Infonews n°344 from 19/10/2008
What is Diwali?
The legends
Rangolis
Lesson Plans
Photos
How to drape a sari
Funny commercials
Semaine de l'Europe
Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night
Halloween
Songs
Level A1 : the song "What's this?" by Danny Elfman
Level A2 : the video of the song "This is Halloween" by Marilyn Manson
Level B1 : Transcript, songs and original poem
Teaching Unit
Information about the film
Last Mac Cain-Obama debate
All about the elections
Where they stand
Compare the candidates
Debatepedia
Don't Vote
How to become a President
Dossier spécial du Café Pédagogique
Games
Traditional Songs and Rhymes
Flash Cards for Halloween
Like Master, like dog : teaching unit level A2
Calculate your Carbon Footprint
E-newspaper
L'évolution d'un évènement dans le temps
Worksheet Generator and calendar
Media Convert
Register for the 2008 eLearning Awards
Bourse pour un premier voyage d'élève
Grilles de séquences
"Trois en un" anglais collège
My friend and our colleague from Guadeloupe Jean
Sahai, who is of Indian origin, reminded me that
October 28th is Diwali, and that I should talk about it in Infonews.
Also called Divali, dewali or Deepavali, Diwali
is the most important celebration of the year for
the Hindus. It is a festival of lights, and its
celebration has something of our Christmas :
people decorate their home, make special food,
dress up for the day, give each other presents.
It is also associated to fireworks and
fire-crackers. "The celebration means as much to
Hindus as Christmas does to Christians." says
this site with a simple presentation of the festival:
http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/ethnic_relig/diwali.html
What is Diwali?
Diwali this year is on October 28th. Read about
the festival and what people do.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/religion/hinduism/diwali.shtml
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/india/diwali
http://www.diwalicelebrations.net/
http://www.seasonsgreetingsnc.com/index.php/site/entry/diwali
http://geography.learnhub.com/lesson/page/5161-what-is-diwali
http://www.pitara.com/special/diwali/diwali.asp
"In 2007, the house of representatives of US has
for the first time passed resolution recognizing
the “Religious and historical significance” of
Diwali. It’s a great honour for the Indian festival."
http://anilm365.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/festival-of-lights-deepavali/
More informal, definition given on a blog by an Indian
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1323081.aspx
presentation by a 10 year old girl (written)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/club/your_reports/newsid_1677000/1677032.stm
Discover Diwali in Jaipur through a slide show with short texts
http://home.freeuk.com/elloughton13/dday.htm
Presentation in a video with music, no words but
sentences written on the screen. level A2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRdyG0kgLQk
The legends
http://www.festivalsofindia.in/diwali/legend.asp
http://sathyasaibaba.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/deepavali-2008-diwali-2008-festival-of-lights-at-sathya-sai-baba-ashram/
ready to print worksheet level B1
http://www.journeythroughindia.com/pdf/diwali_ws.pdf
the legend in cartoon, with subtitles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMjbhV3SdOM&feature=related
Rangolis
Here are some rangolis that could be a starting point for a unit about Diwali
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/43489/110379168_34057bfc2b_o.jpg
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5093/1233/320/rangoli.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Rangoli_with_lights_in_Hyderabad.jpg/800px-Rangoli_with_lights_in_Hyderabad.jpg
How to make a rangoli
http://www.ehow.com/how_2061663_decorate-rangoli.html
http://diwaligreetingcards.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-to-make-your-own-diwali-rangoli.html
http://www.rangoli.co.in/how-to-make-the-rangoli.html
video (level A2+ Indian accent)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAJXRhMtqUI
Lesson Plans
Here are some site with Diwali lesson plans:
http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/diwali-doorway-lesson-plan/ (handicraft)
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/diwali_coloring_pages.htm (coloring pages)
http://cccoe.net/specialed/november/novL1lesson.html
To understand the festival and build a teaching
unit about India, go to this page of addresses I
selected for my students (including maps of
India, tourist and culture guides, etc.)
