Activity 2 : Kes / « At school » [01 : 06]

1/ Watch the sequence twice carefully and reorganize the different parts :

1. The teacher asks him to talk about his hawk.
2. He talks about the bird and explains where he found it.
3. Billy does not listen and has nothing to say about himself.
4. The teacher asks Billy to go to the board and to write the new words on it.
5. The others suggest him a topic.

6. The teacher encourages him.
7. The teacher and the pupils are enthusiastic and applaud him for his brilliant presentation.
8. The other pupils ask him questions and he answers them precisely.
9. Billy becomes more and more talkative.
10. Billy has succeeded in training his hawk.

Numbers in the right order :

Rewrite the summary : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2/ Beginning of the sequence. Answer the following questions :

In your opinion :
- why is Billy not very attentive ? …………………………………………………………………………………………………
- Why does he have nothing interesting to tell the others ? ……………………………………………………...

3/ Show how Billy becomes more and more confident talking about his passion.

- verbal interactions :
• teacher/Billy : ……………………………………………………………………………
• Billy/other pupils : ………………………………………………………………………

- gestures/postures :
• teacher :………………………………………………………………………………….
• Billy : ……………………………………………………………………………………

- movie techniques : ………………………………………………………………………

4/ Analyse the teacher’s attitude. Cross out the wrong sentences.

In part 1 :
- the teacher is authoritative but respectful.
- the teacher is aggressive and violent.
- the teacher is severe but fair.

In part 4 :
- the teacher is impatient and unkind.
- the teacher is encouraging and comprehensive.

In part 7 :
- the teacher is supporting and positive.
- the teacher is unfriendly and disrespectful.

In your opinion, is the teacher a good or a bad teacher ? Give reasons (what about his qualities ?)

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Don’t forget to write down the new vocabulary and to learn it.