Hello Students, First of all, Print or write down on your notebooks the following Idioms. Next, select the appropiate word for the underlined words. Finally, we will talk about them in class in January.
I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New year!

Bac Text

Greetings, This is another text for the Bac. It is entitled, "The Rabbits who caused all the trouble". So, click on it, print it and read it to discuss it in class.

This is the second page from the text "The Rabbits who caused all the trouble". So, click on it,print it and read it to discuss it in class.

This is part three from the text The rabbits who caused all the trouble. Click on it , next print it and afterwards read it to discuss it in class on Monday.

The running Machine

Watch the colored cartoon video clip. Then, write the sequence of actions as they happen on it.



After writing the story, answer the following...

1- What is a good moral for this video clip? (write about 10 lines explaining your point of view)

Gandhi’s First Crusade

In 1893, Mohandas Gandhi went to South Africa to work as legal counsel to a wealthy merchant. At the time, about 65.000 Indians, most of them very poor, lived there.

About a week after Gandhi arrived at Durban, his business took him to Pretoria. He bought a first-class ticket and dressed, as he did then, in impeccable European clothing, traveled first class until the train reached Maritzburg. There, a white passenger protested to railroad officials, and Gandhi was ordered to a lower-class compartment. He pointed to his first-class ticket and refused to move. A policeman threw Gandhi and his luggage off the train, which continue its journey without him.

He spent the night in the station’s unlit, unheated waiting room. It was bitterly cold, but Gandhi’s overcoat was in his luggage and his luggage was in the hands of the railroad authorities. Gandhi dared not to request it for fear of being insulted again. Instead, he sat shivering through the endless night. By dawn, he had made a decision. He would fight for his rights and the rights of all the people.

He sent telegrams of protest to railroad officials and to his employer. The following evening, he was permitted to take the train to the end of the line. The next portion of the journey was by stagecoach, and the man in charge refused to permit Gandhi to sit inside with the white passengers. Gandhi agreed to sit beside the driver, but that night he wrote to the company’s agent, firmly insisting he be seated inside the coach the following day. He was.
Within a week after he arrived in Pretoria he summoned the local Indians to a meeting to discuss their wretched condition. He made his first public speech that night. Indignation had finally freed his tongue.

Having concluded his case, Gandhi returned to Durban to prepare to sail home to India. But at a farewell party in his honor he noticed a newspaper item about a bill which would deprive Indians of the right to vote for members of the legislative assembly. “if it passes, it strikes at the root of our self-respect,” said Gandhi. The guests agreed. Then, one spoke up. “Stay here a month longer, and we will fight as you direct us,” he said.

Gandhi said he would stay. Thus the farewell party was transformed into a planning session for a crusade for civil rights. It would last twenty years and test the essential weapons of every non-violent freedom movements o f the twentieth century.

Roberta Strauss Feuerlicht, 1965.

How to Talk about a Document for the English Bac

How to talk about a document
Pour s'entraîner à parler oralement sur un document sans notes: s'enregistrer ou travailler en binômes.
le jour de l'examen: Here is the list. Do you need a copy of the text?
Ne pas oublier que les hésitations ne doivent pas laisser place à des reflexions en français, utiliser plutôt:Well/ you see/ anyway to get back to the subject/ what I'm trying to say is that.../what I'm trying to get at is that...
Avant de vous élancer: So,...
Pour lier les propos: Now we have.../ Also, we can observe.../In the same way.../Therefore=as a consequence/ on the one hand...on the other hand...we can see that.../ besides.../ however=but
Pour citer le texte: I'd like to quote from the text:"..."/ In this passage/ line/ stanza/ verse, we are told that.../ In this passage, the writer, the poet, the journalist, the novelist seems insist/ emphasize/ underline such phrases as "..." / such words as "..." / words like "..."
1. Definition
Nature
The document I'm going to talk to you about is an excerpt from a novel, a diary, a play, a speech.../ a short story/ an article from a newspaper, a magazine.../ a transcript of a film extract, a scene from a movie/ a poem/ a radio programme/ a song/ a speech/ an interview with... / a tale/a fable entitled +title and taken from+source.
text:it was written by.../ it was published/ released in.../ song: it is sung by.../speech: it was delivered at/in (place)/ on (date)/ in (year)/ by (speaker)/ movie: it was directed by.../ it was released in (date).
si l'auteur est connu, donner quelques informations à son sujet.
It deals with/ addresses the controversial/ crucial / important issue of/ takes a look at+topic.
2. The content
When
The scene is set/ the event occurred/ the incident took place...nowadays/recently/ long ago/ in the past/ in the future/ in (year/ season)/ on a Monday/ on June 2nd/ at Christmas.../in the evening/ at midday/ at 5.30/ at dawn...
Where
The story takes place/ the setting is/ the incident took place/ the event occurred...in Africa/ in London/ in a village/ in the street/ at Mrs Mankin's home/ in a bedroom/ in a shop...
Who
There are...characters. The main character is...He is depicted as young; he may be 16, in his thirties; he is elderly (physical and moral description). Another main character is...She...
Their relationship : they are friends/ brother and sister/ married...
There are...minor characters. they are mentioned but they are not present.
Summary
Basically the story is that of...The text can be divided into...parts/ the text falls into three parts.
Part 1, from line 1 to line...deals with/ concerns/ is centered on/ is focused on/ is based on.../In part 2, from...to.../the last part of the text is about.../ at the beginning of the text, when the text starts/ one day...suddenly...then.../At the end...finally...
3. Análisis

Why
By doing this, the singer/ (movie)the director/ the actor/ the journalist/ the writer/ the author
wants to/ intends to show/ suggest/ indicate/ make us feel that/ make us realize that/ make us understand that.../
wants the reader to feel/ (movie, play)the viewer to realize/ (movie, play) the audience to understand/ us to...
Think about Who tells the story? (mode de narration) Who sees? (point of view)
Pay attention to grammar, words, repeating motives, inside/outside, space, remembrance, dream, relationships with a community, tragedy, humour, self versus society, identity/otherness, passivity versus reaction, private/ public, childhood
4. Your opinion
I particularly enjoyed/appreciated...I found the extract interesting because.../I didn't really like this text because.../ I agree/ I disagree with the writer because/ my feeling is that.../ I wonder whether...
What I find the most incredible/ interesting/ ironical/impressive/ threatening/ unpleasant/ interesting in/ about this...is that...
It makes me think of.../ it reminds me of.../ this obviously refers to...
In short/ to conclude/ to sum up...