Infonews n°199 du 16/11/2003 

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"A La Une" this week : discover a flash parody of Matrix "to end the
destructive and dangerous practices of factory farming and to promote
sustainable agriculture" and ready to use interactive exercises.
Thursday November 27th will be Thanksgiving in the USA : you will find here
several sites to help you deal with it in class. Then, find several
addresses and lessons about stereotypes, resources for primary school,
lower and upper secondary school, two sites about pronunciation for
advanced students, two sites about geography (parfait pour des profs de
DNL), and 5 addresses to reflect about assessment in "teaching practice".
Next Sunday, there will be no Infonews. Mais vous pourrez venir me
rencontrer lors de la table ronde que le Café Pédagogique organise au Salon
de l'Education Porte de Versailles à Paris, avec la collaboration de
Cyber-Langues. La table ronde aura lieu dimanche 23 novembre à 16h (voir le
programme et les intervenants à la fin de cette liste, dans "teaching
practice")
Have a nice week!

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A la Une
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The Meatrix
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Thanksgiving
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Assignment and sites to visit
Interactive Thanksgiving poetry
Plimoth Pantation
Webquests
Thanksgiving celebrations
Thanksgiving Word Search
Let's Talk Turkey Quiz
Thanksgiving Coloring and Paper Chains
Pages of links
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Stereotypes
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a picture to comment
a short and easy text
another text, a bit longer
a ready to use lesson designed by Barbara Dieu
another lesson on about.com
and a page of links
guide from "executive planet"
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Resources for Primary School
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Elementary school on Etni
Make a Dreamcatcher (from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Nov 14th)
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Resources for Lower Secondary School
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Links for Vocabulary (from Michelle Henry)
Online Picture dictionary (from Arieh Sherris on Etni)
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Pronunciation
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Pronunciation practice (from Papryrus News)
Phonetics (from Arieh Sherris on Etni)
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Resources for upper secondary school
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November is Native American Heritage Month
Reading signs (from Papryrus News)
Blood Thirst - How Vampires Work (What's New at HowStuffWorks, 10/27/03)
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Geography
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Geography Awareness Week (from Library Hot 5)
World Atlas Outline Maps and Map Tests (from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer,
Nov 14th)
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Teaching Practice
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Assessment Alternatives (from Library hot 5)
"Continuer à apprendre une langue en dehors des cours : comment est-ce
possible?" (table ronde du Café Pédagogique)

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A la Une
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The Meatrix
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This is what cooperation is on e-teach : Celine Roos discovered the site,
and Annie Gwynn designed a page and some interactive exercises. Now it is
all online, and ready for you to use in class:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/annie.gwynn/meatrix.htm
This activity will be excellent for upper secondary school students.
It is based on the online clip called : "the Meatrix"
http://www.themeatrix.com
Here is the comment you can read on the site:
"The Meatrix is a product of the first-ever Free Range Flash Activism
Grant. In February of 2003, Free Range, a cutting-edge design company,
invited hundreds of non-profit organizations to apply for free production
of a Flash movie. After carefully reviewing more than 50 applications, the
grant was awarded to GRACE (Global Resource Action Center for the
Environment). GRACE works to end the destructive and dangerous practices of
factory farming and to promote sustainable agriculture - a goal close to
Free Range's heart. Reform of the farming industry would mean significant
gains in many of the areas Free Range fights for: health, food safety,
economic justice, workers' rights, environmental integrity and animal rights."

It is a parody of the film "the Matrix", used to make people aware of
animal cruelty in factory farming, of how they pollute the environment, and
to make people think before they buy meat. For more information, you can
also see the site featured at the end of the clip:
http://www.themeatrix.com/action/
with links to : "sustainable table" and other sites to raise people's
awareness....

