Social Media Corner
P.114-115
Activity 2
DIFFERENTIATION
Social Media Corner
Group 1
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Best For BritainShare away!! Map of protests#StopTheCoup |
@BestForBritain |
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| 28 Aug 2019 |
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Group 2
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Chris Fenton28 Aug 2019 |
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| It is now time to oust Boris Johnson. He is unfit to hold position of Prime Minister. Write to your MP demanding a vote of No Confidence be mentioned immediately. Meanwhile, does anyone know if a petition had already been started to sign and share? Johnson’s actions are outrageous and must not be allowed to take place in a democracy. | |||
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Group 3
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Stephen Fry |
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| Weep for Britain. A sick, cynical brutal and horribly dangerous coup d’état. Children playing with matches, but spitefully not accidentally: gleefully torching an ancient democracy and any tattered shreds of reputation or standing our poor country had left. | ||
| 28 Aug 2019 | ||
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Group 4
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Gary S |
@BADWOLF765 | 28 Aug 2019 |
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| This is more of a threat to democracy than Boris suspending Parliament. #goboris #Brexit | ||||
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HERE ARE 6 POLITICIANS PLOTTING TO CANCEL 17.4M PEOPLE’S VOTES. | ||||
You are in charge of one post.
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b. Read your post and sum it up in a few sentences. Is it for or against Boris Johnson’s prorogation?
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Useful vocabulary: I think that the author... is expressing a biased / unbiased opinion... The author is making a statement / taking a stand...
Let's talk this out! MEDIATION
MEDIATION
Share your findings and learn about the other posts.
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b. Which one is the most convincing to you?
Useful vocabulary: He claims / asserts that... People might feel convinced / threatened... The one which seems the most convincing to me is...
Culture note
On August 28th
2019, Prime Minister Boris Johnson
asked the Queen to suspend Parliament (it is called a “Prorogation”) only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline.
From French to English
MEDIATION
MEDIATION
La traduction de « grave »
➜ solemn : solennel, sérieux
➜ deep (≠ high) : pour un son, une voix
➜ grim, somber : pour un air, une apparence
➜ bass (bass line) : en musique
➜ (it’s) no big deal / it doesn’t matter / no worries! : ce n’est pas grave
Grammar in Progress
Les propositions infinitives
Ex : Chris Fenton wants us to write to our MP.
Toolbox
Toolbox
- constitutional (adj.)
- outrage (n.)
- plot (n.)
- threat /ˈθrɛt/ / menace /ˈmɛnɪs/ (n.)
- oppose ≠ support (v.)
Let’s learn!
Tweet contest
In pairs, you have one minute to write a tweet including as many of the following words as possible:motion
outrageous
indeed
despicable
withdrawal
biased
The class will vote for the most convincing one!