 4
Communication
Sance 1
Biographies
dauteurs de
contes
Sance 2
Quiz Roald
Dahl
Sance 3
Extrait de
Matilda, de
Roald Dahl
Sance 4
Extrait de
Matilda, de
Roald Dahl
Sance 5
Extrait de
Matilda, de
Roald Dahl
Sance 6
Civilisation
Grammaire
Lexique
- Littrature
jeunesse : Roald
Dahl, les frres
Grimm, Andersen
- Systme
de mesure
britannique
Questions ouvertes
et fermes au
pass
- Se renseigner
sur les gots de
quelquun
- Rpondre des
questions sur ses
propres gots
- Rdiger une
biographie
dtaille
- Roald Dahl
- Le questionnaire
de Proust
- Prtrite simple
- En jalon : would
(conditionnel)
Rdiger une
biographie
Reconnatre loral
des mots connus
Matilda (Roald
Dahl)
- Lcole
- Fournitures
scolaires
Mmoriser le
lexique
- Adverbes
- Lcole
Trouver dans
un texte des
informations
spcifiques
- Lexpression de la
prfrence
- Make somebody
do something (au
pass)
- Capacit : could
Deviner lidentit
Matilda (Roald
Dahl)
Adjectifs
caractrisant un
personnage
portrait
Sance 7
Dessiner un
Sance 8
Je mvalue
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Les parties du
corps
Les vtements
Phonologie
Mthodologie
Could : Forme
inaccentue
Comprhension de
lcrit : combiner
les diffrentes
stratgies daccs
au sens
sance 1
Squence 4
Sance 1
J'apprends rdiger la biographie sommaire d'un auteur
J'apprends poser des questions au pass et y rpondre
Je revois comment rpondre des questions simples
que l'on me pose pour faire ma connaissance
J'apprends mieux connatre l'auteur Roald Dahl
Katie est en cours: son professeur de lettres lui propose de dcouvrir quatre auteurs de contes.
Quelle aubaine pour Katie!
Elle a offert Emma, sa petite cousine, le livre Cinderella et celle-ci l'a dvor!
Elle l'a aussitt prt Katie, qui souhaitait le relire.
On peut dire que Katie reste plonge dans lunivers fascinant des contes
Step 1
In the previous "squence", we studied some fairy tales. (Dans la squence prcdente, nous
Read the biographies of these authors who wrote famous fairy tales. (Lis les biographies de
Ces auteurs - et leurs uvres - font partie de ce que nous avons dj voqu: la culture
commune.
Roald DAHL
(1916 1990) Wales
Works: - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Matilda
- James and the Giant Peach
- The Champion of the world
Hans Christian ANDERSEN
(1805-1875) Denmark
Works: - The Princess and the Pea
- The Ugly Duckling
- The Little Mermaid
Jacob and Wilhelm GRIMM
(The Grimm Brothers) Germany
Jacob (1785-1863)
Wilhelm (1786-1859)
Works: - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Cinderella
- Hansel and Gretel
- Little Red Riding Hood
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Exercise 1
Le professeur de Katie lui demande d'crire les biographies des auteurs qu'elle a dcouverts en
cours.
Write the biographies of Hans Christian Anderson and The Grimm Brothers. (cris la
Use the elements provided above and what you have already learnt as well. (Utilise les
Example: Roald Dahl was born in and he died in at the age of He was Welsh (he was
from Wales).
He wrote a lot of fairy tales, such as (comme par exemple) ................ and ...............
Ready? Let us start! (Prt(e)? Allons-y!)
Hans Christian Andersen:
........................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................
The Grimm brothers:
........................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................
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Exercise 2
Le professeur propose aux lves de la classe de Katie un jeu de mmoire: ils doivent rpondre aux
questions qu'ils tirent au sort, sur des morceaux de papiers
Personne n'a le droit de regarder les biographies!
Peux-tu jouer (et gagner) aussi?
Use the information given in the biographies above and answer the following questions.
(Utilise les informations qui te sont donnes dans les biographies ci-dessus et rponds aux
questions.)
