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Cliparts and
Flashcards - Vocabulary - Encyclopedia / Information - Listening
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Idioms - Superstitions -
Conversation questions -
Interactive exercises - Exercises to print -
Lesson plans
- Webquests - Stories -
Interactive games
- Games to print -
Jokes
- Cartoons - Poems -
Songs - Animations - Videos
- Cinema

(Liens vérifiés le 07/09/2009)



Pages complémentaires :

Describing monsters -

Mystères (environment) - Mystères (geography) -
Mythes et Inventions - Mythologie
- UFO / OVNI - Phobies - Religion - Littérature
HARRY POTTER
Halloween - 'Saint George's Day'

'HEROES'

 



 





Lesson plans :

 

  • A Wizard's Book of Potions
    Use it to teach:
    (1) How to . . .
    (2) Cooking vocabulary such as boil, stir, pour and add.
    (3) First, Next, and Finally.

    (bogglesworldesl.com)

 

  • Sorciers, sorcières - Fiches d'activités pédagogiques pour le primaire, le collège et le lycée
    (CNDP)

 

  • Monsters
    "Make your own monster, laugh at some monster jokes,
    learn about monsters of mystery and legends,
    listen to a monster rap,
    and read some great monster stories."

    (British Council)

 

  • Travail réalisé par 2 classes de 3ème
    "qui ont rédigé une histoire policière sous forme de site-web avec une ou deux pages à rédiger pour chaque élève."
    Il y a deux histoires à lire :
    - A Body in the Swamps
    - The Hotel of Death

    A télécharger : le Kit de préparation de ce travail.
    (Sylvain PETIT - Ac. Grenoble)

 

  • Fantasy animals
    "with online games, a song, a story, and also worksheets and flashcards for you to print."
    (British Council)

 

  • Super Heroes (Comics US) - lesson plan / webquest (prof.danglais) :
    Captain America | Iron man | Daredevil | The Hulk | The Silver Surfer | The Fantastic Four | etc




  • Mystery Stories - Building Literacy with a Twist (webenglishteacher) :
    "What better way to build reading comprehension skills than with a good mystery?
    In every story readers must understand characters, identify causes and effects, note sequence, and draw inferences
    .
    Here are some ideas to help you incorporate the reading and writing of mysteries in your classroom."
  • How much do you know about Mystery Fiction? - a lesson plan (niveau 4ème) :
    Activity 1 : Mystery fiction
    Activity 2 : 'And Then There Were None' (Agatha Christie)
    Activity 3 :Two Famous Detective Story Writers : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Agatha Christie
    Activity 4 : Mystery Writers
    Activity 5 : Alfred Hitchcock
    Activity 6 : 'Your House' (Alanis Morissette)
    Activity 7 : A Phone Call
    Activity 8 : 'North By Northwest' Alfred Hitchcock

 

  • Frankenstein : a video and comprehension questions (school.discovery.com)
    Video Description :
    "Mary Shelley s chilling gothic tale is really a complex comment on the late-19th century period of intellectual and scientific growth in Europe. Yet this seminal horror story is still relevant today in a world of radical new scientific technology."





  • Frankenstein : Lesson plans (school.discovery.com)
  • Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster - a lesson plan (acobas.net)
    (compréhension, analyse, expression...)
  • The daily routines of monsters, zombies, ghosts and aliens - a lesson plan
    "Aim:
    - Practise third person -s
    - Practise talking and writing about routines
    - Practise saying and writing common action verbs
    - Practise making questions about days, times and routines
    - Make a poster"

 

Webquests :

  • A WebQuest : Was It Murder? The Death of King Tutankhamun: The Boy King
    "Your team must gain as much knowledge about King Tut and the circumstances surrounding his death as possible. Your team consists of a medical examiner, a reporter, an archaeologist, a history professor, and a historian (optional). Each member of the team will visit a site..."
    (pekin.net)

 

  • Super Heroes (Comics US) - lesson plan / webquest (prof.danglais) :
    Captain America | Iron man | Daredevil | The Hulk | The Silver Surfer | The Fantastic Four | etc

 

  • Investigate into the life and time of Sherlock Holmes and his creator A.C.Doyle (annie.gwynn)
    - with interactive activities

 

Stories :

  • VAMPIRES


    • A Short Guide To Vampires
      "Ask anyone and they will tell you that to protect yourself from a vampire you will require: garlic, a crucifix, holy water,
      and a nice big, pointy stake. Somehow this particular figure of evil has come to pervade our modern consciousness..."
      (eastoftheweb.com)

      Dracula's Guest - Text
      by Bram Stoker

      (eastoftheweb.com)
      The Vampyre by John Polidori - Text
      "Polidori's novella changed the traditional image of the vampyre
      from a rotting corpse into the handsome, aristocratic, seducing,
      amoral creature defined in his story."
      (eastoftheweb.com)
      The Horla - Text
      by Guy de Maupassant
      (eastoftheweb.com)

     

 

  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

     

     

    • Mark Haddon - an interview
      + an extract of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" read to you
      "The narrator of the story is an autistic teenager who is obsessed with Sherlock Holmes and who must prove his innocence when a neighborhood dog is killed."
      (npr.org)

     

    • Study Guide for "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"
      - Literary Elements
      - Chapter Summaries with Notes / Analysis
      - Overall Analysis
      - Questions
      (thebestnotes.com)

     

     

 

  • The Haunted House
    - animated story
    Site signalé par Renée Maufroid
    (British Council)

 

 

  • MYSTERIES AND OTHER SUSPENSE STORIES - interactive exercises (absolutenglish-972) :
    - VOCABULARY AROUND THE GENRE
    - LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER, Roald Dahl
    - SILENT NIGHT, Mary Higgins Clark
    - SOLVE THE MYSTERY
    - READ


 

 

INTERACTIVE games :

  • Akinator - interactive game - LIEN MODIFIE
    "He will ask you questions about the character you are thinking of and, after 20 questions, he will find him or her!"
    (en.akinator.com)

 

 

  • 'Scanning' game - interactive (BBC)
    "This game will help you practise scanning for information as you try to discover who has committed a horrible murder in Sleazeville!"

