LLCE 1

Welcome to the English culture and literature course (year 1)!

WORD CLOUD par MB

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HOUSES (heading) par MB

INTRODUCTION

KAHOOT – Who lives here?

Diaporama

• Brainstorming (vocabulary)/

Acrostiche: SPOOKY HOUSES

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HOMEWORK: which words (from the word cloud) mean:

SPOOKY HOUSES (brainstorming) par MB

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WELCOME TO STRAWBERRY HILL

Doc 1 (text)

• use the GUIDELINEin the interactive app below (for a more detailed and in-depth guided comprehension of the document)
  • copy every answer in your copybook!

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LET’S RECAP (What is Strawberry Hill? What makes it a spooky place?)

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ICONIC VICTORIAN MANSION

Doc 2 (video)

Dictations

Comprehension

• use the GUIDELINEin the interactive app below (for a more detailed and in-depth guided comprehension of the document)
  • copy every answer in your copybook!

LET’S RECAP (Why has the Victorian mansion become a horror icon?)

CARTE MENTALE Click here

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TO HILL HOUSE

Doc 3 (text)

INTRODUCTION

Cliquez sur l’image pour voir l’extrait

LOST IN THE FOREST

What atmosphere does this extract aim at creating?

(Trace écrite)

• What happens to the character?
  • The old man gets lost in the woods.
  • His horse has run away.
  • It is dark/ night time
  • He finds himself alone in an unknown, isolated, remote place!
  • Then he is chased by a pack of wolves and
  • takes refuge BEHIND a huge iron gate and finally discovers an awe-inspiring castle hidden in the shadows
• Focus on the setting and characters’ feelings –
  • The forest is dark/ gloomy: it is stormy, and foggy, there is a full moon , dead leaves, bats and owls, creepy noises (like the howling of the wolves) and ominous trees.
    

• Which elements in this extract belong to the GOTHIC genre?
• What is the aim of this passage?

This passage aims at creating FEAR/DREAD. The setting is EERIE = UNCANNY which creates a creepy/spooky atmosphere.
This serves as a FOREBODING = a SIGNAL : these elements are a warning that something is not right = it is not safe → we get a foreboding feeling that the old man should …….

EERIE/ UNCANNY

DOCUMENT STUDY

• use the GUIDELINEin the interactive app below (for a more detailed and in-depth guided comprehension of the document)
  • copy every answer in your copybook!

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expression écrite

Visiting Uncle Montague

When he was a child, Edgar used to visit his uncle during the school holidays.

→ Focus on the ‘journey’ to the house and describe the place he used to walk through, then write about his first impressions of the house.

→ Create a spooky atmosphere: your intention is to convey Edgar’s fears to the reader while creating a foreboding feeling about the place. 

→ Write a 1st-person narrative and in the past tense.

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THE OTHERS

Film Study: The Others (Alejandro Amenábar, 2001) Theme: To what extent does the film’s setting help to create an atmosphere of terror?

Film presentation

1. Technical Information
   • Director: Alejandro Amenábar
   • Year: 2001
   • Genre: Thriller / Psychological Horror
   • Main actors: Nicole Kidman (Grace), Alakina Mann (Anne), James Bentley (Nicholas)
2. Synopsis:
   • A woman lives in seclusion with her two light-sensitive children in a large, isolated mansion, waiting for her husband to return from war. She hires three servants, but strange events begin to occur…

Focus on
→the house (outside and inside): what makes it a spooky house?
→the characters’ psychology and their feelings/ the viewer’s feelings
→ the film director’s intention and how he achieves his goal.

I- The House as a Source of Fear
II- Psychological Fear: Building Suspense

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THE MELANCHOLY HOUSE

Doc 4 (text)

PDF ici

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La suite de l’étude de l’oeuvre ↓ici↓

EDGAR ALLAN POE

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LLCE & ME

click here

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THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG… (page)

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llce anglais par Manuelle