FANTASY HEROES

UNIT 2

MYTHS AND HEROES Descripteurs intermédiaires : Final project: Write and act out the script (dialogue) of an extract from a fantasy B1 Can narrate a story. B1  Can write accounts of experiences, series or movie. describing feelings and reactions in simple (EE EOC) connected text. B1 Can deliver short, rehearsed announcements B2 : Can write clear, detailed descriptions of real or - Escaping to a new world (definition of the genre, on a topic pertinent to everyday occurrences in imaginary events and experiences marking the a created universe, creatures, language, most his/her field which, despite possibly very foreign relationship between ideas in clear connected text, stress and intonation, are nevertheless clearly famous works) and following established conventions of the genre intelligible. - Throwing a light on our world concerned. / Can deliver (…) with a degree of clarity, - The birth of a hero fluency and spontaneity which causes no strain or inconvenience to the listener. Lesson Document Language skills Topic and objectives Assignment

“What can explain the popularity of the fantasy genre? What makes a hero in heroic fantasy fiction?”

Lesson 1 10/11/2017

Set of documents “Fantasy genre”

EOI / EOC

Definition of fantasy fiction Vocabulary

Worksheet 1

Séance 2. 15/11/2017

Audio recording “Fantasy fiction”

CO

Listening comprehension  main characteristics of fantasy fiction + why people like it.

Drawing “Detail from an Anciente Mappe of Fairyland” + audio recording “Escapism: a created universe” Audio recording “A created universe” Audio “Meet George R.R. Martin”

EOI

Choose a fantasy map and present it to the rest of the class. (You can google "the most incredible fantasy maps you've ever seen" to find different maps.)

Audio “Meet George R.R. Martin” Picture “Trump cards: Royals, politicians and celebrities” Text “Political games”

CO EOI

Séance 3 22/11/2017 Séance 4 24/11/2017

Séance 5 29/11/2017

CO CO CO

CE

EOC

Fantasy maps Exam training Group work  recap of the main ideas in French Oral mark EXAM TRAINING  listening comprehension End-of-term oral mark Correction

GROUP WORK  reading comprehension (general comprehension: themes / similarities journalist + celebs / lexical fields: politics + war) TRAINING TASK  oral presentations of the fantasy maps they have chosen

Worksheet 2 (The Power of the Ring)

Worksheet 3 (les temps de la narration)

CE → Compréhension écriteCO → Compréhension orale EE → Expression écrite EOI → Expression orale en interaction EOC → Expression orale en continu

FANTASY HEROES

UNIT 2

MYTHS AND HEROES Séance 6 06/12/2017 Séance 7 08/12/2017

Text “The Power of the Ring”

CE

Worksheet 3

EE

Text “Political games”

CE

Séance 8 13/12/2017 Séance 9 15/12/2017 Séance 10 20/12/2017

EE

Text “Political Games” Text “The Birth of a hero” Video “What makes a hero?”

CE CO  EOI  CE

Reading comprehension: characters / places / Frodo’s mission / Gandalf and Frodo’s personality Correction “les temps de la narration” - Préterit simple / (be+ING) preterit - Pluperfect simple / (be+ING) pluperfect - WOULD + VB End of team work TRAINING TASK : Using what you’ve learnt about Lord of the Rings in the text and the trailer, write an extremely condensed version of Frodo’s adventures for a young children’s book (200 words). Text analysis + RECAP

Start revising the unit

Step 1  watch the video and take notes Step 2  share with your partner Step 3  check the information + wordreference

CE → Compréhension écriteCO → Compréhension orale EE → Expression écrite EOI → Expression orale en interaction EOC → Expression orale en continu