Séance 1: brainstorming (entrée dans le genre littéraire et artistique)

 

Step 1: listen to the toolbox

 

 

 

 

  • dishevelled /dɪˈʃɛvəld/ → messy (clothes or hair ) (adj.)
  • gaunt /ˈgɔːnt/ / lanky / scrawny /ˈskrɔːnɪ/ (adj.) → excessively thin
  • abandoned house (n.)
  • mural / street art (n.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 2: Guess who this character might be and imagine his story

[reactivation hypothèse & justification, inférence sur le Gothic]

 

Step 3: mindmap

Listen and list the words finding the category they belong to.

 

 

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Follow-up work:  you are the character in the picture: write a one-minute monologue about your situation [using the mindmap]; be prepared to read/act it in front of the class!

 

Séance 2

1. warming up : how many words can you remember ? pair work

 

† Discuss the gothic stories you know, do they have all the characteristics mentioned?

I remember reading... 

  • Do you like gothic stories? Why or why not?
  • What are the effects on the readers? It made me feel / I find it...


2. Reading: What is the Gothic? [annexe 1]

does the information match what we have been saying?

 

Follow-up work: bearing all the information in mind, write the beginning of a gothic story (pair work)

 

To help you, do the following exercises:

Language in progress: https://www.lelivrescolaire.fr/page/6727907

 

B. Grammar in progress-:

- exercise 3 adverbs

- exercise 4 concordance des temps

D. Vocabulary in progress :

-  exercises 6, 7 & 8

Winter break: lecture en autonomie 

'The Murder in the Rue Morgue'

 

Objectifs : introduction à Poe, l’homme et l’œuvre

CO : méthodologie (entrainement vers la synthèse)

 

  • Watch the videos below and take notes

  • You have to write an entry for wikipedia about Poe: use the information gathered to write a short biography of his life and work, focusing on the main events.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-387NMCR6w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lgg-pVjOok (advanced)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Follow up work : listen to this short recording to know more about the Gothic as an artistic genre.                                                     

 

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Imagine you are editing a guide on the Gothic as an artistic genre.

Find illustrations for each important information about the history of the Gothic and write a few sentences to accompany them.

 

  • Study of ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4s9V8aQu4c

Watch the video several times and pick up the main information

(who, where, when, what) so that you can sum up the plot orally.

You will find the text attached at the bottom of the page.

You may also listen to a great actor reading the short story:

 

 

 

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