You may need short answers. (Attention, tu peux avoir besoin des rponses courtes suivantes):
Yes, he was.
No, he wasnt.
Yes, he did.
No, he didnt.
Yes, they were.
No, they werent.
Yes, they did.
No, they didnt.
1- When was Andersen born?..........................................................................................
2- When did Roald Dahl die?...........................................................................................
3- Who died when he was 70?.........................................................................................
4- Who lived in the 19th century?....................................................................................
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Exercise 3
Now your turn: write one question you would like to ask about these writers.( toi
maintenant ! cris une question que tu souhaiterais poser au sujet de ces auteurs.)
........................................................................................................................................
Check and correct. Quelques exemples de questions possibles te sont proposs.
Step 2
Let us meet the writer: Roald DAHL.
You know he wrote famous tales, such as .........................................................................
You may have read them in French.
Have you ever read one of Dahls tales in French?
r Yes, I have already read one. (Oui, j'en ai dj lu un.)
r No, I havent yet. (Non, pas encore.)
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How much do you remember about Roald Dahl? (Te souviens-tu bien de Roald Dahl?)
Maintenant, le professeur teste les connaissances deKatie :
Que sait-elle de Roald Dahl?
Exercise 4
Tick the right box. (Coche la bonne case.)
Answer the questions we will ask you as well! (Rponds aux questions que nous te poserons !)
1- Roald Dahl was born on:
r England
r Wales
r Denmark
3- He was
r 66 tall (2 mtres)
Le systme de mesure britannique te surprend? Lis le Coin des Curieux (en fin de
sance)!
4- He had
r I have...................................................................................................... brother(s).
r I have..........................................................................................................sister(s).
5- Which of these Roald Dahl books was written first? (Lequel de ces livres de R. Dahl a t
crit en premier ?)
r Matilda
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1 pouce
1 pied
Correspondance
anglaise
12 inches
3 feet
1760 yards
Correspondance
systme mtrique
2,54 centimtres
30,48 centimtres
91,44 centimtres
1,609 kilomtre
Tu as compris?
ta calculette!
1- Combien mesure en France une personne qui mesure en Angleterre 5 feet (5) ?
........................................................................................................................................
2- et une personne qui mesure 5 feet 11 inches(5'11) ?
........................................................................................................................................
3- Combien mesure en pieds et pouces un franais de 1,99 m?
........................................................................................................................................
4- New York est situ 2906 miles de San Francisco: combien de kilomtres?
........................................................................................................................................
5- Combien mesures-tu?
..........................................................................................................(systme mtrique)
..................................................................................................... (systme britannique)
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Sance 2
J'apprends connatre un auteur de conte: Roald DAHL (2)
J'apprends rdiger une biographie dtaille
partir d'lments d'informations varis
Je dcouvre le questionnaire de Proust
Je dveloppe mes comptences en expression crite
Step 3
Answer the following questions. Imagine yourself being interviewed, like a star! (Rponds aux
questions suivantes : imagine-toi que tu es une star et que tu es interview(e) !)
1- What is your favourite food?
r Chocolate
r caviar
r crisps
r other: . ...........................
r Frank Sinatra
r other: . ...........................
r bacon frying
r other: . ...........................
r purple
r other: . ...........................
r The Beatles
r Beethoven
r The ocean
r roses
r Blue
r yellow
r An actor
r a doctor
Vocabulary:
r an athlete
r other: . ...........................
smell k odeur
bacon frying k bacon frit
Exercise 5
Now compare your answers with Roald Dahls answers! (Maintenant compare tes rponses
r Chocolate
caviar
r crisps
Beethoven
r Frank Sinatra
r The ocean
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r roses
bacon frying
sance 2
Squence 4
r Blue
yellow
r purple
5- If you had not been an author, what would you have liked to have been?
