Unit 2 New Orleans Voodoo 2nd 4

le village, le quartier, la ville

New orleans voodoo

To what extent is LouisiAna a Melting pot of cultures?

Your task

Present voodoo artwork

ANTICIPATE

WHAT ?

WHERE ?

Read

1. Anticipate

2. Read

3. Answer the questions

VOcABULAry

Watch

DISCUSS

Prepare a day trip to new orleans

• In pairs, talk about what you would like to do on a one-day trip to New Orleans.
• Select attractions and say why you choose some and not others.
• Report to the class.

B1

A2

However, we wouldn't visit... because...

If we went to New Orleans for one day, we would visit... because...

THINK

L'expression de l'hypothèse

Observez

Déduisez

THINK

L'expression de l'hypothèse

Récapitulez

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THINK

L'expression de l'hypothèse

Entraînez-vous

Utilisez les éléments donnés pour construire des phrases exprimant une hypothèse peu probable.

a. if / money / travel to New Orleans b. try to meet voodooists /if / go to New Orleans c. probably be surprised / if / go to a voodoo museum

THINK

L'expression de l'hypothèse

Entraînez-vous

Entourez le verbe ou groupe verbal qui convient.

a robot

a. If my parents

buy / bought / had bought

vacuum cleaner, my life would be easier.

b. If I have money, I

will equip / would equip / would

my house with the latest technology.

have equipped

c. If an architect came in, he

will ask / would ask / would

to change the design.

have asked

THINK

L'expression de l'hypothèse

Entraînez-vous

Mettez les verbes entre parenthèses aux temps qui conviennent.

a. If we don't change our old bulbs to new power-saving bulbs, our electricity bill (rise) ....................................................... . b. If I went to Louisiana, I (visit) ..................................... New Orleans. c. If I (be) ........................... rich, I (travel) .......................................... around the world.

YOUR TASK

ESCAPE GAME

YOUR TASK

ESCAPE GAME - recap

Train your ears

VOODOO LEGACIES

ORIGINS OF VOODOO

Pronouncing well to understand better

Many words are transparent when you hear them , but they are difficult to spot when they are spoken. Listen and repeat the following word:

spiritual

natural

ritual

a.

Listen to the extract and try to spot out the transparent words.

b.

Train your ears

VOODOO LEGACIES

VOODOO AND WEST AFRICA'S SPIRITUAL LIFE

Paying attention to intonation

Listen to the recording and indicate when the voice of the speaker goes up or down .

a.

African slaves brought the secret knowledge of voodoo with them to the sweltering plantations of Brazil, Haiti, Cuba and Louisiana. Four hundred years later, in a region of West Africa on the Atlantic once known as the "slave coast" the headwaters of voodoo flows as strong as ever.

Say in which case the voice goes up.

b.

Train your ears

VOODOO LEGACIES

MARIE LAVEAU: LEGEND AND TRUTH

The four steps toward understanding

Draw a list of what could be part of the legend and part of the truth.

Step 1 - Anticipate

First listening: do not try to understand everything! Identify the type of document. Pick out words refering to people, place and dates.

Step 2 - Understand globally

a .

b.

Say who this recording is about and what it deals with.

Train your ears

VOODOO LEGACIES

MARIE LAVEAU: LEGEND AND TRUTH

The four steps toward understanding

Focus on:

• stressed syllables (= keywords)
• repeated words
• transition words

Step 3 - Take notes

• Compare your notes and make connections:

what? where? when? what?

• Recap and tell the class using your notes

Step 4 - In pairs...

FINAL TASK

Present voodoo artwork

Choose one voodoo work of art and prepare a written presentation.

A2

STEP 1

B1

• Choose a voodoo work.
• Do some research to find out about: what it represents and what role it plays in the voodoo culture.

Research

• Organise your presentation in note form.
• Describe the artwork you have chosen; explain its symbolism; relate these elements to what voodooists believe.

Prepare

STEP 2

• Write a rough version of your presentation and show it to your teacher.
• Post your presentation online. Don't forget to add a picture of the work of art.

Write

STEP 3

FINAL TASK

Present voodoo artwork

A2

B1

HOW TO DESCRIBE A PICTURE

FINAL TASK

FINAL TASK

Present voodoo artwork

A2

B1

Play and memorise

vocabulary

WOULD + BV annonce ce qui arriverait si une condition, exprimée ou non exprimée, se réalisait. Si la condition est exprimée dans une subordonnée en if, le verbe de cette subordonnée est au prétérit. ex: I would go to the cinema if I had time to spare.

WOULD + BV annonce ce qui arriverait si une condition, exprimée ou non exprimée, se réalisait. Si la condition est exprimée dans une subordonnée en if, le verbe de cette subordonnée est au prétérit. ex: I would go to the cinema if I had time to spare.

WOULD + BV annonce ce qui arriverait si une condition, exprimée ou non exprimée, se réalisait. Si la condition est exprimée dans une subordonnée en if, le verbe de cette subordonnée est au prétérit. ex: I would go to the cinema if I had time to spare.