Summer Review 2025

2025-2026 V.Garioud

Presentation

Summer Review

What happened during summer 2025?

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Summer review

Table of contents

FINAL PROJECT

GRAMMAR

PHONETICS

LESSON

NEWS

You're a news anchor

The passive voice

Pronouniciation

Recap

Present one piece of news from this summer in English.

Observe, sentence practice, infer the rule.

<-ed> endings

Worksheet

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Practice makes perfect.

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Phonological objectives

What will you learn?

pronunciation of (-ed). • /t/ → watched • /d/ → played • /ɪd/ → wanted Improve fluency when presenting news.

Lexical objectives

• vocabulary from summer news (sports, politics, environment, entertainment). • vocabulary to present and comment on recent events.

Methodological objectives

Grammar objectives

• Master the Passive Voice (was + past participle).ex: The town was evacuated after the floods. • Understand that “news” is an uncountable noun.✅ The news is shocking. ❌ The news are shocking.

• Learn how to present a TV news bulletin: • Opening lines (Good evening, welcome to the news…) • Transition to a reporter (Now let’s go live to our correspondent…) • Closing a news segment (Back to you in the studio / Thank you for watching). • Practice teamwork and oral presentation skills by creating your own news report.

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SUMMER REVIEW 2025

Let's go!1.Look at the pictures and answer these questions !

2. Watch the videos. Spot as many details as possible (numbers, names, places, actions)!

3.Get ready to recap the news item orally, just like a TV reporter!

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News 1

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Flood in Texas

July 4th - 7th

Texans

Texas, USA

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News 1

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New Harry Potter TV series

July 14th

Hermione, Harry, Ron

Leavesden Studios and London

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News 1

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UK voting age lowered

July 17th

British teenagers

The United Kingdom

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News 1

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UEFA women's Euro

July 27th

England vs Spain

Bâle, Switzerlands.

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News 1

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Women's Tour de France

August 3rd

Pauline Ferrand Prévot

France

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News 1

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Wednesday Season 2

August 7th

Jenna Ortega, Tim Burton

Netflix

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News 1

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80th anniversary of the atomic bomb

August 9th

Leaders of UN countries, Japanese people

Nagasaki, Japan

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News 1

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Wildfires in Colorado

August 10th

Firefighters, American people

Colorado, USA

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News 1

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A new album

August 14th

Taylor Swift

The US

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News 1

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Meeting to discuss peace

August16th

Trump and Putin

Alaska, USA

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Written trace

Recap on your worksheet

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Pronunciation

1. Listen carefully to the pronunciation of each verb in the past tense. 2. Pay attention to the ending <-ed>. 3. Classify each verb in the correct column of the table:

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The passive voice

Grammar: la voix passive

1/ Observe (worksheet) 2/ Sentence practice (learning app) 3/ Infer the rule (worksheet) 4/ Practice + homework

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The passive voice.

contextualize your topic

How to present a news bulletin

Mindmap

Structure of a news bulletin

Language focus

Phrases

phrases used by news anchor

Practice (guided)

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Final Project

Time to go on air

Evaluation grid

Speak and don't read

You're a news anchor

How will you be marked?

You're allowed 12 keywords onlyYou can add extra numbers, symbols, emojis, drawings, arrows...

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NEWS 2 – Harry Potter filming 🎬🪄🐍

HBO series, London Zoo, Harry Potter actor, 1990s style first scene = zoo / snake behind glass fans love the “period look”

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Pronounciation of <-ed>

• /t/ : collapsed, searched, sparked, marched, outpaced, released, announced, mixed • /d/ : caused, appeared, played, celebrated, entered, claimed, explored, gained, gathered, destroyed, explained, welcomed, traveled, agreed, failed, appeared (encore) • /ɪd/ : flooded, circulated, waited, voted, wanted, celebrated, directed, commemorated, reminded, reflected

1. Cessez-le-feu → ceasefire 2. Renommée, célébrité → fame 3. Personnes ayant survécu → survivors 4. Inondations → floods 5. Secouristes → rescuers 6. Quartiers → neighborhoods 7. Parlement britannique → British Parliament 8. Maillot jaune → yellow jersey 9. Personnages → characters 10. Vague de chaleur → heatwave

NEWS 9 – Taylor Swift album 🎤💿✨

he Life of a Showgirl, podcast, 12 songs, personal experiences release = October 3rd collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter + Max Martin

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“What do you usually hear at the beginning of a news bulletin?”