 

  • PORTRAIT DETECTIVES - interactive (liverpoolmuseums.org.uk)
    "A portrait isn't just a pretty picture of a famous or wealthy person. It is a treasure trove of clues and ideas. It can tell us
    who a person was, how they lived and what they thought about themselves. It can even tell us about the painter and their life.
    Using paintings from the Walker we will show you how to find and interpret these clues. You can take a 'guided tour' where we explain the portrait to you, or you can visit the 'explore' section where you do the detective work and find the clues yourself..."

 

 



 

  • Fido Puzzle (digicc.com)
    "want to let me read your mind ?"

 

 

Games TO PRINT :

 

 

Jokes :

 

 

Cartoons :

   

 

Airport customs
(cartoonstock.com)

 

Mystery
(irancartoon.com)



Sheet!
(cagle.com)

Searching for Bigfoot
(ntskeptics.org)

 

  • I wish for... - a cartoon




 

Poems :

  • My monster - Write a poem! - interactive activity (lancsngfl.ac.uk)

 

 

Songs :

  • Tired Of Being Sorry by Ringside - Lyrics
    "I don't know why
    You want to follow me tonight
    When the rest of the world
    With whom I've crossed and I've quarreled
    Let's me down so...
    For a thousand reasons that I know..."
    (actionext.com)

    - A Flash animation
    (albinoblacksheep.com)

 

  • Temptation Waits sung by Garbage :
    "I am a wolf
    but I like to wear sheep's clothing...
    When I'm not sure what I'm living for
    (When I'm not sure who I am)
    When I'm not sure what I'm looking for"

    (sing365.com)
    - the VIDEO (YouTube)

  • Heroes - We Could Be Heroes - the song
    (You Tube)
    - with the lyrics : We Could Be Heroes - Bodies Without Organs

 

 

  • A Kind Of Magic by Queen
    "It's a kind of magic
    A kind of magic
    One dream one soul one prize one goal
    One golden glance of what should be"
  • Boogie Monster by Gnarls Barkley
    "I got a monster in my closet
    Someone's underneath my bed
    The wind's knocking at my window...
    Then I realised it was a mirror...
    The whole time the monster was me..."
  • Monster Mash by Bobby Boris Pickett :
    "... my eyes beheld an eerie sight
    For my monster from his slab began to rise...
    To the master bedroom where the vampires feast
    The ghouls all came from their humble abodes...
    The zombies were having fun...
    The guests included Wolf Man
    Dracula and his son...
    Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds
    The coffin-bangers were about to arrive..."
    You can listen to it. (lastfm.fr) - Lien modifié


 

  • Venus In Blue Jeans by Jimmy Clanton :
    "My Venus in blue jeans is the Cinderella I adore.
    She's my very special angel too, a fairy tale come true...
    There's more than seven wonders in this world,
    I just met number eight."

 

Animations :

 

 

  • The Wand - FLASH animation (koreus.com)

 

 

  • The Bushman of Bunyip Billabong - an animation (subtitles option)
    with TRI-VIEW METHOD INSTRUCTIONS
    "A Bunyip is a mythical creature in the Australian outback.
    This Claymation is about a camper who has an encounter with a bunyip."
    (lingual.net)

 

 

Videos :

  • See the VIDEOS on the POLICE page.
  • 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)

 

  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice with Mickey
    It "tells the story of an apprentice who cannot control the magic that he has tried to use, with Mickey Mouse in the role of the apprentice."
    (YouTube)



    The Sorcerer's Apprentice
    "The Sorcerer's Apprentice is the English name of Goethe's poem Der Zauberlehrling (1797)...
    Goethe, in turn, had got the idea from Lucian's story of Philopseudes."

    General plot :
    "The tale begins as an old sorcerer departs his workshop, leaving his apprentice with chores to perform.
    The apprentice tires of fetching water for a bath or tank, and enchants a broomstick to do the work for him, using magic he is not yet fully trained in..."

    (Wikipedia)

 

 

  • Where the wild things are by Maurice Sendak
    (YouTube)



    WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
    - script - LIEN MODIFIE
    (scribd.com)

    Where the Wild Things Are
    "The book is about the imaginary adventures of a young boy named Max, who is punished for "making mischief" by being sent to his room without supper..."
    1 Story 2 Reception 3 Background 4 Adaptations 5 External links 6 References
    (Wikipedia)

 

  • Ghosts of Albion : Embers - Animation
    (BBC)




    Ghosts of Albion
    "Created by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden, the story is about the Swift siblings, Tamara and William, the descendants of a wealthy early Victorian era London family. Tamara is a budding novelist (specializing in pulp horror novels, or "penny dreadfuls") and Williamis an architect's apprentice. One night in 1838 they are called to their ailing grandfather's bedside. There he tells them that while he may have seemed to be another stage magician, he is actually a mystical soldier who protects Albion, the mystical spirit of Britain. William and Tamara at first do not believe him, until he is suddenly slaughtered before their eyes by werewolves, and their father is possessed by a demon. Before dying, their grandfather had told the two that they are to carry on his legacy as protectors of Albion...."
    (Wikipedia)

 

 

Cinema :

 

  • Heroes - Gap-fill exercise
    "Look at the trailer and fill in the blanks."
    (Florinda Fernandes - Calvados)