(Si vous n'tiez pas devenu crivain, quel mtier auriez-vous aim exercer ?)
r An actor
a doctor
r an athlete
Collect all the information you got about Roald Dahl (in lessons 1 and 2) and complete
the following grid (Rassemble toutes les informations que tu as obtenues sur Roald Dahl sances 1 et 2- et remplis le tableau ci-dessous) :
his
identity
name
birthday
date of death
birth place
height
children
his
favourite
food
music
smell
colour
job
Exercise 6
Katie a un devoir faire la maison: elle doit rdiger une biographie de Roald Dahl.
Elle ne doit oublier aucun dtail de la vie de cet auteur clbre!
Saurais-tu toi aussi crire un petit paragraphe sur Roald Dahl?
Write Dahls biography, with all the new information you have about him! Don't forget
anything! (cris la biographie de Roald Dahl, en intgrant toutes les nouvelles informations que
Mthodologie
Pour rdiger la biographie de Roald Dahl:
As-tu bien complt le tableau, rcapitulant tout ce que tu as appris sur Dahl?
r oui
r non
r non
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r pass
- Sa mort: . ................................................................................................................
- Sa taille: ..................................................................................................................
Exemple de rptions : Roald Dahl was born in ... Roald Dahl was Welsh. Roald Dahl had
five children.
Des pronoms personnels: Roald Dahl was born in... He was Welsh.
Des rfrents (vois squence 3): Roald Dahl was... This famous author was
The tale writer had...
Des mots de liaison, tels que and ou but: Roald Dahl was born in and he was Welsh.
Roald Dahl had five children 4 daughters but he only had one son.
Des pronoms relatifs :
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questionnaire de Proust.)
Do you want to know more about the Proust Questionnaire? (Veux-tu en savoir plus sur le
questionnaire de Proust ?)
Proust was a famous French writer. (Proust tait un clbre auteur franais.)
Google: Proust questionnaire Wikipedia (Tape Proust questionnaire Wikipedia sur Google.
com -in English).
You will learn lots of interesting things about the famous French writer Marcel Proust.
Read extracts of the questionnaire he filled when he was 13.
Give your own answers!
Where would you like to live? (O aimeriez-vous vivre ?)
Proust: In the country [] of my ideal.
Your answer: ...................................................................................................................
What is your idea of happiness? (Quelle est votre conception du Bonheur ?)
Proust: To live in contact with those I love.
Your answer: ....................................................................................................................
Who are your favourite heroes of fiction? (Qui sont vos hros de fiction ?)
Proust: Those of romance and poetry.
Your answer: ....................................................................................................................
Who are your favourite heroines in real life? (Qui sont vos hros dans la vie ?)
Proust: A woman of genius leading an ordinary life.
Your answer: ....................................................................................................................
Who is your favourite musician?
Proust: Mozart.
Your answer: ....................................................................................................................
What is your favourite occupation?
Proust: Reading, dreaming, and writing verse.
Your answer: ....................................................................................................................
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Sance 3
J'apprends du lexique sur le thme de l'cole,
pour mieux comprendre
le contexte du conte Matilda
Je lis des textes de plus en plus longs:
je dcouvre le rsum du livre Matilda
Step 4
Would you like to meet with one of Roald Dahls most famous characters: Matilda?
(Aimerais-tu rencontrer l'un des personnages les plus clbres de Roald Dahl : Matilda ?)
Have you already read the book Matilda in French?
r Yes, I have already read it.
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Squence 4
Nomme voix haute tous les mots anglais que tu connais en regardant cette illustration.
Maintenant coute les mots qui vont tre dits et montre du doigt l'lment dont il s'agit.
teacher
windows
clock
computer
desk
white board
pupil
chairs
Rcoute maintenant les mots et rpte-les, en regardant quels lments ils correspondent
sur l'image.
Maintenant voici dautres mots utiles :
lockers
rubber
book bag
ink
crayons
backpack
pencil sharpener
marker
pencil
glue
sheet of paper
mechanical pencil
scissors
folder
ruler
binder
pen
highlighter
note-pad
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cris les mots correspondant aux images. La premire lettre de chaque mot t'est donne
pour t'aider!
