Last Lesson - Famine in the horn of Africa + methodology (recap)

Hey guys,

today we finished talking about the news report by Reuters. Here is what we finally decided to write about it:

I: type of doc: News report / by Reuters / 2011 (summer) / Horn of Africa / Famine

D: problems:

There has been no food /water for a very long time. = a famine and a drought

Children -> malnourished

Diseases

No natural ressources to live

Walk a long distance (12km) to get clean water

A: possible solutions:

- plant GM crops that don’t need water

- build clinics

- pump out water

- provide for food

- get help from Europe / Africa / America

H: Goals

- to raise awareness (main goal)

• to shock people

• to convince people to help the charity : send clothes, food, water, medicine = basics of life / help fund a project / donate money

What is a charity? What is its role?

O: (questions auxquelles il faut répondre pour cette partie)

What do you think about this report?

Do you think it’s efficient and why?

Do you feel concerned with the pb in Africa? Why?

Would you donate money to a charity? Why or why not? Explain

Branch out : Quelles questions pourraient poser l’examinateur?

Additional Vocabulary:

- to fund a project

- to donate money (a donor / a donation)

- poisonous (not clean / deadly -> water)

 - a hybrid species

- the livestock (animals that you can eat ex: a cow)

HW:

- pour mardi, préparer une présentation du document pour en parler à Holly

- pour mardi également, n'oubliez pas de remplir au moins 3 cases du tableau fourni par Holly (sur la comparaison des deux vidéos étudiées la semaine dernière; vous devez obligatoirement remplir la case "AIMS" et 2 autres minimum. Bien sûr, rien ne vous empêche de remplir toutes les cases...).