Incredible India
• In this lesson you will learn about many
aspects of life in India.
• For your final task, you will be a journalist who
has to write the back cover of a book about
India. (CE/EE)
• So pay attention to all the details!
• Turn to page 44 of your book.
Discover: photo p 44
We are immediately struck by
We immediately notice
The landscape is
These women are wearing
This photo conveys a traditional vision of
Women have daily chores, they have to
This picture gives / conveys an impression of
It is a surprising vision of India. Indeed, India is usually
associated with
CE p 45: 2 articles
• You only have 10 mns to read the 2 articles.
• Then close you books.
• What do you remember?
• What struck you most?
Homework
• Prepare 4 questions on India thanks to p 45 of
your book.
• You must also write 2 false and 1 correct
answer!
CO p 45, cd1-18
Seven years in India
Homework
• Prepare 4 vocabulary questions about the
words in red / green from the lesson.
• Be able to talk about Mr Panjiar’s vision of
India.
CE: The Quiet Revolution
• Group 1: Clarisse, Benoit, Chiara, Lola,
Natacha, Jade, Liam, Willan: Read text A p 46
• Group 2: Zoé, Morganne, César, Maële,
Héloise, Emma, Sara: Read text B p 46
• Group 3: Marie, Lucile, Mélissa, Quentin,
Timothée, Plume, Sevaan: read text C p 47
Read and Complete the grid
for your article
A
Source,
author,
date
B
C
(=B)
The main topic is
Who? (It is about…)
The economic
development in
India
Cause
Example (+ his age,
job, values, goals…)
Example
Consequences of
this fast
development
(on women)
(on consumer
goods)
(on the city
dwellers)
Rural v. urban India
In Big cities…
Whereas in small
towns…
///////////////////// Who migrates to
Instead, explain
big cities? Why?
“brain gain”
What are their
living conditions?
Homework: Oral account
• Prepare a two minute oral account on
“Mumbai, a city of contrast undergoing a
quiet revolution”
• Make sure to include the essential facts from
the 3 articles and at least 5 words from the
“help boxes” on p 46-47!
Oral Recap: Mumbai
The dream industry
• P48. CO (cd1-21):
Listen to an interview about Bollywood!
-What do you remember?
-What is Bollywood?
-What are the differences with Hollywood?
Recap: 1. Complete the text
2. Guess the meaning of the red words
• The Indian movie industry is located in ..................., formerly called
Bombay, hence the name (Hollywood + the B of ................ replacing
the H). It is a highly ....................... industry that produces 800 films
a year (twice as many as in Hollywood) and attracts huge masses of
......................., not only in India (Indians are ..................... about
films) but also all over the world. The movie stars are extremely
.................. and ............... paid to appear in films, and once they are
..................... they are sure to have parts in many films – several are
shot at the same time.
• The public .................... them / Stars are.....................because they
embody highly romantic characters in highly romantic ..............
What’s more, there is no such thing as sex scenes or ....................,
everything is always represented metaphorically, which allows the
public to escape from their ................. for 3 or 4 hours and makes
them dream.
Practice! Allow … to / Enable to
• Bollywood movies make spectators escape
their worries. -> ...
• The film industry gives jobs to a lot of people,
so they can support their families.
• Some movies made actors very famous.
• Thanks to her last film she bought a car.
• Being chosen for a part can take you from rags
to riches.
Because I’m a girl…
• 1) … then what?
Complete the title with a probable consequence
• 2) Guess what those 2 texts could be about. Imagine
the situation.
Title text 1: “India is missing 10 million daughters”
Title text 2: “a 12y.o. stops child marriages”
• 3) read the texts and report thanks to the help box!
• Group 1: p 50
• Group 2: p 51
Pick out vocabulary from the texts
and help boxes
P50
P51
Avorté
Le fossé
En supposant
Largement accessible
Considéré comme
Célibataires
Fiancées
Enceinte
La dot
Degré d’alphabétisation
Improbable
Une maison d’une seule pièce
Eau courante
Posséder
Tribu
Mari
Accepter/ être d’accord
Tenir bon/ ne pas céder
Se raviser
Mourir en accouchant
La maternité / fait d’être mère
Practice! Exercises:
• Compel / oblige / force / expect sb to do sth:
1) Her parents ………………. …… to get married
2) Her husband ……………….. ….. To work at
home
3) She was ……………….. To accept him as her
groom.
4) She was ……………….. To have many children
• Want sb to do sth / Talk sb into;out of doing sth
1) The 12 y.o girl …………. The village girls …………..
Getting married.
2) Although her parents ………….. Her …… obbey,
She ………….. ……………….. Into letting her study.
3) Her and her teacher ………………. The family
………….. Waiting until her 18th birthday.
Quantities… find some examples p52
and match!
+
- (+ pluriel)
- (+singulier)
beaucoup (+ pl) beaucoup (+sg)
= (+sg)
un peu (+pl)
= (+pl)
un peu (+sg)
Homework:
• Exercise 1 p53
• and review voc (/ girls in India)
• and gram (compel, want, quantities)
• for upcoming flashtest.
Correction des devoirs
• Ex 1 p 53
• Explication de ce qu’il faut réviser pour la
tâche finale (CE/EE)
• => Tous les aspects culturels de l’Indes, les
contrastes vus, le voc et la grammaire
réutilisés seront valorisés.
Final task: India, a land of contrasts
• Read the text p 49 of your book
• 1) Say what you have understood in French (10
lines)
• 3) You have to write the back cover for this
fiction novel. Imagine the plot, the main topics,
make it sound interesting, thanks to what you
know about many aspects of India. (20 lines)