1 P . .........................................................
11 B .........................................................
2 M .........................................................
12 F .........................................................
3 P . .........................................................
13 S .........................................................
4 R ..........................................................
14 G ........................................................
5 I . ..........................................................
15 B .........................................................
6 P . .........................................................
16 S .........................................................
7 C ..........................................................
17 B .........................................................
8 H ..........................................................
18 L .........................................................
9 M .........................................................
19 R . .......................................................
10 N ........................................................
Check and correct.
Exercise 7
coute maintenant ton CD. Tu vas entendre les mots ci-dessus.
Cache les rponses et montre du doigt l'objet dont il s'agit.
Check and correct.
Mthodologie
Pour mieux retenir le lexique, tu dois essayer plusieurs techniques !
Essaie et utilise celle qui te semble la plus efficace !
Tu peux :
- mmoriser les mots grce des dessins.
- traduire les mots en franais.
- les classer par familles (ex. : dans la trousse, dans le cartable, en classe).
- les couter plusieurs fois.
- te les rpter plusieurs fois avec les dessins sous les yeux (ou les mots crits).
Exercise 8
Now read the summary of the famous book written by Roald Dahl: Matilda. (Maintenant
You probably wont understand everything but you have learnt how to handle long texts in
the previous lessons. (Tu ne comprendras peut-tre pas tout, mais tu as appris dans les leons
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Mthodologie
Donc, pendant ta lecture, quelle sorte de mots devras-tu te raccrocher?
Je devrai me raccrocher :
.................................................................. ....................................................................
.................................................................. ....................................................................
.................................................................. ....................................................................
Check and correct.
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J'apprends comprendre la structure d'un texte
pour mieux en comprendre le sens gnral
Je dveloppe mes comptences en comprhension de l'crit:
je perfectionne mon approche mthodologique
Step 5
Before going into details, let us focus on the general structure of the summary you have just read.
(Avant d'entrer dans les dtails, concentrons-nous sur la structure gnrale du rsum
que tu viens de lire.)
Mthodologie
Avant mme de lire le texte proprement dit, que peux-tu remarquer sur sa prsentation ?
Que constates-tu ? Je constate quil y a plusieurs
........................................................................................................................................
Check and correct.
En effet ! Tu as remarqu les diffrents qui constituent le texte.
Les 5 flches indiquent le dbut des 5 paragraphes.
Ils sont visibles l'il nu, n'est-ce pas ? Mme si l'on ne parle pas anglais !
Ce sont des indices qui peuvent galement t'aider dans la comprhension d'une histoire.
k Every afternoon when her father was at work and her mother away, Matilda was alone.
She loved to read, even difficult books! Her dad always made her watch television, but
she preferred reading!
k When Matilda was 6, she started school. Her teacher Miss Honey found out that
Matilda was incredibly clever, that she could read and do maths as well. Miss Honey
wanted to move Matilda up in the school system and went to see the headmistress,
Miss Trunchbull. Miss Trunchbull was very nasty and mean and said no.
k But Matilda had another gift She could move things by only using her eyes. Miss Honey
and Matilda became very good friends and one day Miss Honey decided to show
Matilda her house. Miss Honey lived in a little cottage and had almost no furniture at
all. And she had an amazing story to tell Matilda. Miss Trunchbull was Miss Honeys
aunt and when Miss Honeys dad died Miss Trunchbull got the house, money and Miss
Honey had to be her servant. When Matilda heard this story she made up a plan. With
just a little help by her eyes she was going to help Miss Honey to get her house back.
k One day at school when Matildas class had Miss Trunchbull, Matilda put her plan into
action. She used her eyes to make a chalk write on the blackboard she had to give Miss
Honey back her money. And surprisingly enough she did! And Miss Honey got to live in
the house she grew up in.
k Matilda suddenly had to move to Spain because his father did something wrong. But
Matilda got to stay with Miss Honey in her house. And they lived happily ever after.
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Squence 4
1-
2-
3-
4-
5-
2- Ces dbuts de phrases suffisent eux seuls pour t'indiquer le thme de chaque
paragraphe !
Reprenons-les si tu le veux bien. En t'appuyant sur la manire dont dbutent les phrases
suivantes, dfinis chaque fois le thme du paragraphe.
