22/09
Lesson 3 : Animal Rights
Animal Rights
Final task : Debate :
Animals should have certain rights and should not be treated as the property of others.
Lesson plan
1) presentation objectives
2) Animal rights : compare
3) listening comprehension
4)
https://eslbrains.com/what-rights-should-animals-have/
ACTIVITY 1
Compare the two documents.
Vocabulary: Linking words
Concerning
ape : big monkey
taming
Not only do you always arrive late, but you are also lazy.
Currently : Actuellement, en ce moment
Actually : In fact
Often, regularly
Fluently : couramment
Eventually : Finalement, in the end
Probably : éventuellement
Moreover : furthermore
Further to your previous email…
Far - >
bad-> worse
little-> less
far-> further farther
nevertheless : néanmoins
instead : à la place
Whereas : tandis que
however
although
though
I am very tired, I don’t want to go to bed, though
His nervousness notwithstanding , the young man looked his interviewer directly in the eyes as he answered the questions.
Sample answer
In the two pictures, we can see apes. In the first picture, it is free unlike in the 2nd one, Both apes used to be sad because of being locked behind bars. However, although the second one is still used as a clown, the first one is currently in court to regain freedom.
First, in the first picture, we can see a free ape, whereas in the second picture, it is locked behind bars.
deprived of freedom
it is an endangered species
same….as
claims
ill-considered (BrE)
not well considered
a few differences
Freedom
29/09 Animal Rights
Lesson 2 : Listening comprehension
Worksheet :
2) Ted talk
As a journalist, you are invited to interview Steve WISE. Prepare the questions
you are going to ask him.(10 questions)
Homework
3) Prepare a debate about the following topic :
Animals should have certain rights and should not be treated as the property of others.
Trailer for Unlocking the Cage
Organising a debate
Steven Wise: These animals are extraordinarily ________________complex, so when you imprison a chimpanzee, the chimpanzee understands that tomorrow he’s gonna be _______________and as far as he knows, it’s not gonna end.
What we’re trying to do is change the way people view _______________ animals because, right now, it’s: “Are you a
human? You have rights. You’re not a human, you don’t”. And we’re saying that’s wrong.
News anchor: Now to a bizarre ____________ with big __________ and the key question is whether a chimp is a
person.
Wise: Tommy is a _______ thing right now, and has a right to get out of being _____ for his entire life in a cage. When I
began, people laughed at me and they _________ when I went into a ______________
Neal Boortz: They are not human beings and putting them on the same legal _________ as a human being, that sir,
that’s ________________
Wise: So, we may be coming to you to help us in fling an affdavit, we’re talking about the cognitive _________ that would
persuade courts.
Machine: Question. Visitors. Have. Ball.
Woman: Oh my god! Marlon died last night.
Wise: Captivity, it’s just killing these guys, so we need to locate every _________ chimpanzee in New York State and flee
a suit on their behalf. Someone told me you had a monkey.
Man: There’s a chimp in there. He’s got TV to watch. Yeah, he don’t do much, just sits here.
Wise: May it please the court. Tommy is indeed a person, who is__________________
Judge: You ___________ he’s a person, we haven’t decided yet.
Wise: All we can do is kick the first door open.
Judge 2: Mr. Wise, you want to come to our court and ask for a right that’s never been__________ in the history of
humankind.
Wise: It’s a hell of a war, it’s gonna be a lot of battles in the war, but, it’s time to begin.
Vocabulary
on sb’s behalf : pour le compte de qqn
underage : mineur
concrete : béton
deserve : mériter
natural environment
sue sb : faire un procès
duty : devoir
trial : procès
06/10
Food for thought :
Just
Ever
Already
Never
Yet
For
Since
Lately
Recently
What ought I to do
You oughtn’t to smoke
Need I say that ?
You needn’t have brought anything
must -> Yesterday, I had to, tomorrow, I will have to
- Enseignant: Maciborko Chantal
- Enseignant: Zapata Madeleine