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COWBOYS WANTED
UNIT 1
MYTHS AND HEROES
How does the cowboy embody American values?
Final project:
- Cowboys (In the past / nowadays)
Make a video to promote a cowboy and
- The myth of the Frontier (places, people,
cowgirl summer camp (EOC)
goals)
- Living on a ranch
B2 : Peut méthodiquement
- Atypical cowboys
développer une présentation ou
une description soulignant les
points importants et les détails
pertinents.
Descripteurs intermédiaires :
B1 Peut écrire des notes et lettres personnelles pour demander ou transmettre
des informations d'intérêt immédiat et faire comprendre les points qu'il/elle
considère importants.
B2  Peut comprendre un documentaire, une interview, une table ronde, une pièce
à la télévision et la plupart des films en langue standard.
B1  Peut lire des textes factuels directs sur des sujets relatifs à son domaine et à
ses intérêts avec un niveau satisfaisant de compréhension.
B2  Peut comprendre des articles et des rapports sur des problèmes
contemporains et dans lesquels les auteurs adoptent une position ou un point de
vue particuliers.
Lesson
Document
Language skills
Topic and objectives
Assignment
Lesson 1
05/09/2016
EOC / CO
Team work  describe your picture using the words provided / draw what
the other teams are describing
Answer questions 3-4 p. 15
EOC
Recap: description of the set of photographs
 contrast stereotyped representation / modern version of the cowboy
Write the recap down in your
copybook + learn vocabulary
Lesson 3
12/09/2016
Set of pictures:
still from the film Appaloosa
(2008) directed by Ed Harris +
Roswell, New Mexico, USA
Set of pictures:
still from the film Appaloosa
(2008) directed by Ed Harris +
Roswell, New Mexico, USA
Painting “American Progress” by
John Gast
EOI
Lesson 4
13/09/2016
Painting “American Progress” by
John Gast
EOI
Teamwork: each pupil must describe two parts of the picture + as a team
decide which part goes where
 picture division
Recap picture description
 analysis (symbolism, darkness/light, “American Frontier”)
Lesson 5
20/09/2016
Video “Texas Longhorn Ranch”
CO
Lesson 6
03/10/2016
Text “When TV reality meets the
ranch”
Video “Jet and Cord Mc Coy”
Text “When TV reality meets the
ranch”
CE  EOC
Use your memory and the elements
we’ve seen in class to write the
description of the painting.
Read “if you want to know more”
(http://andre.english.free.fr ) + find
information about the “American
Frontier”  take notes
Read text p. 17 + answer questions
a, b, c, d (use the vocabulary in the
toolbox)
Lire p. 189 + faire fiche
Lesson 2
06/09/2016
Lesson 7
04/10/2016
CO
EOI
EE
Picture description
3 viewings  the ranch / the family’s daily life / the intern / the ranchers’
philosophy
Mindmap about the Mc Coy Brothers  information about them / famous
for? / image of cowboys / reality TV?
Recap
Training task  you are a fan of Jet and Cord McCoy. You write them an email
CE → Compréhension écriteCO → Compréhension orale EE → Expression écrite EOI → Expression orale en interaction EOC → Expression orale en continu
COWBOYS WANTED
Video “Jet and Cord Mc Coy”
Lesson 8
10/10/2016
Lesson 9
11/10/2016
Video “Cattle drives”
CO
EE
Set of documents
cowboys »
« Atypical
Lesson 10
17/10/2016
Lesson 11
18/10/2016
Lesson 12
07/11/2016
Lesson 13
08/11/2016
Set of documents
cowboys »
« Atypical
Lesson 14
15/11/2016
Final tasks
CE /CO
EOC
CO
EE
EE
Set of documents
cowboys »
UNIT 1
MYTHS AND HEROES
« Atypical
EOC
CO
CO
EOC
to congratulate them about their incredible journey and the values they
embrace.
Exam training time  3 viewings + note taking + recap
Ex. 1.2.3.4 p. 23
Correction exercises → simple present, present perfect, present perfect
BE+ING
Team work → analyse your document and present an atypical cowboy to the
rest of the class
Correction exercises + RECAP « Atypical cowboys »
Listening comprehension
Final test
Ex. 1.2.3.4 p. 22
Correction test
Final tasks (evaluation)
 Méthodologie “How to write a dialogue” (revision)
End of RECAP “Atypical cowboys”
Talking about a notion
Finir de corriger le devoir / revoir la
technique du dialogue
Prepare the script of your oral
presentation about “Myths and
heroes” + be ready to record
yourself
 Evaluation
 Talking about the notion
CE → Compréhension écriteCO → Compréhension orale EE → Expression écrite EOI → Expression orale en interaction EOC → Expression orale en continu
Final tasks