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Annie Argelas

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Unit 1

Serial watchers

Lesson 2

Addicted to series

START

Created by AnnieArgelas. Ac-Aix-MArseille

Dans cette leçon, je vais apprendre

Du vocabulaire (voir carte mentale "Serial watchers" p25)

A décrire un phénomène et l'expliquer: "Binge-watching"

A comprendre un témoignage vidéo et le schéma argumentatif d'un article

Exprimer une volonté, une attente (To want somebody to do something)

A parler de ses expériences, en faire le bilan (Present perfect)

Build up your vocabulary

English 1. Addicted to 2. Feel low

French 1. Etre accro à ... 2. Se sentir déprimé

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Synonym 1. Hooked on 2. Feel depressed

Antonym 1. X 2. Feel high

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INDEX

Part 1

Part 5

Adverbes

Present perfect

Part 2

Part 6

Part 3

Activities 1

Friends

Part 4

Activities 2

Thanks

SECTION 01

1. How Tv series get you hooked

Take your books p18

Speak

Look at the poster.Define each ingredient and explain its importance.

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A big name

The name of a TV show is important because it catches the viewers’ attention and it makes you imagine a lot of things about the TV show.
Maybe a big name is also a famous actor/actress.

Action

Action scenes and violence make the TV show more interesting for many viewers. Viewers enjoy a good fight, special effects and action.

Familiar context with a twist

It’s about a story / characters everybody knows but with the introduction of an unusual or unexpected / unpredictable element.

Unpredictability

You can never be sure of what’s going to happen so the plot may go in many different directions. It is one of the ingredients that get you hooked.

Intense social following

Social media are a great way for people to share their opinion about a TV show. The more followers there are, the more famous a TV show becomes.

Cliffhanger

To make viewers addicted to the show, the episode often stops right at a critical moment. You have no choice but to start the next episode because you want to know what’s going to happen.

Deeply felt characters

A hit TV show needs characters you can easily identify with / characters who are beautiful, characters you care for.

SECTION 01

Take your WB p8: ex n°b

Learn more about how to cook a hit TV show.Match each ingredient with its definition.

Characters you care for and who become your friends or part of your family. Characters you gradually identify with.

A big name

A dramatic or riveting ending that creates huge suspense you cannot resist. It's what makes you click on "Watch next episode".

Intense social following

Viewers feel compelled to comment on the plot and its twists on social media.

Action

An ingredient that is essential to make the show addictive !

Deeply felt characters

Viewers need both a familiair context (eg: superheroes) but also some intriguing and unexpected new elements to make it catchy (eg: superheroes with an ambiguous personnality).

Unpredictability

A name for the series that is catchy, with , most of the time, movie stars for the main characters.

A cliffhanger

It means constantly playing with the viewer's expectations, using classic narratives and storylines and suddenly breaking them bad.

A familiar context with a twist

SECTION 02

Exprimer une volonté, une attente

What do series producers expect you to do or feel with those ingredients ?

With deeply felt characters, they expect you to ...

identify with the characters and feel close to them

With a cliffhanger, they expect you to ...

go and watch the next episode because you want to know what is happening next

WB: ex n°c p8

Think for yourself

L'expression de la volontéLes pronoms personnels compléments

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Try with the other ingredients

• With a big name, they expect you to... imagine what the series is about and what part a celebrity is going to have in the series.

• With intense social following, they expect you to... keep up to date with the latest development and they want to create the buzz.

• With action, they expect you to... find an ingredient a lot of viewers like and want to watch in a series.

• With unpredictability, they expect you to... be unable to predict the story so you want to watch what the authors have imagined.

• With a familiar context with a twist, they expect you to... feel comfort in stories with codes you know, but they want to bring in some originality.

Take your books p27

Ex n°5: What do they want their children to do or not to do ? Dane and Jude’s parents want …

1. Dane and Jude’s parents want them to do their homework first after school.

2. They expect them to watch one episode at a time and they don’t want them to eat popcorn in front of television.

4. They don’t want them to watch TV after 9 p.m.

More

SECTION 03

2. The science behind why we binge-watch

Take your books p18

a. Read the title and the three subtitles of the article.Guess what it is about

Title

Subtitles

The science behind why we binge-watch

1. Binge-watching is an easy, feel-good fix 2. The line between the enjoyment and unhealthy habits 3. Striking a good binge watching balance

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Read the text p18

Take your wb p9: ex n°2b

Learn more about binge-watching 1. Read the first part, underline what you understand in blue and the repetitions in red. Can you explain the word “fix” and why people binge-watch ?

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Take your wb p10: ex n°2

Use the elements given to label the diagram.

Watching series

Watching more series

Watching even more series

Brain

Happiness

Great happiness

Production of dopamine

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SECTION 04

2. The science behind why we binge-watch

Remember

Write a letter to the creators of your favorite TV show.Tell them what you want or expect: Season 4 ends well The heroine survives The villain does not win You will never stop this show

Dear creators,

I expect season 4 to end well. I want the heroine to survive. I don’t want the villain to win. And I don’t want you to stop this show ever !

