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Activity 1
Q1. What is the relationship between the teenagers in Qu’est-ce qu’on prend?
Q2. Where are they at the beginning of the story?
Q3. Where do they decide to go?
Q4. Who has trouble deciding what to order?
Q5. What is the problem at the end of the story?
A1. They are teenagers and go to the same school, they are friends.
A2. They are at Chloe’s house.
A3. The Café
A4. Chloe
A5. They need 3 more Euros to pay for the drinks and meal.
Activity 2
Mets les phrases suivantes en ordre d’après Qu’est-ce qu’on prend?
Questions
1. Cécile commande une menthe à l’eau.
2. Thomas demande l’addition.
3. Chloé invite Sébastien à aller au café.
4. Chloé ne retrouve pas son argent.
5. Le serveur dit «Bon appétit!».
6. Chloé commande un jus d’orange.
Answers
Chloé invite Sébastien à aller au café.
Cécile commande une menthe à l’eau.
Chloé commande un jus d’orange.
Le serveur dit «Bon appétit!».
Thomas demande l’addition.
Chloé ne retrouve pas son argent.
Activity 3
Choisis la bonne réponse d’après Qu’est-ce qu’on prend?
Q1. On va au café?
Q2. Qu’est-ce que vous prenez?
Q3. C’est combien, les coupes Melba?
Q4. Qu’est-ce que vous avez comme jus de fruit?
a. Nous avons du jus d’orange, du jus de pomme…
b. Je vais prendre une menthe à l’eau.
c. Désolé. J’ai des devoirs à faire.
d. Trois trente-cinq.
Answers
A1. On va au café?
Désolé. J’ai des devoirs à faire.
A2. Qu’est-ce que vous prenez?
Je vais prendre une menthe à l’eau.
A3. C’est combien, les coupes Melba?
Trois trente-cinq.
A4. Qu’est-ce que vous avez comme jus de fruit?
Nous avons du jus d’orange, du jus de pomme…
Activity 4
Q1. give an excuse for someone?
Q2. ask if someone’s ready to order?
Q3. order food?
Q4. ask what kind of fruit juice the restaurant serves?
Q5. ask how much something costs?
Q6. ask for the check?
Answers
1. Il a des devoirs a faire.
2. Vous avez choisi?
3. Je vais prendre…….
4. Qu’est-ce que vous avez comme jus de fruit?
5. C’est combien………?
6. L’addition, s’il vous plaît.
Activity 5
Question
Chloé is in an embarrassing situation. What do you think she is going to do? Take turns with a partner suggesting ways Chloé and her friends might resolve their problem.
Answer
If I was Chloé , first I would double check if I hadn’t missed any thing in my bag. If this method does not work, I would ask my friends to keep talking and waste time while I go back home and get the money I need to pay.
A.
Tourist Attractions: Eiffel Tower, Champs-Élysées, Notre Dam, Chateau de Versaille
Famous People: Coco Chanel, Claude Monet
B.
Le, Second Empire, Charles Garnier, Le Chandelier, Les Concerts – Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Le Métro Saint-Paul, Le Marais, Henri IV, Les Aristocrates – Place des Vosges
1670, Libéral Bruant, Lous XIV, Le Dôme – Les Invalides
Moderne, L’Arc de Triomphe, Les Statues de Joan Miró, Le Cube – Champs-Élysées
C.
My favorite attractions in Paris are the Eiffel Tower, and the musee du louvre, because they are definitely are the symbols of France, and Paris.
D.
If I could build my own city, I would incorporate all the attractions in Paris. Basically the main attractions as Eiffel Tower, is being the support for Paris and France for keeping their money. It means that the attractions help will help me earn money from tourists.
SOURCES
http://www.aviewoncities.com/paris/parisattractions.htm
http://www.paris-tourism.com/
http://www.france-travel-secrets.com/famous-places-in-paris.html
Man or Machine?
It depends.
For Machine – They can complete jobs and tasks in various conditions such as in fire. One example is that little robots are working near the nuclear plants and are moving things from dangerous parts to safe places.