1- Every afternoon
Matilda.......................................................................................................................
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Squence 4
Quand tu penses avoir trouv la solution de ces 2 nigmes, vrifie dans ton corrig!
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Sance 5
J'apprends adopter le point de vue dun personnage de roman
pour mieux comprendre son histoire
J'apprends parler d'une chose que je prfre (faire)
une autre
J'apprends parler des prfrences et des capacits au pass
J'apprends un nouveau modal: could
Step 6
Do you remember the text you read about Matildain the previous lesson? (Te souviens-tu
If you think you dont, read it one more time and remember: be a good detective while
reading! (Si tu penses que non, relis-le et sois un bon dtective pendant ta lecture!)
Exercise 9
Complete the following grid with information you got from the text.
Do not write full sentences. Note down the information required. (N'cris pas de phrases
Matildas talents
Matildas family
Matildas teachers
Exercise 10
Now imagine you are in Matildas shoes. (Maintenant, imagine que tu es la place de
Matilda.)
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........................................................................................................................................
Check and correct.
Well done!
Matilda preferred reading.
She preferred reading to watching tv.
Observe ces deux phrases :
Matilda preferred reading.
She preferred reading to watching tv.
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Pour dire que l'on prfre telle chose une autre, on utilise le verbe PREFER TO
Lorsque tu parles d'activits que tu prfres, n'oublie pas -ING la fin des verbes.
Ex.: Matilda preferred reading to watching TV.
Autre exemple : playing cards/playing ball
toi !
1- Playing basketball/watching basketball on TV:
2- Cooking/washing up: . ................................................................................................
3- Speaking English/reading English: ...............................................................................
r non
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j e retiens
Tu utilises could pour dire ce qu'une personne tait capable de/ tait apte faire dans
le pass:
Exercise 11
Entrane-toi !
Parle des talents, dj extraordinaires, de Superman tant jeune(les verbes utiliser te sont
donns) : bien sr, adulte, ses pouvoirs se sont tendus, mais Superman n'en tait qu' ses
dbuts.
1- (carry bikes with one finger: porter des bicyclettes avec le doigt)
........................................................................................................................................
2- (fly in the air: voler dans les airs)
........................................................................................................................................
3- (go to Japan in one hour: aller au Japon en une heure)
........................................................................................................................................
4- (arrest dangerous gangsters: arrter de dangereux gangsters)
........................................................................................................................................
A) coute ton CD et rpte les phrases contenant la nouvelle structure que tu viens
d'apprendre.
When Matilda was 6, she started school. Her teacher Miss Honey found out that Matilda
was incredibly clever because she could read and do maths as well.
She could move things by only using her eyes.
B) coute.
Could you read when you were 2 years old?
Could a sa forme pleine. Rpte could. Could.
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coute maintenant:
Matilda could do maths.
Rpte She could do maths. She could read. She could move things.
Could est trs peu appuy.
C) Entrane-toi lire ces phrases, en appliquant les rgles que tu viens d'apprendre.
- Superman could swim when he was a baby!
- He could fly in the air!
- He could arrest gangsters.
- Superman could speak many languages.
Vrifie ta prononciation en coutant ton CD.
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Sance 6
Je dcouvre un autre personnage du livre Matilda
Je dcouvre comment un auteur brosse le portrait physique
et moral d'un personnage
Step 7
Let us now focus on another character from Matilda. The name of the character has been erased.
(Concentrons-nous sur lun des autres personnages de Matilda. Tu ne sais pas de qui il sagit,
le nom a t effac).
l'enqute!)
Try and find out the name of the character Roald Dahl is describing below (Essaie de trouver le
nom du personnage que Roald Dahl va dcrire ci-dessous. Tous les personnages du livre ont
t mentionns dans le rsum de la leon prcdente.)
Ready? (Prt (e) ?)
was something else altogether. She was a gigantic holy terror, a fierce tyrannical monster
who frightened the life out of pupils and teachers alike. There was an aura of menace about
her even at a distance, and when she came up close you could almost feel the dangerous
heat radiating from her as from a red-hot rod of metal.
