Pardon my French!
P.70-71
Ouverture
Pardon my French!
Audio guide
Audio guide
Poem about the Norman invasion
Poem about the Norman invasion
Doc. 4
Doc. 4
With no prince sons, no daughters too, the problem with
the whole thing
Was who to put into that place, to be poor England’s new King [...]
The nextmost day, for one brave soul, the rule of England beckoned
As Godwinson, the Wessex Earl, became Harold the Second
But Harold wasn’t all alone, in wanting to be royal
His namesake from the Viking land was feeling quite disloyal
the whole thing
Was who to put into that place, to be poor England’s new King [...]
The nextmost day, for one brave soul, the rule of England beckoned
As Godwinson, the Wessex Earl, became Harold the Second
But Harold wasn’t all alone, in wanting to be royal
His namesake from the Viking land was feeling quite disloyal
Exercice 1 : Get ready
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- transform
- victory
- country / nation
- full / total
| conquest | |
| entire | |
| kingdom | |
| change |
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| When do you say sorry? | “Pardon my French but you are as dumb (stupid) as a rock.” The expression in bold is used to say something... | |||
| ↖ | Pardon | → | nice, romantic or bad ? | |
| Spot the French word. What’s the English translation? | ↙ | my French! | ||
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| Today, can you… | Prove it! | 🙂 | 🙁 | |
| recount past events with regular verbs? | Yesterday, I... | |||
| describe a picture? | On page ..., I can see... | |||
| give dates? | I was born on ..., in the year... |
Exercice 2 : Observe and listen
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a) His victory in England was named “The Norman Conquest” because (he beat King Norman at Hastings / he was from Normandy).
b) After the Conquest, William took the throne of England. What does “throne” mean? (The King’s helmet / The King’s chair).
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a) William the Conqueror was the Robert I’s grandchild. ➝
b) King Edward’s father was William’s grandmother’s boyfriend. ➝ &
c) Harold Godwin was Edward’s father-in-law. ➝
Exercice 3 : Let’s have fun
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