July 27 - Parents' Day- Lesson plan(eslholidaylessons.com)
Haiti and its strength : past present and future
"Les documents qui suivent font partie d’une recherche que j’appelle le Positive Piece of News Project..." (Marie André-Milesi - lewebpedagogique.com)
A tour of an orphanage in Haiti
"God's Littlest Angels is an American-run Christian mission set up in 1994 in the hills above Port au Prince to look after Haitian orphans and match them with adoptive families.
The earthquake meant they received many more children.
Melissa Friesen, who has volunteered there for the last year, gave a tour." (BBC)
Hi-tech brings families together The survey "found that using the net was often a social activity within families, with 51% of parents saying they browsed the web with their children." (BBC)
Séquence
: Meet Kevin's Family - Niveau 6ème(Ac.
Lille)
"Dans cette exploitation, nous nous sommes efforcés
de mettre en relief des stratégies d'apprentissage
et d'évaluation de la compréhension orale qui
soient transférables à d'autres supports.
Il s'agit d'un dialogue extrait de la méthode Step in
de 6ème intitulé Kevin's Family qui est accompagné
d'une image.
Les principales capacités visées dans notre exploitation
sont relatives à l'anticipation, au repérage du
connu et des mots accentués, à la mise en relation
des différents éléments et à l'inférence...
La totalité des activités proposées dans
cette séquence relève des niveaux A1/A2 tels qu'ils sont définis dans le Cadre Européen
Commun de Référence."
Parents
Hand Out Unusual Punishments - a lesson plan "Were the unusual punishments handed out by these parents
fair or unfair?" (Education World)
15
May is International Day of Families.
"Practise your English while you learn about families.
Take a look at the article, poem, cartoon, trivia, links and word
game." (British Council)
Australian
party teen turns pro
"The Australian teenager who threw a party while his parents
were away causing thousands of dollars of damage says he is turning
professional."
(BBC)
Everest
wedding - a lesson plan
with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), communication activities,
pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises." (breakingnewsenglish.com)
Family relationships- a lesson proposed by Randall S. Davis (esl-lab)
with :
- a list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the
words in RealMedia format.
- a short quiz to test students' comprehension of some
of the words,
- a Follow-Up exercise for expanding students' use
of the vocabulary in a conversation with a partner or group.
Poems :
Happy
Families(Learn English Online) : Introducing your family - Pronunciation - Interactive activities- The family poem
Crossword
- family
(answers in French) - (discoveryeducationalsoftware.co.uk)
My First Cross Word Puzzle (tlsbooks.com) :
"Write the name of thebaby
animalnext to each clue.
Then write the baby animal word in the puzzle."
Songs :
'My Crazy Family' par Sylvain Kustyan - Niveau 6ème, 5ème et primaire
Le thème: la famille, les membres de la famille
Point de langue: There's There are / Les goûts / Le présent simple / Le prétérit Sur YouTube, cliquer sur l'onglet Sous-Titres et vous aurez une version Karaoké. "There's my mother with green hair
But my father doesn't care
There's my brother who gets stronger..."
(sylvainkustyanchansoncolleges.blogspot.fr)
She's Leaving Home - The Beatles "She breaks down and cries to her husband
Daddy our baby's gone
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly
How could she do this to me..." (lyrics007.com) Listen to the song.(YouTube)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man (YouTube) + the LYRICS "Mama told me when I was young
Come sit beside me, my only son
And listen closely to what I say.
And if you do this
It will help you some sunny day..."
(lyrics007.com)
The Mom Song- with subtitles "The Mom Song, a light-hearted ditty describing everything Mom says in a 24-hour period." (YouTube)
Cats in the
Cradle by Harry Chapin or Ugly Kid Joe :
"And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me,
He'd grown up just like me.
My boy was just like me."
