6_Imaginary creatures

Chapter 2 Imaginary creatures

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Chapter 2

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Imaginary creatures

Je vais aprendre à :

Goals

- - le vocabulaire des animaux, leur caractéristiques, les parties du corps - à utiliser les verbes BE et HAVE dans des phrases - le modal CAN - les mots de liaisons AND, BUT, BECAUSE

Je vais découvrir :

- es animaux incroyables - des animaux fantastiques et imaginaires - des monstres

CALENDAR

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interro de vocabulaire le : / /20 travail à rendre le: / / 20 Evaluation finale prévue le : / / 20

Missions

Je sais utiliser :

la description de quelque chose, la phrase négative utiliser des adjectifs dans la phrase anglaise

les verbes BE et HAVE et le modal CAN

le lexique des animaux, du corps

Mes récompenses

le possessif

Create your own imaginary creature inspired by the different documents and worlds seen in this chapter and fight with your classmate to be the winner !

Final project :

Step 1 - Amazing animals

Activity 1 - Amazing animals

The Tasmanian Devil

• The Tasmanian devil is a mostly black animal with red ears. It has pouch to carry its babies. It is a carnivorous marsupial.

The sugar glider

• This little fluffy animal can fly even if it is a mammal ! It has big eyes and its cousin is the guinea pig.

The bluebottle jellyfish

• It is a dangerous aquatic creature. It looks like plastic but do not walk on it on the beach or it hurts !

The dingo

• This wild dog lives on a big island of sand called Fraser island. It has a reddish fur.

The whale shark

• It is a big aquatic creature but totally inoffensive. It has dots on its back and a big mouth to eat plankton.

The emu

• It’s a giant bird that cannot fly but it can run extremely fast. It has three toes that help it to run so fast.

The bandicoot

• This tiny kangaroo has big rabbit ears and a pointy nose.

The bilby

• It is a cousin of the bandicoot but it is smaller. It lives in deserts.

The lyrebird

• It is an extraordinary bird that can mimic many noises from robotic to human sounds.

The wombat

• It is a nocturnal marsupial. It can live really long (up to 30 years). It lives in big burrows it digs itself.

The kookaburra

• This little fat bird with blue feathers can laugh like humans.

• It is a curious semi aquatic mammal. It is the king of adaptation. It can live in both water and land. Even if it’s a mammal it can lay baby eggs.

The platypus

• It is an incredible animal with sharp spines. It lives in different areas : forests, coasts, deserts and valleys.

The echidna

The quokka

• It is the happiest animal on the planet. It always smiles. Its cousins may be the chimpmunks.

The tiger quoll

• This wild cat has precious white dots on its fur. It is carnivorous like its cousin the Tasmanian devil.

• This little lizard has a spiky armour to defend itself from predators in the desert.

The thorny dragon

The cane toad

• This giant frog lives in the Southern hemisphere. It is the second largest frog in the world. It has poisonous glands.

The cassowary

• It is a prehistoric cousin to the ostrich. This giant bird cannot fly but its blue head and red crest help to defend itself.

The possum

• It is a nocturnal marsupial. It eats eucalyptus leaves, plants and flowers. It makes funny noises and is really annoying to humans.

The Tasmanian tiger

• This small wolf is extincted but it used to live in the Southern part of Oceania. Its other name is the thylacine.

5. What do they look like ? Help yourself with the vocabulary document at the end (A quoi ressemblent-ils? Aide-toi de la fiche vocabulaire à la fin du document)

Example : The platypus is a mix of a beaver, an otter and a duck. It looks like a mammal. It looks like a beaver, a duck and an otter. TRANSLATION : L’ornithorynque est un mélange de castor, de loutre et de canard. Il ressemble à un castor, un canard et une loutre.

5. What do they look like ? Help yourself with the vocabulary document at the end (A quoi ressemblent-ils? Aide-toi de la fiche vocabulaire à la fin du document)

Example : The platypus is a mix of a beaver, an otter and a duck. It looks like a mammal. It looks like a beaver, a duck and an otter. TRANSLATION : L’ornithorynque est un mélange de castor, de loutre et de canard. Il ressemble à un castor, un canard et une loutre.

