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UNIT 2 LESSON 2
Created by Annie Argelas. Ac-Aix-Marseille.
Mysteries in New Orleans
Culture: La louisiane, la culture vaudou et ses spécificités, son histoire, ses personnages marquants. L'esclavageLexique: le vaudou, l'esclavage. Phonétique: Identifier les différentes prononciations de la terminaison -ed: [d], [t] et [id] Grammaire: Le prétérit et "ago" La voix passive Obligation, autorisation, interdictionCompétences: Identifier des informations dans un message oral et identifier la nature d’un document écrit. Ecrire un paragraphe construit. Rédiger un e-mail.
Build up your vocabulary
English: weird French: étrange Synonym: strange, bizarre Antonym: normal, common
Index
Part 5
Part 1
Part 6
Part 2
Part 7
Part 3
Part 8
Part 4
Take your books p36
1. Dive into New Orleans and its secrets
a. Look at the picture and the title and imagine what happened
Take your books p36
1. Dive into New Orleans and its secrets
b. Read the text and complete the mind map in your workbook p25
Krewe of Boo Festival
In the French quarter
New Orleans
Alexis Lanuit , pupil from Louisiana High School
Isabelle Beauregard, the school gazette reporter
Where ?
October 20th 2020
Marcel Lefleur, a senior pupil
Panic at the festival
When ?
Who ?
Halloween parade
Rose Duprey
Problem ?
Professor Abellard
A panic, Marcel collapsed and remained unconscious. Marcel impersonated a real zombie. His friends panicked.
Pupils from Louisiana High School
What do you learn about this event ?
This is a festival in New Orleans, it takes place every year in October. People parade in the streets dressed as zombies, witches, werewolves, skeletons, vampires and monsters. There are colourful floats going down the streets. It takes place at nighttime. People are having fun, pupils from Louisiana High School like to meet in the streets and to dress up. One pupil (Alexis Lanuit) dressed up as one of their teachers and really looked like their history teacher! There was a problem / an incident: Marcel Lefleur, a senior pupil, fainted and his girlfriend came to the rescue. He scared all his friends.
Watch the first part
Open your books p36
2. Seraphina’s voodoo shop Look at the picture and say all you can
Watch the second part
Open your workbooks p26
2a. Seraphina’s voodoo shop - Pay attention to how the characters sound and to their body language.
She looks and sounds very calm. She is going to help Rose and Marcel. She closes her shop to help them.
He is completely quiet. He doesn’t say anything. He looks strange.
She’s panicking / freaking out. She’s out of breath.
She’s Rose’s grandmother. She’s a voodoo queen. She can use her “Mama Phina Mojo“.
“Something is so wrong“. He is pale, he is acting weird. He’s had some sort of seizure during the festival. “Something is not quite right“.
- Watch again and pick out information on Marcel and Seraphina.
Open your workbooks p27
2b. Seraphina’s voodoo shop - Watch the second part and find out about Marcel’s affliction.
- What are Seraphina and Rose focusing on ? Write as much information about it as you can.
Dark and close to his heart / in his pocket / bad gris-gris / dark voodoo, old malevolent voodoo / the spirit behind it is mauvais / no ordinary gris-gris
a veve = a symbol of Baron Samedi
a cotton flower
3. Discover voodoo a. What do you know about voodoo ?
Voodoo is a cult / a religion practised in Louisiana and Africa. People kill chickens, dance and get into trance. They also cast bad spells / curses to people for bad luck. Sometimes they use voodoo dolls for that. They have little altars / shrines for their cult. People use voodoo to harm other people.
3. Discover voodoo b. Describe the picture and guess as many things as possible about voodoo.
Watch the video
Open your workbooks p27: Discover voodoo c. What can you say about her ?
- Watch again and now focus on information about the origins of Louisiana voodoo and complete your notes.
- Pick out the places where people practice voodoo. What can you conclude ?
Open your workbooks p37: ex n°1
Complete this text about voodoo using the following words: benevolent - dark - dead - dolls - heal - magic - malevolent - practised - practitioners - religion - rituals - spirits
Voodoo is a which is still in some parts of the world. People connect with and gods through and prayers and use to communicate with the . Voodoo is often said to be and . But it can also be and people or save them. It depends on the ' intentions.
practised
religion
spirits
rituals
dolls
dead
malevolent
dark
magic
heal
benevolent
practitioners
Open your books p37
4.Baron Samedi, a prominent voodoo figure a. Find the different symbols about Baron Samedi on the veve and guess who he is.
