It`s Superman!

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It’s Superman!
Logpage
Note down your findings throughout Project 3 here.
Here are four ID cards to fill in. Make more if you need to.
Superheroes’ ID cards
Public image
Public image
Name: ...............................
Name: Hulk
Physical description:
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Superpowers: ..............................................
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Private image (alter ego)
Private image (alter ego)
Name: ...............................
Public image
Public image
Name: Superman
Name: Spiderman
Private image (alter ego)
Private image (alter ego)
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LANGUAGE SKILLS
Book p. 42-43
WORDS
A Prononciation de la lettre luL
a. Au cours du chapitre, vous avez rencontré beaucoup de mots parmi ceux de la liste suivante.
Lisez-les pour vérifier que leurs syllabes accentuées contiennent toutes un luL.
jump - sulky - future - humour - upward - tuck - junior - grunt - gruff - hulk - superhero
- funny - trust
b. À l’aide du tableau des sons voyelles, p. II du manuel, classez-les selon la prononciation de
la lettre luL :
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c. Combien de prononciations différentes avez-vous trouvées ? …………………………………………………
d. Observez le nombre de consonnes qui suivent luL et essayez d’en tirer une conclusion.
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B Trouvez l’intrus !
Dans chaque série, rayez l’intrus. Expliquez en français pourquoi il n’appartient pas à la série.
1. leap - jump - crawl - spring ……………………………….......................………………........
2. climb - take a downward step - rise - go up ……………………………….......................……………........…
3. tall - grow - huge - gigantic - immense ……………………………….......................………………........
4. fast - speed - quick - rapid ……………………………….......................………………........
5. smart - clever - shrewd - ingenious - strong ……………………………….......................………………........
C Lisez les entrées de dictionnaire suivantes :
sulk /sØlk/ verb to look unhappy and not
speak to anyone because you are angry about
something.
sulky (-ier; -iest) adj e.g a sulky teenager - as sulky
as a bear. sulkily adv.
fear /fIE/ noun 1. a strong, unpleasant feeling that you
get when you think that something bad, dangerous or
frightening might happen: e.g he had no fear of snakes.
fearful adj 1. causing fear - terrible 2. frightened.
fearfully adv. fearless adj: without fear, not frightened
of anything. fearlessly adv.
Quel type d’informations trouve-t-on pour chacun de ces mots ?
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Comment pouvez-vous transformer un nom en adjectif ? ……………………………………...……………………
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Comment pouvez-vous transformer un adjectif en adverbe ? ……....…………………………...…………………..
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D Inférez le sens des mots
a. Lisez la liste des mots ci-dessous :
moody - thoughtful - generously - thoughtlessly - friendly - cleverly - easy - harmless - tricky
b. En utilisant vos conclusions de l’exercice C , pour chacun de ces mots :
– dites quelle est leur nature (adjectif ? adverbe ?),
– retrouvez leur racine,
– vérifiez le sens de cette racine dans un dictionnaire unilingue ou bilingue si vous ne la
reconnaissez pas,
– donnez le sens du mot et/ou son équivalent en français.
Sens
Nature
moody
adjectif
Racine
mood
de la racine
du mot
the way you are feeling
at a particular time/
“humeur”
having moods that
change quickly and
often / “lunatique”
thoughtful
generously
thoughtlessly
friendly
cleverly
easy
harmless
tricky
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E Word bank
Ce travail sur trois mots-clés du chapitre va vous permettre de revoir
et/ou d’apprendre beaucoup d’autres mots qui leur sont liés.
skill
fight
able
nom
verbe
adjectif
Phrase(s) dans laquelle /
lesquelles j’ai rencontré
ce mot
Domaine de sens auquel
je peux le rattacher
Nature du mot
Définition
verbe irrégulier :
fight, fought, ?
Ne pas oublier !
Prononciation
/ skI /
capable of, fit to
competent to,
qualified to
Mots proches –
synonymes
Mots éloignés –
antonymes
Quelques mots de la
même famille (avec leur
nature, et leur sens)
Ne pas confondre !
(homophones,
homonymes…)
Collocations, tournures
idiomatiques
A lack of skills,
professional skills,
reading skills, a range/
set of skills
Fight fire with fire
Proverbes, dictons
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Book p. 42-43
READING
5 Réfléchir sur la langue : Noms et adjectifs composés
Lisez ces énoncés présentant les Xmen :
– All over the planet, unusual children are born with an added twist to their genetic code.
This “X-factor” allows the children to perform extraordinary feats – flight, telekinesis, laser
beams from the eyes and more.
