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évaluations diagnostiques
A. Speaking
1. Protest songs of
the 1960s-1970s
1. Protest songs of the 1960s-1970s
a. Name each singer
1. Protest songs of the 1960s-1970s
a. Name each singer
A Bob Dylan
B John Lennon
C Bob Marley
1. Protest songs of the 1960s-1970s
Look at the 3 following song extracts
Extract 1
Extract 2
Extract 3
Listen to the 3 extracts from these songs and try
to find their title.
Song 1
Song 2
Song 3
Song 1 : Masters of Wars
Song 2 : Get up Stand Up
Song 3 : Give Peace a Chance
Match the singers to the songs
A Bob Dylan
B John Lennon
Song 1 : Masters of Wars
Song 2 : Get up Stand Up
C Bob Marley
Song 3 : Give Peace a Chance
Masters of Wars, Bob Dylan, 1963
Get Up, Stand Up, Bob Marley, 1973
Give Peace a Chance, John Lennon, 1969
b. What did these singers protest against ?
Masters of Wars is an anti-war song, in which he
denounced the government leaders who were
getting ready for war.
Give Peace a Chance is a pacifist song in which
Lennon explains he does not care about the words
in -ism, implying he is not fighting against /
targeting any specific ideology, his only concern is
peace.
Get up, Stand up urges people to rise up against
oppression / rebel / and stand up for their rights.
c. Explain why the protest song movement was so
important in the 60s-70s.
Songs played an important part in the various
protest movements which spread all over the
western world and particularly in the United
States in the 1960s and 70s.
Many committed protest singers raised their
voices to denounce “the established society”.
Folk singers (Bob Dylan,
Joan Baez) were
involved in the civil
rights movement which
reached its climax with
mass demonstrations in
the mid-60s .
As the US increased its
military presence in
Vietnam in 1965, folk and
rock singers appeared at
anti-war rallies
(Country Joe Mc Donald)
With the rise of the counter-culture
and the hippie movement, the
nature of protest songs changed as
rock music replaced folk music
(Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane,
The Grateful Dead, Crosby, Stills,
Nash and Young, Jimi Hendrix).
In music festivals – such as the
Woodstock festival in 1969 –
young people got together to enjoy
the music but also to denounce US
involvement in Southeast Asia.
2.Singers emblematic of the 1980s-1990s
a. First, name each singer
A Michael Jackson
B Madonna
C Bono
D Bruce Springsteen
Can you match each singer with one of the
following sentences ?
b. In your opinion, which one of these singers is
the most emblematic of the 1980s-1990s ?
Explain why and give as many details as you can
about him/her.
c. Can you think of any other singer who could
figure on the list of the top-five singers of that
period ? Justify your choice.
B. Listening
1 The topic
a. Describe the photo
taken in New York in
2011.
The photo shows two musicians singing in the
street in the middle of a crowd.
Some smiling people are raising their arms and
doing the V-sign, certainly hoping for victory.
They are holding placards on which the slogans
(“Wall Street”, “Too big to fail”, and a kind
of poem: “Homeless, jobless, times is hard, I’m
not hopeless…”) indicate that the photo must
have been taken during a demonstration against
financial power.
b. You are going to watch a documentary entitled
The Sound of Protest broadcast on Link TV.
Dorian Linskey, the author of 33 Revolutions per
Minute, a History of Protest Songs, published in
March 2011, is giving some highlights on the
subject.
What type of information he is going to give ?
2. Watch
Watch the video.
3. In your own words
How does Dorian Lynskey explain the rise and
fall in popularity of protest songs ?
What examples does he give ?
C. Discussing
Pair work
If you had to pick three songs emblematic of
the last decade, which one would you choose ?
Discuss with a classmates and try to agree on 3
songs.
D. Reading
A Tucker fan
1. Reading
comprehension
Who is this Tucker we find in the title of the
extract ?
Tucker Crowe
American singer-song writer
Who are the two other characters and what is
their relationship ?
Duncan and Annie are in a romantic relationship.
Where do they come from ?
They live in England (UK)
Several hints :
- 'BBC' (l.19)
-'Manchester, sixty or seventy miles away' (l.25)
Where does the action
takes place ?
What are Duncan and
Annie doing there ?
Duncan and Annie are travelling through the USA
Music pilgrimage : visit places where Tucker
Crowe has lived.
What is the event that changed Duncan's
obsession for the worse ?
Duncan's obsession for Tucker Crowe took a
really unhealthy turn with the arrival of the
Internet.
What does 'Tuckercentric' mean ? (l.7)
Tuckercentric: portmanteau word formed on
Tucker + egocentric.
