Thanksgiving

A national holiday

Index

Anticipation : mots mêlés

Recap : texte à trous

Song : texte à trous

Guess the theme

Compréhension écrite

Test de positionnement

Fill in the grid

Vocabulaire

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Phonétique voc

Mots croisés

Matching exercice

CO vidéo

PRL : prétérit

Organize your notes

Exercices

How many words can you find?

Guess and anticipate

What is the theme of our next unit ?

Thanksgiving

Halloween

Guy Fawkes

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Quiz

1. THANKSGIVING is an English American Australian celebration.

2. It is celebrated on the first third fourth Thursday of November. 3. On that day, people usually : dress up as monsters give each other presents share a meal with their families.

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Quiz

4. The traditional meal consists of roast turkey with cranberry sauce scrambled eggs French fries pumpkin pie corn pizza hot dog beef sweet potatoes

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5. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621. The English colonists invited : black people Aborigines Native Americans (Indians).

6. The English colonists were called : the Penguins the Pilgrims the Leprechauns.

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Read and memorize

Corn: yellow cereal

Sweet potato: orangy potato

Turkey: a big bird, similar to chicken

Native Americans: first inhabitants of North America

Harvest: when you gather fruit, vegetables, cereals

Pilgrim Fathers: group of British Puritans who founded the colony of Plymouth

Feast: meal for many people, sort of "banquet"

Pumpkin pie: tart made with pumpkin

Vocabulary games

Here are the phonetic transcriptions of Thanksgiving related words. Guess what they mean!

/pɪlɡrəm ˈfɑːðərz/

/ˈhɑːr.vəst/

/ˈswiːt pəteɪtəʊ/

/ˈpʌmp.kɪn paɪ/

/ˌneɪ.t̬ɪv əˈmer.ɪ.kən/

/fiːst/

/kɔːrn/

/ˈtɜːrki/

Watch the video and take notes

Organize your notes

Where?

What?

Who?

Why?

How?

When?

Recap

Fill in the blanks with the help of your notes

In , a group of people arrived in . They were called the . The first was very and they didn't have enough . Many people got . When the came, showed them how to grow plants such as . In the fall, the pilgrims gathered a big .

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Recap

Fill in the blanks with the help of your notes

They decided to have a fancy . They the Native Americans to the . The were that they had settled in a place and started a new life. Since then, come together on day to celebrate the that they are grateful for.

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Watch the video and fill in the blanks

No, you can’t gobble me Try as you may Fill up on Have yourself a deli tray Now why can’t I find a place To live in Where I’m not a part Of someone’s Thanksgiving Don’t want my gibblets Don’t want my drumsticks gnawed You know, we think It’s a major “faux pas” Hear my appeal CHORUS

Keep way back I’m not your Plan another Hear my appeal CHORUS You can’t gobble me On day Why not eat Feed yourself the way

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THE STORY OF THANKSGIVING

Read the text and highlight the transparent words and all the key words you know:

In 1620, some 100 people called the Pilgrims decided to leave England.

They were Puritans who wanted to find a place where they could practice their religion the way they wanted without being persecuted.

THE STORY OF THANKSGIVING

They sailed across the Atlantic on a ship, the Mayflower, during 66 days.

They landed at Plymouth Rock in December and formed the first permanent settlement of Europeans in New England.

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They built small houses, but it was too late to grow vegetables.

The winter was very cold and half of the Pilgrim Fathers died because they didn’t have a lot of food and they didn’t have warm clothes.

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Long before they came to North America, many Native American tribes lived there. The Plymouth colony had been the home of the Wampanoag people for over 12,000 years. The natives knew the land well.

In the spring of 1621, Squanto, a Wampanoag who spoke English, visited them.

Squanto helped the settlers grow corn and taught them how to hunt. Natives and settlers became friends.

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In the fall of 1621, to celebrate the excellent harvest, the Pilgrims invited the Native Americans to a feast. This meal is now considered the first Thanksgiving in America.

THE STORY OF THANKSGIVING

In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln said there would be a national day for Thanksgiving.

Since then Thanksgiving is officially celebrated in the USA on the fourth Thursday of November.

Fill in the grid

Who?

Where?

When?

What?

Put the story back in order

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In the spring, Native Americans helped them grow corn.

They sailed across the Atlantic to America.

The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in December 1620

Their first winter was very hard and many pilgrims died.

In 1863, Abraham Lincoln said Thanksgiving would be a national holiday.

The Puritans were persecuted in England.

They wanted to be free to practice their religion.

Since then, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the 4th Thursday of November.

They celebrated and invited the Native Americans to a feast.

In the fall, they had an abundant harvest.

Verification

Crossword

Across 2. enseigner 3. automne (US) 5. vêtements 9. récolte 12. dinde 13. vivre/habiter 15. faire pousser 16. quitter 17. accoster 18. navire 19. potiron

Down 1. naviguer 3. nourriture 4. hiver 6. printemps 7. légumes 8. colon 10. repas 11. célébration 14. froid

Le prétérit : le temps du passé

Observe et déduit:

"In 1620, some 100 people decided to leave England."

Le prétérit est un temps qui permet de parler d’événements qui ont eu lieu à un moment précis et daté dans le et qui sont totalement coupés du .

passé

présent

(= PDT : Passé /Daté /Terminé)

C’est le temps du récit par excellence.

Le prétérit : formation

Forme affirmative : ✓ Verbes réguliers : on ajoute à la base verbale ✓ Verbes irréguliers : Il faut les connaître

They sailed across the Atlantic.

-ed

Squanto taught the settlers how to grow corn.

par coeur

Le prétérit : formation

Forme négative On ajoute l’auxiliaire + (= ) avant la base verbale.

They didn’t have warm clothes.

did

not

didn't

Le prétérit : formation

Forme interrogative + Sujet + + Complément Réponses brèves Yes, they No, they

Did they have a good harvest?

Base verbale

DID

did

didn't

Le prétérit: le cas de BE

Attention BE se suffit à lui-même (il n’a pas besoin de l’auxiliaire DID) et est irrégulier! (WAS => singulier / WERE => pluriel) Exemples : He was a puritan. They were puritans. Was he a puritan? Yes, he was / No, he wasn't Were they puritans? Yes, they were / No, they weren't He wasn’t a puritan. They weren’t puritans.

Practice!

1. Mets les verbes entre parenthèses au prétérit :

What the children (want)?They (want) food. Where the Pilgrims (land)? They (land) at Plymouth Rock. What they (celebrate)? They (celebrate) the abundant harvest. Squanto (help) the English settlers. He (teach) them how to hunt. The Pilgrims (grow) corn. How (be) the winter? The winter (be) harsh.

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Practice!

2. Mets les phrases suivantes à la forme négative :

They started the tradition in 1620.They the tradition in 1620.There were 100 people aboard the ship. They aboard the ship. They invited the Spanish. They the Spanish. They ate a lot of pop-corn. They a lot of pop-corn. They sailed to India. They to India.

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Practice!

3. Ecris les réponses brèves :

Did the pilgrims invite the Native Americans? , . Was Squanto a Wampanaog? , Were the pilgrims cold during the first winter? , Did Squanto speak Spanish? ,

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