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screens

powers

disappeared

teenagers

broadcast

advert / ad

who

billboards

famous

Times Square

heart

who or which?

In this picture, we can see an ....................................... (publicité) for Stranger Things. This series was first .................................... (diffusée) by Netflix in 2016. The story is about a group of............................................ looking for (= searching for) their friend, Will .........................has mysteriously ........................................ . A strange girl with supernatural ....................................will help them find him.

This is a view of the screens in ..........................................., one of the most visited tourist attractions in the ............. .......of Manhattan, New York City. This place is well-known (=..........................................) for its electronic ......................... and giant .......................(écrans)

Describing a photo

which

who

where

Gotham is a city ................. there is a lot of corruption.

Batman is also a comic book ................... was first published in 1940.

Batman is a superhero.....................protects the city of Gotham.

_un objet : j'introduis la relative par le pronom WHICH

_un lieu : j'introduis la relative par le pronom WHERE

_une personne: j'introduis la relative par le pronom WHO

On emploie une proposition relative. Pour donner des précisions sur:

Pour donner des précisions sur une personne, un objet ou un lieu.

who

who

where

where

which

which

voc: on the left/ right....... Je décris l'image: présent BE+Ving

sitting

Four teenagers are ........................at a table in a diner. They are drinking milkshakes or smoothies. They are chatting/perhaps gossiping and smiling. They are enjoying themselves.

Picture A:

staring

They are all standing and the girl is ................................. at the camera.

behind

A group of teenagers are gathering ...................... a girl who looks angry.

dressed

carrying

jewels

staring

arriving

A blond-haired girl is ........................ at school. All the teens around her are ........................ at her . She is wearing a lot of .................................. She looks older. She is ........................................ a pink handbag and she is slightly smiling. She is ................................... as if she was going to a party.

Picture C:

Picture D :

Observe the four pictures. What are the characters doing? I bet you can spot five different actions.

Si on parle d'une action habituelle, on emploie alors le présent simple. (ex: The girl with a pink handbag attends an American High School)

_La terminaison de -ie devient -Y: lie lying/ die dying

_Le "e" final de la BV s'efface: dance dancing

Ex: They are all looking at the blonde girl with a pink handbag. Attention à l'orthographe:

On utilise le présent BE+ V-ing

Pour décrire des actions qui se déroulent au moment où l'on parle/ pour décrire une image.

am writing

is coming.

doing

are

are running

are singing.

is raining.

Is the policeman running after a criminal

Is she watching movie with her friends

Are you making a mistake.

Are Jenny and Chris baking cupcakes today

The policeman isn't running after a criminal.

She isn't watching a movie with her friends.

You aren't making a mistake.

Jenny and Chris aren't baking cupcakes today

What are you complaining about?

Are you lying or are you telling the truth?

What are you doing?

Why are you crying?

watching

is

is lying

exaggerating

am

misses

loves

is listening

working

Is

am writing

are you doing

Describe a poster to your group

Your turn

start

Vocabulary: guess the genre

for

more

soppy

knowledge

comedy

dialogue

clothes

goat

only

episode

show

code

know

emotion

hero

horse

dog

low

2. Place-les dans le tableau selon la prononciation de la lettre "o".

hero, dialogue, emotion, more, comedy, clothes, know, for, code, knowledge, soppy, show, episode, only

1. Les sons de la lettre "o". Ecoute et répète les mots.

Practise your phonology! Recopie l'exercice dans ton cahier.

wonderful

awesome

amazing

touching

thrilling

moving

bad

awful

lousy

sentimental

captivating

funny

dull

hilarious

Find the synonyms

soppy

boring

cheesy

gripping

entertaining

exciting

tasteless

brilliant

great

spectacular

scary

creepy

frightening

eerie

spooky

Find all the adjectives which refer to FEAR.

describe

life

dinausor

science

tonight

gossip

aggressive

addict

things

film

binge

Recopie l'exercice dans ton cahier.

binge, tonight, science, film, things, addict, dinosaur, aggressive, life, gossip, describe

2. Place-les dans le tableau selon la prononciation de la lettre "i".

1. Les sons de la lettre "i". Ecoute et répète les mots.

index

Your pitch!

Likes and dislikes

Binge watching

My favorite TV show

Plot Generator

Let's watch trailers

Serial Watchers

Blindtest

Let's go!

Are you ready?

Blindtest

Game of Thrones

The Big Bang Theory

Daybreak

Elite

The Umbrella Academy

13 Reasons Why

Dark

Pretty Little Liars

Peaky Blinders

Friends

The Crown

Riverdale

Vikings

La Casa de Papel

Stranger Things

The 100

How many TV series did you find?

start

2)Have you ever seen these TV shows/ series?How many times? never? already? once? 10 times? (present perfect)

1) Listen to the title and give its genre.

ex: I've never seen "Daybreak" and I've never heard of it but I've already seen the first season of "Dark". What about you? What have you seen?

haven't had

Have you ever met

has bought

has watched

has always fascinated

have never seen

Trailers

Genre

Music

Places

Characters

10

10

HH:MM:SS

Something ................ happens..........................

