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a big boat = a ship
What can you see ?

OBSERVE

What type of ship is it ?
a steam ship / an ocean liner
Steam
Name of the ship?
Why RMS ?

Answer

CHAPTER 5: WELCOME ON BOARD

CHAPTER 5- WELCOME ON BOARD !

01

02

03

STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3

Discover the Queen of the Ocean

Meet the passengers

Learning about the disaster

GRAMMAR

CULTURE

PHONOLOGY

VOCABULARY

- le prétérit révisions- le superlatif - le comparatif de supériorité et d'égalité

-Prononciation du -ED- Sons /ai/ /i:/ /I/

- RMS TiTANIC - Autres navires - Langage marin - La presse

- les nombres- les unités de mesure - la navigation -la première page d'un journal

FINAL TASK : Create your newspaper front page

STEP 1: Discover the "Queen of the Ocean"

steam
sails.
ocean liners
Steamships
full name
oyal ail hip
mail

VOCABULARY

RECAP

un moteur
- an engine : - power : - a ship: - an ocean liner: - a steamship: - sail: - steam: - the mail: - to carry :
alimenter
un navire/ bateau
un paquebot
un bateau à vapeur
naviguer
vapeur
le courrier
transporter (VR)

THE QUEEN OF THE OCEAN

English grammar uses the pronoun "IT" to refer to things but often the pronoun "SHE" is used for ships.

Why Queen ?

The Titanic was the largest "Royal Mail Steamer" (RMS) of her time (1909-1912)

PARTS OF A SHIP:

bow / stern / keel / funnel / deck
Read the descriptions and lable the parts of the ship
a funnel
the bow
the stern
a deck
the keel

Info

RECAP

Write the new vocabulary: - the bow: - the stern: - a funnel : - a deck: - a keel :
la proue
la poupe
une cheminée
un pont
une quille
DO YOU REMEMBER ?

in the 19th century

Explain

DO YOU REMEMBER ?

RMS TITANIC

help

Explain the full name

DO YOU REMEMBER ?

a funnel
the bow
the stern
a deck
the keel

PAIRWORK TIME

Choose your partner and define your role : pupil A pupil B

YOUR MISSION N°

"Identity card"

There are 8 pieces of paper on the walls about RMS Titanic. Complete her "identity card" : PUPIL A : INFORMATION FROM 1 TO 4 PUPIL B : INFORMATION FROM 5 TO 8
PUPIL B

GO

RECAP

YOUR MISSION N°

Pairwork

PUPIL B
Share your information with your partner. SPEAK IN ENGLISH ! Fill in your document.

GO

RECAP

Name of the rival shipping company:

the Cunard Line

Two rival ships :

The RMS Lusitania and The RMS Mauretania

RECAP

Name of the shipping company:

the White Star Line

The director :

Joseph Bruce Ismay

RECAP

Construction dates :

from March 31st 1909 to April 2nd 1912
Belfast
Place ?

RECAP

Launch date :

on May 31st 1911

RECAP

Port/ Harbour of departure :
Southampton, England
Date :
on April 10th 1912
First stopover :
Cherbourg, France
Second stopover :
Queenstown, Ireland.
Port/ Harbour of arrival :
New York City, USA

RECAP

First class passenger ticket price :
between £30 and £870. (£3,240 in 2017)
Second class passenger ticket price :
£13 (£1,404 in 2017)
Third class passenger ticket price :
£7 (£756 in 2017)

RECAP

Captain :
Edward Smith.
Number of crew members :
900 crew members onboard.

RECAP

Number of first class passengers :
325
Number of second class passengers :
285

Number of third class passengers :

706

READ & WRITE

Choose your document and fill in the article about RMS TITANIC with her ID card:
HELP +

CORRECTION

shipping company
To compete with the rival ............... ................ The Cunard Line, Joseph Ismay, director of the ......... ....... ..... company, decided to launch bigger and more luxurious ....................... . The Titanic ‘s construction lasted ......... years from 1909 to 1912 . Her ............ was on 31 May 1911 in ............ . On April 10, 1912, the Titanic set sail on its ............. voyage, travelling from Southampton, in England to .................... . On the evening of April 10, the ship stopped at Cherbourg, France . On the morning of April 11 the liner made its last scheduled ........... in Europe, at Queenstown (Cobh)in ............. . At approximately 1:30 pm the ship ..... .......... for New York City. The ship's ................. were divided into three separate classes determined by the price of their ................... . ............... Edward J. Smith took command of the ship. He had under his command about 900 ........... members.
White Star Line
ships
three
launch
Belfast
maiden
New York City
stopover
Ireland
set sail
passengers
ticket
Captain
crew
Answer questions about Titanic

Do you remember ?

