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Listening comprehension ✔ Listen to the recording. What sort of document is it ? Tick.

a documentary a radio program a poem a tale

What sounds can you hear - at the beginning of the recording ? …...................................................................

- at the end of the recording ? …...................................................................

It sounds like (a) ..................................... / It looks like (a) …................................

Listen again to the recording and put the pictures into the correct order (which one is evoked first, second etc.)

This …................ is composed of 4 stanzas.

Listen again an try to find the first and last word of each stanza. (Pay attention to the intonation of the voice and the pauses).

1. 2. 3. 4.

→ Each stanza is divided into ….... lines.

✔ Listen and try to identify as many words as you can.

Imagine a title for this …................ :

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✔ Now ...

Adlestrop

Yes. I remember Adlestrop- → ...fill in the blanks.

The name, because one …....................

Of heat the express-............. drew up there

Unwontedly. It was late ….......... .

The steam …................ . Someone …............. his throat. → ...fill in the blanks with verbs.

No one …....... and no one …...........

On the bare platform. What I …........

…......... Adlestrop -only the name.

a) And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry. → ...put the lines back in a chronological order.

b) Than the high cloudlets in the sky.

c) No whit less still and lonely fair

d) And willows, willow-herb, and grass,

And for that …........... a blackbird …........ → …fill in the blanks.

Close by, and round …........., mistier,

Farther and farther, all the birds

Of ….............................. and Gloucestershire.

Edward THOMAS

Phonetics

✔ Classify the following words into the chart according to their pronunciation. name – heat – train – there – late – steam – hissed – cleared – came – bare – haycocks – dry – whit – still - fair – high – sky – by - mistier

/ɪ / / i : / /eɪ / /aɪ / /eə /

The words : unwontedly, throat, no, only, willows, lonely, close are pronounced with the sound / /

Find two words which are pronounced like « afternoon » (sound /u: /) : …................... , …...................

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● AT HOME

Find the words corresponding to the following phonetic script.

/ 'ɒksfədʃɜ: / : / 'medəʊswi:t / :

/ 'mɪnɪt / : / rаʊnd / :

/ hɜ:b / : **************************************************************************

Reading comprehension Stanzas 1 & 2 : find the equivalent for the following words or expressions :

hot weather, high temperature :

stopped :

in an unusual manner :

the end of :

vapour :

make a noise sounding like a continuous /s/ :

empty ; with nobody and nothing on it :

✔ Stanza 3 : match each word with a picture. a) willows / b) willow-herb / c) grass / d) meadowsweet / e) haycocks

✔ What is the English for ?

s'éclaircir la voix :

sécher :

petits nuages élévés :

tout près :

✔ Find 3 adjectives in the comparative form.

….............................. …............................ …......................................................

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Some geography

✔ Locate the county of Gloucestershire on the following map.

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✔ Locate Adlestrop on the map.

Now put a cross where Adlestrop is supposed to be (The village is not written on the map, you have to locate it as precisely as possible thanks to the map above).

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Adlestrop

1. Yes. I remember Adlestrop-

2. The name, because one afternoon

3. Of heat the express-train drew up there

4. Unwontedly. It was late June.

5. The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat.

6. No one left and no one came

7. On the bare platform. What I saw

8. Was Adlestrop -only the name.

9. And willows, willow-herb, and grass,

10. And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry.

11. No whit less still and lonely fair

12. Than the high cloudlets in the sky.

13. And for that minute a blackbird sang

14. Close by, and round him, mistier,

15. Farther and farther, all the birds

16. Of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.

Edward THOMAS, 1917

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Listen ! Poetry is music !

1. Read the poem again. In each stanza, underline the words that rhyme together (use colours)

2. Count the number of syllabes in each verse (write the number of syllabes at the end of each line)

3. Listen again and put a stress ( ' ) above each stressed word.

To conclude...

What is it all about ?

