The Amish
The Amish: living in the past or facing the present in a different way?
Démarrage : 13/05/25
Objectifs de la
séquence :
Communicationnels :
Etre capable de poser des questions et d’y répondre spontanément et en mettant le ton, pour parler d’un sujet connu.
Linguistiques :
Modaux/ allowed to, simple past & presente perfect/ contraste, passive voice, compound adjectives, moyen, want someone to do something, introductory verbs/ so/such.
Méthodologiques :
Jouer une scène à partir de notes en mettant le ton.
Phonologiques :
Intonation des question tags.
Culturels :
Les Amish et leur mode de vie
Notion du programme abordée => Le passé dans le présent
Evaluation: EE collaborative.
MISSION : A partir des informations apprises au cours
de la séquence, jouer une scène en binôme.
Pour aller plus loin :
https://amishamerica.com/ -state-guide/
SEANCE 1
=> Découverte du thème et de la problématique.
=> Debate: Can you judge a book by its cover? Does what
you wear define you as a person?
HW : learn “useful words” + complete phonetics
when necessary (on sheet)
For more information:
https://amishamerica.com/ -state-guide/
SEANCE 2
=> CO, “Who are the Amish?”, Drew binsky, 2019/ 1'40
HW: Watch to full video and find out 3 more things about the Amish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsZI58MO3kE
SÉANCE 3
=> CE, “A Dilemma”, (extract from) If I stayed , Becca Fisher, 2013
HW : Give an example of what your parents don’t want you to do.
SEANCE 4
=> CE, “A Dilemma”, (extract from) If I stayed , Becca Fisher, 2013 (part 2)
HW: Introductory verbs (sheet) + find out 2 more facts about « Rumspringa ».
SEANCE 5
=> EE collaborative/ Production orale. TALKING ABOUT RUMSPRINGA
HW : Complete with the right verb and conjugate (on sheet)
Warn/ insist/ threaten/ promise
« Mary, if you leave now, I will tell our parents you’ll get into trouble », John_______________________.
« But John, I swear I will be back before
the morning », Mary_______________________.
« I believe you but the outside world can be
a dangerous place », he _______________________.
« Don’t worry, I’ll be with my friends, not
total strangers », she _______________________.
SÉANCE 6
=> CO vidéo, Rumspringa (extract from « Meet the Amish », Channel 4, 2011)
+ tableau Rumspringa de Paul Richard James
HW: Watch extract again (or full video if you are interested):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPk7vxJgBDI
+ exercice on sheet.
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HW: What type of words are the following?
___________________________________
A) old-fashioned B) wide-brimmed C) plant-killing
Describe
their structure:
A)_______________+-+_______________+_______________ B) … C) …
Complete these sentences with
the right word
The Amish are
called plain people partly because they wear________________________ clothes. They enjoy
wearing ________________________ hats One of the
Amish boys think rock is ________________________ a music.
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SEANCE 7
=> CE, “learning from the plain people”, (web article, thisiscorwall.co.uk/cornwalllive.co.uk, 2011)
HW: Would you like to live with the Amish? Why? Why not?
SEANCE 8
=> CE, “learning from the plain people”, part 2
HW : And now, a little grammar… (on sheet)
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And now, a little grammar… « The experience has had such
an influence on my life» (l. 26) The word “Such” shows
that there is a _______ level of something in the sentence. “So” has a
similar impact but is usually used in front of an adjective (without a noun)
or an adverb. In front of what type of word do you think such is
used?_______________________ Try to reformulate
the sentence with the word “so”.
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SEANCE 9
=> CO, Leaving the community,
Megyn Kelly Today, NBC, 2018
+ couverture du livre d’Emma Gingerich « Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape »
HW : Watch whole video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvFaEM2uX80 + find out 2 more facts about Emma.
SÉANCE 10
=> CE + EOI Star “Discover Lancaster”, https://www.discoverlancaster.com, 2020
HW: Réviser pour la tâche finale (évaluée)
Act out a
dialogue
Un.e
adolescent.e Amish veut partir en Europe dans le cadre du Rumspringa… Tu vas jouer le rôle de l’adolescent ou de l’un de ses
parents, qui n’est pas très ouvert sur la question…
Utilise
les connaissances acquises au cours de la séquence pour t’exprimer faire passer
des emotions en mettant le ton.