In group ! Unjumble the questions about the Titanic and find the answer in your lesson. Then write a sentence in your notebook .

Correction

The name of the company was The Cunard Line
The name of the Titanic's shipping company was The White Star Line.
The director was Joseph Bruce Ismay.

Correction

The launch of the Titanic was on the 31st May 1911.
The construction lasted 3 years.
The Titanic was built in Belfast, in Ireland.

Correction

She departed from Southampton
Her final destination was New York City.
The tickets were between 7 £ and 870 £ (pounds.)

Correction

The Captain was Edward Smith.
There were 900 crew members.
There were 1316 passengers onboard.

Do you remember?

Choose a card and make a sentence .

Do you remember?

GO

Choose a card and make a sentence .

900 crew members

Harbour : New York City

depart from Southampton

the White Star Line build (her shipping company)

construction last 3 years

Captain ?

REMEMBER !

What's the English for ...?
  • un voyage inaugural :
  • l'équipage :
  • une compagnie maritime :
  • la mise à l'eau :
  • une escale :
  • un port :
  • un billet :
  • un passager :
a maiden voyage
the crew
the shipping company
the launch
a stopover
a harbour
a ticket
a passenger
SPEED
WEIGHT
LENGTH
HEIGHT
WIDTH
SPEED
WEIGHT
LENGTH
HEIGHT
hundred
thousand
Now, with the guide, convert the measures and complete the lesson
2.5 cm
30 cm
WIDTH
1.6 km

guide

GRAMMAR PRACTISE

Worksheet

RECAP

The Titanic was 269 (two hundred sixty-nine ) meters long, She was 53 meters high/tall and 27 meters wide. She weighed 45 000 tons.

Film extract n°2

WATCH

  • First impressions of the characters : look at their faces
  • adjectives
  • comparison
WRITE

The main characters seem impressed by the Titanic except Rose. She says "she is not bigger than the RMS Mauretania." She thinks the Titanic is as big as the RMS Mauretania. But in fact the Titanic is longer and more luxurious than the RMS Mauretania. And it was said she was unsinkable.

OBSERVE

She is not bigger than the RMS Mauretania." She thinks the Titanic is as big as the RMS Mauretania. But in fact the Titanic is longer and more luxurious than the RMS Mauretania.

Comment s'appelle la structure en rouge ? A quoi sert-elle?

GRAMMAR

COURT
ER
THAN
LONGER THAN
LONG
THAN
MORE
MORE THAN
BETTER
WORSE
THAN
ER
HEAVIER THAN
AS
AS
AS BIG AS

GRAMMAR PRACTISE - LE COMPARATIF

GRAMMAR PRACTISE - LE COMPARATIF

GRAMMAR PRACTISE - LE COMPARATIF

/ HEAVY

GRAMMAR PRACTISE - LE COMPARATIF

The RMS Titanic was as fast as the RMS Mauretania .
The RMS Titanic was heavier than the RMS Mauretania.
The RMS Titanic was longer than the RMS Mauretania .
The RMS Titanic was higher than the RMS Mauretania .
The RMS Titanic was wider than the RMS Mauretania .
The RMS Titanic's contruction was more expensive than the RMS Mauretania's contruction.

Look at the document and answer the 3 questions

WHEN ?

WHERE?

What ?

Look at the document and answer the 3 questions

WHEN ?

The maiden voyage departed on April 10th 1912.

WHERE?

The ship departed from Southampton (England) to New York City (USA)

What ?

The poster is an advertisement created by the company The White Star Line for Titanic 's maiden (= first) voyage's tickets for sale.