Open your WB p19: ex n°6

Take your workbooks p10 and p11

3. In the second part of the text, find the sentence that best explains this mechanism.

5. In the last part of the text, find the activities to “strike a good binge-watching balance“

“It takes more and more of the same activity to give us the same feeling of enjoyment“ l21-23

Cut yourself off
Exercise
Spend time with friends

4. Now that you understand addiction, explain the expression “post-binge malaise“ l.28

Instead of watching a series, I usually spend my time with friends.Instead of watching series, you can also exercise.

When you can’t watch series, you don’t have your dose of dopamine and you feel depressed.

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Trouve les mots suivants dans le texte

S'évader: Le train-train quotidien: Divertissement: Les téléspectateurs: Le jeu (d'argent / de hasard): Récompense: Pleurer la perte: S'engager à: Trouver le juste équilibre:

escape

day-to-day grind

entertainment

TV viewers

gambling

reward

mourn the loss

commit to

strike a balance

Take your books p152: ex n°14Reformule en utilisant une proposition infinitive: “want someone to + BV“

a. Your dad is carrying loads of shopping. He tells you “help me carry the bags“.He

wants me to help him to carry the bags.

b. You have homework to do. You tell your mother: “Leave me alone“. I

want my mum to leave me alone.

c. The radio is not loud enough. Your mum tells you to turn it up.She

wants me to turn the radio up.

d. On a school trip to England, the teacher tells the pupils to look left.The teacher

wants them to look left.

e. In the London eye, the pupils are very excited. The teacher tells the pupils to stop acting silly.The teacher

wants them to stop acting silly.

f. Someone is calling you names at school. You tell him / her to stop. I

want you to stop calling me names.

SECTION 05

3. True life: i'm addicted to series

Take your books p19

a. Look at the title of the video and guess what it is going to be about.

It may be about:

- The series she loves watching.

- Her watching habits, with an indication of the time she spends watching series.

Cut yourself off
Exercise
Spend time with friends

- The places where she watches her favourite series. Maybe she’s going to talk about her real addiction and the lies she fed her friends or her family.

This video is the true story of a girl who got addicted to Netflix.

b. Watch the video, concentrate on what you understand.

SECTION 05

Take your WB p11: ex n°3

c. Complete the mind map about Sam’s life and assess her level of addiction.

Sam, 22 years old, a condition of binge-watching series diagnosed at the age of 16 by her doctor.

Information about the girl

Sam's addiction to series

Not many friends anymore, lost close friends and boyfriend, “that’s okay“

Her social life

On her desk, on her bed, at the football stadium, at the gym, at work.

Where she watches her series

c. Complete the mind map about Sam’s life and assess her level of addiction.

Her job

A journalist5 days a week

The Office (for the fourth time), Parks and Recreation, Madmen, House of Cards, How I Met Your Mother, Scrubs, Orange is the New Black.

Sam's addiction to series

The series she is currently binge-watching

Light series during the week (because of the stress of school) 8 to 16 hours a day of watching series

Her watching habits

Comedies on Mondays, more serious shows at weekends.

Assess Sam's level of addiction

Sam is highly addicted. She follows seven series at the same time. She watches series at home, at work, when she does some sport. She doesn’t have much of a personal life. Actually she doesn’t do much else, she doesn’t socialise.

Cut yourself off
Exercise
Spend time with friends

d. What’s your general impression after watching this video ?Is it really a true story or is it a hoax, a parody ? Justify.

I think this video is a hoax because there are some inconsistencies in her testimony. a. She cannot spend 8 to 16 hours a day watching series and go to work. b. She cannot work five days a week as a journalist and be a student at the same time. c. She is too young to be a journalist on television = at 22 she cannot be a journalist. d. The whole scene showing her at work looks fake. e. She cannot watch a series during a two-minute break while she’s online broadcasting the news. f. She pretends to be a supporter of the Gators, an American athletics club belonging to the University of Florida, but she watches her series there when the stadium is empty.

Take your books p19: ex n°3

SECTION 06

4. How addicted are you ?

Take your books p19

Take the quiz and assess your level of addiction.

Take your workbooks p12

Find out how addicted your friend is

How many of you have a majority of greens ?

- What do you do in your free time ?- How much time do you really spend on screens ? ...

Find out how addicted your friend is

How many of you have a majority of blue ?

- How do you balance your time between watching TV series and other activities in your daily routine ?

Find out how addicted your friend is

How many of you have a majority of red ?

- Why do you spend so much time on TV screens ?- How do you feel after watching a whole season ?

