UNIT 2 THE NEW YORK EXPERIENCE

UNIT 2

THE New YORK EXPERIENCE

START

DANS CETTE UNITE

Tu vas découvrir:

Tu seras capable de:

-Relever des informations pertinentes dans un document audio ou vidéo -Décrire et comparer deux sports -Présenter un lieu et donner des directions -Echanger sur tes goûts et préférences -Ecrire un court message

-Les quartiers et les principaux bâtiments de New York -Des loisirs et des sports américains -Quelques plats typiques New-yorkais

Et tu vas:

First task: Choisir un programme d'activités à New York

Final task: Présenter la ville de New York pour attirer de nouveaux visiteurs

index

Introduction

Re-connect

Lesson 2 - B-Ball spirit

Lesson 1 - A day in New York city

1) B-ball in the boroughs

1) A year in Central Park

2) What is streetball?

2) Ten things to do in NYC

3) Talent recruiter

3) New York city specials

4) Typical American sports

4) Your tastes

5) A trip to NYC : FIRST TASK

FINAL TASK : NYC, the place to be

INTRODUCTION

Look at the photo and describe it! Give as many details as possible

I can see... There is...There are...

In your notebook, write:

UNIT 2 - THE NEW YORK EXPERIENCE

INTRODUCTION This is a photo of Manhattan, New York. On this photo, we can see a lot of very big buildings. There are huge skyscrapers. There is water/ a river on the left and on the right of the buildings. It's an island! There are boats and a bridge. I can see some trees and roads. There are cars on the streets but they look tiny! The city looks gigantic and very crowded!

karaoke time

N.Y.C

N.Y.C stands for New York City It's a place of liberty. Let's go see the city that doesn't sleep, walking around buildings, avenues and streets. You can sing Gospels in Harlem, or play street ball in Brooklyn. But don't forget to take a yellow cab, Uptown, Midtown, it'll drive you anywhere. Manhattan is the place to be! Central Park, the place to see! If I can't make it on Broadway, I will make it another way!

Re-connect 1. Discover the big apple

NYC QUICK FACTS New York City is located in the North of the USA, on the East coast. It is situated in the state of New York. There are 8.5 million inhabitants in NYC.

The currency is the American dollar

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c. Can you solve the riddles? Listen and write the words you recognise.

-Midtown -5th avenue -34th street -Madison Square Garden -East River

The Empire State Building

-South of Manhattan -near the Hudson river -very high -new building

One World Trade Center

-Midtown -Lexington -42nd street -Next to Grand Central Station

The Chrysler Building

2. Let's visit manhattan !

a) Listen to Joe and Chelsea visiting NYC and discover their programme b) Recap what the teenagers want to do and where they want to go. Joe and his friend want to ....so, first they go to...

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3. Be the Guide

Get ready to show your friends around the places in Manhattan. Use the pictures and the map

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Itinéraire vert From: Madison Square Garden To: Central Park

along 34th Street, turn left

Walk.................................................

into 5th Avenue, go along 5th Avenue.

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On your left, there is the Rockefeller Center.

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Continue on 5th Avenue, all the way to Central Park

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Itinéraire bleu From: Brooklyn Bridge To: Times Square

through Chinatown and Little

Walk.................................................

Italy.

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Turn left into Broadway. Go up on Broadway Boulevard. The Empire State Building is on your right.

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Go along on Broadway again and reach Times Square

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Itinéraire rouge From: The MET To: Greenwich village

First, go down 5th Avenue until Rockefeller Center

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Then, turn left and walk until you see water, the Chrysler building is on your left.

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Turn right and walk along the East River. Turn right again into 34th Street.There is the Empire State Building.

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Turn left on 5th Avenue, go down 5th Avenue and then Greenwich Village is on the right.

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LESSON 1 - A year IN NYC

1. A year in central park

Look at the photos and describe them

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LESSON 1 - A Year IN NYC

1. A year in central park

Recap what New-yorkers can do in spring, summer...

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LESSON 1 - A Year IN NYC

1. A year in central park

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2. Ten things to do in NYC

Watch the video and take notes in your notebook

Watch this video at home

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lesson 1

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Choose 3 places and recap what you know about them

Place #1 : ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Place #2 : ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Place #3 : ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

3. NEW YORK CITY SPECIALS

• Joe and Chelsea are queuing up to buy something from a street vendor.
• Listen to their conversation and find out what they like and don't like.

• Look at the picture and list what you can buy from this vendor

Joe and Chelsea's order

Joe decides to have:

Chelsea decides to have:

4. Your tastes

In N.Y.C, there are lots of street vendors. They sell food from stands or food trucks. You can have Mexican food, American food, Italian food, Asian food etc

food and nationalities

New York ho dog

food and nationalities?

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food and nationalities

New York ho dog

what's your favorite food?

PAIR WORK : In paris, discuss the food you would like to buy from a street vendor

Pupil A : What would you like to eat?

Pupil B : I'd like to try....because I like/I'm fond of/ I love...

Pupil A : I prefer...so I'll have...

Pupil A : I like ...tooI don't like/dislike ...

