1ère U1: Walls

walls.

unit 1: identities and exchanges

20 Questions

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Watch this video.

Work in groups. Focus on the places in this video. Where are they? What does this tell you about the theme for this unit?

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Walls and culture

In your groups, discuss these images and take notes.

• What do you know about them?
• What are their purposes?
• How are they similar and different?

Walls and culture

In your groups, discuss these images and take notes.

• What do you know about them?
• What are their purposes?
• How are they similar and different?

Reading comprehension.

Read the text at the bottom of page 15 to learn more about the connection between these two walls.

Reading comprehension.

Work in groups. Answer questions A-E in your notebooks.

Warm-up

Hypotheses: Why do you think they built this wall?

History of the US-Mexico Border

History of the US-Mexico Border

Take notes focusing on

• historical events
• the border
• divisions

History of the US-Mexico Border

Work in groups. What do American presidents think about this issue? How have things changed since 2001?

Homework

p. 17, The Hate U GiveRead the text and write down your thoughts and reflections. What struck you in this text? Why?

Mini-Task

Work in groups. Role: You are journalists for the New York Times (NYT). Task: Write an article about the US-Mexico border and its parallels in history and literature.

• 7+ vocab words
• 7+ lines

Warm-up

Discuss in groups. Who is the narrator and what is the text about?

Reading Comprehension

Work in groups. Complete the handout using the text on p. 17.

Warm-Up

In your opinion, how does this text fit into the theme of "Walls"?

Recap.

p. 21

Mini-Task

Work in groups. In groups. Starr, the narrator, finally decides to tell her parents she does not want to live in Garden Heights or go to Williamson anymore. Imagine the conversation and record it on your phone.

• 5+ vocab words, underlined
• 1 minute minimum

lesson 4

Are people only divided by walls?

Talk to your neighbor.

• What is your interpretation of this image?
• How does it relate to the walls we’ve seen?

p. 18-19

Work in groups. Choose one cartoon, describe it and analyze it.

p. 18-19

Work in groups. What are the cartoonist’s goals in each one? (5 answers)

p. 18-19

Work in groups. What do these cartoons have in common?

p. 18-19

Work in groups. Justify the title of the page. (Fear of the Unknown)

Mini-Task

You have been invited to give a TED-talk about borders. Explain why people want to build borders between countries and communities, and what reasons are pushing them to do so. Use 7+ vocab words from Lesson 4 Use 3+ of these words related to emotion:

p. 21

Vocabulary

• dissolve/separate gently
• separate
• become engaged/implicated
• surpass
• separate with force
• be discriminatory towards
• be "menaced"
• conform with a group

tear apartovercomeget involvedcome apartfit inbe prejudiced againstset apartfeel threatened by

Based on the video that you watched for homework, what do the Border Angels do?

Work with your neighbor. Study the 1st OR 2nd testimony on p. 20. Each person will read a separate testimony.

• Why are they involved in this? (primary motivations)
• How does their work help the migrants?

In your notebook, write 2 sentences with at least 3 new vocab words (underlined) in total. Be ready to present your testimony.

Testimony #1:Testimony #2:

Compare your answers for Questions D & E (homework, p. 20) with your neighbor. D. What do you think about this initiative? E. Do you think that solidarity can tear walls apart?

Recap - Border Angels

Who are the Border Angels? What do they do and why? Give examples.

Mini-Task

You and your neighbor are members of a humanitarian organization in the United States. Plan your own humanitarian effort to support the people who have migrated to the US. Present it in a newspaper article in the Phoenix New Times (Arizona). 200+ words Underline:

• 7+ vocabulary words from the unit
• 3+ phrasal verbs with “apart” (p.21)
• 3+ words linked to emotion (p. 21)

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Border Angels

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Border Angels

Mini-Task

You and your neighbor are members of a humanitarian organization in the United States. Plan your own humanitarian effort to support the people who have migrated to the US. Present it in a newspaper article in the Phoenix New Times (Arizona). 200+ words Underline:

• 7+ vocabulary words from the unit