She was above all a most formidable female. She had once been a famous athlete, and even
now the muscles were still clearly in evidence. You could see them in the bull-neck, in the big
shoulders, in the thick arms, in the sinewy wrists and in the powerful legs. [] She had an
obstinate chin, a cruel mouth and small arrogant eyes. [] She looked, in short, more like
a rather eccentric and bloodthirsty follower of the stag-hounds than the headmistress of a
nice school for children.
Help: wrists: poignets
1- Have you got the name of the character? ....................................................................
r No idea, sorry.
Write down the words -the clues- that can help you find out who the mysterious
character is. (cris les mots -les indices- qui peuvent t'aider trouver le nom du
personnage.)
.........................................................................................................................................
2- Would you like to meet this character? (Aimerais-tu rencontrer ce personnage ?)
r Yes, I would!
r No, I wouldnt!
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r plutt positifs
r plutt ngatifs?
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Adjectifs
que je connais bien
Adjectifs
que je peux infrer
grce la racine
Mots inconnus,
que je ne comprends
pas du tout
Juste avant, Roald Dahl a qualifi une autre partie du corps, laquelle? ........................
Quels adjectifs conviendraient pour qualifier cette partie du corps? Rappelle-toi que les
adjectifs doivent tre plutt pjoratifs (ngatifs)! Coche les adjectifs possibles, d'aprs
le contexte.
r lgants
r raffins
r cruels
r noueux
r fins
r pointus
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- Arrogant:...................................................................................................................
- Eccentric:...................................................................................................................
- Obstinate:..................................................................................................................
12- Y en a-t-il un qui te semble surprenant?
r oui
r non
redoutable
impressionnant
effrayant!!!
Ces mots font semblant d'tre tes amis et t'attirent dans la mauvaise
O Rappelle-toi!
direction!
Exactement comme un dtective, parfois, peut tre entran dans des voies sans issue.
13- Le personnage mystrieux tait : ................................................................................
Miss Trunchbull, the headmistress, was something else altogether. She was a gigantic holy terror.
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Sance 7
J'apprends le lexique du corps et des vtements,
pour mieux comprendre la description dun personnage
Je dcouvre la place de l'humour et de l'ironie
dans un portrait de personnage
Jutilise mon imagination pour mieux comprendre
un personnage et son univers
Exercise 12
Remember Miss Trunchbulls physical (and moral) description?
(Rappelle-toi bien la description physique (et morale) quen fait Roald Dahl)
If you dont, read it one more time. (Si tu ne ten souviens pas bien, relis-la.)
Miss Trunchbull, the headmistress, was something else altogether. She was a gigantic holy
terror, a fierce tyrannical monster who frightened the life out of pupils and teachers alike.
There was an aura of menace about her even at a distance, and when she came up close
you could almost feel the dangerous heat radiating from her as from a red-hot rod of
metal.
She was above all a most formidable female. She had once been a famous athlete, and even
now the muscles were still clearly in evidence. You could see them in the bull-neck, in the
big shoulders, in the thick arms, in the sinewy wrists and in the powerful legs. [] She had
an obstinate chin, a cruel mouth and small arrogant eyes. [] She looked, in short, more
like a rather eccentric and bloodthirsty follower of the stag-hounds than the headmistress
of a nice school for children.
To help you: a bull is either a male animal of the cow family or a strong man! (Pour t'aider,
What words related to THE BODY do you already know? (Quels mots dsignant les parties
du corps connais-tu dj ?)
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Squence 4
Exercise 13
Listen to these new words and point to the relevant parts of the body on the picture.
head
eyes
hair
nose
mouth
ears
neck
arm
hand
fingers
leg
foot
toes
thigh
knee
Step 8
Now read another extract from Matilda, which completes Miss Trunchbulls physical
description. (Maintenant lis un autre passage de Matilda, qui complte la description physique
de Mlle Trunchbull.)
And as for her clothesthey were, to say the least, extremely odd. She always had on a
brown cotton smock which was pinched in around the waist with a wide leather belt.
