HOMEWORK

HOMEWORKS

FOR MONDAY, MAY 14th

1. Listen to Beyonce's song and/or read the chorus ( refrain)
2. Write your own chorus:
if you are a male, start by If I was a girl, I would.../I could.../ I should....
if you are a female, start by If I was a boy, I would.../I could.../ I should....
3. Then sing it! or say it out loud and record yourself, send me the audio by Monday midnight.
4. review the introduction to modality




HERE: VIDEO & LYRICS




Le 'd peut être could, should, ou would. Rappelez vous, le "l" ne se prononce pas!


[Verse 1]
If I were a boy
Even just for a day
I'd roll outta bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted and go
Drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls
I'd kick it with who I wanted
And I'd never get confronted for it
'Cause they'd stick up for me


[Chorus 1]

If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man
I'd listen to her
'Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
'Cause he's taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

[Verse 2]

If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone it's broken
So they'd think that I was sleepin' alone
I'd put myself first
And make the rules as I go
'Cause I'd know that she'd be faithful
Waitin' for me to come home
To come home

[Chorus 1]
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man
I'd listen to her
'Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted (wanted)
'Cause he's taken you for granted (granted)
And everything you had got destroyed

[Bridge]

It's a little too late for you to come back
Say, it's just a mistake
Think I'd forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong

[Chorus 2]
But you're just a boy
You don't understand
Yeah, you don't understand
How it feels to love a girl someday
You'll wish you were a better man
You don't listen to her
You don't care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
'Cause you've taken her for granted
And everything you have got destroyed
But you're just a boy...

Meaning of the song?

"If I were a boy" is a commentary on the double standards that often exist between men and women and a story of role reversal. Beyonce explores what it would be like if she did all the things a man did to her every day.

The woman in the song has been taken for granted but at the same time she doesn’t want to let go and lose everything that she once had. It’s unclear at the end whether she is final about not taking him back or if there is a note of hope that someday he’ll realize what he’s been doing to her and become a better man.

Beyonce explains the song’s background here, and how she and Gad came up with the idea.

"The song started because I had the title. Toby and I had written about 11 songs together over a week or two. Whenever I said anything interesting, he would take out a little tape recorder and start recording me just talking. Our communication was very interesting – he’s European. So we were walking through Times Square, and I said, “I wish I were a boy,” and he’s like, “Why would you say that? That’s very weird to me.” I said, “That pizza smells really good, and I’m trying not to eat carbs, and I wish I were a boy so I didn’t care.” That’s how the song started, and he was like, “What else would you do if you were a boy?” And I was going through a really hard breakup with my first real love, so I said, “I’d be a better man than my ex-boyfriend!” And he asked, “How would you sing it?” So I’m just singing in Times Square into his recording thing, and we went back to the studio, and he had a guitar part. We recorded it that day; it was so simple. I remember Toby looking at me and going, “We just wrote a smash.” I thought he was crazy. I was like, “Really?”"

SPRING  BREAK

1. learn the vocabulary of the sequence
2. read the article about Black'ish and Juneteenth
3. watch the 4 excerpts about the Junetheenth episode: explain what is the issue discussed in this episode
4. make a short presentation ( 5 min MAX) about a work of art commemorating slavery
5. write a 1-page paper about your imaginary work of art to commemorate slavery in the US
6. read in full: Résumé du livre de Nicole BACHARAN : Les Noirs américains. Des champs de
   coton à la Maison Blanche
7. full episode's here: http://stream2watch.mx/black-ish-s4e1-juneteenth/
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http://stream2watch.mx/black-ish-s4e1-juneteenth/


















ARTICLES:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/10/04/blackish-gives-a-powerful-history-lesson-with-nods-to-hamilton-and-schoolhouse-rock/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d99691f0bbf8

https://www.vox.com/fall-tv/2017/10/4/16418774/blackish-juneteenth-episode-season-3-premiere-recap





For Tuesday, March 9th

1. look at page "slavery" and learn the vocab
2. come up with a definition of what slavery is.
3. read the first page of "chronologie Noire Américaine"
4. read the first part " Esclaves" from Résumé du livre de Nicole BACHARAN : Les Noirs américains. Des champs de coton à la Maison Blanche
5.  read slavery in America's first part " when did slavery start". 








FOR MONDAY 9th :   1. review the time preposition IN, AT & ON on the PAGE IN, AT & ON

                                        2. Watch the video about the freedom of religion in the US on Page Birth of a nation

                                         3. last day for the TIMELINE

MONDAY	TUESDAY	FRIDAY
	video: La reforme protestante questions :The Puritans Article: The declaration of Independence Voc: learn by heart the most famous passage of the Declaration of Independence	video/questions: (sera ramassé/noté) Watch the video BOSTON TEA PARTY VIDEO#2 TEA ACT ( in PAGE: BIRTH OF A NATION/ answer the question BOSTON TEA PARTY handed by your "délégués" Review the vocabulary Voc: learn by heart the most famous passage of the Declaration of Independence
NO CLASS Watch the video about Freedom of religion in the USA	EXAM ( review the dates, the vocab, the passive tense, and present perfect) FINAL TASK:TIMELINE

Here are the different "trace écrites" that can help you a lit' bit ( je fais exprès de les mettre que maintenant pour être sur que vous vous êtes creusé le cerveau avant..)