Classify the words, expressions, lines or stanzas that deal with :

vision sound

This poem deals with (tick the answers) :

technology rural beauty English landscapes the migration of birds

war geography nature stillness (calm)

peace premonition the history of railways suspended time

« Adlestrop » is a poem of contrasts between (link the elements) :

the strangeness of the name « Adlestrop » the war to come movement, dynamism a personal experience the present peace the familiarity of an English landscape modernity stillness, immobility universality quietness, silence sounds a traditional rural environment

DOCUMENTS POUR EVALUATION ***************************************************************************

NAME :

Listening to a poem /20

I. Listen to the poem and fill in the blanks (one word in each blank) : /8

When You Are Old When you are old and grey and full of ____________ ; And nodding by the fire, take down this ______________, And slowly read, and dream of the soft _______________ Your eyes had ___________, and of their shadows deep ; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or ______________, But one ___________ loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face ; And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little ____________, how Love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of _______________. William Butler Yeats (1875)

II. Put the words in bold type (caractères gras) in the right column according to the pronunciation of their diphthong : /10,5

/ əʊ / / аʊ / / aɪ / / eɪ /

III. Relevez 3 mots qui se prononcent avec le son voyelle / i: / /1,5 ….........................................................................................................

NAME :

Vocabulary test /20 1. Translate into French : /5

lonely :

landscape : misty :

to hiss : heat :

2. Translate into English : /6

saule : herbe :

guerre : ciel :

paix : haut, élevé :

3. Find a synonym for : /4

to draw up : empty :

the end of : quietness :

4. Answer the questions : /5

a) Quelle est la nature du mot « slowly » ? …......................................

Proposez une traduction : …......................................

Cherchez dans le poème de Yeats un autre mot qui suit le même schéma : …...............................

b) Quelle est la nature et le sens du mot « farther » ? …..............................................................

…..............................................................

c) Traduisez l'adjectif « still » : …......................................................... Quel nom peut-on former à partir de cet adjectif ? …......................................................

When You Are Old When you are old and grey and full of sleep ; And nodding by the fire, take down this book , And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep ;

How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face ; And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. William Butler Yeats (1875)

NAME :........................................................ RECITATION /20

Evaluation Socle (EOc) : Reproduire un modèle oral A2 A2+ B1

Je connais mon texte

Je récite en mettant le ton.

Je maîtrise la prononciation des

mots.

Je maîtrise la rythmique du poème

(accentuation)

B1 Très bien Toujours Toujours ou presque

Je m'approche de l'authentique.

A2+ Assez bien De manière acceptable/pas tout le

temps

Je commets quelques erreurs

(mais pas sur des mots basiques)

Je ne réussis pas tout le temps mais l'ensemble est

correct.

A2 De manière très hésitante

Pas souvent. Je commets encore des d'erreurs mais l'on me comprend

J'essaie mais c'est encore approximatif.

A1

Pas bien !

Jamais ou presque Je commets beaucoup d'erreurs, on a du mal

à me comprendre

Je suis encore loin du modèle anglophone !

/9

/2 /6 /3

NAME :........................................................

READING A POEM (video) /20

Evaluation Socle (EOc) : Reproduire un modèle oral A2 A2+ B1

Ma vidéo est pertinente et esthétique

Je récite en mettant le ton.

Je maîtrise la prononciation des

mots.

Je maîtrise la rythmique du poème

(accentuation)

B1 Complètement Toujours Toujours ou presque

Je m'approche de l'authentique.

A2+ Plutôt De manière acceptable/pas tout le

temps

Je commets quelques erreurs

(mais pas sur des mots basiques)

Je ne réussis pas tout le temps mais l'ensemble est

correct.

A2 Pas toujours

Pas souvent. Je commets encore des d'erreurs mais l'on me comprend

J'essaie mais c'est encore approximatif.

A1

Pas vraiment !

Jamais ou presque Je commets beaucoup d'erreurs, on a du mal

à me comprendre

Je suis encore loin du modèle anglophone !

/6

/3 /7 /4