http://lycees.ac-rouen.fr/pascal/infonews/themes/india.htm
Photos
Jean Sahai's son, Karim, lives in New Zealand at
the moment. He is a photographer, and his photos
are part of an exhibition to celebrate Diwali in
Wellington, NZ. See his splendid photos of India on his website!
http://www.karimsahai.com/
How to drape a sari
These pages will especially attract girls level
A2 and above. You can ask them to visit the sites
autonomously or start with some of the pictures
guides, and then check their understanding of the
video (level B1) or ask them to make a
presentation in class : one girls explains and
the other does what she says, or one drapes the
sari on herself and explain as she does it.
in pictures:
http://www.angelfire.com/al/saree/drapeasari.html
http://www.exoticindiaart.com/howtowear/
http://www.wikihow.com/Dress-in-a-Sari
http://www.shijucreation.com/wearingasari.htm
http://www.dmi-india.com/showcase11.html
videos:
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Tie-on-a-Sari---Putting-on-the-Sari-38368380
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v15816714k2r2DsZP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgXFCYSyiQI
Funny commercials---
Here is the classic Peugeot 206 commercial
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=WR4XvsNenk8&NR=1
and here is another funny commercial for multi
channel TV, called "get used to choice" about arranged marriages.
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=b5HLsvwLPpQ
Semaine de l'Europe
La semaine de l'Europe telle que définie dans le
BO de rentrée est la semaine prochaine. Infonews
vous a déjà donné de nombreuses suggestions.
Voici celles des collègues de e-teach, dans un
dossier nommé "semaine des langues" dans els
documents de e-teach, avec diverses suggestions
et fiches toutes prêtes, produites par Françoise
Peyrissat et Marion M.Galtier, niveau collège.
http://teachers.domainepublic.net/shared/Preparations%20de%20cours/Semaine%20des%20langues/
Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night
It is on November 5th. To deal with it in class,
you can use the resources in Infonews n°285. All
addresses are still active except the second game.
http://lycees.ac-rouen.fr/pascal/infonews/archives/285.htm#guy
Halloween
Most of the links in Infonews n°285 are still valid
http://lycees.ac-rouen.fr/pascal/infonews/archives/285.htm#halloween
Except the clip of Michael Jackson's song
Thriller. I found a new version that you can see
in Le Café Pédagogique n°96, together with some
other resources for all levels, from A1 to B2.
Don't miss the unfortunate alphabet, my students
loved it last year. You can also decide to work
on "The Nightmare before Christmas", see all the resources in the next item.
http://www.cafepedagogique.net/lemensuel/lenseignant/languesvivantes/anglais/Pages/96_Sommaire.aspx
Tim Burton's film was released two years ago, but
it remains a classic. Here are two songs, with
sing along version and subtitles, and a teaching
unit level A1+ based on the film. More advanced
students can work on the making of the film and
the songs from these information about the film
and an interesting interview of Danny Elfman by Marilyn Manson.
Songs
Level A1 : the song "What's this?" by Danny Elfman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuWD-mSUtrU
sing along version (with subtitles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLG3NL2FScc
Lyrics and worksheet
Two precious documents sent by Catherine Serreau
from académie de Versailles and published on Michelle Henry's site
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/Nightmarewords.pdf
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/Nightmare.pdf
Level A2 : the video of the song "This is
Halloween" by Marilyn Manson without subtitles
but with the complete lyrics in the "more info" window :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukeUeFVQ51c
The song without pictures, you just see the lyrics on the screen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCrnHjSH0dM&feature=related
Sing along version (pictures, song and subtitles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP0bFDjT1wQ
Here are the lyrics alone
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/thenightmarebeforechristmas/thisishalloween.htm
Level B1 : Transcript, songs and original poem
Here is the transcript of the film
http://halloweentown.org/transcript/english.htm
- the lyrics for all the songs (and the translations in several languages)
http://www.timburtoncollective.com/nmbclyrics.html
http://halloweentown.org/!/lyrics/
- the original poem Tim Burton based his lyrics
on : it is long but worth reading.
