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Séance 1Dialogue“The Notting Hill Carnival”

Comprendre une conversation

“The Notting Hill Carnival”

Séance 2Dialogue“Steel bands”

Comprendre une conversation

“Steel bands” La fréquence (how often, once, twice)

Séance 3Quiz « Jamaica »

Repérer des informations ciblées dans un document

La Jamaïque such as

Séance 4Factsheet “Trinidad and Tobago”

Rédiger une courte description

Trinité-et-Tobago Savoir organiser des notes pour rédiger une description

Séance 5Texte “Pirates of the Caribbean”

Comprendre un texte informatif

Les Caraïbes à l’époque des pirates

Exprimer la cause et la conséquence

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Séquence 9séance 1 —

Séance 1Je m’informe sur les « West Indies »

Je découvre les « Steel Bands »

Step 1You are going to listen to a dialogue. Look at the pictures below and tick the words that you expect to hear.

music ® cinema ® festival ® carnival ® drums ® oil ®

guitars ® band ® rhythm ® spectators ® competition ® steel (acier) ®

Now listen once and see if you were right.

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Listen again. Circle the places and seas that you hear mentioned:

London Dublin Kingston Britain Ireland Jamaica

Trinidad Tobago India Pakistan The West Indies

The Atlantic The Pacific The Caribbean

Check your answers

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Séquence 9 — séance 1

Listen again and take some notes.

Then, with the help of your notes, try to complete the table.

When you have finished, listen again to check the information or to find missing information.

City: ..........................................................

Event: The Notting Hill .........................

People you hear: ..................................... , ..................................... and Winston

Winston’s origins: from .......................................................................

It’s an island in ........................................................................................

Daniel’s mistake: he confuses .................................... and ......................................

Famous explorer mentioned: ...................................................................................

Reason for the name “The West Indies”: When the explorer reached ........................... , he thought he was in ......................................................................................................

The Panorama is a ........................................................ for .................. .....................

Daniel’s impression of the music .....................................................

le coin des curieux

The Notting Hill Carnival

Notting Hill is a district in London. There is a big West Indian carnival every year in Notting Hill, at the end of August. Hundreds of thousands of people come to the carnival. As well as the Panorama competition for steel bands, there are parades and many other activities. The first carnival was organised in 1964 to help West Indians living in Notting Hill to meet each other and celebrate their culture. Many West Indians emigrated to Great Britain in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Séance 2J’apprends ce qu’est un « steel band »

Step 2Listen to Daniel and Winston talking after Winston’s concert.

What words do you think you will hear?

Write down six words here: ....................................................................................................

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Listen and see if you were right!

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Listen to the conversation again and take notes.

Then, with the help of your notes, try to complete the information about Winston.

When you have finished, listen again to check the information or to find missing information.

Winston:

practices .............................................................

practices with the band ...................................................................... during the year

practices with the band ....................................................................... during the summer

started ..............................................................................................................

has been playing for ..........................................................................................

His parents .......................................................................................................

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Step 3As-tu remarqué la question de Daniel pour savoir avec quelle fréquence Winston répétait ?

«How often do you practice?»

Tu utilises “how often” pour demander avec quelle fréquence on fait telle ou telle chose.

Est-ce que tu te rappelles comment dire une fois ? Bien sûr, c’est « once ».

Et deux fois ? C’est “twice”. Ensuite tu dis « three times, four times » etc.

Pour indiquer la période de temps concernée tu dis « a week », « a month » etc.

“Winston practices with his band twice a week”.

le coin des curieux

« Steel bands » originated in Trinidad. The musicians in these bands play steel drums called “pans”. The “pans” are made from old oil drums* which are transformed into musical instruments. The musicians are called “pannists” and a competition is called a....”panorama”!

The African slaves transported to Trinidad used drums to communicate with each other. Later drums were used for music. The first oil drums were used after World War II.

Oil drum*: fût en métal utilisé pour transporter l’huile ou l’essence.

Attention : le mot « drum » a deux sens : fût et tambour. Dans ce cas le fût est le tambour !

Séquence 9 — séance 2

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Séance 3Je m’informe sur la Jamaïque

Je trouve des informations ciblées dans un document

Step 4If Trinidad is famous for steel bands, another Caribbean island is famous for reggae. Do you know which island? It’s Jamaica, of course!

Look at this quiz and see what you know about Jamaica:

1- Which of these musicians was not born in Jamaica?

a) Bob Marley b) Sean Paul c) Michael Jackson

2- Which sport is Jamaica not famous for

a) rugby b) cricket c) athletics

3- Which Jamaican athlete won the 100m and 200m at the Olympic Games in 2008?

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4- The capital of Jamaica is called

a) Kingston b) Trenchtown c) King’s Town

5- The official language of Jamaica is

a) French b) English c) Jamaican

6- Which flag is the Jamaican flag?

a) b) c)

8- Who was the first European to discover Jamaica?

a) James Cook b) Christopher Columbus c) Ferdinand Magellan

9- Many African slaves were transported to Jamaica to work on the

a) sugar plantations b) coffee plantations c) tobacco plantations

10- Jamaica’s Head of State is

a) a president b) a king c) Queen Elizabeth II

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How many points did you get? To find out you have to read this extract from a tourist brochure!

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island in the Caribbean, located south of Cuba.

When Christopher Columbus landed there in 1494 the population was composed of Arawak Indians. Columbus claimed Jamaica for Spain but the British captured Jamaica in the 17th century. The British imported many slaves from Africa to work on the sugar plantations. When slavery was abolished they imported workers from India and China. The population of Jamaica today includes the descendants of all these people.