The plot is about........ who/ which...................

The action takes place in.................................

In a .............series, there is/ are.....................

RECAP

Write about a TV genre and try to give a definition and characteristics): comedy, drama, detective, teen, horror, sci-fi, a biopic, an action series

What elements of a series help you to define a TV genre?What are their characteristics?

1) What elements of a series help you to define a TV genre?

music.

characters

places

A genre depends on the ..............., the ........................ and the ..........

stories

In a teen series, the plot is about the life of teenagers at school, their love ............. and their breaks-up, their dreams and their achievements ("Looking for Alaska")

crime

character

In a detective series, one .................... investigatesa ....................or a case with the help of a friend, like in "Sherlock"

laugh

jokes

2) What other genres do you know? What are their characteristics?

In a comic series, there are a lot of ........... and you can hear a .............. track, like in "Friends" or "the Big Bang Theory".

spooky

space

spaceship

monsters

-In a sci-fi series, the action takes place in ........ on a ................... or in the future, like in "Star Trek" or "Black Mirror"

-In a horror series, there are .................., ghosts, paranormal elements and ........... places (Stranger Things...)

geeky

with Marilyn Monroe

in the 1950s

at the White House

on Mars

with a bear

in the Middle East

on a plane

is a cop

finds corruption

seeks revenge

blows stuff up

time travels

falls in love

plans a heist

alien

Joe Biden

zombie

Lincoln

dinosaur

Jennifer Lawrence

monkey

giant

cartoon

kung-fu

edgy

powerful

robot

It's the story of a geeky zombie who falls in love with a bear ...

1. Observe the columns and label them.
2. Pick one element from each column and create your own pitch! Make it weird!

Movie plot generator

The car that is parked outside is blue.

s'utilise pour dire "qui" plutôt à l'oral!

My favorite book, which is Harry Potter, is magical!

.............................................

s'utilise pour dire "qui" quand il s'agit de

The boy who is wearing a red shirt is called John.

.............................................

s'utilise pour dire "qui" quand il s'agit de

........................

........................

........................

Le chien qui aboie est noir.

Le pronom relatif sert à relier l'antécédent avec une proposition relative qui le définit dans la phrase :

Les pronoms relatifs

ex: This show is about a deputy sheriff who tries to survive in a world where the zombies are everywhere.

ex: This show is about a surgeon who suffers from autism. There is a hospital where different surgeons work together.

Use a relative clause to describe them.(who, which, where)

Don't give names of characters nor places!

Choose a show and the class has to guess it.

mislead

gadgets

faults

quirky

kill

lonely

strong

heroic

ambiguous

friend

laugh

evil

joke

hilarious

brave

funny

help

the villain

the sidekick

the HERO/HEROIN

Match the words to the types of characters and present each type. Find one character to illustrate each type.

the geek

the anti hero

the clown

Characters

(Dustin and Lucas in Stranger Things)

(Dr Brenner)

(Supergirl, Eleven)

ideas.

friend

hero

The sidekick helps the ................... . he is a good .................... . He always has good .............

kill

creates.

hero.

aults.

evil

The villain is ............ He has a lot of f................... He fights the .............. and he .................... chaos. He wants to ................. good guys.

problems.

truth.

villains

brave

The hero/ heroine is heroic, ............ and courageous. He/She has a lot of qualities. He/She fights .................... . He/ She looks for the ............ and he/she solves ....................

The characters

(Saul Goodman)

(Walter White)

(Sheldon)

misleads

ambiguous

aults

The anti-hero has lots of f.................. . He is ............................and paradoxical. He ....................... the audience.

solves

He ................. problems for the hero.

gadgets.

lonely.

The geek is often ................. and he has a lot of .....................

laugh

hillarious

joke

The clown is funny / .......................... . He makes people ................ . He always has a good ............................

10

10

HH:MM:SS

Think about a character? What category does he belong to? Describe him/her and the class will guess his/her identity. Use the vocabulary.

Guess the character?

gadgets

faults

quirky

kill

lonely

strong

heroic

ambiguous

friend

laugh

mislead

evil

joke

hilarious

brave

funny

help

the villain

the geek

the anti hero

the sidekick

the hero/heroin

the clown

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be hooked on

cliffhanger

episode

plot

identify with

characters

setting

are not my thing.

is caught up in

feels the pull

Why you should watch Raising Dion

Why you should watch The Big Bang Theory

Why you should watch Stranger Things

My favorite TV show

My favourite TV show

addictive

makes you want to watch another episode

full of cliffhangers

gripping

feel close to them

from the 80s

mysterious

jumpy

creepy

everyday life of all these geeks

lives on a completely different planet

friendly

group of geeks

Sheldon

it makes you feel better

hilarious

Maybe..... Perhaps.... I think... I suppose...

