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Like a hobo

You are a hobo, you write your testimony for PBS.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

A2 : Les émotions.(antonymes) Le champ lexical ferroviaire et de la vie de nomade B1 Phrasal verbs

You are a hobo, you write your testimony for PBS.

Final task

Language

B1 Il peut raconter une histoire, décrire un évènement et exprimer clairement ses sentiments par rapport à quelque chose qu’il a vécu et expliquer pourquoi il ressent ces sentiments. Il peut faire un exposé préparé ou une description détaillée non complexe sur un sujet familier qui soit assez clair pour être suivi sans difficulté la plupart du temps.

A2 : Discours direct/indirect B1 : Les relatifs en -ever (Pré-requis : prétérit)

Grammar

CECRL

Axe 3 Voyages et Migrations OE : Errer, vagabonder, se perdre, se laisser surprendre : la représentation du « vagabond » dans les œuvres anglophones

Etre vagabond : désir de liberté ou une nécessité pour survivre ?

Axe/Objet d'étude

Problématique

ANTICIPATION

“They were hobos, and with every word they uttered, it all spelled adventure.”

Jack London, 1980’

Look at the image, read the quote and guess the new topic.

What makes a person a hobo?

intermediate

Born on a Nebraska farm in 1916, Donald Newhouser rode the rails from 1935 to 1938, following the harvests through the West: the hay fields in Colorado, potato picking in Idaho, apples in Washington, hops in Oregon. "I was sitting on a railroad track, somewhere in Montana, waiting for a freight train. I was 19 years old. It was getting dark, and as I looked down at a village below, I saw a Christmas tree lit up in a window and children playing around it. Tears ran down my cheeks as I remembered a Christmas Day when I was the age of those children." (Source : IOWA PBS)

advanced

Instructions :

A desire for freedom?

Song of the open road

by Walt Whitman

Homework : Do the activities page 4 pdf +

a means to survive?

Woodie Guthrie & Emmylou Harris "Hobo's lullaby" :

Homework (listen and be ready to present the song: artist + message) : Johnny Cash "Ain't gonna be a hobo no more" ; Bob Dylan "Only a hobo"; Chris Stapetlon "Traveller"

Ressource gratuite sur TPT

Riding the rails : historical facts

Texts A2

Here are the texts for intermediate students.

Stations activity

Worksheet to complete

Texts B1+

Here are the texts for advanced students + instructions

Homework : Do the activity and be able to present the events in French.

Discours direct/indirect

Final Task

You are Donald Newhouser, a 19 year-old hobo born on a Nebraska farm. You travel west. Now an old man, you write your testimony for PBS. - About 100 words - include emotions - write about a hobo's lifestyle - write about the reasons for undergoing this life

Oral presentation

Deadline :

Watch the video according to your level, read the text and create a dialogue : You are a hobo and you encounter a police officer, present yourself and explain your lifestyle.

• pairwork (groups of 2)
• maximum 1 minute
• include : place of birth, age, lifestyle, reasons for this lifestyle,
• no notes during the presentation

Grille d'évaluation