Mrs. Demongeot's English Class: Premières LLCE Unit 3 'Dreams of Immortality'

Dreams of Immortality

Axes: 'Imaginaires Effrayants'

'Utopies & Dystopies'

Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' excerpts:

Reading Comprehension:

TRANSHUMANISM:

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Oral Comprehension:

'In Time' - Offical Trailer (click link)

Oral comprehension questions:

a. How much ‘time’ does the protagonist usually have on an average day ?

b. What recent changes mentioned in the video have made the main characters upset or put them at risk ?

c. What delema does the woman in red face ?

d. What is the bus driver’s reaction ?

e. How old is the protagonist ?

f. How old is the man he’s speaking to ?

g. What is the ‘truth’ according to the man in the suit ?

h. What can we assume about the man in the suit’s position and circumstances ? We see the man’s time run out. What could have happened ?

i. What is the protagonist’s feelings on immortality ?

j. What is the protagonist’s name ?

k. What is the protagonist’s plan ?

l. Who do he and the girl give time to ?

m. What could ‘cripple the system ?’

n. What is ‘the system’?

o. What is the major problem in this society, according to the protagonist ?

p. Why are the ‘bad guys’ tracking the protagonist ? What was his crime ?

Oral Comprehenion

'UPLOAD - Official Trailer, Amazon Prime

ORAL COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1. What does it mean to 'upload'?

2. What is the main character's name?

3. Does he wish to spend eternity with his girlfriend? How do you know?

4. What is the name of his afterlife residence?

4. What are rules and limits are the same in the afterlife world and in our world?

5. What is the relationship between Nathan the young woman we see thoughout the trailer?

6. How does she feel about Nathan?

7. How does Nathan feel about being in the afterlife?

8. How did the little boy featured at the end die?

EXPRESSION ECRITE

Just the Way You Are...

Axe: L'amour et L'amitié

Heartbreak Playlist 2024

Reading Comprehension

‘Agony of Love’ – Heartbreak, loss, obsession, madness, toxicity ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ (Universal theme in all times and genres)

‘Love/Hate’ – Post-Romantic/Victorian : Jane Austen’s ‘sentimental’ novels - Pride and Prejudice (with the reinforcement of industrialisation, the breaking down of marriage as family obligation & the start of the nuclear family and marrying for love- we see the ‘love/hate’ dynamic become more and more popular in modern books & movies. It takes us from an outside ideal of beauty, to finding beauty and perfection in a person’s inner workings. Accepting them ‘as they are’. Finding beauty in what is has become the new ideal)

Oral Comprehension:

'Just as you are' - Bridget Jones's Diary

min 1m50 - 4m

a. Before Mark Darcy’s confession, does the conversation sound like the two characters really like each other? Why does Bridget assume Mark wants to speak to her?

b. Have they met before? How do you know?

c. What are some of Bridget’s faults, according to Mark?

d. What are some of Bridget’s faults, according to Bridget?

e. What does Mark apologize for? What were the circumstance of their first meeting?

f. What does he want Bridget to know?

g. Does she believe him? Why does his confession surprise her?

h. What convinces her that he’s perhaps sincere?

compare and contrast Lord Byron's poem 'She Walks in Beauty' with Bruno Mars 'Just the Way You Are'... vocabulary, concepts, context...

Reading Comprehension:

Oral Comprehension:

Extract - 'West Side Story, scene 8 Tony meets Maria'

Reading Comprehension:

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'Nonsense!'

Axe: Imaginaire créatrice et visionnaire

Oral expression:

Image iconographique:

https://www.jackson-pollock.org/assets/img/paintings/lavender-mist.jpg

Jackson Pollock documentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HksS8F4yx_8

Written expression:

Imagine and write a story that explains who Estragon & Vladmir are, where they are, why they wait for Godot and why they keep losing their memories...