NEWS 7 – Nagasaki memorial ☢️🔔🕊️

80th anniversary, atomic bomb, ceremony, peace 74,000 dead in Nagasaki, 200,000 total (Hiroshima + Nagasaki) twin cathedral bells / rang/ 1st time since 1945

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NEWS 3 – Voting age lowered 🗳️👩‍🎓🇬🇧

UK Parliament, voting age, teenagers, democracy age from 18 → 16, next general election already possible in Scotland & Wales

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NEWS 4 – Women’s Euro ⚽🏆🎉

England vs Spain, Lionesses, trophy, fans celebrating age Euro Final, captain Leah Williamson “making history” for women’s football

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NEWS 5 – Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 🚴‍♀️🇫🇷💛

Tour de France Femmes, yellow jersey, determination stage win + general classification 1st Frenchwoman to win in many years

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NEWS 1: In early July, torrential rains caused catastrophic floods in Texas. Entire neighborhoods flooded and dozens of houses collapsed. More than 70 people, including 21 children, lost their lives, while rescuers searched desperately for survivors. NEWS 2: Filming of the new Harry Potter series began last month near London, starting with the famous zoo sequence. The first photos circulated quickly online, and young actors appeared in their Hogwarts costumes. Fans waited for years and finally saw the project come to life. NEWS 3: After intense debates, British Parliament voted to reduce the voting age to 16 for the next election. The reform sparked many reactions, and teenagers marched through London streets because they wanted to be politically heard. NEWS 4: During the Euro final, England played against Spain in a historic match. The Lionesses fought hard and eventually won the trophy. Across the country, fans celebrated the victory with passion all night long. NEWS 5: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot entered the Tour de France Femmes with determination and made history when she claimed the yellow jersey. She outpaced her rivals on the last stage and became the first Frenchwoman in decades to triumph. NEWS 6 This summer, Netflix released the second season of Wednesday. The new episodes explored the characters in surprising ways, and Tim Burton once again directed. Thanks to this success, Jenna Ortega gained worldwide fame.

NEWS 1 – Texas floods 🌧️🌊🏠

heavy rain, river, floods, missing children, rescuers 70+ dead, 21 children, 11 missing girls (summer camp) Camp Mystic (Christian summer retreat) near San Antonio

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NEWS 8 – Colorado wildfires 🔥🌲🏚️

extreme heat, strong winds, evacuations, National Guard Lee Fire = 113,000 acres, only 7% contained 4 of top 5 fires in Colorado / last 5 years

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NEWS 7: On August 9, Japan commemorated the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Bells rang across the city, and thousands of people gathered in the Peace Park. Survivors gave emotional speeches that reminded the world of the tragedy.NEWS 8: Massive wildfires broke out in Colorado during an intense heatwave. The flames quickly spread and destroyed dozens of homes. Thousands of residents left their neighborhoods to escape the danger.NEWS 9: Taylor Swift announced her new album The Life of a Showgirl during a live podcast. She explained that the songs reflected her personal experiences and mixed different music styles. Fans welcomed the project with huge excitement.NEWS 10: Vladimir Putin traveled to the USA, where he met Donald Trump to discuss world politics. They agreed on some points, but the talks failed to produce a concrete ceasefire. The meeting still appeared “productive” to both leaders.

🎤 Final Project – Be a News Anchor!

Your task: Imagine you are a news anchor on TV. Present one piece of news from this summer in English.

Instructions: 1. Choose a real news story from summer 2025 (not the classroom recaps). 2. Structure your presentation: • Start with a short introduction (Good evening, here is today’s news…) • Give the WHO / WHAT / WHERE / WHEN. • Add details (numbers, quotes, consequences). • Use at least two passive sentences (The trophy was won by… / A new album was released by…). • End with a short conclusion (That was today’s news, thank you for watching.). 3. Use key vocabulary: headline, breaking news, announce, celebrate, was/were + past participle, etc. 4. Speak like a journalist: clear voice, pauses, eye contact with your audience.

NEWS 6 – Wednesday season 2 📺🕷️🎭

Netflix, Tim Burton, Jenna Ortega, worldwide fame 20 years old → sudden celebrity success = linked to season 2

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NEWS 10 – Putin & Trump 🇷🇺🤝🇺🇸

USA meeting, world politics, Ukraine ceasefire, progress no concrete deal, “productive meeting” Putin suggested next meeting could be in Moscow

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