This belt was fastened in front with an enormous silver buckle. The massive thighs which
emerged from out of the smock were encased in a pair of extraordinary breeches, bottlegreen in colour and made of coarse twill. These breeches reached to just below the knees
and from there on down she sported green stockings with turn-up tops, which displayed
her calf-muscles to perfection. On her feet she wore flat-heeled brown brogues with
leather flaps. She looked, in short, more like a rather eccentric and bloodthirsty follower
of the stag-hounds than the headmistress of a nice school for children.
Let us focus on Miss Trunchbulls outfit.
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Exercise 14
Match the following words with the corresponding pictures.
breeches
silver buckle
green stockings
smock
brogues
belt
Exercise 15
Match the words -from the left column- with the relevant adjectives -from the right
column. (Associe les mots de la colonne de gauche aux adjectifs de la colonne de droite.)
odd
thighs
extraordinary
belt
brown
breeches
green
brogues
wide
clothes
bottle-green
cotton smock
enormous
silver buckle
massive
stockings
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Squence 4
Exercise 16
Find the English words that correspond to the French words underlined.
- Blouse: ......................................................................................................................
- Ceinture de cuir: .......................................................................................................
- Boucle dargent : .......................................................................................................
- Culotte: . ..................................................................................................................
- Vert bouteille: ...........................................................................................................
- Bas: .........................................................................................................................
- revers: ...................................................................................................................
- Mocassins: ...............................................................................................................
- Talons plats: ..............................................................................................................
Check and correct.
You seemed a little impressed by the description of Miss Trunchbull, didnt you? (Tu avais
l'air d'tre quelque peu impressionn(e) par la description de Miss Trunchbull, n'est-ce pas?)
Quel autre sentiment as-tu ressenti en lisant plusieurs fois cette description? Uniquement
de la peur ?
Relis plus particulirement la phrase suivante :
"She looked, in short, more like a rather eccentric and bloodthirsty follower of the staghounds than the headmistress of a nice school for children."
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Check and correct.
En effet, l'auteur Roald Dahl crivait pour les enfants, aussi ne voulait-il pas uniquement
leur faire un peu peur. Il avait aussi beaucoup d'humour!
Lis cette phrase qui est trs drle:
"She looked, in short, more like a rather eccentric and bloodthirsty follower of the staghounds than the headmistress of a nice school for children."
Roald Dahl montre que Miss Trunchbull ne ressemble en rien une directrice d'cole bien
paisible mais il la verrait plutt dans un autre dcor: lequel?
Ces mots peuvent t'aider:
stag-hounds: chiens de chasse
bloodthirsty: sanguinaire
Ta rponse ....................................................................................................................
Check and correct.
En effet, il imagine plus probable la participation de Miss Trunchbull une chasse
courrequ' la direction d'une charmante cole primaire !
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Exercise 17
Do you like drawing? (Aimes-tu dessiner ?)
Draw Miss Trunchbull, Matildas wicked headmistress. (Dessine Miss Trunchbull, la directrice
de l'cole de Matilda.)
When you are finished, label the various parts of her outfit (see labels below).
Quand tu auras fini, indique les diffrentes parties de la tenue de Miss Trunchbull(voir
tiquettes ci-dessous) :
brown cotton smock enormous silver buckle bottle-green breeches
green stockings with turn-up tops flat heeled brown brogues with leather flaps
wide leather belt
Your drawing:
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Squence 4
If you want to have fun, imagine Miss Trunchbulls other outfits and draw them:
Miss Trunchbulls ball gown:
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Sance 8
j e mvalue
Relis les sances de la squence 4. Refais les exercices et rcoute ton CD.
N'oublie pas de relire la rubrique le Coin des curieux (notamment le questionnaire de Proust en anglais).
la fin de chaque exercice, vrifie tes rponses dans le corrig!
Tu cocheras r J si tu as le nombre de bonnes rponses requis.
Dans le cas contraire, tu cocheras r
Exercise 1
Je sais rdiger la biographie sommaire d'un auteur, partir de quelques informations: dates de
naissance et de mort; nationalit, origine, uvres.