Look at the document

FOCUS on "THE LATEST"

"WORLD'S LARGEST"

Can you guess the translation ? The meaning ?

-> SUPERLATIF

OBSERVE

The Superlative

The Titanic was ...

of her time .

GRAMMAR

Construction
ex: THE MOST IMPRESSIVE
ex: THE LATEST
* Adjectif court: THE + adj court + -EST
* Adjectif long : THE +MOST + adj long
EXCEPTIONS :
Good = the best bad= the worst

GRAMMAR

COURT
THE
EST
the largest
the longest
the craziest
the heaviest
THE
MOST
LONG
the most expensive
the most famous
THE BEST
THE WORST
the most luxurious
more comfortable than
bigger than
as safe
the most tragic
the poorest

TEST

MINI-TASK

Promote the RMS Titanic !

You work for the White Star Line . Write an advertisement to promote the Titanic.

YOU MUST :
  • give factual information and use the vocabulary seen in class
  • say large numbers
  • speak with complete sentences
  • use comparative and superlative forms
  • give a title
  • explain her purpose (her voyage)

Barême

STEP 2: Learn about the disaster

WATCH
What happened ?
The Titanic hit / struck an iceberg. Before sinking, the members of the crew had one hour, two at most, to evacuate 2200 passengers. hit - hit - hit = frapper/heurter/percuter sink - sank - sunk =couler strike - struck -struck = percuter / toucher

Watch

READ

What's in the news?
What's in the news?
Put the pictures into the chronological order of the sinking
BE A REPORTER ! Be careful to irregular verbs.
The casualties
BE A REPORTER !
  1. How many people survived ?
  2. How many people perished ?
  3. What can you notice about the casualties ?
BE A REPORTER !
SUPERLATIVES
What's in the news?
PASSENGERS
What's in the news? NEWPAPERS' HEADLINES : - number of passengers - the casualties - Times - Reason / cause of the Titanic's sinking - survivors : children and women mostly - Name of the ship who rescued the survivors.
What's in the news?

STEP 3: Meet passengers

Passengers's stories : the fate of 7 passengers.
  • Read the true story recounting the fate of one passenger who was aboard.
  • Look up words you don't know in dictionaries.
  • Rewrite a summary to present him or her to your classmates and what happened to her/him that fateful night
  • Tell the class .
Passengers's stories : the fate of 7 passengers.
Victim or survivor ?
Wallace HARTLEY
Eva HART
Isidor STRAUS
Anne Sophia TURJA
Charles JOUGHIN
  • the head baker on the Titanic
  • a violonist and bandleader on the Titanic
  • an English emigrant
  • the owner of Macy's store
  • a journalist and psychic
  • an American aristocrat
  • a Finnish emigrant
Margaret Brown
William STEAD

What happened to him/her that night?

You are a reporter for an American newspaper and you have just heard of the disaster. Create your newspaper's front page.

FINAL TASK

Respect des consignes

Reformuler un message,raconter, décrire

Mobiliser connaissances lexicales et grammaticales

Respecter le format d'une une de journal

ColonnesGros titre Nom du journal Date de publicaton Photos et légendes Article sur un passager

OrthographeContenu explicite

PrétéritSuperlatif / comparatif Lexique propre au naufrage Contenu culturel

CONTENU : nom du journal / date de parution/ un gros titre / photos + légendes / deux articles : un sur le naufrage et un sur un passager

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE :

TITANIC ON CINEMA
READING CORNER

10:00

10:00

Steamships replaced sailships in the 19th century.

- the bow is the front of a ship. - the stern is the back of a ship. - the keel refers to a structural element at the bottom of the ship. It serves as the backbone of the ship. - a funnel is a chimney on a ship used to expel boiler steam and smoke or engine exhaust. - a deck is a synonym for a floor.

RMS stood for Royal Mail Ship because the Titanic carried the mail.

By the early 1800s, steam engines began to power ships instead of sails. Steamships replaced sailboats.
The full name of the ship was RMS Titanic. The RMS stood for Royal Mail Ship. Titanic carried mail and parcels across the Atlantic for Great Britain's postal service.

10:00

Steamships began known as ocean liners because they traveled the same route or "line" regularly across the ocean.