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Dracula Ch19-22

Chapter 19 J Harker's journal  - I am so glad that Mina consented to hold back and let us men do the work (p264) Renfield - the sanest lunatic, even though he calls D "Lord and Master" Van Helsing "we needs arms of many kinds" to protect us from his touch: garlic,crucifixes" (264-265) Van Helsing says the following, as they enter the chapen at Carfx (Dracula's new resting place): "Into thy hands, O Lord" (in Latin) Luke 23: 46 The dust and gothic grime of the setting: I could not for my life get away from the feeling that there was someone else amongst us" (p266). The smell:  stagnant and foul. Important: Every breath exhaled by taht monster seemed to have clung to the place and intensified its loathsomeness (p267). 29/50 of "great earth chests" are in Carfax (p268). Although there is "no hiding place", they feel they can see D's face. (Dracula is inside the setting) Rats and dogs ! Read p268-269 !Rats were multipl

Dracula, ch 17-18

 Chapter 17 Dr Seward's Diary Mina, who is "a pearl among women" is traveling to meet the men (p233) and Dr Van Helsing tells Jonathan to be a "master of all the facts" (p233), for within them there is "much of treasure." Indeed, the packet of papers they've accumulated "may be the beginning of the end" or "may sound the knell of the Un-dead who walk the earth" (knell - bells that tolls to signal a death). Dr Seward meets Mina Harker and notes she is "a sweet-faced, dainty-looking girl". They both blush when they meet... (p234) Mina shudders when she enters Dr Sewards home in the lunatic asylum (234). Mina's Journal Mina discover's Dr Seward's phonograph and feels "excited" and says "it beats shorthand" (p235). Dr Seward calls Dracula "that terrible Being" (p236). Mina and Dr Seward read/listen to each others notes. Dr Seward's Diary Mina has "sweet eyes". Seward

Dracula, Ch 14-16

DRACULA Ch. 14 continued... Dr Seward's Diary Note: Dr Seward has been bitten by Lucy -"the wound which poor Lucy left on me"... "is now reopened" (p203). Can someone help me find when he was bitten? However, he does NOT understand who the Booferlady is...Van Helsing shouts at him: Do you mean to tell me, friend John, that you have no suspicion as to what poor Lucy died of; after all the hints given, not only by events, but by me?" (p203).  Task: In pairs or trios or as a class, recite Van Helsing's monologue (with a little but of text from Dr Seward)  starting ""You are clever man, friend John; you reason well... but you are too prejudiced"(204).... and ending "They were made by Miss Lucy" (p206). Ch. 15  Dr Seward's Diary, continued... Dread will help their cause /motivate them... They plan to go to hospital to see children bitten by Blooferlady... then to the churchyard where Lucy lies. The child has bites like Lucy, but

Webinaire Parcoursup

  Webinaire Parcoursup   Conformément à l'annonce faite le 2 décembre (cf ci-dessous), ce lundi 16 janvier à 18h00, nous organisons un webinaire sur le processus Parcousup  à l'attention des parents d'élèves et des élèves de terminale et de première. Cette session sera enregistrée et disponible ultérieurement. Mme ROUBERTIE, notre Psy-EN, conseillère d'orientation animera cette réunion. Lien de Webinaire see MBN email (11/01/2023)

Dracula ch 13-15

  Chapter 13 Complete the following quotes: Lucy in her burial chamber, p175 Who will Lucy be buried with? p174 The professor Van Helsing bent back the sheet and "we both started at the ________ before us"because "all Lucy's _______ had come back to her in _______." Van Helsing puts what onto on her bed? (p176)  John says, "Why mutilate her poor body without need? ... Without such (need)it is monstrous" p176. What is monstrous.... ? (p176). Val Helsing replies "Friend John, I pity your poor bleeding _____; and I love you the more because it does bleed" (p176). Again, such statements make him resemble which character? ________. Lucy did what before she died? She ______ Van Helsing for his work (p177). What happens to the items placed in Lucy's room? The woman who ________ the dead and the _______. (p178). Arthur arrives, and says "the whole of ____seems to have gone from me all at once, and there is _____ in the wide world for me to _

Gap Year by Jackie Kay

"Gap Year" by Jackie Kay. Here is the WONDERFUL site offered by  BBC Bitesize , which talks you through the various stages of the poem. As the BBC site explains:  This poem describes Jackie Kay’s feelings for her son Matthew as he is travelling on his gap year. She remains at home wondering what he is doing, reminiscing about his childhood and reflecting on how quickly he has grown up. Here is an annotated version of the poem,  Gap Year .  Gap Year (for  Mateo ) I I remember your  Moses   basket  before you were born. I’d stare at the  fleecy white sheet  for days, weeks, willing you to arrive, hardly able to believe I would ever have a real baby to put in the basket. I’d feel the mound of my tight  tub  of a stomach, and you moving there, foot against my heart, elbow in my ribcage, turning, burping, awake, asleep. One time I imagined I felt you laugh. I’d play you  Handel’s Water Music  or  Emma Kirkby singing  Pergolesi . I’d talk to you, my  close stranger , call you  Tums

Planner for January and February 2023

Planner for January and February 2023 Thursday 5 January: Jackie Kay - "Gap Year" - and select poems we would like to study in class (Adoption papers...)  Friday 6 January : Dracula Ch 13- 15 Thursday 12 January : Jackie Kay: Adoption Papers Friday 13 January: Dracula Ch 16 Gothic dress up day (plus food).  Dracula Ch. 16  In  research project connecting your Key Issue to the wider topic of Gothic art and literature and film. Details will follow but know I want all the written work to be done by you and NOT copied from original sources. Focus on set OIB texts.  (20 points Pronote for your group) Thursday 19 January: Jackie Kay Friday 20 January : Dracula Ch. 17-19 Thursday 26 January  Jackie Kay Fin du semestre (18 weeks of school done) Friday 27 January: Dracula   Ch 20 -22 Thursday 2 February : Jackie Kay Friday 3 February:   Dracula Ch 23-27 Semaine du Bac. Blanc : Written paper on Jackie Kay Holidays Develop research and understanding of chosen texts: Dracula, Dorian