http://www.timburtoncollective.com/nmbcpoem.html
http://halloweentown.org/!/etc/poem/
Teaching Unit
Michelle Henry has found this document for
beginners (A1) : how to present the movie with symbols and simple words
http://www.symbolworld.org/news/03/december/nightmare/night1.htm
On e-teach, Monica Curnelle announced two years
ago that she designed a complete teaching unit
based on the film and a collaboration with the
French teacher in a first year of lower secondary
school (6ème, document in French):
http://pedagogie.ac-montpellier.fr/Disciplines/anglais/ressources/pe/contes.html
Information about the film
The first black and white version dates back to
1993, and the last 3D version is released for
Halloween this year. The 1993 version was ignored
by the public, but the cd became a hit. Then they
released the sound track (featuring several Goth
artists, including Marilyn Manson), several video
games and even a manga version...
- an article about the film and how it went from
2D to 3D (is there an IMAX near where you live?)
http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/movies/NightmareBeforeChristmasMovieTrailerPosterTimBurtonPaulReubens.php
- all the info on wikipedia about the film and the director:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton
- a bio of Tim Burton
http://www.timburtoncollective.com/bio.html
- articles about the video game
http://www.timburtoncollective.com/kingdom.html
http://www.gamerwithin.com/?view=article&article=599
- the original 1993 2D version on IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107688/
- on My Space : for advanced students, see this
interview of Danny Elfman (who wrote the score
and sang several songs) by Marilyn Manson (who
sings "this is Halloween") : very difficult to
understand, by it is fascinating to see Marilyn
Mason dressed as a businessman and behaving so conventionally!
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1308116926
- an article on MTV about the film and the sound
track, which also explains how a film first
ignored when it was released in 1993, became a
hit for all Gothic kids when released as a cd.
http://www.mansonusa.com/php-bin/news/fullnews.php?id=394
Last Mac Cain-Obama debate
On e-teach, our colleague Gilles Siche shares
with us what he has put online : the video and
the script of this last debate. For advanced students, level B1 minimum.
http://lll.homeftp.net/~sicheg/For%20all%20classes/
All about the elections
Our colleague Jean Antelme from Nancy-Metz has
sent me this super address full of .pdf about the
US elections, free only for a few weeks. here is
what the site says : "complete with candidate
bios at multiple reading levels; sample ballots;
materials to teach about the electoral process; a
graph exercise for determining voter turnout; and
a poster depicting past presidents. The
Presidential Election Theme Pack will be offered
as a free sample for the next few weeks so that
all teachers and students can benefit from the content. "
You can download and print :
- the "quick read" files for grade 2 students
(ESL level A2) with everything about each
candidate : his family, his biography, his
vice-president and his views on the main issues.
And for more advanced students, you can download
the same document, but with more details and more complex vocabulary.
- the presidents posters : you can download
posters with the photos of all the presidents to
decorate your classroom, or print them in small
format for your students to keep in their
note-book. There is also a questionnaire about the presidents.
http://www.readinga-z.com/theme/election08.html
Where they stand
On e-teach, Catherine Tertre suggests those two sites :
- one about the different positions of the
candidates through concrete examples with the
story to read and videos (interviews of Katie Couric on CBS Evening News) ,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/10/eveningnews/main4436075.shtml
- CBS's page about presidential questions, with videos and transcripts
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/16/eveningnews/main4453216.shtml
Compare the candidates
On e-teach, Virginie Ferrante recommends this
special report from The Boston Channel (level B1)
where you can compare the candidates and read many other info.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/presidential-race/index.html
Debatepedia
On eTeachNet, Héloïse Egrot recommends this site
called "debatepedia" from the Wikipedia group
(which means that all documents have to be
checked for accuracy before using them). It is
produced by IDEA (International Debate Education
Association). There are suggestions for lots of
debates, including one about Mac Cain versus
Obama to find out who would make the best
president for the USA. For students level B1+ minimum.
