La Francophonie

Visitez ce site et faites les activités proposées:
https://apprendre.tv5monde.com/fr/exercices/a2-elementaire/petite-histoire-de-la-francophonie

Vous pouvez lire les sous-titres et/ou lire le transcript pour vous aider à comprendre.

Un peu de musique pour s'amuser

Ecoutez la chanson suivante:
https://www.teachvid.com/resource/7ScJRMgegpYqYNUhB21y?v=learn-mode

C'est une petite chanson composée par Soprano et Cauet pour apprendre ce qu'on doit faire....

Make sure the script is in French + learn the lyrics (les paroles).

La grammaire à observer: la négation / le passif / l'impératif
...pour ne pas être contaminé  : si le verbe est à l'infinitif, les 2 mots de négation sont devant le verbe.

...pour ne pas être contaminé : le verbe "être" marque le temps et le mode du verbe au passif : ici > "infinitif" + il faut le participe passé "contaminé"

Ouvre l'eau; Frotte tes mains; Rince! : à l'impératif 2ème personne du singulier (tu), les verbes en -ER perdent le "s".  Mais, ils le gardent pour les autres verbes "Mets de savon;

Vocabulaire à apprendre:
le savon
la paume
les ongles
rincer
le coude
éternuer
avoir l'air
teubé ("bête" en verlan) = stupide
 

Last essay on "To Kill a Mockingbird"

 This essay needs to be done by Wednesday - Link to proofread your essay: link

Come to class prepared and with the purpose of working on this essay. I know that some of you want to spend just the right amount of time on this assignment (class time). My intent is to make sure these students are able to have quality time to think and produce.
 
Topic 1 - articles

1. “Duluth Teachers, District Grapple with How to Move on from 'Mockingbird'” by Dan Kraker

2.  “Despite 'Discomfort,' Many Teachers Still Teach To Kill a Mockingbird. Here's Why” by Madeline Will

3. “Why Schools Shouldn’t Stop Teaching 'To Kill a Mockingbird' because of the N-Word” by Megan G. Oprera

4.  “No, To Kill a Mockingbird Should Not be Taught in 2018” by Andray Domise

5. "It's time to rethink our schools' reading lists for diversity" by Anjali Enjeti

For this topic, I suggest that you skim through these articles and "highlight" their main arguments (why keep the novel, why remove it). You can use their points for your counter-argument and/or to support your main argument. In which case, you will cite (you can paraphrase) what these authors' view. Example: 

One can agree / One can understand with Madeline Will that To Kill a Mockingbird shows its readers ......; However, ....." (in this case, the article is used as a counter-argument).

 But you also need to come up with your own ideas backed with evidences from the book that prove the novel makes the point you suggest it does or teaches the skills or lessons you claim it does.  Also, these articles are written from the point of views of a teacher, you are writing from the point of view of a student.

Devoirs pour lundi 2 mars

Finir toutes les questions que vous n'avez pas faites (pas les questions de discussion, juste les questions des chapitres).

Assurez-vous aussi d'avoir terminé le devoirs sur l'injustice vis à vis de la peine de mort.

Chapitres 26 à 28

Devoirs pour jeudi 27 février - (we read ch. 29 in class + some of 30) - Finish chapter 30 + answer the following questions
Questions

1. How does Scout come to realize that it was Boo Radley who helped carry Jem home? Provide specific evidence from page 310 to support your answer.

2. How does the following line from page 316 reveal an essential plot point? “Bob Ewell’s got a kitchen knife in his craw [stomach].” 

3. For the majority of chapter 30, Atticus believes that Jem killed Bob Ewell. What does his reaction to this idea reveal about his character? Provide at least two pieces of dialogue that support your answer?

4. On page 317, Scout says, “Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?” Explain what she means by this and how this line reveals a change in her character.

Devoirs pour mercredi 26 février - Lire chapitres 27 + 28  

WPA = Work Progress Administration (government program to give job to unemployed, unskilled men).

1. On page 287, Atticus says of Mr. Ewell, “He thought he’d be a hero, but all he got for his pain was… was, ok, we’ll convict this Negro but get back to your dump.” What does this line reveal about the town of Maycomb? Provide at least one piece of evidence to support your answer.

2. What does Link Deas’s behavior reveal about his character? Provide at least two lines of dialogue from the text and explain how these reveal aspects of his character.

3. Explain why, according to Atticus, would Bob Ewell go after Judge Taylor. Cite evidence.

4. Show that Atticus is an incorrigible optimist (evidence + reference to prior events).

Chapter 28 – Other standard:
RL.8.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

 1. How does Lee begin to build a suspenseful/foreboding mood on pages 293–294? Provide at least four details from the text that help to develop this mood, and explain why.

