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LES OBJECTIFS DU JOUR :
- Découvrir un pays du monde anglophone
- Comprendre un bref texte informatif sur un monument
- Revoir comment écrire un début de biographie
( dates, passé )
IDIOM OF THE DAY
an idiom = a proverb
IT IS A PIECE OF CAKE.
LET’S GO TO …………………..
Listen and guess our destination:
The
USA
U
S
A
The United States of America
The
USA
60 15
45
50
The
USA
The Star-Spangled Banner is the name of
the US flag and of the National Anthem.
THE USA
Let’s recap with a game !
Have you got a good memory?
QUESTION 1
QUESTION 2
QUESTION 3
QUESTION 4
QUESTION 5
QUESTION 6
CONGRATULATIONS !
THE USA Our destination
MOUNT RUSHMORE
MOUNT RUSHMORE
• It is located in the state of South Dakota, in the
Black Hills.
• Its nickname is the Presidents’mountain
because there are four US Presidents from left
to right : George WASHINGTON, Thomas
JEFFERSON, Theodore ROOSEVELT and
Abraham LINCOLN.
• It took 14 years ( from 1927 to 1941) and 400
men to carve the mountain.
George
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham
Lincoln
Rank Date
of
birth
Date
of
death
George
WASHINGTON
Number 1 1732 1799
Thomas
JEFFERSON
Number 3 1743 1826
Theodore
ROOSEVELT
Number
26
1858 1919
Abraham
LINCOLN
Number
16
1809 1865
Rank Date
of
birth
Date
of
death
George
WASHINGTON
Number 1 1732 1799
Thomas
JEFFERSON
Number 3 1743 1826
Theodore
ROOSEVELT
Number
26
1858 1919
Abraham
LINCOLN
Number
16
1809 1865
BE CAREFUL WITH DATES
in 1899
eighteen ninety-nine
in 1809
eighteen « o » nine
LET’S PRACTISE !
nineteen fifty-two :
eighteen seventy-seven :
1894:
1905:
BE CAREFUL WITH NUMBERS
There are four faces of Presidents on Mount Rushmore.
George Washington was the first President.
cardinal number
ordinal number
Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers
1: one 1st : the first
2:two 2nd: the second
3:three 3rd: the third
4:four 4th: the fourth
5: five 5th: the fifth
6 : six 6th: the sixth
7: seven 7th: the seventh
8: eight 8th: the eighth
9: nine 9th: the ninth
10: ten 10th: the tenth
REVISION TIME
WHY ARE THESE FOUR
PRESIDENTS ON MOUNT
RUSHMORE?
1776
1862
AND WHAT ABOUT THEODORE ROOSEVELT?
If you want to know, have a look on the internet…
Mount Rushmore is a monumental sculpture located in the state
of South Dakota.
We can see the faces of four American Presidents.
George Washington was the first President of the USA. He was
born in 1732 and died in 1799.
Thomas Jefferson was one of the writer of the Declaration of
Independence in 1776.
Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in 1862.
RECAP
Pour conclure,
• Aujourd’hui nous avons revu quelques bases concernant les Etats-
Unis d’Amérique ( nombre d’Etats, capitale…)
• Nous avons découvert le Mont Rushmore , cette spectaculaire
sculpture aux visages des quatre Présidents les plus importants
de ce pays.
• Nous avons revu la production écrite du début de biographie
( utilisation du passé, les dates et les nombres ordinaux).
Have a nice day
and don’t forget :
stay home , stay safe
and practise your English!
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