– … a team of young mutant superheroes assembled by wheelchair-bound middle-aged
mutant Professor Charles Xavier, who possessed extraordinary powers.
a. Rappelez en français ce que vous avez compris :
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b. Observez les deux groupes nominaux suivants : unusual children - extraordinary feats.
Dites en français ce qu’ils signifient :
unusual children: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
extraordinary feats: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Donnez la catégorie grammaticale des deux termes qui les composent :
Le premier est un ……………...………………..…........ ; le deuxième est un ……………...………………..…........
Expliquez cet ordre : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Dites ce qu’ajoute le premier terme : ……………………………………………………………………………………………
c. Voici d’autres groupes nominaux, également composés de deux termes, que vous avez rencontrés dans le chapitre :
laser beams - wheelchair - Batman - Spiderman - Catwoman - mutant superhero
Comparez-les avec les groupes nominaux précédents. Que remarquez vous ?
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Expliquez en anglais ce qu’ils signifient ; comment les traduiriez-vous ?
1. laser beams: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...........…
2. wheelchair: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........…
3. Batman: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...........
4. Spiderman: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...........
5. Catwoman: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...........
6. mutant superhero: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….............
Pour bien comprendre le sens d’un nom composé, que conseilleriez-vous ?
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d. Observez dans le même passage la phrase suivante :
… wheelchair-bound middle-aged Professor Charles Xavier…
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Dites comment sont composés les mots wheelchair-bound et middle-aged :
– wheelchair-bound: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
– middle-aged: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Comparez-les avec les mots composés vus dans la question c. Que pouvez-vous conclure ?
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Dites comment ils doivent être compris.
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Appliquez ce principe aux adjectifs composés suivants :
– gruff-voiced Thing: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
– self-destructive superheroine: ……………………………………………………………………………………………
WRITING
7 Réfléchir sur la langue : can et make sbdy do sth
The Fantastic Four
Dr Reed Richards can now plasticize his body, making it expand and contort at will. His
ex-girlfriend Sue Storm can create transparent, sometimes violent force fields and become
invisible. Sue’s brother Johnny can turn into flame.
a. À quelle rubrique de la logpage ce passage renvoie-t-il ? ……………………………………………...……...
Quel élément du groupe verbal exprime cette idée ? ………………………………………………………………...
Que pouvez-vous dire de cet élément ? …………………………………………...………………………………………...
b. Les pouvoirs surhumains des superhéros leur donnent de nouvelles possibilités d’action.
Observez l’énoncé suivant :
Dr Reed Richards makes his body expand and contort at will.
Dites en français ce qu’il signifie :
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Dr Reed Richards exerce une action sur qui ou sur quoi ? ……………………………………………………………
Quel est le résultat ? ……………………………………...…………………………...…………………………………............…
Dr Reed Richards makes est la « proposition action » ; his body expand and contort at will est
la « proposition résultat ».
c. Observez les énoncés suivants :
1. Aunt May often makes Peter remember his girlfriend and Peter’s uncle makes him think
of his studies.
2. The storm made Ben Grimm change into the Thing.
3. Dr Richards can make his body contort like plastic.
Rappelez en français ce qu’ils signifient.
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Pour chacun de ces énoncés, surlignez avec des couleurs différentes :
– qui fait l’action,
– sur qui ou sur quoi,
– pour quel résultat.
Expliquez l’emploi de him dans l’énoncé 1 et himself dans l’énoncé 3.
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À quelle forme les verbes sont-ils ?
– Le verbe dans la proposition action est …………………………………………………………………………………
– Le verbe dans la proposition résultat est ………………………………………..……………………………
Il s’agit d’une construction avec MAKE parfois appelée causative.
d. Observez maintenant les exemples suivants :
4. The Penguin always makes Batman angry.
5. Sue Storm can make herself invisible.
Comparez ces énoncés avec ceux de c. Quelle différence remarquez-vous ? Pouvez-vous
l’expliquer ?
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e. Pour récapituler, dites quelles constructions causatives sont possibles avec MAKE :
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10 Réfléchir sur la langue : Génitif
a. À propos de Spiderman (manuel p. 37), vous avez lu l’énoncé suivant :
PETER’S cheek is pressed against the brick. He opens his eyes and sees that he’s hanging
onto the side of the building like a spider.
Rappelez en français le sens de la phrase :
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Placez les deux groupes nominaux surlignés dans le tableau ci-dessous.
construction prépositionnelle
génitif
Les deux constructions sont différentes, mais elles font un travail semblable sur les noms qui
les composent. Lequel ?