Example : It looks like a beaver, a duck and an otter. GRAMMAR POINT : En anglais, il existe un genre autre que féminin et masculin, le genre NEUTRE. Le pronom personnel de ce genre est "IT" Il permet de désigner un objet, un concept ou un animal. Example : It's an amazing animal. It can lay eggs but it is a mammal. It looks like a beaver or an otter but it has the beak of a duck. It is the platypus.

Vocabulary

amazing = incroyable pouch = poche marsupial fluffy = soyeux, doux, duveteux mammal = un mammifère guinea pig = cochon d'inde carnivorous jellyfish = méduse wild = sauvage fur = fourrure dots = points, taches back = le dos

bird = oiseau fast = rapide toes = orteils tiny = minuscule rabbit = lapin nose = nez burrow = terrier to laugh = rire eggs = des oeufs incredible = incroyable sharp = dur, coupant

Step 2 - Monsters

Activity 2 - Monsters

The video is the opening scene of the movie Monsters, inc.

Activity 2 - Monsters

Activity 2 - Monsters

Translate this paragraph : Bob Razowski has one round body. He has one big green eye, two skinny arms and two thin legs. His face is composed of two ears, they are horns. He also has one mouth and four triangular teeth. Finally, he has three long fingers on each hand and three toes on each foot. His feet have claws.

Careful ! special plurals : one foot -> two feet one tooth -> teeth

Activity 2 - Monsters

Activity 2 - Adjectives

Dans la phrase anglaise, les adjectifs se placent avant le nom qu’ils qualifient. Voici l’ordre dans lequel doivent se placer les adjectifs dans la phrase en anglais : Generally, the adjective order in English is: · Quantity or number · Quality or opinion. · Size · Age · Shape · Color · Proper adjective (often nationality, other place of origin, or material) · Purpose or qualifier

Activity 2 - Description

This monster is Celia. She is a mixture of an octopus, a cyclop and a human. She looks like a human because she wears human clothes: a green dress and make up. She is pretty. She is thin. She has tentacles. She has snake hair. She has one eye. She has a small mouth. She has several tentacle legs.

Activity 2 - Description

This monster is Leon. He is a mixture of a lizard, a snake and a cameleon. He looks like a human because he wears glasses. He is smiling. He is long. He has 8 members : four arms and four legs. He has snake scales. He has two eyes. He has a large mouth. He has hair and a blue tail.

Activity 2 - Description

This monster is Sullivan. He is a mixture of a gorilla, a koala and a human. He looks like a human because he stands on his feet and his smiling . He is big and very tall. He has hands. He has blue and purple fur. He has horns. He has a big mouth with pointy teeth.He has a dragon tail.

Activity 2 - Description

This monster is Henry Waternoose. He is a mixture of a crab, an insect and a human. Helooks like a human because he wears human clothes: a red cardigan, a bow and a black jacket. He is fat. He has pincers. He has five eyes. He has big hands like paws.

Activity 2 - Adjectives

In English, adjectives are placed before the noun they qualify. Example : The monster is a ugly and terrifying imaginary creature !

Activity 3 - Create your own monster

Vocabulary

tusk = défenses trunck = trompe tentacles = tentacules wings = ailes horns = cornes paws = pattes pincers = pinces sticky = collant, gluant tail = queue spines = spikes = piques snout = groin

scales = écailles claws = griffes spots = pois, taches antennae = antennes lumps = bosses, boutons curly = bouclé short // long = court // long hairy = poilu pointed = pointu square // round = carré // rond

Activity 3 - Create your own monster

Step 3 - Fantastic beasts

Activity 4 - Fantastic Beasts

Activity 4 - Fantastic Beasts

Activity 4 - Correction

Activity 4 - Correction

Activity 4 - Correction

un rongeur = a rodent du venin = venom la peau = skin le dos = back le ventre = belly l'haleine = breath des branches = twigs écorce = bark des piques = spikes

carnivore = carnivorous herbivore = herbivorous mortel = mortal, fatal puissant = powerful épais = thick soyeux = soft aiguisé, pointu = pointed, sharp doux, duveteux = fluffy une proie = a prey

Activity 4 - Correction

a. Le bowtruckle est un animal timide. The Bowtruckle, which eats insects, is a peaceable and very shy creature. b. Le swooping evil aime manger le cerveau des gens. [...] because it uses its long tongue to eat a person's brain. c. L'acromantula peut pondre 100 oeufs en une seule fois. it can lay up to one hundred eggs at a time. d. les plumes du thunderbird servent à fabriquer des baguettes. Its feathers are used to make wands. e. Si je mange trop de tentacules de murlap, le poil de mes oreilles deviennent violets. Don't eat too much of them or your ear hair will turn purple. f. l'haleine du nundu est toxique car elle contient des maladies qui peuvent détruire des villages entiers. It can destroy entire villages with its highly toxic breath that spreads diseases.

