COP 21 - PAGNOL HIGH STUDENTS GOING GREEN

INTRODUCTION:

TASK#1:
The school's Journal is preparing a special issue on climate change as the international environment summit (COP 21) is due to take place at the end of the month in Paris. The editorial team would like to illustrate their special issue with two posters promoting the protection of the environment.
You are a member of the editorial team. You and another member are in charge of studying two posters and choosing the best one. Get ready to defend your choice with clear arguments.
Make sure you convince the rest of the editorial team to select the poster you have chosen!

How to proceed?

1- Observe the different posters and discuss each of them briefly.

2- Choose the poster that sounds most effective.

3- Get ready to justify your choice with clear arguments based on:

-       the pictorial elements (photo, context, who or what, setting..);

-       the slogan and/or the message;

-       the strategy used to raise people’s awareness and its effectiveness.

4- Make sure you pay particular attention to your presentation to be as convincing as possible.

TOOLBOX

PICTORIAL ELEMENTS	MESSAGE	STRATEGY	BEING CONVINCING
a poster in favour of/supporting.. Bright ≠ light colours Joyful ≠ dreadful/frightening atmosphere.. A character (personage) The setting (décor) The slogan / legend In the foreground In the middle ground In the foreground On the right/left At the top /bottom In the top left-hand corner	to be part of a campaign to show = to feature to scare /alarm/startle to surprise/astonish/ shock/ dazzle to make someone laugh /smile / giggle / guffaw (=laugh loudly) / crack up to mislead / trick / deceit to make someone  confront / face to make someone open his/her eyes to be convincing / persuasive / forceful / valid / insightful (=judicieux/pertinent)	the poster features … in order to convince us to… we can identify to … we feel concerned by.. we feel urged to understand (on nous pousse à..) To make someone do something (faire faire qqe à quelqu’un) we are scared into taking action .. we are incited to take a stand.. to raise people’s awareness	Take a closer look at.. Pay particular attention to.. It’s the best without the shadow of a doubt! No other poster can match it! Don’t you see how .. Can’t you imagine .. Don’t you think that.. Just picture .. Just imagine..

TASK #2: Listen to and understand an activist's song! Then write your own plea for the environment!


click her for : Dear Future Generations VIDEO CLIP

Activist and spoken word artist Prince Ea has released his newest video, “Dear Future Generations: Sorry,” to urge young people to take immediate action to stop climate change. His previous videos have become viral sensations and his latest is no different. It was released on April 20 to coincide with Earth Day and garnered 28 million views on Facebook in the first two days.

“I made this video to inform my generation that there is something we can do right now to take back our future; that is to take aStand for Trees,” said Prince Ea. “Climate change is an emergency situation of the highest degree and all of us share the responsibility to do something about it.”

Last month, Prince Ea traveled to Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to witness firsthand the horrors of tropical deforestation. He also visited pioneering forest conservation projects developed by Wildlife Works that demonstrate a successful new way to stop deforestation by rewarding forest communities who conserve their forests.

“The Stand for Trees campaign was designed to put the power to save forests in the hands of the people to whom the future matters most: young people,” explained Mike Korchinsky, founder of Code REDD and founder and president of Wildlife Works.

Climate scientists have warned that global greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by 17 billion tonnes annually by 2020 to avoid increasing disastrous effects of climate change, according to Stand for Trees. The destruction of forests currently contributes more than 7 billion tonnes of emissions.

TASK #3: View the trailer of This Changes Everything and be ready to recap what the movie is about.

click here to view VIDEO : This Changes Everything Trailer

EXTRA HOLIDAY WORK (ORAL COMPREHENSION)

View a news documentary, take notes and get ready to report to the rest of the group. 

DOC #1:
"California drought - how it could affect the world"

click here for VIDEO "California drought.."

DOC #2:

"There's no water" residents plea for help in epicenter of California's drought (4 September 2015) 

click here VIDEO "There's no water", residents plea for help in CA