2. How do Scout and Jem’s tones differ on pages 298 and 299? Provide at least two specific words and phrases from the text that help establish tone.

3. What mood does Lee develop during the attack? How does she use figurative language to develop this mood? Provide at least three examples of figurative language from this scene and explain how they develop mood. (imagery, simile, metaphor)

4. Throughout the attack, Scout is unable to see anything. How does Lee’s decision to make Scout unable to see impact the reader’s experience of the scene? How does this help establish mood?

Devoirs pour mardi 25 février - Lire chapitre 26 - 
Make sure to take notes as you read and in class to show your understanding of the chapter. These are the 2 standards assessed aside from HW and CW

 RL. 8.1 – Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

RL.8.3 - Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.

Questions ch. 26 – Answers need to be substantial and give pieces of evidence when required

1. Explain and cite the text why Scout sees Miss Gates as a hypocrite (provide at least two pieces of evidence from the text to support your answer).

2. Find evidences that Scout and Jem are growing up but show that this is not an easy process.

3. Find evidences that Atticus is in tune with his children’s lives and explain how these evidences are relevant to the kind of human Atticus is.

Informative Essay

Check this page for information: lien
Needs to be done by Monday before class (no extra class time, but you can finish as HW).

How to cite in text + write a cited works page: lien

Equal Justice Initiative: lien
Lynching in America: lien
The Scottsboro Affaire: lien 

Mitt Romney's speech: lien

Answers of 3 chapters excused for watching  JUST MERCY (PG-13) at The Bijou
(bring your tickets + answer this short on-line questionnaire to show you have watched the movie)

Here are the showtimes for JUST MERCY for 2/14 - 2/20:

Friday - Sunday

11:30 am, 4:30, 9:30

 Monday - Thursday : Craig and I will go to the 12:30 show on Monday

12:30, 5:30

To Kill a Mockingbird - Ch. 20 à 25

Devoirs pour mardi 18 février: Answer questions for chapters 24 and 25

Devoirs pour vendredi 14 février: Read Chapter 24-25 - You will answer questions in class.

 1- On page 263, Mrs. Merriweather says, “‘Oh child, those poor Mrunas’... Mrs. Merriweather’s large brown eyes always filled with tears when she considered the oppressed.” How does this line of text reveal her to be a hypocrite on the subject of race and oppression? Provide at least one piece of evidence from the text that helps develop this idea.

2- On page 263, Mrs. Merriweather says of having a “sullen” black servant working for her, “Sophy, you simply are not being a true Christian today. Jesus Christ never went around grumbling and complaining.” How does this statement reveal her to be a hypocrite? Provide at least one piece of evidence from the text that helps develop this idea.

3- How does the news of Tom Robinson’s death change Atticus’s perspective on the world? Provide at least two pieces of evidence from the text that reveal this change.

4- What does Tom Robinson’s decision to try and escape prison reveal about his character and the social context in which he lived? Provide at least one piece of evidence from the text to support your answer.

5-  Why do you think Harper Lee includes the scene where Jem tells Scout not to kill the roly-poly bug?

6- Show how deep rooted racism is in most Maycomb's folks.
7- What is surprising about Mr. Underwood?

Devoirs pour jeudi 13 février: Read Chapter 23 - Work on these questions, we will go over them in class as well.

1. How is Atticus true to himself regarding Bob Ewell’s action and threats?

2. Why are his children all worked up? What do they want Atticus to do?

3. On pages 251-252 Atticus explains “blind spots” to Jem. What is it? Does it fit what you said in your answers of chapter 16 p.179

4. On page 252, Atticus says, “Don’t fool yourselves—it’s all adding up and one of these days we’re going to pay the bill for it.” What is Atticus comparing in this metaphor? What does this reveal about Atticus’s beliefs about the future? Was he right? Have we paid the bill?

5. Why couldn’t women serve on a jury? (252) (FYI: The Civil Rights Act of 1957 gave women the right to serve on federal juries, but it wasn’t until 1973 that all 50 states passed similar legislation) - Interesting article on ACLU : lien

6. What is Atticus’s tone when he says, on page 253, that “this may be the shadow of a beginning.” What does he mean by this metaphor?

7. What do we learn about the jury of Tom Robinson? (253-254)

8. Read carefully the conversation between Jem and Scout on pages 258–259. What does their conversation reveal about social hierarchies in Maycomb? How do their perspectives differ? How does this reveal changes in Jem and Scout?

