All Terminales. Homework. See PRONOTES for dates of tests. In November, • There will be another test (sorry!) in which you will write an essay about the topic we have studied so far. Make sure you revise link words and read the advice I gave you . (1 hour) • Go to the blog called http://winstonsmith.blog.free.fr , then click on Terminale S / ES and work on the recording. (just as you did it with Ade Adepitan's interview) (1/2 hour but if you feel you are not good enough, go to bbclearningenglish.com and practise further with a programme entitled 6 minute English. In it, there are very useful scripts as well as recordings which will help) • Using the documents (or some of the documents) we have studied since the beginning of the year, write the text you will present and record in the lab, in which you will present the theme : Myths and heroes. - you can use the information given in your book Meeting Point p. 244 and 245 to help you use good words or expressions. (1 hour if you work quickly or 2, if you don't !) - Here are a few more ideas about the theme. Taken and slightly adapted from Missions Terminales Overview : ''Myths originally aimed at explaining the origins of humanity and narrating the foundations of a given community. These narratives thus deliver a universal message about the human condition and also give elements about a collective identity of a social group. The way each civilisation or nation deals with, reinvents, updates these myths and conveys their messages through art, shows how they interpret human experience and find an artistic expression for it. A whole range of new myths, with new heroes who can either be real or imaginary charactersand caught people's imaginationhave also been created over the ages. The rags-to-riches stories of famous American businessmen have given birth to a national myth : the American Dream (…)'' Useful words and expressions • NOUNS Exploit/ réussite/ réalisation (connotation +) • An achievement qualité de meneur d'hommes • 0 leadership sagesse • 0 wisdom • • ADJECTIVES • as brave as a lion • as strong as an ox • fearless sans peur • reckless téméraire • reliable/ trustworthy fiable • wise sage qui ne se laisse pas décourager, sans peur • undaunted • • • VERBS • to dedicate oneself se dédier à • to embody incarner • to rescue sauver/ secourir • to set an example donner l'exemple • to look up to respecter • to overcome the hurdles/ obstacles surmonterles obstacles • for the greater good pour le bien du plus grand nombre