Activity 4 - Correction

a. Quelles sont les deux choses que peuvent faire un demiguise ? The Demiguise is very difficult to spot and to catch because it can become invisible. It can also tell the future. b. Que contient la corne de l'érupent ? Pourquoi est-ce dangereux? Its horn contains a deadly fluid that can cause a massive explosion. c. A quoi peut servir le venin du swooping evil dans certaines potions? This creature rests in a small cocoon and secretes venom that can be used to erase bad memories. d. Que peut faire le thunderbird avec ses énormes serres ? the Thunderbird can create a storm when it flies and lift an elephant with its enormous talons.

Step 4 - Animal rajah

Grammar point - CAN = pouvoir

En anglais, lorsque je veux exprimer le verbe pouvoir j'utilise un modal. CAN + verbe en anglais Example : It can fly => il peut voler Acromantulas can lay eggs => L'acromantule peut pondre des oeufs

Activity 5 - Shadows game

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In India, Boys and girls like to go to the puppet theater. There are two types of puppets: string puppets and leather (cuir) puppets.

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Shadows game

Dog

Horse

Bird

Snail

Swan

Stag

Spider

Rabbit

Step 4 - Indian animal rajah

La possession - Dire à qui appartient quelque chose

En anglais, pour exprimer la possession, on utilise une structure grammaticale particulière : Il existe 3 'formules' pour traduire la possession : 's ou bien ' ou bien encore, la tournure avec of : - 's : employé lorsque le possesseur est un humain ou un animal familier (a pet), au singulier (ainsi qu'aux pluriels irréguliers uniquement : children, men, women... ex: Paul's car (la voiture de Paul) / the children's room (la chambre des enfants) - ' : employé lorsque les possesseurs sont des humains ou des animaux familiers (pets) et sont au pluriel.ex : my parents' car (la voiture de mes parents) - of : le (ou les) possesseur est une chose, un animal pas familier. (le coffre de la voiture).ex : the tail of the cow (la queue de la vache)

Activity 5 - Indian animal rajah

Activity 5 - Indian animal rajah

Activity 5 - Indian animal rajah correction

The animal rajah has a monkey’s head, a snake’s body and it has spiders’ legs. L'animal rajah possède la tête d’un singe, le corps d’un serpent et les pattes des araignées.

The animal rajah has a camel’s head, a crocodile/ alligator/dragon’s body, turkey’s feet and bird’s wings. L'animal rajah possède la tête d’un chameau, le corps d’un crocodile/d’un dragon, les pieds d’une dinde et les ailes d’un oiseau.

Activity 5 - Indian animal rajah correction

The animal rajah has a bear’s head, an elephant’s trunk, a snake’s tongue and tiger’s fangs and ears. L'animal rajah possède la tête d’un ours, la trompe d’un éléphant, la langue d’un serpent et les crocs et les oreilles d’un tigre.

The animal rajah has an elephant’s head, a snake’s body and birds’ wings. It has the head of an elephant, the body of a snake and the wings of an eagle. (=aigle) L'animal rajah possède la tête d’un éléphant, le corps d’un serpent et les ailes d’oiseaux.

imagine the animal rajah has super powers... Write its special power using CAN or CANNOT

Correction - Superpowers

the animal rajah can hit with its trunk to provoke earthquake (tremblement de terre) / can shrink and grow (rétrécir et grandir)The animal rajah can teleport itself everywhere in the world by eating bananasThis animal can create storms and can run very fast and spit fireballs.

Revisions

FINAL PROJECT

FINAL PROJECT Create your own imaginary animal using the grammar point and vocabulary of this chapter