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b. Lisez maintenant les énoncés ci-dessous que vous avez peut-être dits lorsque vous avez
présenté des superhéros :
1. Catwoman’s address is a secret.
2. Superman comes from a faraway planet. The name of that planet is Krypton.
3. The Fantastic Four could not resist the force of the cosmic storm.
4. Batman’s parents were killed by gangsters when he was a young boy. That’s why he wants
to fight crime now.
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Dites en français ce qu’ils signifient :
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Surlignez toutes les constructions où un nom est précisé par rapport à un autre. Entourez le
nom qui effectue une détermination et donne une précision.
c. Dites de quoi dépend le choix entre une construction prépositionnelle ou le génitif ?
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d. Comment diriez-vous en anglais les éléments surlignés ?
Au début de l’histoire, Superman habite sur la planète principale d’un autre système solaire.
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Quand cette planète est détruite par l’explosion d’un astéroïde, les parents de Superman l’envoient
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dans l’espace. Superman atterrit sur notre planète. Il se rend compte qu’il a des pouvoirs
extraordinaires et qu’il doit les cacher. Il prend une autre identité. L’alter ego de Superman est
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Clark Kent. Clark Kent travaille pour un journal. Le bureau de Lois Lane est à côté du sien. Il ne
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peut pas lui dire qu’il vient d’une autre partie de l’univers.
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PRACTICALS
A few “public”
portraits
Identifying superheroes and heroines:
highlight the elements which have
helped you guess their identity in the
following texts.
Book p. 36-38
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Debriefing
Before working on Your project, fill in chart 1 and compare what
you have learnt with what your classmates have learnt. Fill in
chart 2 after working on Your project.
1 What I have done
In Steps 1 and 2…
What I have learnt / What I have learnt to do
(say it in French if you can’t say it in English)
Activities / Documents
I have talked with
my classmates
about superheroes
we know.
I have made notes
as people talked.
I have read
extracts from
different sources
and organized the
information.
I have listened to an
interview.
I have watched a
video.
I have written
portraits of
superheroes.
2 Where I stand
When I worked on the final project,
I was able to:
B1-1
B1-2
With a lot
of help
With a
little help
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ä
3 corresponding line in
your progress booklet:
Read a passage and pick out enough
information to perform the task.
line 00
Proofread efficiently: structure, contents
punctuation, spelling, grammar.
line 00
Link my ideas to make myself understood.
line 00
Organize the information I had gathered
from different sources (texts, photos…) to
write a detailed description of a superhero.
line 00
Note down your assessment in your progress booklet p. 00.
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With
no help
3 What I need to work on
1. Proof-reading efficiently: structure, contents, punctuation, spelling, grammar
One of your classmates has written the public portrait of a super-heroine. This is a draft; help
him/her improve it.
She collects differents kinds of costumes. When she go to parties she wears a dress with a hood.
Many of her costumes incorporate gloves with retractable strangling whips. To make more attractive
she puts on domino-shaped infrared goggles on her cowl. She is a fashion-lover. She walks snakily
on his high-wheeled boots. To be invisible at night she wears a skintight purple body suit she sometimes
switches to a black leather outfit. His face covering snake-mask has the appearance of a real snake.
a. Using your logpage, sort out the information you have read. Is it well organized? Justify.
(You can answer in French if you wish.)
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b. Is the portrait complete? If not, indicate the missing information (headings).
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c. Check the spelling, grammar, punctuation.
d. Write an improved version.
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2. Organizing the information I have gathered from different sources (texts, photos…) to write
a detailed description of a superhero
Here are some documents relating to a Supervillain. Look at them and read them carefully. Write
a description of this Supervillain. You can also give him a name.
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Police identikit
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Notes taken by special police force
Witness 1 (was in his flat on 8th floor in building
across the street from Central Bank)
Says he came to the window because heard a
noise like engines of airplane taking off. Did not see
suspect walking along the street. Says suspect
suddenly appeared and then disappeared just before
the explosion.
Witness 2 (same building as witness 1, 2nd floor).
Heard the same noise as witness 1. Saw a big
shadow in the sky. Noticed strange kerosene smell.
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SUPERVILLAIN ESCAPES IN GREY BMW!!
After the terrible explosion that took place
outside the Central Bank today, a strange
man was seen running away at incredible
speed. He was carrying a laser-powered stick
and wearing star-spangled underpants, a
transparent cape and a mask. Three minutes
later, members of the public saw him about
10 km away from the Central Bank. He drove
away in a grey BMW. Nobody was able to
remember the exact registration number
of the car, but witnesses agree the last two
digits were 50.
Famous TV presenter Harry Cover
with girlfriend Peggy
Potato coming out of Harry’s castle
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