Open your books p37
4.Baron Samedi, a prominent voodoo figure b. Read the first paragraph (l1-6). Concentrate on what you understand, and say what this paragraph is about.
Open your workbooks p28
4.Baron Samedi, a prominent voodoo figure b. Read the second paragraph (l7-12). Concentrate on what you understand, and give it a title.
Open your workbooks p28
4.Baron Samedi, a prominent voodoo figure c. Highlight all the "-ing" forms with their complement in the last paragraph (l13-23) What do they tell about Baron Samedi ? Identify an adjective that sums up Baron Samedi's behavior. Pick out more information on him as a "Master of the dead" in the last paragraph.
drinking rum - smoking cigars - swearing - making filthy jokes - lingering at the crossroads of life and death.
Baron's activities or habits or role.
"outrageous"
Baron Samedi as a "Master of the dead" is a loa = a Haitian divinity.When someone dies, he digs the grave, meets their soul, guides them into the underworld, accepts an individual into the world of the dead.
Recap
Baron Samedi spends most of his time in the invisible realm of Haitian voodoo spirits. His behaviour is described as outrageous. He is known to spend his time drinking rum and smoking cigars, swearing profusely and making filthy jokes to the other loas. Baron's time is spent lingering at the crossroads of life and death in the human world. When someone dies, Baron is said to dig their grave and meet their soul as it rises from the grave. He guides them into the underworld. Only Baron Samedi has the power to accept an individual into the world of the dead.
Open your workbooks p29
5. Use what you have learnt about voodoo and try to explain what happened to marcel.
Marcel is the victim of a curse that goes back to his ancestors and the colonies. He has been cursed because his ancestors did something terrible / wrong. Maybe Marcel's ancestors contacted Baron Samedi / a voodoo queen to perform a ritual and he / she cursed Marcel's family.
Voodoo Death Voodoo deity
Slavery, cotton plantations, slavery reference to Marcel's family: his ancestors = slave owners
Rappel
Open your workbooks p37: ex n°3
Conjuguez les verbes entre parenthèses au prétérit.
did you find out
- So what (you / find out) ……………............………….. about my ancestors ? - Well, as I (say) ………………, Jean-Baptiste Lefleur (be) ……………… a very cruel man. He (grow) ……………… cotton on a plantation north of Baton Rouge. - (he- have) ………….....…………… many slaves ? - Yes, he ………………. He often (beat) ……………… them and one day he (leave) ……………… three young slaves unconscious. - Then what (happen) ………...............……… ? - Well, he (not / go) ………….............…… to prison but the voodoo spirits (take) ……………… their revenge !
said
was
grew
Did he have
did
beat
left
happened
didn't go
took
"Il y a "
Pour relater et dater un évènement passé, on emploie un verbe au prétérit et la durée écoulée depuis cet évènement suivie de ago V-ed . durée écoulée + ago
two centuries ago
1824
2025
Open your books p48: ex n°1
Conjuguez les verbes au prétérit. Datez les évènements en utilisant 'ago' Eg: Marcel's ancestors (own) a cotton plantation in 1720. Marcel's ancestors owned a cotton plantation two hundred years ago.
a. The transatlantic slave trade (begin) … in the 16th century. b. Nat Turn (lead) … a slave revolt in 1831. c. President Abraham Lincoln (proclaim) … the emancipation of slaves in 1863. d. The 13th amendment to the US Constitution (abolish) … slavery in the USA in 1865. e. The Civil Rights Act (put) … an end to racial segregation in the USA in 1964.
The transatlantic slave trade began five centuries ago.
Nat Turner lead a slave revolt 194 years ago.
President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the emancipation of slaves 162 years ago.
The 13th amendment to the US constitution abolished slavery in the USA 160 years ago.
The Civil Rights Act put an end to racial segregation in the USA 61 years ago.
Open your workbooks p38: ex n°4
Ré-écrivez ces phrases en utilisant le prétérit simple et "ago" Eg: I (go) to New Orleans in 2012 = I went to New Orleans xxx years ago.
1. I (hunt) my first alligator last year. 2. She (meet) a voodoo specialist in 2005. 3. The brass band (give) their last gig last Saturday. 4. We (arrive) in Louisiana last week for the festival. 5. You (discover) voodoo when you visited the museum last month.
I hunted my first alligator one year ago.
She met a voodoo specialist nineteen years ago.
The brass band gave their last gig …… days ago.
We arrived in Louisiana a week ago for the festival.
You discovered voodoo when you visited the museum a month ago.