Devoirs pour mercredi 12 février: Read this article from CNN : lien

Link to Mitt Romney's speech regarding his decision to vote against the president.
Questions :

1. Find 2 facts about Diane Nash 

2. Throught the reading, find the parallels between Trump's trial and Tom's trial 

3. What is ironic about Trump's trial

4. What is the black people's answer to white people who are frustrated about the verdict of Trump?

5. Find 2 facts about Emmett Till's case + 3 facts outside this article

6. Walton says, "The President's trial is not an outlier. The American legal system today also still favors white men", what evidences does he present?

In-class discussion:

7. What would Atticus say about Walton's last words? "What we're actually seeing is the system at work...It's blatant, and it's out there and it's working the way it's always supposed to be working."

8. Do you think Judge Taylor was just a prop, overtly bias, or was he a fair judge? (The role of a judge is to make sure the trial goes according to the law, that the demeanor and questions of the lawyers are in accord with the established procedures (not leading, clear, etc...). A judge doesn't decide on the verdict, the jury does. Also, in some states, the jury decides on the penalty). 

• Devoirs pour mardi 11 février : Read Chapter 21 + 22 + answer the following questions

Chapter 21 - Questions

1.What does Jem think the outcome of the jury will be? Find 2 evidences from the text.

2. Does Atticus shares Jem’s views about the outcome of the jury? How do we know? Justify with the text.

3. Why, do you think, was Jem “chuckling” and “grinning” while Calpurnia was threatening to “wear him out” (spank him) (237). What does it say about his mood?

4. On page 237 the author writes “we were equally surprised to find the courtroom exactly as we had left it” “Nobody’s moved, hardly”. Could this refer to the situation of the verdict to come? How?

5. Why is the Reverend less confident than Jem regarding the verdict? (238)

6. What comment is the author inserting regarding what constitutes a rape in Alabama in this era?

7. What mood is the author creating to build up the coming of the verdict? Find some evidences to support your answer.

8. How does Scout react about the verdict and how is it expressed in the novel? What is different about her narration?

9. Why are all the black people standing up when Atticus comes out of the courtroom?

Chapter 22 - Questions

1. Why does Atticus insist that it was right for his children to attend the trial? And how does this confirm his parenting style? (243)

2. What does Atticus mean when he says, “It’s as much Maycomb County as missionary teas” (243).

3. Explain Atticus’ emotion when he sees all the food brought by the black community (244).

4. On page 244, Miss Rachel says, “if a man like Atticus Finch wants to butt his head against a stone wall it’s his head.” What does this metaphor mean? What does this reveal about Miss Rachel’s perspective? Now contrast this attitude with Miss Maudie's speech (question 5).

5. What is Miss Maudie trying to show to Jem? (246), and is it working?

6. On page 246, Jem says, “It’s like bein’ a caterpillar in a cocoon, that’s what it is.” What is he comparing? What is he trying to communicate with this simile? Provide evidence from the text to support your answer.

7. What happened to Atticus? (247)

• Devoirs pour lundi 10 février: Lire chapitre 20 + answer the following questions

1. Explain what “crime” Atticus accuses Mayella of having committed (231-232), and why she “had to” accuse Tom Robinson. (remember the documentary on Jim Crow we watched)

2. When Atticus says, “This case is as simple as black and white” (231), what does he mean? But what does the author really want to say?

3.  Showing that Tom R. had not committed the crime is easy, yet, Atticus seems to be all worked up (find the few things he does that are unusual according to Scout and Jem). What values is Atticus asking the jury to draw on to reach their final decision?

4.  If you haven’t read the rest of the book, what do you think will be the jury’s final decision? Why?

To Kill a Mockingbird - Ch. 12 to 19

• Devoirs pour vendredi 7 février: 
Read chapter 19  + focus on the events on the night of the crime, based on the testimony of all the witness. You will review the events according to all the witnesses and highlight the discrepancies. Read well to be able to finish the group work by the end of class.

 • Devoirs pour jeudi 6 février: 
Read chapter 18  + focus on the timeline of events on the night of the crime, based on the testimony of all the witness. You will include as many details as you can (working in small group). As you read, take notes of some of the events with page numbers. You will finish in class the questions started today as only 2 groups handed their answers (I think a few groups were done).

