Amnesty International + forms of humour + Guns (the text)

Hey,

today during the first hour of class, three students presented the charity Amnesty International. I would like them to write the oral commentary down on "paper" and to upload it to the blog as a correction for some students who hadn't done their homework properly.

"to be written by Hernani, Lucas, and Rayane"

Then we continued the class with the further analysis of the video, concentrating on the forms of humour. Here is what we said about it:

"to be written by Djeisa"

Finally, we started to study a new text entitled "The American Gun Culture". We only had time to read it and to highlight some important elements about basic understanding (Wh- questions).

In the second hour, we watched the credits from the movie "Lord of War" and we commented on them. You can watch them below:

Here is what we said about the document:

The document is an extract from the movie "Lord of War".
It features Nicolas Cage as a businessman who sells weapons.
His only interest is to make money.
There are 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation, that is to say one for every 12 person.
He would love to arm the other 11 people.
The movie uses irony / is ironic to denounce the unregulated arms trade.

The credit titles are filmed as if were the bullet from its creation to its target.

Additionnal vocabulary:

- ammunition
- (to) use irony
- It is macabre
- There is a discrepancy between form and contrast
- (to) kill = (to) reach a target
- a suitcase <- a suit
- irony (attention à la prononciation)

You also recorded yourself for the oral presentation of the video "Gun Teleshopping". You will get a grade for that presentation.

Finally, we could resume our analysis of the text: "A Gun Culture". Here is what we said about it:

"to be written by Djeisa"

HW: for after the holidays, you need to prepare an oral presentation of a visual about a father and his son with a gun in his hand.  

Files:

- Download a copy of the text here. (yet to be uploaded)

- Download a copy of the visual here. (yet to be uploaded)

NB: Those who haven't turned in their poems and illustrations yet will get a ZERO unless they send them to me by email asap. Please pass on the message to your classmates!