It means that Duncan is obsessed by Tucker
Crowe / is a Tucker addict / that his life is centred
on Tucker Crowe.
Find an English equivalent in the text for the word
« invalidité ».
Disability : invalidité / handicap
Find an English equivalent in the text for the word
« état (physique ou mental) ».
Condition : état (physique ou mental)
What are the several activities (linked to his
obsession) that Duncan has participated in ?
1. he had written a book
2. he had lectured on him
3. he had contributed to a radio documentary
4. he had organized conventions
What was the consequence of the internet on
Duncan's communication with other Tucker fans ?
Before the Internet, Duncan was in touch with
only one fan that he met once or twice a year.
Now, thanks to the Internet, Duncan is in contact
with hundreds of fans and speaks to them all the
time.
What is Annie's reaction to Duncan's website ?
Annie seems amused by the “Latest News
section” because Tucker Crowe has not released
anyrecords lately: “no longer being a man who did
an awful lot” (l. 30)
2. Key questions
a. What shows that Duncan's interest for Tucker
has grown obsessional ?
Many elements indicate that Duncan’s interest for
Tucker has grown obsessional.
Firstof all he has taken his girlfriend Annie on a
Tucker pilgrimage in the USA, visiting the places
where Tucker used to live.
Then he has “written a book about Tucker,
lectured on him,contributed to a radio
documentary for the BBC and organized
conventions” (l. 18-20)
Moreover he has set up a Tucker website
enabling hundreds of Tucker’s fans to exchange
news about their idol.
What parallel does he make when he says ''I'll
have got him out of my system'' (l.11) ?
His life seems to be almost entirely devoted to
Tucker.
When Duncan tells Annie, his girlfriend, that he’s
thinking of becoming not “so Tuckercentric” (l. 7),
we can tell that he realizes that his interest has
gone too far / is unhealthy.
It is a sort of addiction.
It is as if he were on drugs. When he says that
after the holidays he’ll “have got him out of
his system” (l. 11), he compares himself to a drug
addict in need of a cure.
b. What is paradoxical about Tucker's fans'
interest in their idol since the birth of the internet ?
Tucker’s fans communicate on the Internet and
seem to have a lot to talk about: “Duncan
spoke to them all the time” (l. 28)
However, this is “surprising” (l. 28) for Annie, who
points out ironically that they haven’t got much to
exchange about since Tucker is no longer
“a man who did an awful lot” (l. 30).
Obviously he has not released any album nor
organized any concert lately.
So Tucker’s fans’ interest may appear paradoxical
as thecontent of the website is mainly concerned
with understanding Tucker’s silence:
“conjecturing, apparently inexhaustibly, about the
silence” (l. 35).
c. Analyse Annie's attitude toward Duncan's
addiction to Tucker Crowe.
Annie says she doesn’t mind Duncan’s addiction
to Tucker Crowe: “That’s OK, I don’t mind” (l. 8).
She seems to have got used to living with a man
whose interest for a musician has become
obsessive“Tucker Crowe had always been part of
the package” (l. 16).
But she makes fun of him, saying that if Duncan
managed to get rid of his obsession, there would
be not much left of him (l. 14).
She is also ironical when she points out that
Duncan and the other fans keep talking about
their idol while they have actually nothing much to
talk about.
d. Do you agree with Annie when she refers to
Duncan's addiction in terms of disability ?
Expressions utiles pour communiquer
When Annie refers of Duncan’s addiction in terms
of disability, we expect Duncan to be so
obsessed that he is unable to do anything else.
However, she adds that “the condition hadn’t
prevented him from living a normal life” (l. 17).
Then we are told that his Tucker activities
“had always seemed to Annie like isolated
episodes, sporadic attacks” (l. 20).
Besides,Duncan is said to have “other interests”
(l. 36). So, it seems to me that Annie’s comparison
is an overstatement.
Homework for Monday September 29th
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No English class on Thursday !
Revise the whole 'Breaking the Ice' unit to
prepare for the evaluation of your skills.
Train yourself with the following writing activity.
E. Writing
Music pilgrimages
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A Seattle tour takes
Nirvana's fans to the
house wher Kurt
cobain lived and died.
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Graceland, home of
rock 'n' roll star Elvis
Presley is a magnet to
thousands each year.
The tomb of Jim
Morrison, The Doors'
lead singer, in the
Père Lachaise
Cemetery in Paris, is
one of the city's top
attractions.
Would you be ready to undertake a music
pilgrimage ? Why or why not ? (200 words)