Traces écrites           THE BIRTH OF A NATION

1) Coming to the New World : The British colonization of America

It all started with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492 in the Americas, who started the European colonization of the Americas. North America was not yet called The United States of America, it will be years later.

The British colonization of America began in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia. This first settlement was looking for gold and crops.

In 1620, the reasons to colonize America were different. Aboard the Mayflower, the British colons called The Pilgrims were fleeing England , and they were seeking freedom from religious persecution. They wanted to create « a city upon a hill ». They settled at Plymouth, New England.

2) Religious Freedom

Indeed, in 1534, England broke away from the Church of Rome and formed its own church : the Church of England. The King, Henry 8, became the supreme head of the church, erasing the Pope ‘s power.

The Pilgrims were Puritans. Puritans wanted a stricter and purer way to worship their faith. They wanted to purify the Church from within. The Pilgrims were an extremist portion of the Puritans, who wanted a complete separation with the Church of England. Yet, at this time, it was illegal to be outside the Church of England. Therefore they were persecuted and had to flee.

3) On the way to the Revolution : The Boston tea party, an iconic event of American history

From 1607 to 1732, thirteen English colonies were established in North America. Yet, tensions between the Mother country and the colonies were growing. A series of protests took place within the years with the British colons rejecting England’s authority in general and their discontent became bigger in regards to taxes. They famously proclaimed «  no taxation without representation » rejecting any tax if they have no seat at the English Parliament. In 1773, some Bostonians dressed as Native Americans threw tea in the Boston harbour to show their discontent over the Tea Act. This event was called the Boston Tea party. The English Parliament’s response was severe and passed the coercive acts , a series of punishing measures against the colonies. This led to the American Revolutionnary war.

On July 4, 1776, the thirteen colonies declared their independence from England. And the colonies became the United States of America.

A)    VOCABULARY

      1. Vocabulary of the sequence “birth of a nation”

2. Present this document (mention its nature, date, place of publication, its author, its title, and what it focuses on.)

B) History

1. Complete by writing the corresponding dates

2. Explain the difference between a Pilgrim and a Puritan.

3. Describe this document and say everything you know about the event represented.

4. Say everything you know about the declaration of Independence

5. Write the most famous passage of the declaration of independence.

C) Grammar

1. Passive voice.

For each sentence, explain why we have used the passive voice and how.

2. Present Perfect

a-Explain the different uses of the present perfect and how it is formed.

b-Answer these questions by using an adverb such as never, ever, already, once…

For Friday, March 30th





FOR TUESDAY , MARCH 27th

1. Regardez la vidéo en FR de 3 min sur la réforme protestante.
Finir les questions sur les Puritains. La transcription se trouve derrière le tableau.
2. Lire la feuille distribuée en classe: "Declaration of Independence". Les paragraphes à lire sont ici reproduis. Les questions en dessous. Dernière question: apprendre par coeur le passage le plus connu de la Déclaration d'indépendance.
3. Continuez à apprendre le vocabulaire ( seulement 4 élèves ont la moyenne)

1. VIDEO

2. Article to read
Declaration of Independence

Introduction

When armed conflict between bands of American colonists and British soldiers began in April 1775, the Americans were ostensibly fighting only for their rights as subjects of the British crown. By the following summer, with the Revolutionary War in full swing, the movement for independence from Britain had grown, and delegates of the Continental Congress were faced with a vote on the issue. In mid-June 1776, a five-man committee including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin was tasked with drafting a formal statement of the colonies’ intentions. The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence–written largely by Jefferson–in Philadelphia on July 4, a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence.

Before the Declaration of Independence

Even after the initial battles in the Revolutionary War broke out, few colonists desired complete independence from Great Britain, and those who did–like John Adams– were considered radical. Things changed over the course of the next year, however, as Britain attempted to crush the rebels with all the force of its great army. In his message to Parliament in October 1775, King George III railed against the rebellious colonies and ordered the enlargement of the royal army and navy. News of his words reached America in January 1776, strengthening the radicals’ cause and leading many conservatives to abandon their hopes of reconciliation. That same month, the recent British immigrant Thomas Paine published “Common Sense,” in which he argued that independence was a “natural right” and the only possible course for the colonies; the pamphlet sold more than 150,000 copies in its first few weeks in publication.

Jefferson Drafts the Declaration of the Independence

As Jefferson drafted it, the Declaration of Independence was divided into five sections, including an introduction, a preamble, a body (divided into two sections) and a conclusion. In general terms, the introduction effectively stated that seeking independence from Britain had become “necessary” for the colonies. While the body of the document outlined a

list of grievances against the British crown, the preamble includes its most famous passage: “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among

men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

British crown: la couronne britannique 
to reach: atteindre
grievance: tort, plainte, doléance...

