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2nde LVA - T1 United Colours of Harlem

cécile poirier

Created on September 9, 2024

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Transcript

UNITED COLOURS OF

HARLEM

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INDEX

Session 3
Session 1
Session 2
Session 6
Session 4
Session 5
TEST
FINAL TASK : EE

SESSION

What do we know about this picture?

What do we want to know?

A mural in Harlem representing Dizzie Gillepsie (famous trumpetist and jazzman), by Brendan 'B Mike'

- Focus on the maps and localise Harlem as precisely as possible. - Identify the different parts of Harlem and localise them. - So far, can you explain what is Harlem?

- Describe the picture as precisely as possible: the mural and the building itself. - Comment on the colours: what impression does it give of Harlem?

- Why is there a giant mural representing Dizzie Gillepsie in Harlem?

- Listen to the audio document

Harlem history - CO - S1

- What does the journalist say about Harlem history? - What are the challenges that Harlem faces? - What are the positive and inspiring aspects of Harlem?

SESSION

This is today's document. What do you expect?

Maybe...

- Watch the video.

Then answer the questions.

Harlem Renaissance

- What major migration took place in the early 20th century? Now look at the map. - Who migrated? From where? To which places? - What were their motivations? - What was the result in New York and in Harlem? - What is the Harlem Renaissance?

MINDMAP - PDF format

SESSION

What's interesting to notice in that photo?

Describe the lifestyle and the culture revealed in the photo.

Count Basie and other musicians in a jazz club in Harlem

What is going on in that picture? Describe the lighting and the colours: what atmostphere do they depict?

Nightlife, by Archibald Motley, 1943.

And this is what I know: That all these walls oppression builds Will have to go! I look at my own body With eyes no longer blind— And I see that my own hands can make The world that's in my mind. Then let us hurry, comrades, The road to find.

I look at the world’ Langston Hughes

I look at the world From awakening eyes in a black face— And this is what I see: This fenced-off narrow space Assigned to me. I look then at the silly walls Through dark eyes in a dark face—

1. Mark up the personal pronouns. Who is the voice speaking/writing? 2. Mark up the lexicon of...-the body -colour. What do you notice? 3. Mark up the lexicon of...-spaces and places ▻ What does it symbolise? -perception ▻ what does it express? 4. Highlight verbs in the present simple and underline all the other verbs. What does the present simple mean? What evolution do you notice.

Mini - TASK

Tell your british friend about Harlem in a text message.

WRITE 6 - 8 sentences.

Describe the neighbourhood and its origins. Present the Harlem Renaissance to them. Give at least one example: briefly present one of Harlem's Afro American artists.

SESSION

←The corner of th125th street and Malcolm X boulevard in 1989

The corner of th125th street and Malcolm X boulevard in 2017 →

WHOLE FOODS is a food store selling healthy organic food.

The Lenox Lounge was a famous jazz club in Harlem.

New words of the dayRead and practise pronouncing the following words:

Look at this picture. Describe the place where this man is.Watch the video.

Mini - TASK

As a proud Harlemite, you contribute to a vox pop about gentrification in your neighbourhood.

SPEAK 5 to 10 sentences

Describe the evolution and the changes taking place. Give the example of a specific place in Harlem. Briefly give your opinion.

SESSION

Today's must have...

  • The present
- present simple- Be + V-ING

Language goals

  • Describe and give examples
  • Pronounce final -s' in English

The present- present simple - Be + V-ING

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T1S5 Language goals

SESSION

What do you know about him?

What do you want to know about him?