For Man – Although machines are very smart and rapid, humans are the one who created those machines, so it means that humans are smarter than the machines. Humans have to the creativity to create things such as artworks, as well as the machines. Although machines have no feelings, humans can express their feelings to tell something. Humans have the power to think, and if something does not work, they will try to think of a new idea. Robots will just try the same thing. Machines continuously have to use electricity, and sometimes it is a total waste of electricity which is one kind of finite resources. For example, when calculating, when machines use a lot of electricity, humans would be probably using paper and pencil.
List all the machines you have used in the last 24 hours.
Computer, Television, Wii, Refrigerator, iPhone, iPod Touch, lights, Wireless network, pencil sharpener, heater
Is art more or less important than machines? Explain your answer.
It depends. Art shows creativity and it is a symbol of the creativity and ideas of humans. Machines are made to do jobs and complete tasks faster than humans, and complete jobs that are dangerous for humans to complete.
Chose the top 3 machines that you couldn’t live without. Justify your answer.
1.Computer
Computer is needed for educational purposes and for network-interactions such as mail. In school we have to use computers to complete tasks and create things on the computer.
2.iPhone
Not necessarily iPhone, but phones are very important in my life. Phones are useful to contact with friends to notify them. (to Skype or to go to somewhere) A phone is really useful to tell where you are and whether you are safe or not. (to your family etc.)
3.Lights
Lights are really important, because they “light” the dark and make somewhere bright. Light have to be on because if you have no lights, you would not be able to see well, and for instance trip over something. So lights are really important to increase eye-sight.
List three jobs that are done by machines that used to be done by humans.
1. Complicated math/calculation
Computers now calculate very complicated math and calculation. Japan recently made a Super Computer (2011, I believe), with the name Kei (京). Kei is a term in numbers and one Kei is equaled with “one trillion multiplied by 10,000″. This name was given to the Super Computer because to Japanese people it really sounds that Kei is really fast. (It can calculate a Kei per second)
2. Laundry
Currently, a washer is supposed to be naturally there in your home. Well long time ago, in Japan, people used a product called Sentakuita, which is a wooden board to do laundry. You were supposed to rub the clothes etc. with the board. According to some people nearby me, the current detergents were soaps before. There was one method where people smash rice and make the rice sticky, and make it like soap. But this idea was not very appreciated because it was a waste of food.
3. Train Stations
Some people buy tickets, but usually we have PASMOs or SUICAs or whatever.. Before train officers had to punch a hole into each little ticket. Now, the machines are very useful to go through the gates fast.
What do you think life would be like working in a factory in a developed nation (ex. Japan/US/UK)?
Lots of factory use machines in their process of making products etc. So probably a better job in a factory should be watching, or thinking about the products and making ideas. So life would be pretty boring or simple to me.
What do you think life would be like working in a factory in a developing country (ex. Mexico, Indonesia, Sri Lanka)
Still developing countries should be making products etc. handmade, so it might be a good opportunity for me to make something. Though I might stick to the problem being bored repeating one process.
What are the advantages of using machines?
The advantages, are that for example humans do not have to do hard work to complete something, because machines can complete various tasks way faster than humans. Also, using machines might bring up a new idea of making something, and something better might be created. So it means machines might help humans have thoughts.
What are the disadvantages of using machines?
As mentioned before, machines use an awful lot of electricity. Not everything uses electricity for humans, but anything uses electricity for machines. For this, new long-life batteries are made, as well as solar panels that create electricity.
First of all, my group was Shin, Masaki, and I.
Advice/feedback I gave
For Shin – I think his drawing was perfect. The model picture was exactly the same as what Shin drew. I had only one advice, which was that one part was really shaded and dark, so I said that this one part was shaded too much. Also, that it would have been better to make light shades, and make the drawing more realistic.
For Masaki – Masaki’s technique was scribbles, which is one of the textures we learned. My feedback was that his scribbles were too hard, and it would have been a better drawing if his scribbles were less dark. Though I did like the shapes of the mountains because they were really alike to the original (model) picture.
Advice/feedback I got
From Shin – He said that my drawing was really good, and he just said that one part has some improvement. It was that the mountain in the background was too sharp on the peak, and it was unrealistic.
reflecting Shin’s feedback – I think that I need to put more effort in the backgrounds too. I also learned that the background is really important in a drawing, making the theme of the drawing.
From Masaki – Masaki also mentioned about the spikes on the top of the mountain. He said it would be a way better drawing if the mountains on the back were more detailed and shaded.
