New York City

Learning session

New York City, the city that never sleeps

Start

NYC

Objectives

11/03/2024-19/04/2024

Duration

Learning sessions

Culture : American cultureLinguistic : superlatives, possessive structure, past tense, present perfect tense. Pragmatic : report information to a friends

• A huge city that never sleeps
• The development of NYC though the XXth century
• Still so powerful?

Teacher Caroline

NEW YORK CITY

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Introduction

What do you know about New York City? Location? Population? Symbols? Boroughs? Buildings? Places? activities?

Development

Learning session 1

New York city (from Wikipédia)

You will read the text silently : 1 . Try to make sense with unknown words 2. Which unknown words you think you have guessed? 3 . Do you know how to pronounce them ? 4. Who can try to translate the last sentence ?

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STRATEGY

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identify its nature : (noun, verb, adjective...)

learn its meaning and how to pronounce it

try to recall it a few days later and to re-use it in a sentence.

a city in SE New York State, at the mouth of the Hudson River: the largest city and chief port of the US; settled by the Dutch as New Amsterdam in 1624 and captured by the British in 1664, when it was named New York; consists of five boroughs (Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island) and many islands, with its commercial and financial centre in Manhattan; the country's leading commercial and industrial city. Pop: 8 085 742 (2003 est)

Introduction

Learning session

LEXICAL reminder

The dazling metropolis : Bustling : It's owe to : Let's journey to : A gift from : A sculpture : To characterize : To provide : Landmarks : A billboard : A stone throw away : A torch held high : A commitment : A bridge :

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1st listening:

Identify words you know, nature of the document, main topics, emotions.....

2nd listening :

Write down the 6 stated landmarks

Task in group :

6 groups : each group deals with a land mark. Listen carefully your part and report as many information as possible to the class. Each group organises : the listening, the writing and the reporting of its landmark.

Watch and listen!

Learning session

What is a superlative?

Have a look !

• It applies to adjectives
• It tells that someone or something has a unique quality
• It has a specific structure :

"the longest suspension bridge in the world" "The most comprehensive art museums" "The world's tallest building" Can you deduce any rule?

Development

Learning session 3

Written reminder

Long adjectives

Irregular adjectives

Short adjectives

The most + adj The most expensive hotel

The adj + est The smartest student

Good > The Best Bad > The worst Far > The Furthest The best place to eat

Let's practice: from my sentence, make a statement using a superlative

New York has 8.6 Million inhabitants (crowded)

A night at "the 4 seasons" hotel is 45 dollars (cheap)

Mark Zuckerberg has 79 billion $ at the bank (rich)

The top of the Empire State Buiding has a look over Central Park (good)

This food truck sells hot dogs (delicious)

Closure

Check what you have learned !

You've been in New York for 2 weeks now and you write an e-mail to your best friend to let him know about this great city. Tell him about all the places you went to, about the atmosphere, the people, the activities to be done there. Use at least 3 superlatives. 100 words minimum.

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