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5. A trip to NYC

1st TASK You teacher is taking you on a trip to NYC and you can decide on your favorite day out! Discuss it with your partner and agree on a programme or invent your own! Choose 1 place, 2 activities, something to eat and something to drink.

LESSON 2 - B-ball spirit

a) Look at the picture and identify the 2 main topics of the video

LESSON 2 - B-ball spirit

b) Watch the video. We bet you can understand what the B-ball spirit is.

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LESSON 2 - B-ball spirit

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sports- game of basketball - in the playground - fever- high schools - colleges - Madison Square - the game - we play/ watch/love

5 boroughs - history - personality - race- nationality - background - great city - be different

LESSON 2 - B-ball spirit

What is the message of this video? Use your notes to circle the correct answer:

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There is no diversity in New York / There is a lot of diversity in New York

NY combines 5 boroughs that are very different / NY combines 5 boroughs that are very similar

Basketball is not very popular in New York / Basketball is very popular in NY

You can play and watch basketball in lots of different places/ You can only play and watch basketball in clubs.

The differences disappear when they play basketball/ The differences appear when they play basketball

B-ball is the game that divides them all. / B-ball is the game that unites them all.

LESSON 2 - B-ball spirit

Practise acting

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LESSON 2 - B-ball spirit

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2. What is Basketball? a) Read the text and identify the differences between streetball and basketball

LESSON 2 - B-ball spirit

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b) Read the whole text and pick out information about streetball to complete the mind map.

LESSON 2 - B-ball spirit

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LESSON 2 - B-ball spirit

3. Talent recruiter

Imagine you are recruiting a player for the NBA. Look at the profiles of these 2 players and compare them with your partner. Then make your choice.

LESSON 2 - B-ball spirit

3. Talent recruiter

Imagine you are recruiting a player for the NBA. Look at the profiles of these 2 players and compare them with your partner. Then make your choice.

4. Typical American sports

Do you know more sports?

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hockey

american football

lacrosse

A team game in which the ball is thrown, carried, and caught with a long-handled stick having a curved L-shaped or triangular frame at one end with a piece of shallow netting in the angle. Lacrosse was originally played by some North American Indigenous peoples.

A game played on ice between two teams of eleven players who each have a curved stick with which the player tries to put the puck (= small, hard, rubber disk) into the other team’s goal

A sport of football that evolved from English rugby and soccer; The sport, played with 11 on each side, originated in North America, primarily in the United States,

4. Typical American sports

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final task

YOUR PROJECT : The City of New York wants to attract new visitors. They are giving city passes to the class that makes the most attractive poster! The presentation will promote the visits, the places, the food and the activities in the Big Apple.

follow the steps

Present New York city: Select 3 pieces of information about NYC (boroughs, figures, places, buildings

Top things to do! Choose 3 activities you like doing and connect them to 3 specific places in NYC

What to eat and drink? Present the variety of food and drink you can have in New York

Sport in the city: Choose a sport that best represents NYC and explain why it is iconic.

Make your presentation attractive! Prepare a poster/ a slideshow to illustrate the presentation you will make. Remember to be enthusiastic and convincing!

Picture 1. In spring, there are flowers on the trees. It’s usually sunny! New Yorkers cycle and go boating on the pond/ lake.

Manhattan forms a grid of 228 streets and 12 avenues. 2 avenues and 2 streets form a rectangle called a block.

5 boroughs - history - personality- race - nationality - great city- be different - sports - game of basketball - in the playground- high schools - colleges - Madison Square - the game we play/ watch/ love - New York is basketball / basketball is New York

5 boroughs - history - personality- race - nationality - great city- be different - sports - game of basketball - in the playground- high schools - colleges - Madison Square - the game we play/ watch/ love - New York is basketball / basketball is New York

NYC is divided in 5 boroughs: -Manhattan -Brooklyn -the Bronx -Queens -Staten island

Picture 3. In autumn/fall (autumn= GB, fall= US) the sky is grey and the trees are red and yellow. People go fishing.

Picture 2. In summer, the sky is blue and it’s often very hot. New Yorkers relax on the grass, they sunbathe, get a tan and have a picnic.

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Read the first 2 paragraphs (l.1-5) and find examples of differences between streetball and basketball. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Read the last paragraph (l. 6-12). What is the topic of this paragraph? ..............................................................................................................................................................

Picture 4. In winter, it often snows and it’s always very cold. New Yorkers go ice-skating on the frozen lake.

Hi Sam, I'm very excited to come and visit you in NYC. So, here is some information about me: I'm very curious and I'm fond of art. I don't know NYC but I suppose there are a lot of museums. I also like shopping and I love listening to music. As for food, I'm not fussy but I don't like onions and I can't stand meat. I'm a vegetarian. See you, Paul.

In NYC, there are : -200 different languages spoken -257 skyscrapers -5 000 street food vendors -472 subway stations -13 000 cabs

What can you deduce about the streetball playing style? Use the information from the mind map to choose the right answer.

a. Streetball players are fun to watch because their game is a show

Right

b. Streetball is very conventional form of basketball

Wrong

c. NBA basketball is more inventive than streetball

Wrong

d. There's a lot of freestyle in streetball

Right

e. Streetball players are less respectful of the rules

Right