UNIT 8 - ROBOTS

UNIT 8

START

Grammar Time

Final Task

Our future with robots

Robots in film animations

Discover awesome robots

Meet robots in everyday life

INDEX

hair straighteners

hairdryer

blender

iron

pressure cooker

HOOVER

Robots are useful in our life. Identify the following robots.

MEEt robots in everyday life

Great !

Try again

TRY AGAIN

MEEt robots in everyday life

REMOVE THE LAST LINE

This robot is used for cleaning the house.

This robot is used for cooking the food.

This robot is used for drying someone's hair.

This robot is used for ironing the clothes.

This robot is used for straightening someone's hair.

This robot is used for mixing the food.

CHECK

hair straightener

hoover

hairdryer

blender

iron

pressure cooker

Match each word with its definition.

MEEt robots in everyday life

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Which robot do you use the most ? Do you know other robots ?

Instructions:

warming up

1) Click on the stack. 2) Name the robot. 3) Describe its role.

STACK

Eve

Sonny

BB8

C3PO

_______________________________

_______________________________

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discover awesome robots

BB8

Eve

C3PO

Sonny

___________________________

___________________________

___________________________

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Robot 4

Robot 3

Robot 2

Robot 1

Listen to it again, list their characteristics and find the movie they come from.

A = B = C = D =

Do you know any of these robots ? Listen to the audio and identify each robot.

discover awesome robots

Film:

Try again

made of white plastic and wires

Great !

made of white metal and wires

faster

I, robot

stronger

nice

blue eyes

intelligent

tall

small

Star Wars

Wall-E

aggressive

green eyes

brown eyes

stupid

Characteristics:

ROBOT 1 : Sonny

Check

discover awesome robots

He can't speak.

silver

white

a female robot

useless

smaller than the others

impolite

looks like an animal

Try again

Great !

Film:

He can speak many languages.

looks like a human

taller than others

fearful

golden

polite

Star Wars

helpful

a droid

I, robot

Wall-E

Check

fearless

Characteristics:

ROBOT 2 : C3PO

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very tall

a female robot

aggressive but at the end she is nicer

big blue eyes

small blue eyes

small green eyes

a droid

made of wood

Try again

Great !

Film:

made of white plastic

can run fast

can fly

very small

Wall-E

I, robot

Star Wars

quite shy

Characteristics:

ROBOT 3 : Eve

Check

discover awesome robots

very small

very tall

a female robot

more sophisticated than other robots

has no arms and no legs

has no head

white, golden and purple

as small as Eve

as cute and as clever as them

less sophisticated than the other robots

Try again

made of metal

made of plastic

Great !

white, silver and orange

a droid

Characteristics:

Check

ROBOT 4 : BB8

discover awesome robots

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Reuse the information you heard about Eve to write a short paragraph about her.

Type of robot : Physical description : Skills / powers : Personality : Film :

Let's REcap !

Grammar time

De quelles formes s'agit-il ?

Sonny is faster. C3P0 is taller than the others. BB8 is less sophisticated than the other robots. BB8 is as small as Eve.

Dans cet audio, tu as entendu les phrases suivantes:

égalité.

__________

infériorité.

__________

longs

________

__________

supériorité

courts

________

__________

Grammar time

La règle:

supériorité

Quand on ajoute -ER à l'adjectif suivi de 'than', il s'agit du comparatif de pour les adjectifs Quand on met MORE devant un adjectif suivi de 'than', il s'agit du comparatif de pour les adjectifs Quand on met LESS devant un adjectif suivi de 'than', il s'agit du comparatif d' Quand on un adjectif est encadré par "as ... as", il s'agit du comparatif d'

anticipation

_______________________________________

Size:

________________________________

Intelligence:

__________________________________

Efficiency:

___________________________________

Patience:

_____________________________________

Speed:

_____________________________________

intelligent

slow

tall

clever

weak

small

helpful

powerful

strong

fast

patient

efficient

Power:

________________________________

Helpfulness:

Match each power with the corresponding adjectives.