Open your workbooks p30: ex n°6a
Two days later, Marcel does not feel any better and Seraphina has decided to contact Ms Grayson, a genealogist, for help. Recap what Marcel has been through to prepare Seraphina’s e-mail to Ms Grayson. Eg: Marcel is the victim of a curse ➞ He ... was cursed during the festival.
1. A mysterious man gave him a gris-gris ➞ He 2. Rose helped him ➞ He 3. Rose brought him to my voodoo shop to be examined ➞ He 4. A powerful evil voodoo priest cursed him. ➞ He
was given a gris-gris by a mysterious man.
was helped by Rose.
was taken to my voodoo shop by Rose to be examined.
was cursed by a powerful evil voodoo priest.
Open your workbooks p30: ex n°6b
Write Seraphina’s e-mail for Ms Grayson following the different steps in your workbook. Do not forget Seraphina has to introduce herself briefly. Step 1: Explain the connection between Seraphina, Rose and Marcel. Step 2: Recap the events on the night of the Krewe of Boo festival using the sentences you memorised. Step 3: Show you’re in desperate need of her help. Step 4: Conclude the e-mail.
Open your books p49: ex n°3
Ecrivez le verbe à la voix passive. Attention au temps
a. Marcel (take) ……….......………….. to Rose’s grandmother’s shop. He (examine) ……………....……………… by Gran Phina. b. Voodoo spirits (call) …….....……………… loas. They (give) ………….......……….. offerings by the Voodoo priest. c. New Orleans (know) …………………........…………… for its music festivals for a very long time. d. Jazz (introduce) ………………............……………. in New Orleans about 130 years ago.
was taken
was examined
are called
are given
has been known
was introduced
Open your books p49: ex n°5
Ecrivez le verbe à la voix active ou passive.
New Orleans (be) ………………. the city of music. Nearly every week-end a festival (hold) ……………… in town. Local musicians (hear) ……………………. everywhere and Cajun food (serve) ……......……………… in the streets. Local restaurants (propose) ……….....………… delicious dishes.
is
is held
are heard
is served
propose
Open your books p38: ex n°7a
Ms Grayson is not available but she has sent Seraphina some ideas for a research that might contribute to solving the problem. a. Watch the slides, learn about the history of the slave trade and find out if you can answer the questions in the quiz.
Open your books p39 and workbooks p 31: ex n°7b
➊ Read from line 1 to line 6 and pick out what is said about Louisiana’s Black Code. How does it differ from other Black Codes?
1724, based on earlier codes, greater rights to enslaved persons Louisiana’s Black Code gave more rights to slaves; it protected them more.
Open your books p39 and workbooks p 31: ex n°7b
➋ Read from line 6 to line 11. Concentrate on what you understand and identify the topic. Justify with one element from the text. ➌ Read from line 11 to the end and identify the topic. ➍ Recap. What is this article about ?
“They were forbidden from severe mistreatment”, “separation of families was not permitted”: it is about the positive aspects of Louisiana's Black Code in comparison to other Black Codes.
“differed”, “negative ways”: it is about the negative aspects of Louisiana’s Black Code.
This article presents the positive and negative aspects of Louisiana’s Black Code.
Open your books p39 and workbooks p 31: ex n°7b
➊ Find the two subjects from line 6 to line 11. First subject: Second subject: ➋ Who does “them” refer to in “baptize them” (l. 7) and “to give them Sundays off” (l. 8)? ➌ Who does “They” refer to in “They were forbidden from…” (l. 8-9)?
Owners of enslaved persons (l. 6-7) = they (l. 8)
Enslaved persons (l. 9-10)
Enslaved persons
Owners of enslaved persons
Open your workbooks p 31: ex n°7b
➍ Complete the following sentences using “had to” or “were (not) allowed to”. 1. Owners of enslaved persons .............................................. baptize enslaved persons in the Catholic faith. 2. Owners of enslaved persons .............................................. give them Sundays off for worship. 3. Enslaved persons .............................................. marry. 4. Owners of enslaved persons .............................................. separate families. 5. Enslaved persons .............................................. marry a white person.
had to
had to
were allowed to
were not allowed to
were not allowed to
Open your books p 48: ex n°2
Complete the paragraph with had to, (be) allowed to or (be) forbidden to. Until 1865, Louisiana landowners ...........................................… buy slaves. According to the Code Noir, slaves ...........................................… have a rest on Sundays but they ...........................................… work long hours during the week. Their owners ...........................................… punish them but they ...........................................… mistreat them. They ...........................................… respect them. Black people ...........................................… marry and their owners ...........................................… separate families.
were allowed to
were allowed to
had to
were allowed to
were forbidden to
had to
were allowed to
were forbidden to
Open your books p 31: ex n°7c
What is the link between that period and what happened to Marcel?