http://wiki.idebate.org/index.php/Debate:McCain_vs._Obama
Don't Vote
The video has changed address on YouTube, now it
is there, and if it moves again, just type "don't
vote" in YouTube search window and you'll find
several. At the moment it is called "5 friends".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhDRVKDcXQo
and on e-teach Ann Joubert informs us that you
can also find it, with several others of the same type, at:
http://www.declareyourself.com/index.php
You can find a worksheet and the teacher's notes on Florinda Fernandes site:
http://ddata.over-blog.com/xxxyyy/0/43/50/45/2008-2009/TS3/5_Friends_teacher.pdf
http://ddata.over-blog.com/xxxyyy/0/43/50/45/2008-2009/TS3/5_Friends_students_worksheet.pdf
the e-teachers spent a lot fo time to find out
who all the actors were. The most difficult to
find was finally discovered by Sophie Osmont :
"Il s'agit d'Ethan Suplee, jeune acteur qui joue
notamment dans la série "My name is Earl", assez
rigolote. A fait tout un tas d'autres choses
(L'effet papillon, Cold Mountain, etc...). Voir sa fiche:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0839486/
You can find all the names of the stars and when
they appear in this document made by Ann Joubert:
http://teachers.domainepublic.net/shared/Civi%20Pays%20Anglophones/Elections%20USA/don%5C%27t_vote_stars-identification.pdf
How to become a President
On e-teach, Jean Le Mauff recommends this
humoristic video [for students level B1+. It is
full of information and also comments on the type
of presidents elected in the USA.]
http://www.howcast.com/videos/17503-How-To-Become-President
Dossier spécial du Café Pédagogique
Retrouvez en français les adresses d'infonews,
e-teach et eTeachNet dans cette page du Café Pédagogique N°96.
http://www.cafepedagogique.net/lemensuel/lenseignant/languesvivantes/anglais/Pages/2008/96_anglais_elections2008.aspx
Games
On e-teach, Sophie Morin recommends this site of
games for young children, excellent for ESL in
primary school. Some games are online and
interactive, for others you can download the worksheet and the teacher's notes.
http://www.the-bus-stop.net/games.html
I loved the "find the difference" : there is so much to say!
http://www.the-bus-stop.net/Games/PDFs/Find-The-Difference-WS.pdf
Traditional Songs and Rhymes
The British Council offers parents (and teachers)
several songs to download or that children can
watch online : "old Mac Donald"; "if you're
happy.." "Incy Wincy Spider" and 'this is the
way". You have to register to download the songs,
but it is free and I think it is worth it.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/parents-downloads-songs.htm
You can also download 15 rhymes, including Humpty Dumpty and 10 fingers.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/parents-help-rhymes.htm
Flash Cards for Halloween
The British council offers those beautiful flash
cards about witches, pumpkins, bats, spiders and so on
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards-halloween-1.pdf
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards-halloween-2.pdf
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards-halloween-3.pdf
Like Master, like dog : teaching unit level A2
Our colleague Marielle Bianchi offers you this
teaching unit made of documents created by
Laurence Bernard and various personal addition.
All the documents are there, including several
exercises, an evaluation and several final tasks:
http://antice.apinc.org/stockpotatoes/accueil_visiteur.php?matiere_ID=1&niveau_ID=3&theme_ID=3
Calculate your Carbon Footprint
Our colleague Annie Gwynn has designed a lesson
plan and a worksheet around this theme, level B1.
An excellent way to make students work
autonomously in the computer lab, at home or in the school library.
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/annie.gwynn/web_based_activities.htm#carbon_footprint
E-newspaper
The New York Times features an article and a
lesson plan about a new Enewspaper made of a
plastic display screen that mimics a real paper
newspaper. The lesson plan also offers
interesting links to understand how a newspaper is made. Level B2.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20081013monday.html
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20081013monday.html
L'évolution d'un évènement dans le temps
Notre collègue Jean Sabiron, de l'université de
Poitiers, propose un travail très intéressant à
ses étudiants, qui peut aussi se faire avec des
élèves de lycée, en particulier en section ES.