Practise your comparatives

R2D8

Power: Speed: Patience: Efficiency: Intelligence: Helpfulness: Size: 3'2

BALL-601

Power: Speed: Patience: Efficiency: Intelligence: Helpfulness: Size: 4'9

Power: Speed: Patience: Efficiency: Intelligence: Helpfulness: Size: 2'5

R3D500

Power: Speed: Patience: Efficiency: Intelligence: Helpfulness: Size: 3'2

BB1

stack

Warming up

Guess who ?

robots in film animations

Watch the video and take some notes.

Discover this robot !

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helpful - kind/nice - caring - insistent

personal healthcare companion

can grow - inflate itself - feel humans' emotions - take people into his arms

big - white - screen on his torso - no mouth - inflatable material

Baymax

robots in film animations

Watch the video again and complete the robot's ID card.

Discover this robot !

a) Describe Baymax. b) Would you like to have this robot ? Explain why (not).

robots in film animations

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What is it about ?

What type of document is it ?

our future with robots

our future with robots

Read the kids' comments and list their predictions.

• chores
• travel
• communication
• other

Classify the previous predictions into 4 categories.

our future with robots

Which predictions are the most realistic ? Justify.

Which predictions are not realistic ? Justify.

taste

watch

flying car

time machine

remote

clean the house

hairbrush

alien

sleeves

hoverboard

our future with robots

Find the vocabulary.

GRammar time

On utilise le modal "will" pour parler d'une prédication. Observe les phrases suivantes et complète. In the future, there will be flying cars. In the future, people will travel through time. Le modal _______ est suivi d'un verbe à ____________ . Que ce soit à la 1ère, 2ème ou 3ème personne, la forme reste __________________ . On dit que 'will' est _____________ . La forme contractée de 'will' est ___________ .

Dans ce texte, on a étudié des prédictions. As-tu remarqué l'élément qu'on utilise pour parler de prédictions pour le futur ?

' ll

___ .

invariable

___________

la même

__________

l'infinitif

__________

Grammar time

'will'

Correction:

______

Le modal est suivi d'un verbe à . Que ce soit à la 1ère, 2ème ou 3ème personne, la forme reste . On dit que 'will' est . La forme contractée de 'will' est

a) Dans le futur, il y aura des bus volants. b) En 2050, il y aura des ordinateurs de poche. c) On pourra voyager dans le temps. (* Rappel : 'can' devient 'be able to' à l'infinitif) d) Dans le futur, on mangera des bonbons qui ne perdent jamais leur goût. e) En 2040, les robots nettoieront notre maison.

practise !

Translate the following sentences:

Le "o" peut se prononcer: - /əʊ/ - /ɒ/ - /ɔː/

5) golden

4) orange

3) torso

2) body

6) remote

7) chore

1) robot

Phonologie

Ecoute la prononciation des mots suivants. Comment se prononce la voyelle "o" ?

/rɪˈməʊt/

/ˈgəʊldən/

/ˈtʃɔːr/

/ˈɒrɪndʒ/

/ˈtɔːrsəʊ/

/ˈbɒdi/

/ˈrəʊbɒt/

7) chore

6) remote

5) golden

4) orange

3) torso

1) robot

2) body

=>

=>

=>

=>

=>

=>

=>

7) chore

6) remote

5) golden

4) orange

3) torso

1) robot

2) body

Phonologie

Entoure en bleu le son /əʊ/. Entoure en rose le son /ɒ/. Souligne en jaune le son /ɔː/.

Final task

a) Draw your robot.b) Name it. c) Describe it physically. d) Present its functionality (role, powers ...). e) Compare your robot with Eve. (3 adjectives) f) Give 3 predictions. Use the modal 'will'. Ex: You will be able to travel through time thanks to my robot.

Design a robot