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Thanksgiving
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Assignment and sites to visit
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Thursday November 27th will be Thanksgiving in the USA. I made a page for
my students about this : you will find an assignment and a list of sites to
visit, featuring the festivities, the traditions, the first Thanksgiving
seen by the Pilgrims and by the native Americans, and recipes for this
special meal. My students visit the sites, take notes on their copy book,
and then put their findings together orally in class.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/infonews/themes/thanksgivingkids.htm
Here are some other sites offering various activities:

Interactive Thanksgiving poetry
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Read the poem, read what other students have posted, and post your students
work...
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/8817/poem6.html

Plimoth Pantation
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Take a virtual tour of the the Plimoth plantation, a cultural museum (a
village as it was at the time, that tourists can visit)
http://www.plimoth.org/visit/
or go to the virtual museum at
http://www.plimoth.org/Library/Thanksgiving/thanksgi.htm
Here are some other links on the same site, discovered by Friday's Kid Klicks!
Pictures from 1627 Village
http://pilgrims.net/plimothplantation/vtour/index.htm#1627
Guides
http://pilgrims.net/plimothplantation/vtour/guides.htm
Wigwam
http://archnet.uconn.edu/topical/historic/plimoth/wig3.htm
Houses
http://archnet.uconn.edu/topical/historic/plimoth/house3.htm
http://archnet.uconn.edu/topical/historic/plimoth/house2.htm
http://archnet.uconn.edu/topical/historic/plimoth/house1.htm
Detail of Bastion
http://archnet.uconn.edu/topical/historic/plimoth/bastion.htm
Food Preparation
http://archnet.uconn.edu/topical/historic/plimoth/fish.htm
Tools
http://archnet.uconn.edu/topical/historic/plimoth/harp.htm
Food / Storage
http://archnet.uconn.edu/topical/historic/plimoth/maize.htm
Pilgrim Clothing
http://www.plimoth.org/Library/costume.htm

Webquests
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http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plygame/hi.asp
http://www.plimoth.org/OLC/index_js2.html

Thanksgiving celebrations
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Discover on CNN the parades and other festivities for 1996, including
photos from Macy's.
http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1996/thanksgiving/
or go to the New York Tourist Office to see what happened last year.
http://www.nyctourist.com/macys_menu.htm

Thanksgiving Word Search
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http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/thanks/games/word1.html
Find the 14 Thanksgiving words in this jumble of letters

Let's Talk Turkey Quiz
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http://familyeducation.com/quiz/0,1399,1-3733,00.html
Try your hand at a turkey test! How much do you know about turkeys?

Thanksgiving Coloring and Paper Chains
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http://www.teelfamily.com/education/thanks1.jpg
http://www.teelfamily.com/education/thanksgiving1.jpg
http://www.teelfamily.com/education/chains.html

Pages of links
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http://perso.wanadoo.fr/infonews/themes/thanksgiving.htm
http://www.ac-versailles.fr/pedagogi/anglais/civi/thanksgiving.html

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Stereotypes
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Here are some interesting sites about stereotypes and other "advices to
travellers" found the e-teach :
a picture to comment
http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~eurydice/european.htm
a short and easy text
http://perso.club-internet.fr/hwelty/France/Intercultural.html
another text, a bit longer
http://www.edupass.org/culture/stereotypes.phtml
a ready to use lesson designed by Barbara Dieu
http://www.members.tripod.com/the_english_dept/stereo1.html#aware
another lesson on about.com
http://esl.about.com/library/lessons/blchildren_stereotypes.htm?once=true&
and a page of links
http://esl.about.com/homework/esl/library/lessons/blchildren_stereotypes.htm
But the best site is the guide from "executive planet" which offers advices
for travellers to most countries in the world, with tips about culture,
"etiquette", and business and office habits. Lots of interesting
stereotypes, excellent for all those interested in travels and business.
http://www.executiveplanet.com/

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Resources for Primary School
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Elementary school on Etni
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Calling all elementary school teachers.
The ETNIi Team (in Israël) has set up a separate page on the Etni website
for elementary school teachers on ETNI. There is already a bulletin board
especially for us where we can discuss issues that we find relevant.
We are going to build a data base of elementary school teachers so please
sign up.
There are links to ETNI pages that are applicable to elementary teachers.
ETNI elementary is in the process of being built so what we really want is
your input. What would you like to see there? What issues are important to
you?
You can see the ETNI elementary opening page at
http://www.etni.org.il/elementary
and
http://www.etni.org/elementary
[ on this page you find links to games and songs, and also a board to
discuss...don't hesitate to send them your requests and suggestions!]

Make a Dreamcatcher (from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Nov 14th)
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http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/dreamcatcher.htm
Some of these wonderfully webbed designs incorporate pieces of crystal
quartz, which catches the light magically when displayed in a window with
morning light. Here are instructions to create your own dreamcatchers.
Individualize them with beads, seed pods, crystals...

