Tuesday 1 November 2016

Les citrouilles turquoises

1. To finish off Halloween, and to start our new unit, we watched a video showing the French perspective of (largely North American) Halloween
http://www.1jour1actu.com/info-animee/cest-quoi-halloween/

2. We then read an article on turquoise pumpkins. You worked in groups and used your different reading strategies to scan through it.

3. You then answered some questions on the reading, we shared the answers with the class.

4. We had some discussion questions:
>> As-tu des allergies? À quoi? (OU est-ce que tu connais quelqu’un qui a des allergies? Qui? À quoi?) 

>> Est-ce que tu penses que les citrouilles turquoises sont une bonne idée? POURQUOI?
5. In your groups you decided on causes you thought were important, and what colour you could associate with them. "Dans ton groupe, pense à une autre cause (et une couleur pour ta cause) pour les citrouilles pour l’Halloween prochain." 

Modèle: “Nous avons décidé de promouvoir la cause de…. Nous avons choisi la couleur…. Nous pensons que c’est important parce que…”

Here is what you came up with! 
orange = candy, turquoise = allergies

purple = disabilities, green = homeless, red = obesity in children, brown = vegan/vegetarian, light purple = only for small kids (under 16), white = pets, yellow = people with braces,  pink = diabetes.