PROJET "MAIL ART"

Les professeurs d'espagnol et d'anglais, Mme Tepano-Tuke et Mme Rere, ont monté un projet de correspondance avec Mme Pugibet, professeur d'Arts Plastiques d'un collège de Métropole.

Le niveau des classes concernées par le projet est celui de 4ème.

Les élèves ont pour tâche finale d'écrire leur portrait, de l'insérer dans des enveloppes personnalisées et de les envoyer à leurs correspondants en France par voie postale. Dès réception des lettres, les correspondants vont tenter de peindre les portraits de nos jeunes collégiens. Et ainsi nos élèves feront de même, peindre le portrait des correspondants qu'ils n'ont jamais vus! Incroyable non!

Voici quelques photos des enveloppes et des lettres de nos collégiens...

La classe de 4ème4 de Mme Rere:

THANKSGIVING

(Source: Norman Rockwell, Freedom for want, 1943)

BACKGROUND

The fourth Thursday of November is Thanksgiving. 


This is an American holiday, and there is no school on Thanksgiving. 
It is a time to gather* with family and friends, share* a traditional meal and express gratitude for all the good things in life.

This year, Thanksgiving is on November, 28th.

ORIGINS

In 1620, the first settlers* were called the Pilgrims*. They arrived in America on the Mayflower ship*.  

They moved in America because there was a religious crisis in England. They wanted their own church, and they couldn't have it in England.

The first winter in America was very cold and harsh*. They did not have much* food. They did not have warm clothes*. The Pilgrims got sick and many people died.

In spring, the Wampanoag* visited them and taught them how to grow corn* and other native crops*. They taught them how to fish and cook cranberries*, corn and squash*.

In fall 1621, the Pilgrims invited the Wampanoag to have a big meal and thanked them for what they did. They ate wild turkeys*, fish, corn, green vegetables and fruits.

It was the first Thanksgiving in America.

FOOD

Traditional foods include roast turkey, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, cornbread, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce. Many people serve pie for dessert at the end of the meal. Popular pie flavors are pumpkin, pecan, sweet potato, and apple.

MACY'S THANKSGIVING PARADE

In New York City, Macy's store prepare a parade especially for Thanksgiving. It announces the start of the Christmas shopping in the United States.

Check their website: http://social.macys.com/parade/?cm_mmc=VanityUrl-_-parade-_-n-_-n

THE TURKEY PARDON

Each year at Thanksgiving, the President of the United States receives a live* turkey as a gift. At a ceremony at the White House, the President "pardons"* the National Thanksgiving turkey.

VOCABULARY

gather: réunir, rassembler

share: partager

settle: s'installer, coloniser

settlers = colonists: les colons

the Pilgrims: les Pèlerins
a ship: un navire 

harsh = hard = difficult =  terrible

much = lots of

warm clothes: vêtements chauds

the Wampanoag was an Indian tribe

corn: maïs

grow native crops: cultiver des produits locaux

cranberries: canneberges

squash: courge
turkey: dinde

live: vivant(e)
pardon: accorder la grâce, laisser la vie sauve