Summer Activities

The Movies can be streamed on the following websites: www.youtube.com www.netflix.com

http://www.amazon.com/Instant-Video/ or purchased through the iTunes Store (digital copy), Amazon or HMV (for the DVD version)

The Music can be streamed through the following services:

Deezer, Spotify, iTunes Radio, Youtube, Vevo or purchased online.

Pick one of the movies in the list below. Watch it and answer the questions on the following page.

La Vie en Rose (2007) Biography | Drama | Ratings: 7.7/10 from 49,028 users The life story of singer Édith Piaf.

Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia (2012)

Adventure | Comedy | Ratings: 5.3/10 from 5,668 users Asterix crosses the channel to help second-cousin Anticlimax face down Julius Caesar and invading Romans.

The Class (2008) Drama Ratings: 7.6/10 from 24,604 users A young teacher negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.

The Chorus (2004) Drama | Music Ratings: 7.9/10 from 34,032 users The new teacher at a severely administered boys' boarding school works to positively effect the students' lives through music.

Taxi (I) (1998) Action | Comedy | Crime Ratings: 6.9/10 from 50,204 users To work off his tarnished driving record, a hip taxi driver must chauffeur a loser police inspector on the trail of German bank robbers.

The Artist (I) (2011) Comedy | Drama | Romance Ratings: 8.0/10 from 146,631 users. A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions.

The Movie I chose is: _________________________________________

What is the setting of the movie?

What is the basic plot?

Who are the main caracters? Describe them.

Give a brief summary of the movie?

What are your impressions of the movie?

What rating would you give? Why?

Go to the following website: http://play.nrj.fr/nrj/nrj-made-in-france.html Here you will have access to a web radio that only plays French music. Find a song you particularly like and answer the questions:

1.1. What is the title: 1.2. Who is the artist? 1.3. When was it released? 1.4. What feelings do you have when you hear the song?

Use a service such as http://www.songlyrics.com to find the lyrics of the song and answer the following questions:

1.1. What is the theme of the song? 1.2. Pick five words you didn’t know and learn them.

Now find some information about the artist. Write a short paragraph to describe them using vocabulary you know. Look for more of their songs. Do you like them? Why? Why not?

Listen to some French music. Find a song you really like and answer the questions

Webradio NRJ Made in France

NRJ is a private French radio station created by Jean-Paul Baudecroux and Max Guazzini in June 1981 and belongs to the NRJ Group. It is the founding station of NRJ International

POETRY

Shape Poetry

Shape poetry or concrete poetry at a very basic level can be as simple as writing a word expressively.

How would you write the word ‘musique’ and why?

Now try to create your ‘word-art’ for ‘musique’ in the box below.

You can also make your own shape poem by writing a combination of words in a certain shape. To be successful at this task, ensure that the shape of the poem matches the words you have chosen and perhaps gives the reader a clue about the deeper meaning or overall theme of the poem.

origine temps tôt début pure commencer

naissance enfance croître plus grandir

heure premièrement avant d’abord

aller un moment partir après

innocence la jeunesse

adolescence

mature

un

moment

tard retard plus tard

adultes parents grands-parents

petits-enfants bout terminer finir

perdu fin Chronos destination arriver

dernier définitif maladie angoisse mort

Which shape has been chosen?

What have the chosen words in common?

What do you think this poem is about ?

What do you notice if you read the poem from the beginning to the end? Do the

words change slightly in meaning? If yes, how?

Which title would you give this poem?

Now think of your own shapes, themes and words:

Theme:

Possible shapes:

Possible words:

In the frame below, draw your shape poem in pencil and try to add the words you have chosen within the shapes.