1. Give the date of the birth of the American Independence.
3. Was a lot of people in favor of the independence at the beginning? T/F?
4. At the time of the Independence, who was the King of England? 
5. What types of book wrote Thomas Paine, and what was the book's subject? 
6. Recopy the most famous passage of the Declaration of Independence and learn it by heart. En fin de cours, je vous la demanderai. 





FOR FRIDAY,  MARCH 23rd
pour les devoirs, aller dans l'onglet BIRTH OF A NATION pour trouve rles divers documents. 

1. Read the questions from the page handed in class untitled "culture blog" "pod lecture- The puritans"pp124. 
2. Listen to the pod cast in the section "Birth of a Nation" and answer the questions

3. Complete this tab and learn the dates. 

Dates	Events
1492
1607
1620

4. Read the article MAYFLOWER. be ready to explain what was the mayflower and the Mayflower compact and Plymouth Colony and the First Thanksgiving


5. learn the voc

nouns

colony  colonie

settlement   colonie village

crop/harvest récolte 

faith  foi

freedom liberté

hardship  épreuve

pilgrim  pélerin

riot émeute

settler  colon

sin péché

shore  rive, littoral

Verbs

board a ship embarquer

flee fuir

elope  ɪˈləʊp/( mon mot préféré) prendre la fuite, s'enfuir pour se marier

grow cultiver ( veut aussi dire grandir)

hunt chasser

improve améliorer

persecute persécuter

rebel/revolt   se révolter

sail naviguer

settle: s'installer, s'établir

to sin  pécher ( pas des poissons) fauter








FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 16th

QUIZ: VOCABULARY ( international women's day )
review  PRESENT PERFECT
read "the introduction of the Invisible man"

this weekend: read in French some background information about the peculiar practice of slavery in the US ( on the blog and sheets distributed in class); Be prepared to talk about it. Do some research if necessary.



Next week: for next Friday: read the whole chapter of "the Invisible Man"

FOR MONDAY, MARCH 12 

READ THE WRITTEN RECORD AND START LEARNING THE VOCABULARY. MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE PRONUNCIATION. A VOCABULARY QUIZ WILL BE GIVEN ON FRIDAY. ( clicker sur INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY sur le blog)


                



















This will be our official page for daily Homework.

Watch 1 movie amongst the following 3 :  slumdog millionaire, Lion or Devdas. ( a streaming link will be posted on the blog)  Answer the question in a 1-page paper (double space, Arial 11) :  How does the movie illustrate one or several issues we have seen in class ?	Last day to hand it : March 5th
Buy  l’homme invisible , Ralph Ellison. You can start read it.	JE NE VOUS AI PAS DIT DE TOUT LIRE PDT LES VACANCES :) MAIS DE L4ACHETER POUR LA RENTRÉE/ LIRE L' INTRO  VS AVEZ JUSQU'À LA FIN DE L'ANNÉE POUR TOUT LIRE
Review the irregular verb	exam
Review the superlative	exam
Review the present perfect	exam
Review the vocabulary of the sequence India	exam

PLANNING EXPOSÉ

Monday  5th March  5 min	Forced marriage and rapes	Cecillia Abdess	Houlemata & Mamoujara
Monday  5th March 5 min	Women’s rights	Nora & Floride
Monday  5th March 5 min	Slumdog millionnaire	Yassine	Abdoulaye, Chohel Sofiane et Yaya
Monday  5th March 5 min	Bollywood movie	Amine & Firat
Monday  5th March 5 min	Diwali festival	Liliane & Marie	Murath
Monday  5th March 5 min	Indian food	Elisa & Nana	Othmane
Monday  5th March 5 min	Indian traditional outfits	Salah & Fares	Emma & Amreem
Monday  5th March 5 min	Music/dance		Sowmy/ Chaima

Advice : be concise, go right to the point. Be very carefull about the pronunciation. Articulate well.

	Monday	Tuesday		Friday
From February 5th to Feb 9th	1.    Learn the written record of the course. 2.    Learn the voc 3.	1.    learn the written record/write a summary 2.    learn the voc		1.    read the double page about « challenges facing India » 2.    Summarize each document ( 4) in two sentences. 3.    Be prepared to talk about it in class
BREAK Feb. 12 to Feb. 16	OPTIONAL Oral training Be prepared for the baccalauréat! 30 min each	OPTIONAL Oral training Be prepared for the baccalauréat! 30 min each		1. Hand your 1-page article about India: a land of contrast
From March 5th. To March 9th.	1. watch the movie of your choice on the blog: Lion Slumdog millionaire Devdas 2. write a 1-page article about the movie. Your article must highlight one specific issue studied in class ( women condition, poverty, a land of contrast…)	EXAM