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 !
- How many people survived ?
- How many people perished ?
- 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.
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Transcript
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 ...?
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
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 :
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 !
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.
Passengers's stories : the fate of 7 passengers.
Victim or survivor ?
Wallace HARTLEY
Eva HART
Isidor STRAUS
Anne Sophia TURJA
Charles JOUGHIN
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.