Living
for the city sung by Stevie Wonder "Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many
His patience's long but soon he won't have any
To find a job is like a haystack needle
Cause where he lives they don't use colored people
Living just enough, just enough for the city..." (azlyrics.com) - the VIDEO(YouTube)
My
Crazy Family
- Une chanson en karaoké extraite
du CD-ROM Ressources JOIN the TEAM 6e Utilisation de 'CAN' (Collection 'Join the Team' - 6ème et 5ème - Editions
Nathan)
Hopeful parents - a cartoon
"An old Gary Larson Far Side cartoon showed a child playing a Nintendo
with 'hopeful parents' in the background
imagining help wanted ads in the year 2005:
''Nintendo Expert Needed. $50,000 salary + bonus"
or ''Can You Save The Princess?
We need skilled men and women, $75,000 + Retirement.'
"The cartoonist's message is obvious:
Nintendo prepares our children to go nowhere in the real world...
"Video games did not change the fact that my son is responsible, thoughtful and worthy.
If he was so attracted to the game,
my thought was that there could be something positive to that attraction.
Today in 2010, degrees and careers in gaming and
game development - both in programming and design - are in high demand
for the exponential growth of this multibillion-dollar industry.
The hopeful parents in the Far Side cartoon were heralds of the future!"
(Dr. Yvonne Fournier, a specialist in childrens education
as well as a columnist for Scripps-Howard) (mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com)
Ladies
firstby Queen Latifah :
"Like mother, like daughter, I would also like to mention"
Animations Flash :
Look at the little
movie, then tell the story Activity created by: Renée Maufroid
"Un petit film en flash qui permet de faire travailler le récit
avec prolongements possibles bien sûr:
imaginer la conversation entre le père et la fille,
imaginer la fin,
faire raconter l'histoire par la petite fille, etc"
Adam- a FLASH animation by Bozzetto (pagesperso-orange.fr/prof.danglais)
President Obama’s Girls: "Jodi Kantor of The New York Times talks about the vital role that President Obama’s daughters, Malia (14) and Sasha (11), have played in his political life...
Here are just a few of the household rules that she (Mrs Obama) has mentioned in interviews and other appearances..."
Zonajobs Commercial (dailymotion.com)
"Une publicité qui nous vient d'Argentine, qui met en scène une mamie de 90 ans qui se fait tuer encore et encore dans des situations toujours plus insolites.
Je vous laisse savourer la chute qui fait la promotion du site Zonajobs pour la recherche d'emploi."
Ad of the Day: VW Polo Dad
"The new TV ad for the Volkswagen Polo shows the evolving relationship of a protective father and his daughter, from the moment he first brings her home from the hospital to the day she finally leaves home, when he hands her the keys to a shiny new Polo -- ensuring she "stays in safe hands"." + THE MESSAGE + COMMENT + LESSON IDEA (englishblog.com)
Chevrolet: True Story(creativecriminals.com)
"A 1965 Chevy Impala SS is more than a car to the Younger family, it's what binds them together.
To pay for his sons' education, Herb Younger was forced to sell his beloved '65 Impala.
Two decades later, they found a way to pay him back." (YouTube)- UPDATED
Drama Queen - Commercial for the Young Director Award 2010 (YouTube)
Shocking scenes
Behind Closed Doors
"Troubled by his conflicting parents and haunted by the monster that dwells in his bedroom closet, Gregory, an anxious timid young boy must confront his demons and defeat the true threat that exists behind closed doors." (YouTube)
Fight for Kisses - Publicité (koreus.com) - vidéo d'animation réalisée par l'agence JWT pour le compte de Wilkinson/Energizer.
"C'est pour regagner l'attention de sa femme, qu'un père va se battre à armes égales avec son bébé..." (bonweb.fr)
Desperate
Housewives - an American television series (Wikipedia)
"The tone and style of the series combine elements of
drama, comedy, mystery, satire, and soap opera."
This Must Be the Place
"is a 2011 drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino, written by Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello. It stars Sean Penn and Frances McDormand.
The film deals with a middle-aged wealthy rock star who becomes bored in his retirement and takes on the quest of finding his father's tormentor,
a Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the United States." (Wikipedia)
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) by Talking Heads : LYRICS "Home is where I want to be
Pick me up and turn me round
I feel numb - born with a weak heart
(So I) guess I must be having fun
The less we say about it the better..."
(sing365.com)