Let's look back at the events that hit the news over the Summer

1. Let’s look back on what hit the headlines over the Summer

2. Who is speaking?
How does he sound?
What is happening?
To win
To set / break a record
Gold / silver / bronze medals
Incredible = unbelievable
Out of breath = breathtaking
Intense
Spellbinding
TOOLBOX

3. Make hyposthesis
A headline
Newspapers
The tabloid / gutter
/ scandal press
Vs. broadsheets /
informative press
TOOLBOX

4. Check your hypothesis
To discuss an
issue
= to tackle
= to deal with
= to address
= to approach
TOOLBOX
The goal of the
press?
• To inform
• To make people
buy the press
• To attract
readers
• To make money

5. What can you hear?
What does it make you think about?
Try to guess what piece of news this
sound refers to.
It might / may / must be…
I guess / suppose / imagine / suggest…
I would say…
It sounds (as if)…
TOOLBOX

6. Without the sound first
• Where?
• Who?
• What?
Watch again to check your
hypothesis.
It might / may / must be…
I guess / suppose / imagine / suggest…
I would say…
They look (as if)…
Crazy = insane = unrealistic
passionate = inspirational = driven by…
To show = prove = demonstrate = bear out
TOOLBOX

7. Who is speaking?
How does he sound?
What issue is he discussing?
To discuss an issue
= to tackle
= to deal with
= to address
= to approach
To prevent s.o.
from doing sthg
= to avoid
= to keep out
= to ensure
To announce
= to clarify
= to make sthg clearer
= to give details about
= to reaffirm
TOOLBOX

8. What can you see?
Guess what this is about.
A play
• to rehearse
• to practice
• to perform
• to write / imagine
>> a writer/an author
• to adapt from page to stage
A nest / an isolated / lonely child
Cursed = under a spell / to cast a spell
on
TOOLBOX

9. #CursedChild & #KeepTheSecrets
hashtags
A preview
A premiere >> to premiere
A huge success
To look forward to discovering the
new story
A roller coaster of emotions
Too much to put into words
TOOLBOX

10. Choose one or two events that caught your attention over
the Summer and make a Powerpoint slide to complete this
slideshow.

11. Match the topics we’ve been discussing in this Summer review and the notions in
the curriculum.
 Usain Bolt
 Brexit
 Pokemon Go
 Solar Impulse 2
 Donald Trump on immigration
 Harry Potter and the Cursed
Child
 Places & forms of power
 Idea of progress
 Myths & heroes
 Spaces & exchanges

12. Look at the definition.
 A myth can be defined as a story
about gods or heroes, it can be a
popular belief or a tradition or a
false notion. Some myths may have
started as ‘true’ stories but as people
re-told them some parts may have
been changed by mistake, or to make
them more interesting.
 A hero can be a mythological figure,
a person who is admired for their
courage, outstanding achievements,
or noble qualities. It can be the main
character in a book or a film or a
person with superhuman qualities. It
can also be a modern-day hero, a
person who has performed a heroic
act or simply our own personal hero,
our role model, who we look up to.
Do you still think Usain Bolt or Harry Potter match this notion?

13. Look at the definition
 In politics and social science, power is the ability to influence the behaviour of
people. In order to live together, members of a community accept rules,
regulations, and laws. This helps to create social cohesion but can also lead to
conflicts and tensions. Even when authority seems absolute, there are always
counter-powers which question it, aim at limiting its excesses and resist it.
Do you still think Brexit and Donald Trump match this notion?

14. Look at the definition
 The idea of progress can be defined as an improvement, a development or a
change – a technical, scientific or social advance which contributes to making the
world a better place.
Do you still think Solar Impulse and Pokemon Go match this notion?

15. Look at the definition
 This notion deals with the geographical and symbolic areas that all societies
occupy and the interactions between men and different societies. Our world is
built on the exploration and conquest of new spaces. The different cultural,
economic, sociological and language interactions have shaped and characterised
our modern-day world.
Do you still think immigration, Brexit and Pokemon Go match this notion?