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Take your books p26: ex n°3Conjuguez les verbes suivants au present perfect

a. I …..(never / see) ….. a better actress. She ….. (always / fascinate) ….. me. b. My friend is a fan of Riverdale: she ….. (watch) ….. all the seasons and she ….. (buy) ….. a Riverdale South Side Serpents tee-Shirt ! c. ….. (you / ever / meet) ….. a famous actor or actress ? No, I ….. (have / not) ….. the opportunity !

has always

have never seen

fascinated

has watched

has bought

Have you ever met

haven't had

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Deux amies discutent de leur addiction aux séries. Complète le dialogue avec des verbes au present perfect.

Allie: (you / ever watch) .................................. a whole season in one weekend? Hannah: Yes, I ............................. Do you remember that old series about girls gossiping? Allie: Oh yeah! I was completely hooked. I (never / be) .................................. so addicted to a series. I (never / watch) ...................................... a series so fast! Hannah: Yes, I (never / feel) ...................................... so excited about a series! I (see) ...................................... other movies with the leading actress since but they were not as gripping.

Have you ever watched

have

have never been

have never watched

have never felt

have seen

Take your workbooks p19: ex n°4Conjuguez les verbes suivants au present perfect et ajoutez les adverbes suivants: already, ever ou never

Have you ever watched

1. - (you / watch) the series Raising Dion ?- No, I (hear) about it. Is it any good ? - Well, I (see) three episodes and I think it's pretty good ! 2. I'm telling you Star Trek is the best series I (discover) I (watch) a better series ... and I (convince) all my friends to watch it !

've never heard

've already seen

have ever discovered

have never watched

have already

convinced

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THANKS!

Step 2 = addicted to series

- How often do you watch series?
- How many episodes of a series do you usually watch in a row?
- How long do you stay in front of your computer or TV when you watch a series?

Read the text and find a definition of binge watching.

Step 3 = watching trailers

- Guess the story of this series?

- Check your answer by reading the synopsis.

- Guess the story of this series?

- Check your answer by reading the synopsis.

- Guess the story of this series?

- Check your answer by reading the synopsis.

- Guess the story of this series?

- Check your answer by reading the synopsis.

Activities 1

N°2

N°1

N°3

N°5

N°4

N°6

Fais les activités plusieurs fois.

Activities 2

N°2

N°1

N°3

N°5

N°4

N°6

Fais les activités plusieurs fois.

- Have you recently discovered any new TV series that you've really enjoyed?- How many seasons of your current favorite TV series have you watched so far? - Have you ever recommended a TV series to a friend and later found out they loved it too? - Have you ever used a streaming service to catch up on a TV series you missed when it originally aired? - How many episodes of a TV series have you watched in the past week, and has it affected your daily schedule?

Dane and Jude complain: what do they say ? Our parents expect …

1. Our parents expect us to do our homework first after school.

2. They expect us to watch one episode at a time.

3. They don’t want us to eat pop- corn.

4. They don’t want us to watch TV after 9 p.m.

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The objective of this article is to make us understand the scientific (biological, social, psychological) reasons why we binge-watch. This article explains that: - Binge-watching makes you feel good, it’s an easy way to feel good. - Feeling good is pleasant but binge-watching can be unhealthy as it leaves you no time for other activities. - You need to balance binge-watching with the pleasure you gain from it.

Try to give a definition of binge-watching:

Binge-watching is when: - You watch a great number of episodes / a whole season without interruption. - You watch several episodes (= separate parts) of a television series or programme, one after another. - You can’t stop watching episode after episode. - You can’t help watching the next episode. - You keep watching episode after episode. - You are addicted to TV series.

On peut également exprimer l'idée de faire faire quelque chose à quelqu'un avec une expression causative: To make someone do something ​ Avec cette structure causative, il y a l’idée de provoquer, d’obliger quelqu’un à faire quelque chose. Ex: ​ I made my son tidy his room this morning ! J'ai obligé mon fils à ranger sa chambre ce matin !

- Have you ever tried watching a popular TV series but found it difficult to get into? - Have you explored different genres of TV series in an attempt to find one that captures your interest? - Can you recall a specific TV series that you started but never finished, and why did you stop watching it? - Have you ever received recommendations for TV series from friends but haven't had the chance to check them out yet? - What types of activities or hobbies do you typically enjoy instead of watching TV series?

- Have you ever binge-watched an entire season of a TV series in one sitting?- How many different TV series have you seen since you started watching them regularly? - Have you ever experienced the excitement of watching a TV series as soon as it was released, without any spoilers from others? - Have you ever felt guilty about neglecting other responsibilities because of your dedication to watching series? - How many times have you re-watched your all-time favorite TV series, and do you still find it as engaging as the first time you watched it?

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  • Make sure your audience remembers the message.

Got an idea?

Let the communication flow!

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to wow your audience. You can also highlight a particular sentence or piece of information so that it sticks in your audience’s minds, or even embed external content to surprise them: Whatever you like! Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? No problem! 90% of the information we assimilate is received through sight and, what’s more, we retain 42% more information when the content moves.

  • Generate experiences with your content.
  • It’s got the Wow effect. Very Wow.
  • Make sure your audience remembers the message.