Utilise les lments qui te sont fournis ci-dessous et rdige une courte biographie de l'auteur.
RUDYARD KIPLING
(1865 1936) BRITAIN - born in INDIA
Works: The Jungle Book (1894) Just So Stories - Kim
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Exercise 2
Je sais rpondre des questions au pass sur des auteurs de contes.
Rponds aux questions suivantes.
1- When was Rudyard Kipling born? ...............................................................................
2- When did he die? .......................................................................................................
3- Was R. Dahl English? . ................................................................................................
4- Were the Grimms cousins? . ........................................................................................
5- Did R. Dahl write Cinderella? .......................................................................................
6- Who wrote Matilda? ....................................................................................................
7- Was Andersen Danish? ...............................................................................................
8- Did Kipling come from Germany? ...............................................................................
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Squence 4
Exercise 3
Je sais m'informer sur les gots de quelqu'un, un peu la manire du questionnaire de Proust.
Pose les questions.
1- Je sais demander quelqu'un quelle est son odeur prfre.
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2- Je sais demander quelqu'un quelle est sa couleur prfre.
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3- Je sais demander quelqu'un quels sont ses hros prfrs dans la vraie vie.
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4- Je sais demander quelqu'un o il/elle aimerait vivre.
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5- Je sais demander quelqu'un ce qui est pour lui/elle le bonheur.
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Exercise 4
Je sais rpondre moi-mme au questionnaire ci-dessus.
Rponds 3 des questions que tu as poses ci-dessus. Indique quelles questions tu as
choisies: cris leur numro avant tes rponses.
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Exercise 5
Je sais rdiger une biographie plus dtaille.
Utilise les lments d'information qui te sont fournis pour rdiger une biographie plus
dtaille de l'auteure ci-dessous:
Identity
Name
Year of Birth
1969
Birth Place
Liverpool (England)
Present place
of residence
A village in Leicestershire
Family
Physical
description
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Favourite
food
Chocolate
poem
If by Rudyard Kipling
smell
colour
Aquamarine
job
hobby
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Exercise 6
Je connais le lexique relatif
1- l'cole.
a) Gomme:.................................................................................................................
c) Classeur: ...............................................................................................................
d) Craie:.....................................................................................................................
e) Cartable: ...............................................................................................................
f) Ordinateur:.............................................................................................................
h) Colle: ....................................................................................................................
i) Ciseaux: .................................................................................................................
j) Rgle: . ...................................................................................................................
2- au corps humain
a) Genou: . ................................................................................................................
b) Poignet: ................................................................................................................
c) Bras:......................................................................................................................
d) Cuisses: . ...............................................................................................................
3- aux vtements
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Squence 4
Exercise 7
Je sais me mettre la place d'un personnage et raconter son histoire la premire personne. Je sais
utiliser les pronoms personnels sujets et complments.
Tu as dj lu l'histoire ci-dessous (squence 3). Lis les extraits qui te sont proposs.
Mets-toi la place du gentil dragon et raconte l'histoire la premire personne du
singulier. Commence rdiger partir des italiques.
Once upon a time there were a king and a queen who lived in a castle with their beautiful
daughter One night an ugly monster captured the kind princess and locked her up in
his tall, dark tower.
One day a friendly dragon heard the young lady cry for help. The dragon entered the
tower, took a big sword and killed the monster. He rescued the princess from the tower and
gently put her on his strong back and flew high in the sky. The dragon (and the princess)
eventually arrived at the castle. The king and queen were so happy that they gave him a bag
full of diamonds. He was rich now! The princess gave the dragon a kiss to thank him and
suddenly he became a handsome prince! They got married and lived happily ever after.
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Exercise 8
Je sais qualifier un personnage (physique et personnalit).
Relie les personnages de Miss Trunchbull et de Matilda aux lments qui leur correspondent.
amazing
arrogant
brilliant, intelligent
cruel as a ferocious dog
exceptional
formidable
frightening
MATILDA
MISS
TRUNCHBULL
gigantic
keen on reading
mean
nasty
nice and friendly
strong as an athlete
surprising
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