Watching, understanding

and
commenting on a film.
Activities L1-4/5
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ACTIVITÉ 1  : Un petit quiz! Encerclez les bonnes réponses!

A little quiz  ! Circle the right answers  !

1) What does the film’s The orphans The choir boys The singers
name ‘Les Choristes’
mean?
2) What is Pierre A conductor A teacher A diplomat
Morhange’s job when we
meet him in later life?
3) Who has just died at Clément Matthieu The mother of Pierre Pierre Morhange
the start of the film? Morhange
4) What is the name of the Pepinot L’orphélinat Fond de l’étang
school?
5) What sort of school is A school for boys A church school A girls school
it? with problems
6) Who is M. Rachin? The caretaker The Headmaster The Maths teacher

7) Who is Père Maxence? The caretaker The Headmaster The Maths teacher
8) Why does the first He was ill He was sacked He was attached with
teacher leave? scissors by one of the
boys
9) What is the name of the Clément Matthieu M. Langlois M. Rachin
new teacher/supervisor?
10) What is the name of Mondain Le Querrec Mouton
the boy who plays the
dangerous trick on Père
Maxence?
11) What era would the Late 1940s – Early 1980s 1920s
film be set in? 1950s

ACTIVITÉ 2: C’est qui? Reliez les noms et les images des personnages principaux!
Who is it? Match up the names and the pictures of the main characters! (One person features
twice…)
a b c d

e f i
g h

Clément Mathieu Monsieur Rachin Le Père Maxence Mondain

Mme. Morhange Pépinot Pierre Morhange Monsieur Chabert

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ACTIVITÉ 3  : Reliez les adjectifs en anglais et en français  !

Match up the adjectives in English and in French!

1. Sympa a. shy
2. Timide b. old
3. Gentille c. strict
4. Effrayant d. agressive
5. Agressif e. pretty
6. Triste f. talented
7. Talentueux g. nice
8. Jolie h. kind
9. Vieux i. sad
10. Sévère j. scary

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ACTIVITÉ 4  : Utilisez les adjectifs pour écriver des phrases au sujet des personnages principaux!
Use the adjectives to write some sentences about the main characters!
Ext. – Can you translate the sentences into English?

e.g. Je pense que Mondain est effrayant.  I think that Mondain is scary.

1) Je pense que Monsieur Rachin est ______________________

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2) ___________________________________ Mme. Morhange ______________________________

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Useful vocab:
Je pense que – I think that…
Je crois que – I believe that…
est - is
! Use ‘Je pense que…’ to say what you think and to give an opinion
Working at up to L4+
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ACTIVITÉ 5  : Mes prédictions pour le reste du film…

My predictions for the rest of the film…

Join up the sentences to make future tense statements. Write them out completed. Then tick those
you think will come true!
Ext. can you think of any predictions of your own?

1. M. Rachin va…
2. Pierre Morhange va…
3. Pépinot va…
4. Les enfants vont…
5. La mère de Morhange et Clément Mathieu vont…
6. Le père Maxence va…
7. Modain va…
8. Clément Mathieu va…

a. …être adopté habiter avec Clément Mathieu – to be adopted and live with Clement Mathieu
b. …être licencié – to be fired
c. …se marier – to get married
d. …donner un concert – to give a concert
e. …devenir conducteur – become a conductor
f. …partir du college – to leave the school
g. …mettre feu au college – to set fire to the school
h. …mourir – to die

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! Using future tense with _____ va + INFINTIVE means you are using/understanding more than one tense

Working at up to Level 5
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ACTIVITÉ 6  : Reliez les phrases au passé en français et les phrases en anglais.

Match the French and English past tense sentences

1. Mondain a menacé tous les élèves

2. Clément Mathieu est devenu pion au collège pour les garçons difficiles
3. Clément Mathieu a parlé et sorti avec la mère de Morhange
4. Morhange a très bien chanté
5. Les enfants ont formé la chorale
6. Le concert était un bon succès
7. Monsieur Rachin a punit Boniface
8. Les enfants ont volé de la musique de Clément Mathieu
9. Monsieur Rachin a frappé Mondain
10. Corbin a volé de l’argent
11. Pépinot est adopté par Mathieu

a. Morhange sang very well

b. The children formed the choir
c. Clément Mathieu became a supervisor at the school for difficult boys
d. Pépinot is adopted by Mathieu
e. M. Rachin punished Boniface
f. Mondain bullied all the pupils
g. Pépinot is adopted by Mathieu
h. The concert was a good success
i. The children stole music from Clément Mathieu
j. M. Rachin hit Mondain
k. Corbin stole some money

ACTIVITÉ 7 : Mettez les scènes dans le bon ordre…

Put those scenes in the right order for the film… Use the letters that are with the English phrases.
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Une sommaire du film!

A summary of the film!

__________ ____________ is the new supervisor at the school called

__________ ___ ____________.

He loves ___________ but his students are very naughty. They do a lot of

__________ ___________.

However the supervisor is defending the children because the head teacher, called

M. _______________, punishes them ____________.

His motto is ___________-_____________!

The supervisor organises _______________ and the students sing well, especially

_____________ _____________.

But a new student who is called _________________ arrives and bullies everyone, for

example _________________.

Finally M. ____________________ leaves, but one of his students becomes a

__________ thanks to his work.

Mathieu // Conductor // Mondain // a choir // Action-Reaction // Pépinot // Rachin //

Pierre Morhange // music // Clément Mathieu // silly things // Fond de l’étang // severely
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ACTIVITÉ 8  : Répondez aux questions suivantes en anglais…

Answer the following questions in English…

Une description d’un film Describing a film

1) Comment s’appelle le film? - What’s the film called?

2) C’est quel genre de film? - What type of film is it?

3) C’est un film pour les adultes ou - Is it a film for adults, children or

des enfants ou toute la famille? the whole family?

4) Le film dure combien de temps? - How long does the film last?

5) C’est un film connu? - Is it a well-known film?

6) Où se déroule l’action du film? - Where is the film set?

7) C’est comment, le film? - What do you think of the film?

8) Tu recommanderais le film? - Would you recommend the film?

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