• Devoirs pour mercredi 5 février:

Read chapter 16 and 17 + focus on the following questions (remember that you'll be able to take notes in class if you cannot find the answers). Group answers : questions will be handed in class

• Devoirs pour mardi 4 février:
Read chapter 14 and 15 + focus on the following questions (remember that you'll be able to take notes in class if you cannot find the answers).
ch. 14

After Dill ran from his home and was found under Scout's bed hiding, he gets in bed with Scout and they start talking. At the end of their conversation, Scout asks, "Why do you reckon Boo Radley's never run off?" Dill sighs and replies with, "Maybe he doesn't have anywhere to runoff to..." 

What would be your answer? 

 Ch. 15

During his conversation with Heck Tate, Atticus brushes off Heck’s concern that something bad might happen once Tom Robinson is moved to the Maycomb jail. He says, “Don’t be foolish, Heck. This is Maycomb” (165). Later, Atticus repeats this sentiment on page 167, when he tells Jem and Scout, “No, we don’t have mobs and that nonsense in Maycomb.”

•What do these lines reveal about Atticus?

•How is the impact of these lines different once a reader has finished the chapter?

•What, you think, would have happened, had Scout and Jem not come to Atticus?

• Devoirs pour lundi 3 février:

Read chapter 12 and 13 + focus on the following questions (remember that you'll be able to take notes in class if you cannot find the answers). A tone describes the attitude of the writer/narrator towards the topic they are presenting or speaking about. A tone can be sad, angry, frustrated, solemn, cruel, well-meaning, spiteful, informative, curious, etc...

1. How has Jem’s tone when addressing Scout changed since becoming an adolescent? What specific words and phrases develop this changed tone?

2. Reread the dialogue between Calpurnia and Lula on page 135. What does Lula mean when she says, “Yeah, an’ I reckon you’s comp’ny at the Finch house durin’ the week”? What is her tone?

3. What is Scout’s tone as she describes Calpurnia’s church on page 136? What specific words and phrases help develop this tone?

4. What is the impact of Harper Lee’s use of African-American dialect in chapter 12? How does this help to develop meaning in the text (messages that the story might want to present and develop)? Provide at least two pieces of evidence in the text to support your answer.

Devoirs de "To Kill a Mockingbird" ch. 7 à 12

Changing racial labels regarding African Americans : link

• Essay is due at the end of Thursday's class unless you were absent for a few days.

• Devoirs pour lundi 27 janvier - You will write a character analysis of Atticus (due on Wednesday 29th). For Monday, bring an idea of an outline of your essay (each ¶ will present an aspect of Atticus) - Mostly select quotes to support your analysis of this character (you will need 1 or 2 per ¶). Remember that quotes are not just what people say, but are part of the text.

• Devoirs pour vendredi 23 janvier - Read chapter 11 + Present Mrs. Dubose: Who is she? In which way does she represent the town's values? What does her character show about Atticus? Can you explain why Atticus finds her brave?

• Devoirs pour jeudi 22 janvier - Read chapter 10 + write a short summary of the chapter. You need to communicate what is the main point(s) of the chapter and give a few examples to show this is the main point. Explain as well what is a mockingbird and what it is said about it (103).

• Devoirs pour mercredi 21 janvier - Read chapter 9 + answer questions (again, we will have time in class to discuss and answer these questions. As you read, take notes, and leave some room to add to it.

 1. On page 85, Atticus reprimands Scout: “Don’t say n-word, Scout. That’s common.” What is the definition and what are the connotations of this use of the word “common”? Do you think this is really why he doesn’t want Scout using the word? Explain

2. On page 86, Atticus tells Scout, “The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town, I couldn’t represent this county in legislature, I couldn’t even tell you and Jem not to do something again” (86). Explain Atticus’s decision to represent Tom Robinson and what this line reveals about Atticus’s character. Be sure to carefully explain your reasoning.

3. On page 87, Atticus says, “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us to try not to win.” What does this reveal about his character? How does this line develop tension in the text? Meaning what is Atticus implying regarding the case of Tom Robinson?

4. According to Aunt Alexandra, what is the role of Scout in her family? (92-93). Does Atticus agree?  

5. On page 100, Atticus says to his brother Jack, “I hope and pray I can get Scout and Jem through it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycomb’s usual disease.”

     a. What are the connotations of the word “disease”?

     b. What does Atticus mostly likely mean by this metaphor?

     c. What does Atticus’s word choice reveal about his character?

• Devoirs pour mardi 20 janvier 
Read chapter 8 + answer questions from ch. 8 (link to doc. handed in class). Do you best answering these questions, and make sure to leave room for additional comments. You can skip if you are not sure of the answer, but leave blank spaces to complete them during class on Monday.
If you haven't done so, make sure to have your vocab list updated (page # + French translation). Hugh's group mostly completed our common list for the first list if your group hasn't shared the work. Check on the previous post what group is responsible for the list 2.