Maybe Marcel’s ancestors were slave owners and they did something terribly wrong. Maybe they killed slaves, maybe they separated families. Maybe they didn’t respect the Black Code and someone sought revenge, felt cheated, persecuted ... Maybe slaves sought revenge and used voodoo magic. Maybe they killed slaves and the spirits of the dead slaves cursed Marcel’s family. Maybe slaves asked their voodoo queen to get revenge.
Watch the video
Ms Grayson is now at hand for a phone call. Watch the video and learn the story behind Marcel’s curse.
Open your workbooks p32 ex n°8
➊ Watch the video again, concentrate on what you understand and identify the topics. Marcel’s family history and the Lefleur curse. ➋ Watch the animated movie again. a) Pick out the different dates mentioned. b) Pick out information for each of these dates. c) What can you deduce about the Lefleur curse?
Marcel's family history and the Lefleur curse.
Workbooks p32 ex n°8
Marcel’s family slave owners
1720s
Marcel’s ancestor, Jean-Baptiste Lefleur, prosperous cotton plantation
The Lefleur curse started 200 years ago
1820
The first young man died
at the age of 17
1920
The next young man died
"Marcel is the last one. And if we don’t stop the voodoo priest, Marcel will die soon".
"This is the 21st century so that means …"
Workbooks p32 ex n°8
a) Listen again. Find information on the origin of the curse afflicting Marcel’s family.
His ancestor, Jean-Baptiste Lefleur / killing three of his slaves / violation of the Black code / slaves community / voodoo priest, revenge / curse / Marcel’s family has to give three lives in return.
b) Recap the information you collected on the Lefleur curse.
Jean-Baptiste Lefleur was Marcel’s ancestor in the 1720s. He was a prosperous slave owner but he was a brutal / cruel master. He killed three of his slaves. The slaves relied on their voodoo priest to help them enact their revenge. The voodoo priest cursed the Lefleurs: starting in 1820, one young member of the family dies of a mysterious death and Marcel will be the last victim of the curse if the curse is not broken or if the voodoo priest is not stopped.
Open your books p49: ex n°4
What happened to Oluale Kossola, the last slave? 19-year-old Oluale ………………………… (capture) in his native West African village along with other men and women. They …………………. (sell) into slavery. They ………………….. (keep) prisoners for weeks then they ………………… (put) on a slave ship called the Clotilda and they …………………….. (take) to Alabama. As the last survivor of a slave ship, Oluale ………………………………….. (interview) in 1927 by writer Zora Neale Hurston. His story …………............…………… (know / now) by thousands of people as it ………………........ (tell) by Hurston in her novel, Barracoon: The Story of the Last 'Black Cargo’.
was captured
were sold
were kept
were put
were taken
was interviewed
is now known
was told
Open your workbooks p38: ex n°5a
Complete the story of slaves: write the verbs in the passive form. As early as the 15th century, some Africans (capture) by European traders, others (buy) . Then the captives (walk) to the coast and (hold) prisoner in forts. Then they (exchange) for textiles, alcohol and firearms from Europe. Finally they (take) on board a ship and after crossing the ocean they (sell) to American planters.
were captured
were bought
were hold
were walked
were exchanged
were taken
were sold
Open your workbooks p38: ex n°5b
Write the verbs in the preterite using the passive or active forms correctly. The last festival (turn) into a nightmare. A storm (break) out and most people (terrify) of the thunder and (begin) to run in all directions. Some people (knock) over by others who (be) in a panic. A fence (fall) on the crowd but fortunately nobody (hurt) .
turned
were terrified
broke
began
were knocked
were
fell
was hurt
Watch the video
Open your workbooks p33: ex n°9b
Describe the drawing and guess what it means.
Open your workbooks p33: ex n°9b
Look at the different veves and find out to which divinity Gran Phina’s sketch corresponds to.
Open your workbooks p33: ex n°9b
What information do you learn from these lines?
Open your books p41: ex n°9c
Now choose wisely how to break the curse and save Marcel. Any wrong decision will cause Marcel’s death.
You have failed to save Marcel !
Watch the video
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Recap Rose is freaking out because Marcel doesn’t feel any better. She feels there is something wrong with him but she can’t explain it. She came to her grandmother, Seraphina, for help because first the shop is close-by and because her gran is a Voodoo queen. She hopes she can use her “special Mama Phina’s Mojo” = occult powers to help Marcel .
