UNIT 8 - ROBOTS

UNIT 8

START

INDEX

Meet robots in everyday life

Discover awesome robots

Grammar Time

Robots in film animations

Our future with robots

Final Task

MEEt robots in everyday life

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

hairdryer

HOOVER

pressure cooker

iron

blender

hair straighteners

MEEt robots in everyday life

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

hairdryer

HOOVER

pressure cooker

iron

blender

hair straighteners

MEEt robots in everyday life

Match each word with its definition.

hoover

This robot is used for mixing the food.

pressure cooker

This robot is used for straightening someone's hair.

iron

This robot is used for ironing the clothes.

blender

This robot is used for drying someone's hair.

Try again

hairdryer

This robot is used for cooking the food.

Great !

hair straightener

This robot is used for cleaning the house.

TRY AGAIN

REMOVE THE LAST LINE

CHECK

MEEt robots in everyday life

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

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warming up

Instructions:

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

STACK

discover awesome robots

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

C3PO

A = B = C = D =

_______________________________

BB8

_______________________________

Sonny

_______________________________

Eve

_______________________________

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

Sonny

Robot 1

___________________________

C3PO

Robot 2

___________________________

Eve

___________________________

Robot 3

BB8

___________________________

Robot 4

discover awesome robots

ROBOT 1 : Sonny

Characteristics:

stronger

stupid

tall

intelligent

small

faster

brown eyes

green eyes

aggressive

blue eyes

nice

made of white metal and wires

made of white plastic and wires

Film:

Great !

Wall-E

Star Wars

I, robot

Try again

Check

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ROBOT 2 : C3PO

Characteristics:

impolite

helpful

useless

a female robot

a droid

He can speak many languages.

He can't speak.

polite

fearless

smaller than the others

fearful

taller than others

looks like an animal

looks like a human

silver

golden

white

Great !

Try again

Film:

Wall-E

I, robot

Star Wars

Check

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ROBOT 3 : Eve

Characteristics:

made of white plastic

a female robot

a droid

very small

made of wood

very tall

big blue eyes

small green eyes

can run fast

small blue eyes

quite shy

can fly

aggressive but at the end she is nicer

Great !

Film:

Try again

Star Wars

I, robot

Wall-E

Check

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ROBOT 4 : BB8

Characteristics:

a droid

very small

very tall

a female robot

made of metal

white, golden and purple

made of plastic

has no head

white, silver and orange

has no arms and no legs

more sophisticated than other robots

as small as Eve

less sophisticated than the other robots

Great !

as cute and as clever as them

Try again

Check

discover awesome robots

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

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

Let's REcap !

Grammar time

Dans cet audio, tu as entendu les phrases suivantes:

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

De quelles formes s'agit-il ?

Grammar time

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'

La règle:

supériorité

__________

courts

________

longs

supériorité

________

__________

infériorité.

__________

égalité.

__________

anticipation

Match each power with the corresponding adjectives.

Power:

_____________________________________

efficient

small

Speed:

_____________________________________

patient

intelligent

Patience:

___________________________________

strong

clever

Efficiency:

__________________________________

fast

weak

Intelligence:

________________________________

powerful

tall

Helpfulness:

________________________________

helpful

slow

Size:

_______________________________________

Practise your comparatives

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

R2D8

BB1

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

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

BALL-601

R3D500

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

stack

Warming up

Guess who ?

robots in film animations

Discover this robot !

Watch the video and take some notes.

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robots in film animations

Discover this robot !

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

Baymax

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

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

personal healthcare companion

helpful - kind/nice - caring - insistent

robots in film animations

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

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our future with robots

What type of document is it ?

What is it about ?

our future with robots

Read the kids' comments and list their predictions.

our future with robots

Classify the previous predictions into 4 categories.

• chores
• travel
• communication
• other

Which predictions are the most realistic ? Justify.

Which predictions are not realistic ? Justify.

our future with robots

Find the vocabulary.

sleeves

clean the house

alien

hairbrush

hoverboard

time machine

taste

flying car

watch

remote

GRammar time

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

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 ___________ .

Grammar time

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

'will'

l'infinitif

______

__________

la même

invariable

__________

___________

' ll

___ .

practise !

Translate the following sentences:

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.

Phonologie

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

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

5) golden

1) robot

6) remote

2) body

7) chore

3) torso

4) orange

Phonologie

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

=>

1) robot

1) robot

/ˈrəʊbɒt/

=>

2) body

2) body

/ˈbɒdi/

3) torso

3) torso

=>

/ˈtɔːrsəʊ/

4) orange

4) orange

=>

/ˈɒrɪndʒ/

5) golden

5) golden

=>

/ˈgəʊldən/

6) remote

6) remote

=>

/rɪˈməʊt/

7) chore

7) chore

=>

/ˈtʃɔːr/

Final task

Design a robot

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.