LESSON PREMIERE EURO TUESDAY THE 23 RD OF SEPTEMBER

 

PROJECT 1

THE PEACE WALL

SESSION 2 

GOAL :

1.learning how to describe a document

2. facing your enemy

 

WORDS OF THE DAY

The bog = the swamp( un marais / un marecage)

Bridge the gap(surmonter une difference)

A  hamlet( un hameau)

The nook and cranNies( les coins et les recoins)

Cost effective = best value for money(rentable)

(to) linger ( trainer)

STEP 1 RECAP PREPARE A DESCRIPTION OF THIS DOCUMENT

 EXTRA WORDS 

 ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PICTURE 

thunder ( tonerre)

storm ( tempête) 

ligthning ( éclairs)

the island of ireland  is composed of Northern ireland which belongs to the UK while the southern part is an independent republic .

Both countries have different religion the north being dominated by the protestant community while the south is composed mostly of catholics

Pardon = could you repeat ?

be on the hot seat = be in a bit of a pickle = be in trouble 

(to) rehearse ( faire une répétition )

(to) convey ( transmettre) 

ex: to convey a piece of information

(to) rip apart ( déchirer/ eventrer)

(to) tear -tore -torn ( déchirer) 

I believe = i reckon this picture presents us with a view of the border btween Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.Although it is an invisible border , it still highlights the divide between the 2 nations . 

 

 

STEP  2 HOW WOULD YOU SAY ? Watch the video and find the translation of the following words :

Stage 1 look at this painting : How would you describe this scenery ?

 

STAGE 2 : read the following sentences : how would you translate the underlined words ?

 

HOW WOULD YOU TRANSLATE	FIRST VIEWING of the video	SECOND VIEWING  of the video
un paysage de nuit avec des étoiles qui tourbillonnent et une forme massive sur le devant	Paysage landscape  Forme  shape  massive large = huge	tourbillonnent : swirl
2.le ciel occupe la majorité du tableau	tableau  = painting	occupe la majorité take most of = loom big
3.Les couleurs sont essentiellement bleues	essentiellement essential = mostly	essentiellement
4.nous regardons en bas et nous voyons de simples maisons entourant une église	regardons en bas  look down upon	entourant surrounding
5.la ville s’étend dans une vallée entourée de collines ondoyantes/vallonnées	Ville town  Vallée valley entourée  surrounded	s’étend  lie  ondoyantes/vallonnées rolling
6. le ciel est rempli d’étoiles qui semble brillées à travers l’obscurité	est rempli  be filled semble seem  l’obscurité darkness	brillées  shine = shone =shine
7.l’arbre domine le premier plan surplombant le paysage	Domine  dominate  surplombant  towering over
8.les coups de pinceau ressemblent à des lignes qui se courbent et tourbillonnent.	tourbillonnent swirling	Courbent  curb  a curve ( une courbe)   coups de pinceau  a brushstroke
9.le clocher de l’église est la seule forme à côté du cyprès qui s’élève au dessus des montagnes	à côté  beside s’élève rise  au dessus  above	clocher  a steeple

 

STEP 3 THE HISTORY OF GRAFFITI 

1.       READ YOUR TEXT .

2.       PARTAKE OF THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE COLLECTED

3.       LET PIECE  IT ALL TOGETHER

PARTNER A The history of graffiti

The first drawings on walls appeared in caves thousands of years ago. Later the Ancient Romans and Greeks wrote their names and protest poems on buildings. Modern graffiti seems to have appeared in Philadelphia in the early 1960s, and by the late sixties it had reached New York. The new art form really took off in the 1970s, when people began writing their names, or ‘tags’, on buildings all over the city. In the mid seventies it was sometimes hard to see out of a subway car window, because the trains were completely covered in spray paintings known as ‘masterpieces’.

In the early days, the ‘taggers’ were part of street gangs who were concerned with marking their territory. They worked in groups called ‘crews’, and called what they did ‘writing’ – the term ‘graffiti’ was first used by The New York Times and the novelist Norman Mailer. Art galleries in New York began buying graffiti in the early seventies. But at the same time that it began to be regarded as an art form, John Lindsay, the then mayor of New York, declared the first war on graffiti. By the 1980s it became much harder to write on subway trains without being caught, and instead many of the more established graffiti artists began using roofs of buildings or canvases.

The debate over whether graffiti is art or vandalism is still going on. Peter Vallone, a New York city councillor, thinks that graffiti done with permission can be art, but if it is on someone else’s property it becomes a crime. ‘I have a message for the graffiti vandals out there,’ he said recently. ‘Your freedom of expression ends where my property begins.’ On the other hand, Felix, a member of the Berlin-based group Reclaim Your City, says that artists are reclaiming cities for the public from advertisers, and that graffiti represents freedom and makes cities more vibrant.

For decades graffiti has been a springboard to international fame for a few. Jean-Michel Basquiat began spraying on the street in the 1970s before becoming a respected artist in the ’80s. The Frenchman Blek le Rat and the British artist Banksy have achieved international fame by producing complex works with stencils, often making political or humorous points. Works by Banksy have been sold for over £100,000. Graffiti is now sometimes big business.

 

PARTNER B

When you say the word “graffiti”, some people think of big, beautiful and colourful artwork whilst others think of mess that make our towns and cities look untidy and badly-maintained. Graffiti is art that is painted on walls and other public places. It is most often made with spray paint, which comes in a can. However, graffiti can be made with any type of paint or other material. Some people use real paint to make their art.

Graffiti can vary from a small “tag”; someone’s name written on a wall, to a very large mural, which covers a whole wall. Graffiti is much more common in urban areas. The artists argue that without graffiti, cities would just be grey and boring. Those who do not like graffiti say that it makes the city look messy. Some people also link graffiti to anti-social behaviour and gang culture.

Graffiti often has a social or political message which it shows in pictures or words or both. A famous British graffiti artist called “Banksy” creates street-art with very clear messages for society. His art is usually made with stencils and spray paint and often reverses the normal roles people have in society.

In the United Kingdom graffiti is illegal. People can be fined a lot of money if they are caught decorating public property. However, some towns and cities have “free walls,” these are places where graffiti is legal. “Free walls” are created to stop people doing graffiti in other places. In Colombia, graffiti is very popular even though it is illegal too. Lots of young people have the attitude that if there is a blank wall then an artist has the right to decorate it with graffiti. Lots of people get into trouble with the police because of this. In Colombia, graffiti often represents indigenous people and culture, but it is still seen as vandalism in the eyes of the law.

 

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