Dear Mrs Grayson, I am Seraphina Lavereaux, I’m a Voodoo Queen from the French Quarter in New Orleans. I’m writing to ask your help for my granddaughter Rose and her friend Marcel. Marcel was cursed during the Krewe of Boo festival. He was given a gris-gris by a mysterious man and he suddenly collapsed and remained unconscious. He was helped by Rose and he was taken to my voodoo shop to be examined. I discovered that he was cursed by a powerful evil voodoo priest. I think his ancestors were punished by ancient spirits. Please, we need your expertise to understand and break this curse. Help us! Thank you for your time and your help, Yours sincerely, Seraphina Lavereaux
Rose fait boire la potion à Marcel qui sombre alors dans une mort simulée, permettant à la malédiction d’aller à son terme. L’invocation de Maman Brigitte (divinité vodoue qui guérit ceux qui sont proches de la mort ou victimes de malédiction) est le dernier élément qui va permettre de sauver Marcel. Elle accepte de lever la sentence létale, touchée par la pureté des sentiments qui unissent les deux jeunes amoureux et libère ainsi Marcel de son mal.All is well that ends well!
Baron Samedi is "the master of the dead", he's a voodoo deity. He takes the soul of a dead person to the underworld = into the afterlife
What’s wrong with Marcel ? Pay attention to Seraphina’s explanations.
He’s cursed. He got a bad gris-gris that made him ill. He’s the victim of bad / malevolent / dark voodoo. Someone is coming for him and it’s seriously freaky. Somebody wishes him ill.
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Louisiana voodoo =
Religion people pactise / part of their everyday spirituality
African spiritual beliefs brought by the enslaved Africans (early 1700)
Roman Catholicism they were required to practice in Louisiana
- Her name is Marie Laveau. - She was a Voodoo queen. - She was born in New Orleans in 1801 and she died in 1881. - She was a very important figure of the voodoo religion.
There is a cross above a tomb = grave, there are two coffins on either side, there are flowers and little X letters. The cross is a reference to Catholicism. The coffins refer to dead people / the burial of the dead . The tomb below the cross is a reference to the graveyard = cemetery. It is bigger than the coffin so maybe it is Baron Samedi’s vault. Baron Samedi is an important figure, he rules over dead people in their after-life.
Your notes:
Bayou (St John Lake), swamps, out in public in Congo Square in the historic Armstrong Park, just behind the French Quarter.
Your conclusion:
Voodoo is a religion that people still practice in public places. They don’t always practise hidden in swamps and bayous.
This is Seraphina’s shop, she works in the French Carre in New Orleans. She sells items related to Voodoo. There are masks, trinkets, potions, dolls, little religious statues. The shop is packed with items. Seraphina is an old black lady. She’s dressed in traditional clothes: she’s wearing a colourful dress and a turban. Rose is with Marcel, she’s his girlfriend. They went to the festival of Krewe together but Marcel fainted and Rose looks worried for him . Maybe Rose knows the old lady Seraphina.
There is a man dancing in the middle. There are other people around him. They are holding candles. It looks like a ceremony. In the background there is an altar with a statue of the Virgin Mary, it refers to Catholicism. This part looks like Christian religion. In the foreground there are both black people and white people (on the right) . The man in the middle has his hand on the head of a lady, maybe he’s a Voodoo priest / practitioner he’s dressed in white and looks as if he were in a trance.
Title: Baron Samedi's looks.What Baron samedi looks like.
Seraphina had a vision of Marcel in the bayou. He was lying on an altar and the voodoo priest was performing a ritual. It could be the end of the Lefleur curse and a vision of Marcel’s imminent death. Seraphina slipped into the priest’s mind to find how to break the curse. She managed to snatch three clues from his mind before he cut the connection. Rose freaked out and urged Seraphina to save her friend.
There is a veve on the left, a sentence at the top and a skull on the right. Inside the skull, there is a couple kissing. The skull represents death, Marcel's death. The kiss refers to love. So, it could refer to Rose and Marcel's love. Maybe it means that: - Marcel and Rose have to kiss to break the curse: the kiss of life. - Only love can triumph over death - Love is stronger than death. Marcel and Rose will die together like Romeo and Juliet.
The document is a high school newspaper article. It was written by Isabelle Beauregard and published on the twentieth of October 2020. I guess it was during New Orleans’ Official Halloween Parade. There’s a photo with the article and we can see two teenagers in the foreground and some floats in the background. The headline is ”Panic at the Krewe of Boo Festival” so I suppose there was an incident during the carnival / the parade.