Project 3: Celebrate Colours INTRODUCTION Activities

A. A festival of colours

Describe the following picture (Décris l’image). Guess what happened in the picture (Devine ce qu’il s’est passé sur l’image).

Then, note down every colour you see (Ecris toutes les couleurs que tu vois).

Match the values to their definition (Associe chaque valeur à sa définition).

B. Hymn for the weekend

Watch Coldplay and Beyoncé’s music video (Regarde la vidéo de Coldplay et Beyoncé).Focus on the images (Concentre-toi sur les images).Describe the people and the places you see (Décris les personnes et les endroits que tu vois).

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The ‘Hymn for the weekend’ music video opens with a vestige of some buildings where nature took over. We can also see among the vestige, some hindu religious men. They are wearing their infamous orange outfit.…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Then, the video shows some indian city. And we catch up with the lead singer of the group Coldplay, Chris Martin, who is singing on top of a balcony. He is wearing modern clothes with splashes of colours.…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………The next scene shows Chris Martin walking in the streets where kids covered with coloured powders go around throwing said coloured powders.…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Overall, throughout the video, we can see images of the city and colours are the main aspect of the video. In fact, the video was shot during the Holi festival.………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Write down a few sentences to say what you know about India.

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C. Discover the Home of Holi

Utilise les points cardinaux (cf. Projet 1) pour localiser l’Inde sur une carte. Ecris au moins 3 phrases.

India is East of Asia.…………………………………………………………………………………………..India is South of China.……………………………………………………………………………………….

India is North-west of Australia.……………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Fais des recherches pour remplir la carte mentale suivante sur l’Inde. Il y 4 catégorie: Festivals, inhabitants, cities et Languages. Tu pourras rajouter une 5è catégorie de ton choix (ex.: Food).