⏱ DURÉE55 min
👥 ORGANISATIONClasse entière
📖 DOMINANTEReading + speaking
📚 SUPPORTManual p.18
📺 🪝 🍿 😱
HOW DO TV SERIES GET US HOOKED?
THE RECIPE FOR AN ADDICTIVE TV SERIES
Why is it sometimes so difficult to stop after ONE episode?
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JUST ONE MORE EPISODE!
⏱ 6 minCompare your 3 homework ideas.
WHAT MAKES YOU WANT TO WATCH THE NEXT EPISODE?
ONE MORE EPISODE… WHY?
suspense · characters · action · mystery · surprise · ending…
THINK!
Do producers do this on purpose?
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KEY WORD — GET HOOKED
⏱ 4 min🪝
What does a HOOK do?
BE / GET HOOKED ON SOMETHING
really want to continue / become addicted
“I'm hooked on this series.”
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INVESTIGATION — THE RECIPE
⏱ 12 minMISSION: Find THREE ingredients producers use to get viewers hooked.
One ingredient is…
It makes viewers…
It makes viewers…
FIRST: SEARCH THE TEXT
Find 3 ingredients in the manual. If you need help, click ONE numbered card for a clue.
🕵️♀️ 📖 🔎
Don't translate everything.
HUNT FOR EVIDENCE!
YOUR MISSION
Select 3 ingredients.
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BECOME THE EXPERT!
⏱ 8 minEach team explains TWO ingredients WITHOUT READING THE MANUAL.
⭐ FAMOUS ACTORS
❤️ STRONG CHARACTERS
💥 ACTION
🎲 SURPRISES
😱 CLIFFHANGERS
📱 SOCIAL MEDIA / FANS
VIEWERS GET HOOKED!
Click an ingredient to reveal a simple explanation.
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WHAT'S A CLIFFHANGER?
⏱ 7 min😱 … ❓
Can you remember a cliffhanger from a series you've watched?
A cliffhanger is an ending WHICH leaves the audience in suspense.
WHO OR WHICH?
Let's compare two relative pronouns. Reveal the examples when you're ready.
A sidekick is a character WHO helps the hero.
A trailer is a video WHICH advertises a film or a TV series.
WHO → people / characters
WHICH → things
WHICH → things
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WHAT DO PRODUCERS WANT?
⏱ 8 minWANT + someone + TO + verb | EXPECT + someone + TO + verb
MAKE A SENTENCE
Click a card to reveal a model.
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CREATE THE PERFECT HOOK
⏱ 6 minChoose a TV series you know.
What gets viewers hooked?
YOUR CHALLENGE
“________ gets viewers hooked because…”
Choose THREE ingredients and justify your choice.
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EXIT TICKET
⏱ 3 min🎟️ 🪝 📺
Complete:
TV series get us hooked because…
Click an idea to build your answer.
✓
TOOLBOX + HOMEWORK
HOW DO TV SERIES GET US HOOKED?
TV producers use different ingredients:strong characters · action · surprises · famous actors · cliffhangers · social media.
A cliffhanger is an ending which leaves the audience in suspense.
These ingredients make viewers want to watch more episodes.
GRAMMAR TOOLBOX
WHO → people / charactersWHICH → things
want + someone + to + verb
Producers want viewers to keep watching.
expect + someone + to + verb
They expect viewers to watch the next episode.
HOMEWORK
Complete the language practice on your worksheet.Then think about your own experience:
Have you ever…
📺 watched several episodes in a row?
🍿 watched a whole season very quickly?
🌙 stayed up late because of a series?
😅 said “just one more episode”?
DON'T WRITE THE ANSWERS.