Look at the title and imagine the plot. Make hypothesis.

friendship between Dion and Esperanza

supernatural story with a sentimental twist.

His mother investigates where his superpowers come from.

Esperanza, a disabled girl, in a wheelchair.

his mother

discovers he has superpowers.

his name's Dion

a 8-year-old boy

evolves through the episodes

completely different

emotional

He is special.

It's difficult to bring him up because he has superpowers.

It's about a mother who tries to take care of her son Dion.

Can you explain the title Raising Dion?

caught up

recommend

emotional

who

addicted.

better

down

superpowers.

geek

I've just discovered this little gem and I'm already .......................! It's about an 8-year-old boy called Dion ............. one day discovers that he has ............................ . It makes you feel .......................... because you can relate to the family's situation. I would definitely .......................... it to anyone who likes supernatural stories and who wants to be ........................in a story.

Why you should watch "Raising Dion"

If you are a ...................., this TV show is for you! But the reason why I'm really into "The Big Bang Theory" is because it is hilarious! if one day you feel ................., just watch an episode and it will make you feel ...................... instantly.

Why you should watch "The Big Bang Theory"

It's completely addictive! I just love it! It's such a cool show! I'm really into it because it's just hilarious! It will make you feel better instantly!

Ecoute et répète. N'hésite pas à exagérer!

The plot is really gripping.

Ecoute et répète:

L'accent de phrase pour convaincre.

Make the presentation fun and lively!

Sous-titre

• the main characters and their type
• a summary of the plot
• your impressions of the series

• genre of the series

It's series time! You have to convince the class to watch your favourite TV show. Present it and include:

THE MUST-SEE SERIES!

good. And it takes more and more of the same activity to give us that feeling of enjoyment, making binge-watching much harder to stop.When we're forced to stop watching (usually when we finish the entire series) we quite literally "mourn" the loss of the show.Striking a good binge-watching balance.It's important to remember that there's a fine line between healthy viewing habits and addictive behavior. Commit to only watching a certain number of episodes in advance, then cut yourself off and balance your binge-watching with activities like exercise or spending time with friends.

Binge-watching is an easy, feel-good fix. For many viewers, binge-watching gives us an escape from the day-to-day grind. Entertainment has always offered a way to escape from the pressures of daily life, and binge-watching is no exception. "TV viewers are no longer zoning out as a way to forget about their day, they are tuning in, on their own schedule, to a different world. Getting immersed in multiple episodes or even multiple seasons of a show over a few weeks is a new kind of escapism that is especially welcomed today". The line between enjoyment and unhealthy habits. Binge-waching can be a great way to relax and de-stress, but it can easily become a problem when you regularly prioritize it over other important activities. Like gambling, or other behavioral addictions, binge-watching activates the part of our brain responsible from "reward" functions, producing dopamine : it makes us feel

Binge watching, a scientifical process!

Binge watching

start

Presentation

to escape the pressures of daily life and the day-to-day grind

immersed in multiples episodes or even multiple seasons ...... a few weeks

entertainment

day-to-day grind

escape

watching even more series

great happiness

watching more series

happiness

production of dopamine

brain

watching series

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

"It takes more and more of the same activity to give us that same feeling of enjoyment "

spend time with friends

exercise

cut yourself off

Look at the title of the video and guesswhat it is going to be about.

start

What the video, concentrate on what you understand and check your guesses.

TRUE LIFE

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Video

Orange is the new black

Scrubs

How I met your mother

House of Cards

Madmen

Parks and Recreation

The Office (for the 4th time)

lost her close friends and boyfriend

not many friends

a condition of binge- watching series diagnosed at the age of 16 by her doctor

Sam, 22 years old

5 days a week

a journalist

8 to 16 hours a day of watching series

light series during the week because of the stress of school

more serious shows at weekends

comedies on Mondays

at work

at the gym

at the football stadium

on her bed

on her desk

life

same

Sam is highly addicted . She follows 7 series at the .............. time. She watches series at home, at work, when she does some sport.... She doesn't have much of a personal ............. Actually she doesn't do much else, she doesn't socialise.

Assess Sam's level of addiction:

What's your general impression after watching this video?

hoax

student

school

too

fake

The scene showing her at work and showing her at the stadium look ...................

She is ............. young to be a journalist on TV.

She can't work 5 days a week as a journalist and be a ......................... at the same time.

She can't watch spend 8 to 16 hours a day watching series and go to .................

This video is a ....... because there are some inconsistencies.

Is it a true story or is it a hoax, a parody?

• why people should watch it!

• summary of the plot

• main characters and types

• genre of the series

Pitch your new TV series idea to the producers of Netflix!:

FINAL TASK

It's series time!

THANKS!