INTRODUCTION:

> Tell me about your weekend : how was your weekend? Was it good, great, tiring, boring, fun?

> I had a ______relaxing________ weekend, I didn’t do many things. I spent my time talking on skype with my family and some friends, working a bit, watching movies and cooking delicious things!

> What did you do this weekend?

a. At what time did you get up on Saturday? I got up at 8.30am on Saturday .b. What did you have for lunch on Saturday ? I had a salad for lunch with some cheese.c. What did you do on Saturday night? On Saturday night, I watched a series.d. With how many friends did you speak this weekend (on the phone or via internet) ? I spoke with 3 members of my family and 5 friends.e. When did you go to sleep on Sunday night? I went to sleep around 11.30pm on Sunday.

IV - LOCKDOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

8th grade 2020

QUARANTINE AND HOMESCHOOLING

TOOL BOX :

- Lockdown : confine-ment-Throughout : à travers

- measures : mesures

Total lockdownPartial lockdown

At least 50 countries are under lockdown measures

https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2020/03/30/coronavirus-quels-pays-sont-confines_6034936_3244.html

1)Circle the correct answer

2) Watch this video : Coronavirus: Fewer people, more animals on streets | The Worldhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78EvLw2hs2U

3) Match the descriptions with the pictures from the video:

Flamingos in the Texas State Aquarium.

A puma in the street of Chili’s capital, Santiago.

Peru’s beaches taken over by flocks of seabirds

Deers in the streets of Japan

Monkeys in Thailand

a. Which country was NOT under lockdown measures on the 30th of March

Tunisia South Korea Peru

b.What is the situation of New Zealand

Not concerned by the lockdown

Partially under lockdown

Totally under lock-down

c. Which country of South American is the only one not to be under lockdown mea-sures?

Guyana Colombia French Guyana

d. What part of the population is under lockdown measures? one tenth of the glob-

al population one fifth of the

global populationone third, maybe half of the global

population.

4) Answer the questions :

a. With about half of the world population under lockdown what is happening with some animals these days? With about half of the population under lockdown, animals are coming back to cites or other places where they didn’t go because of humans.

b. Why is the sky bluer and the air cleaner in some big cities? In some big cities the sky is bluer and the air cleaner because there are less pollutants (such as cars, factories or boats or airplanes)

c. How is the environment around you? Describe what you can see from your window ! (trees,

flowers, animals) and what you can hear outside ! (cars, people, birds) From my window, I can see flowers blooming with the arrival of the spring season, I can see and hear a lot of different birds and I don’t hear a lot of cars now, it’s pretty quiet.

*** REMEMBER ***Le comparatif (comparative) et le superlatif (superlative) en anglais sont utilisés pour faire des comparaisons.

> Pour exprimer “plus que…” on utilise le comparatif qui se forme de deux manières selon le choix de l’adjectif (voir tableau ci-dessous) ex: the sky is bluer and the air cleaner than before, it is more beautiful. (le ciel est plus bleu et l’air plus propre qu’avant, c’est plus joli.)> Pour exprimer “le plus… de” on utilise alors le superlatif qui lui aussi se forme selon le choix de l’adjectif (voir tableau ci-dessous) ex: The lockdown is the strangest thing that I have experienced in my life, the most boring.( Le confinement est la chose la plus bizarre que j’ai vécu dans ma vie, la plus ennuyante.

5) Match the picture with the description

a. My new social distancing outfit just arrived from Amazon

e. Your horoscope this week.

b. Year 4000 : the only still living organism is Queen Elizabeth

d. Scaring people to entertain myself

c. Was it a good idea to outsource my home -schooling?

3 - b

1 - c

4 - a

2 - e

TOOL BOX : - social distancing :Distanciation sociale- an outfit : une tenue- to outsource :sous-traiter- the bushes : les buissons- to scream : crier

5 - d

6) Laugh about quarantine, lockdown, homeschooling or social distancing.

> Imagine, invent a joke about the situation of the moment.

- You can take a picture from the internet and INVENT a funny comment in English - You can describe a funny situation at home- You can imagine what animals think about the situation- You can do the challenge ‘#imsoboredi……” (for this you have to say something stupid or some-thing funny you did because you were terribly bored and had nothing else to do). Example > I’m so bored I imagined a real conversation with my cat!

My face when I realize there is no more butter in the fridge and I can’t bake my favorite chocolate cake…