E - Secondes Taking A Stand

UNIT 5 Taking a Stand

Anticipation : Global comprehension : Watch the video and spot The characters The places The time The action (what is happening)

Describe the document. How do you interpret his attitude? Formuler une hypothèse: Pour formuler une hypothèse, on peut utiliser les auxiliaires modaux MIGHT, MAY, COULD ou MUST. Degré de certitude : MUST (quasi-certitude) COULD (probabilité) MAY (probabilité) MIGHT (probabilité faible) Formule : sujet + auxiliaire + base verbale (verbe sans le to) Ex: He is wearing a jersey so he MUST be an athlete. He MAY be a good player.

Exercice : Colin Kaepernick ________ (play) for the 49ers of San Francisco. He ________ (live) in America. He ________ (be) famous. He _______ (be) a quarterback. He __________ (be listening to) the National Anthem. He _______ (train) a lot every day. He _________ (play) football professionally. He _________ (protest) against something.

Titre: Taking A Stand Axe : ??? Problématique : Should sports stars use their fame to stand up for a cause? Tâche finale : You are a journalist. Write an article about an athlete activist.

Watch the video. Compréhension globale : Characters? Place? Time? Action (of the main character)? Reaction (of the audience)?

Compréhension détaillée : 1) How does Colin K explain his gesture during the press conference? (3 reasons) 2) What were the two consequences of this big gesture? 3) What was the OFFICIAL reason given by the NFL for firing him? 4) Did Donald Trump support this protest? YES / NO 5) What did Colin K create with this protest? (choose the correct answer) More racism in America Many Afro American players were fired too A trend to fight against racism and inequality in America 6) What are Colin Kaepernick’s supporters asking for?

The fight against inequality is nothing new! Read the text to learn more about it.

Complete the timeline with the following sentences:

Complete the grid with the following sentences :

Afro Americans can hold positions of power, such as mayor or president More Afro Americans graduate from college Poverty rate of Afro Americans: 32% Poverty rate of Afro Americans: 21% The end of discrimination at school Despite (malgré) the new laws, there are riots in America The income (salary) of Afro Americans is increasing A law is voted to protect black people from being discriminated when buying a house There isn’t as much progress for Afro Americans as they would like

Leçon: la voix passive.

Practice! Exercice : transformer les phrases suivantes à la voix passive : Present tense : Now, everybody hates Colin Kaepernick -> The NFL does not support the player -> The police arrests Black people more often than White people -> The population treats Black people differently -> Past tense : The audience booed the NFL player -> The NFL fired Colin Kaepernick -> President Trump accused Colin Kaepernick of disrespecting the American flag -> The supporters of the players organized a boycott ->

Exercice voix passive : Traduire les phrases suivantes. 1) Le Civil Rights Act a été voté en 1964. 2) Martin Luther King a été assassiné en 1968. 3) Durant les années 1960, les afro-américains étaient discriminés* 4) Aujourd’hui, les afro-américains sont autorisés* à devenir maires, gouverneurs ou présidents. 5) Cependant, aujourd’hui, les afro-américains ne sont pas payés comme les Américains blancs. *to be discriminated against *to be allowed to

Sports is a neutral place and should not be politicized. Read these two tweets. Who agrees? Who disagrees?

Read these extracts from the Daily Telegraph. Find arguments why some athlete choose NOT to take a stand , and why some athlete choose to take a stand .

Read these extracts from the Daily Telegraph. Find arguments why some athlete choose NOT to take a stand , and why some athlete choose to take a stand .

Leçon : Le contraste Pour marquer un contraste entre deux propositions, on peut utiliser : -> Even though, although, though Traduction : bien que But : annonce quelque chose d’inattendu Exemple : Black and white players were not allowed to room even though they were on the same team. --> Whereas, while Traduction : alors que, tandis que But : indique un contraste entre deux faits ou deux idées Exemple : Amnesty international honored Colin Kaepernick’s gesture whereas Donald Trump did not appreciate it. Attention ! "While" peut être utilisé en début de phrase, mais pas "whereas" -> However Traduction : cependant But : indique un contrast entre deux faits ou deux idées Exemple : Kaepernick created a new trend, however he lost his contract with his team.

Exercice : 1) Some people think sportsmen should not take a stand _____________ some people think they should voice their opinion. 2) Muhammed Ali took a stand ____________ Michael Jordan didn’t. 3) Athletes who take a stand are courageous. They protest __________ they could lose their job. 4) In the past, american football was a majority white sport. __________, now there are more black players than white players.

Look at the document and, with your group, make a guess on what it could be about/who the people are.

The Vietnam War lasted from 1955 to 1975. It was a long, costly and divisive conflict between the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. More than 3 million people (including over 58,000 Americans) were killed in the Vietnam War, and more than half of the dead were Vietnamese civilians.

Read the document. Choose one person in your group who will sum up the situation (THE SUMMERIZER) Choose one person in your group who will explain the actions of the main character (THE CLARIFIER) Choose one person in your group who will explain the consequences of these actions (THE FINISHER)

Entraînement CO type bac : L’ensemble du sujet porte sur un des axes du programme. Vous disposez tout d’abord de cinq minutes pour prendre connaissance de l’intégralité du sujet. Vous allez entendre trois fois le document, avec une pause d’une minute entre chaque écoute (pour prendre des notes) À l’issue de la troisième écoute, vous rendrez compte en français du document pendant 20 min. Vous montrerez que vous avez compris : - le thème principal du document ; - à qui s’adresse le document ; - le déroulement des faits, la situation, les événements, les informations - l’identité des personnes ou personnages et, éventuellement, les liens entre elles/entre eux ; - les éventuels différents points de vue (objectif ou subjectif?) - le ton (neutre? humour?) - les éventuels éléments implicites du document - la fonction et la portée du document (relater, informer, convaincre, critiquer, dénoncer, etc.)

Brouillon : Type de document : Qui : Où : Quand : Quoi / Actions / évènements : Pourquoi / comment : A qui : Point de vue : Ton (humour, neutre): Portée du document :