Jamaica became an independent country in 1962 but remained a member of the British Commonwealth. That’s why Queen Elizabeth is the official Head of State. The Jamaican flag is black and green with a diagonal yellow cross. The capital city is Kingston.

Sport is an important part of Jamaican life. Athletics, football and cricket are the main sports. There are many famous Jamaican sports stars such as Usain Bolt who won three gold medals at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008.

Jamaica is also famous for music, of course. Reggae, ragga and ska all originated in Jamaica. There are many famous Jamaican musicians such as Bob Marley, Sean Paul and Shaggy. If you listen to them you realize that, although English is the national language of Jamaica, many Jamaicans also speak Jamaican patois, a kind of creole.

So now, how many points did you get? ............................................................................./10

Step 5Look at these two sentences.

There are many famous Jamaican musicians such as Bob Marley, Sean Paul and Shaggy.

There are many famous Jamaican sports stars such as Usain Bolt, who won three gold medals at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008.

Tu utilises “such as” pour introduire des exemples.

Exercise 1

Complete these sentences by giving examples. Look at the text again to help you!

Many sports are played in Jamaica .....................................................................................

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Many different kinds styles of music originated in Jamaica ..................................................

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The British imported workers into Jamaica from many different places ...............................

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Séquence 9 — séance 3

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Séance 4J’apprends à décrire un pays

Step 6Do you remember Winston, Daniel’s friend? Well, he’s not very happy tonight!

His teacher has given all the pupils in his class an assignment. He has to prepare a short written report about a foreign country. Can you guess which country he has chosen?

Well it’s Trinidad, of course.

Winston has just been on the internet and has noted the following facts:

Trinidad homework

Full name: The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Independent country: 1962

Famous Trinidadians: VS Naipaul (writer), Brian Lara (cricket star)

Official language: English. Other languages: Trinidad Creole.

Capital: Port of Spain.

British captured Trinidad, 18th century.

2 islands, (a big one, Trinidad, and a small one, Tobago, located north east of Venezuela)

Discovered by Christopher Columbus, 1498

British imported slaves to work on the sugar plantations.

Slavery abolished: workers imported from India, China, Portugal.

Sport important: cricket, football.

Head of state: president.

Music: famous for steel band s and calypso.

Flag: red with a black diagonal stripe.

Political status: republic.

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The problem is that Winston is having a lot of difficulty organising his report. Can you help him? Look at the different categories below and complete the categories with his notes.

(You can look at the tourist guide presentation of Jamaica in Lesson 3 for help, if you want)

A Introduction

B History

C Political status

(statut politique)

D Sport, Music,

Famous people

Check your answers

Step 7Well done, now you have the information to help Winston write four paragraphs about Trinidad. Which paragraph comes first? The introduction of course! Follow the order of the table A,B,C and D. Look at the presentation of Jamaica in Lesson 3 for help!

Here’s the beginning of Winston’s report:

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is composed of two islands in the Caribbean, located

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Séance 5J’apprends un épisode de l’histoire des îles des Caraïbes

J’apprends à exprimer la cause et la conséquence

Step 8

Do you recognize this flag?

Who is it the flag of? ..............................................................

It’s composed of a skull and two bones

That’s why the flag is called “ the ........................ and crossbones” (complete the sentence).

Another name for the flag is “The Jolly Roger”.

Does this flag remind you of a film trilogy? If it does, what’s the name of the trilogy?

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What’s the name of the star of these films? ...............................................

Now, name two islands in the Caribbean:

a) ................................................... b) ....................................................

Step 9Read about pirates of the Caribbean and then follow the instructions.

Pirates of the Caribbean!

a pirate ship

The Golden Age of Piracy began in the Caribbean about 1680. Many wars had just ended and many sailors were jobless. There was no real government in the Caribbean and so many sailors became pirates there. The Caribbean, with 4,000 islands, was also a great place for pirates because there were lots of places to hide!

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Pirate ships flew a black flag, the Jolly Roger, in order to frighten ships they attacked. The crews of some ships were so frightened when they saw the Jolly Roger that they surrendered immediately! As a result, the pirates didn’t even have to fight! Some of the most famous pirates in history, such as Calico Jack and Blackbeard, were pirates at this time. The Golden Age ended in about 1730 due to a greater British naval presence in the West Indies.

1- Find these words in the text:

a) a fight between two countries: a .......................

b) a man (or a woman) who works on a ship: a ................................

c) if you don’t want people to see you, you .........................

d) the collective word for all the people who work on a ship: the ........................

e) another word for scared: .........................................

f) another word for capitulate: .....................................................

2- Now complete this table

Date of the start of the Golden Age of Piracy:Reasons for this Golden Age: a)

b)c)

Reason for flying the Jolly Roger:Two famous pirates: a)

b)Date of the end of the Golden Age:Reason:

Step 10Look at these sentences again. Pay attention to the words in bold type.There was no real government in the Caribbean and so many sailors became pirates there.You can use “so” to introduce the consequence of something.

As a result, the pirates didn’t even have to fight.You can also use “as a result” to introduce the consequence of something.

The Golden Age ended in about 1730 due to a greater British naval presence in the West Indies.You can use “due to” to introduce the cause or the reason for something.

The Caribbean, with 4,000 islands, was also a great place for pirates because there were lots of places to hide!“Because” also introduces the reason for something. It explains “why?”

Séquence 9 — séance 5

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