Voici ce qu'il en dit: "Illustration aujourd'hui
de "l'évolution d'un évènement dans le temps" par
2 reportages espacés de 7 mois, sur les budgets
"alimentation" des 6 mêmes familles de différents
pays." Avec pour objectif cet item du CECRL : "
La visée didactique : 1) le repérage des données
chiffrées, des pourcentages, et des tendances;
tant à l'écrit, d'abord, qu'à l'écoute (ici des
vidéos en ligne), et 2) la capacité d'exprimer ces chiffres et l’évolution."
http://sabironlangues.typepad.fr/vigilangues/2008/10/m%C3%A9thodologie-documentaire-n-11-l%C3%A9volution-dun-%C3%A9v%C3%A9nement-dans-le-temps.html
http://sabironlangues.typepad.fr/vigilangues/files/academe_6_families.pdf
Worksheet Generator and calendar
On e-teach, Sophie Morin recommends this site
which enables teachers to make worksheets of word
scrambles or crosswords, or about telling the
time or recognising coins, etc. Easy to use, just give it a try!
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/printable-worksheets/
the site offers also an interactive calendar for
each month, with links to the celebrations and events of the month
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/calendars/
Media Convert
Some of you have problems with converting their
videos into a format they can read on a different
machine. On this site you can convert all your
videos online. Thanks to Laurence Bernard who gave us the address on e-teach.
http://media-convert.com/convertir/
Register for the 2008 eLearning Awards
European Schoolnet invites schools and teacher
training institutions to take part in the 2008
eLearning Awards competition and present their
best projects of using ICT in teaching and
learning with an international audience.
http://elearningawards.eun.org/ww/en/pub/elearningawards/homepage.htm
Bourse pour un premier voyage d'élève
L'APLV annonce que "La Fondation Zellidja
attribue des bourses de voyage jusqu’à 900€ à des
jeunes de 16 à 20 ans pour leur premier voyage."
Lisez l'article, voyez le B.O. et allez voir le site de la fondation.
http://www.aplv-languesmodernes.org/spip.php?article1952
Grilles de séquences
Les premières visites approchent et les
stagiaires cherchent des modèles pour bâtir leurs
séances et leurs séquences. Sur e-teach, Laurence
Bernard recommande cette page de liens utiles
créée par notre collègue Florinda Fernandes :
http://bebos.chez-alice.fr/mon_site_web/For_Teachers.html
"Trois en un" anglais collège
Une équipe de professeurs de l'académie de
Poitiers et une IPR, Eichelbrenner, ont créé le
classeur "Trois en un" publié par les éditions
RAABE. Voici ce qu'elle en dit : "Notre souhait
est de fournir une aide aux professeurs
d'anglais, un peu déroutés par l'approche
actionnelle, la réalisation d'une tâche et
l'évaluation des niveaux de compétence. Conçu sur
la base d'une mutualisation entre différentes
équipes, à partir de documents authentiques dont
les droits ont été négociés et sont libres de tous droits de photocopie.
Notre souhait est de diffuser l'information et
d'amener plus de professeurs d'autres académies à
participer à ces échanges de pratiques.Le
classeur est livré avec CD et DVD contenant les
doc audio, vidéo, diaporama et exercices interactifs.
Une séquence type est en ligne à l'adresse ci
dessous : vous pouvez la regarder et la télécharger grauitement..
http://www.editions-raabe.fr/2_colleges/2B_nosouvrages/ouvrages_editions_raabe.asp
Certains collègues ont fait remarquer sur e-teach que le
prix était un peu élevé et qu'ils ne souhaitaient
pas en plus payer pour les mises à jour
régulières. L'éditeur réfléchi à une façon de
résoudre ce problème. Si vous êtes intéressés, contactez-le.
Ceci est un message de la LISTE INFONEWS
réalisé par Christine Reymond
lycée Blaise Pascal, Rouen, France
E-Mail: Christine.Reymond@ac-rouen.fr
Les commentaires et réflexions entre [ ] ne
reflètent que mon opinion personnelle.
Sites Infonews:
http://perso.numericable.fr/~dreymondch46/infonews/une1.htm
http://lycees.ac-rouen.fr/pascal/infonews/une1.htm
Pour consulter les sources:
http://perso.numericable.fr/~dreymondch46/infonews/archives/sourcinfonw.htm
http://lycees.ac-rouen.fr/pascal/infonews/archives/sourcinfonw.htm
Pour vous inscrire ou vous désinscrire:
http://listes.ac-rouen.fr/wws/info/liste-infonews