From Friday's class, I expect that everyone has completed questions from ch. 6 + some of chapter 7. We will go over some of the answers, and finish the movie scene + discuss it. We will also discuss ch. 8. 
Make sure to catch up with the reading over this long weekend. This coming week, we will read to chapter 10 and do a little pause > learn + assess comprehension of vocab + of the story. I will collect the notes from ch. 1 to 10 then.

Devoirs de To Kill a Mockingbird - Ch. 1 à 6

Devoirs de To Kill a Mockingbird - Ch. 1 à 6

Everyday you come to class, make sure you have: the book, the vocab (8 pages), a binder or folder with lined papers where you will keep all the work for this book. Keep clean and clear notes with title and chapter numbers. Make sure all written work is readable. Skip a line between activities / questions, and keep your work organized.

Know your group for the vocab (7 groups of 6, a mixture of boys and girls). Know what words you are responsible to work on (p. # + word in French), be responsible and do your share of the work.

Also, each group will be responsible to add the information on our common lists of word. I will assign 1 list per group (A : Hugh's, B: Emmett's, C : Raegan's, D : Noah's, E : Abby's, F : Calvin's). Last group, Silas', will have an extra task to make up for the work.

You can join Vocabulary.com class : http://vocab.com/join/CCJ7Z1  where I'll assign review activities for the vocabulary.
 
Devoirs pour vendredi 17 : Read chapter 6 + 7 + focus on the scene where the kids go to the Radley and Jem loses his pants. We will watch the scene of the movie and contrast the two.
These are not questions, but rather suggestions

Devoirs pour jeudi 16 : Read chapter 5 + focus on the following (this mean that when you read these parts, you take notes and try to answer the question/prompt. You also leave room to add when we talk about it in class) : 

        •   On page 54, Atticus says to Jem, “Son, I’m going to tell you something and tell you one time: stop tormenting that man. That goes for the other two of you.” What does this line reveal about Atticus? Find other evidence that supports your answer about Atticus' character.

Devoirs pour mercredi 15 : Read chapter 4 + focus on the following: 

•     On page 38, Jem says to Scout, when he discovers that she has eaten gum she found in a tree: “You go gargle—right now, you hear me?” What does this reveal about his character? Select an additional piece of evidence that supports your answer.

•      How does the discovery of the gum and pennies in the tree develop the plot of the story? Carefully explain your thinking.
•    How does today’s reading develop your understanding of gender roles and expectations in this text? Provide specific examples from the text. 

•       Read the final paragraphs of chapter 1 and chapter 4. How do the events in these paragraphs help to develop the plot of the story? Carefully explain your thinking.

Devoirs pour mardi 14 : Read chapter 3 + focus on the following : 

• What kind of person is Jem? Find 2 pieces of evidence to justify your answer.

• Consider Scout’s interactions with Calpurnia on pages 27 and 32. What do these interactions (considered together) reveal about Calpurnia? Provide at least two pieces of specific evidence to support your answer

•  One of the most famous lines in To Kill a Mockingbird is when Atticus tells Scout, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (33). What does this line reveal about Atticus? Select one additional piece of evidence from the text that helps to support your answer.

Devoirs pour lundi 13 : Read chapter 2 + focus on the following :

• What does the following sentence on page 19 reveal about Scout’s character? “Jem says my name’s really Jean Louise Bullfinch, that I got swapped when I was born and I’m really a —”

• On page 20, Jem commits a malapropism (incorrect use of a word that sounds similar to the one intended, usually to an unknown comedic or ridiculous effect) when referring to the new way of teaching as the "Dewey Decimal System". What could be the reason to include this malapropism in this chapter?

• On page 23, Atticus explains to Jem and Scout why Mr. Cunningham does not pay him in money. What does his explanation reveal about his character? Provide one piece of evidence that supports your answer.

Devoirs pour vendredi 10 : Read chapter 1 + focus on the following:

• What words and phrases does Scout use to describe the town of Maycomb? What mood do these words develop? Provide at least three examples from the text and explain how they establish the mood. (pages 5–6)

• Reread the first conversation between Dill, Jem, and Scout. How does Lee’s use of dialect help to establish the setting? Provide specific examples from the text to support your answer. (pages 7–8)

• If necessary, answer the writing prompt from the documentary.

Classe de jeudi : Transcript of Understanding Jim Crow + questions

Bonne Année 2020