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Resources for Lower Secondary School
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Links for Vocabulary (from Michelle Henry)
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You can find on the site of the Académie de Nancy-Metz a tremendous load of
links to introduce vocabulary in lower secondary school : there are various
interactive activities to do online, pages to print, and loads, loads of
ideas....Just go to:
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/actel3.htm

Online Picture dictionary (from Arieh Sherris on Etni)
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There is a fun online picture dictionary for beginners that includes
word-picture games. You can find it at:
http://www.pdictionary.com/
[ very nice and useful in primary school and lower secondary school]

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Pronunciation practice (from Papryrus News)
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http://www.manythings.org/pp/
to practice minimal pairs and then test yourself. This site and the one
just following will be perfect to allow advanced students to understand how
to pronounce and practice the new sounds.

Phonetics (from Arieh Sherris on Etni)
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There is also a new phonetics animation project from the folks at the
University of Iowa. It may be useful for tutorials with Pupils Having
Difficulty (PHDs) learning to make the sound-letter connection. You can
find it at:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/
[ for advanced students. Excellent descriptions of how the sounds are
produced, with pictures and step by step explanations. ]

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Resources for upper secondary school
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November is Native American Heritage Month
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Outstanding Native Americans - past and present leaders 4th up
http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/nap.html
Exploring Native Americans 6th up
http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/na.html
Thanksgiving Scavenger hunt - some interesting stuff you may not know
http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/thanks/Thanksfun.html
Fever 1793 - based on the historical novel by Laurie Anderson
http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/fever.html

Reading signs (from Papryrus News)
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http://www.manythings.org/signs/
a precious collection of original road and town signs(over 700!) .
See for example : "wheelchair riders have priority in the area!"
http://www.manythings.org/signs/travel3.htm

Blood Thirst - How Vampires Work (What's New at HowStuffWorks, 10/27/03)
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http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/vampire.htm
The vampire legend has been evolving for centuries. The most common image
of the vampire was born in Bram Stoker’s novel “Dracula” in 1897, but the
stories go back farther than that, with horrifying tales originating all
over the world.
Learn all about the mysterious, bloodsucking "undead."

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Geography Awareness Week (from Library Hot 5)
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Geography Awareness Week 2003 is November 16-22. In 1987, President Ronald
Reagan established this event to promote the importance of geography. See a
selection of 5 really interesting sites in Classroom Connect newsletter
n°201 at:
http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A2=ind0311&L=hot5&F=P&S=&P=63

World Atlas Outline Maps and Map Tests (from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer,
Nov 14th)
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http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/maps.htm
Not only will you find outline maps for every country in the world, but a
series of map quizzes as well to test your students' geography skills.

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Teaching Practice
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Assessment Alternatives (from Library hot 5)
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Read about issues involved in developing assessments : discover a selection
of 5 really interesting sites in Classroom Connect newsletter n° 202 at:
http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A2=ind0311&L=hot5&F=P&S=&P=210

"Continuer à apprendre une langue en dehors des cours : comment est-ce
possible?"
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Table ronde présentée par le Café Pédagogique en collaboration avec
Cyber-Langues

Participants:
Christine Reymond, rédactrice au Café Pédagogique, lycée Blaise Pascal,
Rouen, présidente de Cyber-Langues
Helmut Brammerts, coordonnateur international de Tandem, université de
Bochum, Allemagne
Phil Benz, animateur du forum Viv@, lycée Astiers, Aubenas, académie de
Grenoble
Domingo Bayon Lopez, professeur d'espagnol, lycée François Mauriac,
Bordeaux, académie de Bordeaux, organisateur de Cyber-Langues 2003, chargé
de Communication de l'association
Alain krizic, professeur d'anglais, lycée Charles Péguy, Orléans, académie
de Orléans-Tours, organisateur de Cyber-Langues 2004
Jean-Luc Bouko, professeur d'italien, collège Collège Jules Verne,
Bully-les-Mines, académie de Lille

Contenu:
"Trop de français semblent incapables de communiquer dans une autre langue,
et pourtant les Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication leur
proposent sans cesse de nouvelles façons d'être en contact direct avec des
documents authentiques et des natifs de la langue qu'ils veulent apprendre.
Comment peut-on, dès l'école, leur donner les moyens et le goût d'apprendre
en autonomie grâce à ces supports?"

le Café Pédagogique : http://www.cafepedagogique.net
Association Cyber-Langues : http://cyberlangues.online.fr

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