cowboys wanted unit 1

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
02/09/2016
EOC / CE
Recap “5 skills” + “exam”
Team work
 describe your picture using the words provided
 get ready to recap orally (EOC)
Recap: description of the set of photographs
 contrast stereotyped representation / modern version of the cowboy
Answer questions 3-4 p. 15
Lesson 3
09/09/2016
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
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
16/09/2016
Video “Texas Longhorn Ranch”
CO
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
Complete your notes about the
“American Frontier”
Lesson 6
20/09/2016
Video “Texas Longhorn Ranch”
EOC
Lesson 7
23/09/2016
Text “The Ranch meets TV reality
TV”
CE / EOI
Lesson 2
06/09/2016
EOC
EOI
Picture description
3 viewings  the ranch / the family’s daily life / the intern / the ranchers’
philosophy
Team work  prepare an oral account of what you have understood + add
vocabulary provided (given)
Oral presentations
Team work  use your answers to recap (information about them? famous
for? Image of cowboys ? Reality TV?)
CE → Compréhension écriteCO → Compréhension orale EE → Expression écrite EOI → Expression orale en interaction EOC → Expression orale en continu
Learn vocabulary
Read text p. 17 + answer questions
a, b, c, d (use the vocabulary in the
toolbox)
Lire "méthodo bac" p. 189 + prendre
en notes les éléments importants +
COWBOYS WANTED
Video “Jet and Cord McCoy on The
Amazing Race”
Lesson 8
27/09/2016
Lesson 9
30/09/2016
Lesson 10
04/10/2016
Lesson 11
07/10/2016
Lesson 12
11/10/2016
Lesson 13
08/11/2016
Lesson 14
15/11/2016
UNIT 1
MYTHS AND HEROES
Video “The Cattle Trail”
CO
Notes to complete information about the two brothers
EE
Training task  you are a fan of Jet and Cord McCoy. You write them an email
to congratulate them about their incredible journey and the values they
embrace.
Exam training → three viewings / note-taking + recap
CO
EE
Set of documents
cowboys »
« Atypical
Set of documents
cowboys »
« Atypical
Set of documents
cowboys »
« Atypical
CE /CO
EOC
EOI / EE
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
RECAP Team work → analyse your document and present an atypical cowboy
to the rest of the class
Finir de préparer votre document
Correction ex. 1-2-3-4 p. 22
RECAP  atypical cowboys
TEST
FINAL TASKS  Evaluation
EOC
recopier
"les
exemples
formulation" sur votre cahier.
Talking about the notion
CE → Compréhension écriteCO → Compréhension orale EE → Expression écrite EOI → Expression orale en interaction EOC → Expression orale en continu
Ex. 1-2-3-4 p. 22
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