⏱ DURÉE55 min
👥 ORGANISATIONClasse entière
📖 DOMINANTECompréhension écrite
🧠 LANGUAGEbecause / so + present perfect
📺 🧠 ⚡ 😊
WHY CAN'T WE STOP WATCHING?
THE SCIENCE BEHIND WHY WE BINGE-WATCH
Today, you're going to solve a mystery inside your brain.
1
REACTIVATION CHALLENGE — PRESENT PERFECT
⏱ 5 minSPOT THE MISTAKES! Click a sentence to check it.
2
THE BINGE-WATCHING MYSTERY
⏱ 5 min❓ 📺 🍿
WHY DO WE WANT TO WATCH ONE MORE EPISODE?
FROM SESSION 4
Choose an idea — but is that the whole explanation?
🧠
THE SCIENCE BEHIND WHY WE BINGE-WATCH
Today, you're going to solve the mystery.
3
ANTICIPATION — BUILD THE MECHANISM
⏱ 5 minBefore reading, build a HYPOTHESIS. Click the cards in the order you think makes sense.
YOUR HYPOTHESIS WILL APPEAR HERE…
IMPORTANT
Don't check yet! The article will tell us if your model works.
4
FIRST READING — FIND THE EVIDENCE
⏱ 8 minDON'T TRANSLATE. DON'T USE A DICTIONARY.
You have 3 minutes. Find words connected to:
WORD HUNT
Choose a lexical field for a reading mission.
📖 🔎 ✏️
HUNT FOR WORDS — NOT FOR A TRANSLATION.
5
SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION
⏱ 12 minEach team has ONE mission. Find evidence in the article, then explain it in SIMPLE ENGLISH.
CHOOSE YOUR TEAM
Click your team card to display your exact mission.
🧠 Our brain produces dopamine.
⚡ Dopamine makes us feel good.
😊 We want to feel good again.
🔁 So we watch another episode.
⚡ Dopamine makes us feel good.
😊 We want to feel good again.
🔁 So we watch another episode.
6
SOLVE THE MYSTERY — THE BINGE-WATCHING LOOP
⏱ 8 minNow rebuild the mechanism. Click the steps in the correct order.
BUILD THE LOOP…
MYSTERY
Build all 5 steps, then check.
7
FROM SCIENCE TO ENGLISH — CAUSE & CONSEQUENCE
⏱ 5 minBECAUSE → CAUSE
BECAUSE
Click a pair of ideas.
SO → CONSEQUENCE
SO
Click a pair of ideas.
8
EXIT TICKET — EXPLAIN IT SIMPLY
⏱ 5 min🎟️ 🧠 💡
Explain binge-watching to a 10-year-old. Maximum 3 sentences.
BUILD YOUR EXPLANATION
Use the ideas above, but speak in your own words.
When we watch a series we like, our brain produces dopamine. Dopamine makes us feel good, so we want to watch another episode. This is why it can be difficult to stop.
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TOOLBOX + HOMEWORK
WHY CAN'T WE STOP WATCHING?
When we watch a series we enjoy, our brain produces dopamine.Dopamine makes us feel good.
We want to experience that feeling again, so we watch another episode.
The loop continues.
LINKING IDEAS
BECAUSE → causeWe continue watching because dopamine makes us feel good.
SO → consequence
Dopamine makes us feel good, so we continue watching.
HOMEWORK — TRAINING
A. BECAUSE or SO?1. Cliffhangers create suspense, ___ viewers want to continue watching.
2. We binge-watch ___ we want to know what happens next.
3. Dopamine makes us feel good, ___ we want more.
4. People get hooked ___ series are designed to keep their attention.
B. Put the mechanism in the correct order.
dopamine is produced / we watch another episode / we watch a series we enjoy / we feel good / we want to experience the feeling again
C. Present perfect revision.
1. I ___ never ___ (watch) a whole season in one day.
2. ___ you ever ___ (feel) unable to stop watching?
3. My sister ___ already ___ (finish) the series.
