The pleasure of poetic pattern by David Silverstein

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 Humans are creatures of rhythm and repetition. From our breath to our gait: rhythm is central to our experience, and often brings us pleasure. We can find pleasure in the rhythm of a song, or even the rows of an orchard. Of course, too much repetition can also backfire. David Silverstein describes what poetic repetition is and why it works.

Source: ed.ted.com

 

The Tell-Tale Heart , Edgar Allan Poe, 1843

  

Read and listen to the short-story (adapted version)
Source: manythings.org
              interesting things for ESL students

Two short plays

Over the Wall by James Saunders
Us and Them by David Campton

1° L LELE autobiography

Homework for Monday 6^th November                                    1°L LELE

Your task: Write an extract from your own « autobiography »

Choose a specific event or episode that you remember, a memory from your childhood, for example it can be a very embarrassing episode, a funny, joyful or sad moment … but it must be described as a special moment, something that tells a little bit about yourself.

You should:

-write in the first person and in the past tense

-include details about the setting (time, place, people …)

-include at least one dialogue

-describe your feelings, emotions

-find your own “I” or “eye” to tell the story

→ Don’t forget that the story will sound more “realistic” if you are telling the truth, or maybe "your truth".

Advice: before you start, ask yourself the following questions:

How do I look back on that moment? Why was it special? Why do I remember it? What does it tell about me? Why do I want to share it or to write about it?

It may help you find your own “voice”.                                                          

                                                                                Have a nice holiday 

Harry Potter: How the boy wizard enchanted the world

What JK Rowling said about first Harry Potter book in 1997

Can you believe it's 20 years since the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?

Joanne Rowling, as she was known then, dreamed up the story of the bespectacled boy wizard on a train trip between London and Manchester.
She finished the manuscript in 1995, writing much of it in cafes in Edinburgh while her baby from her first marriage slept in a pram.
After many rejections, the manuscript was eventually picked up by Bloomsbury. The first hardback print run, which came out on 26 June 1997, was just 500 copies.
Then something magic happened. That first book - and the six that followed - went on to sell more than 450 million copies around the world.

It got kids (and adults) reading  ...

It also got people writing  ...

It spawned one of the world's biggest film franchises  ...

 

Young stars: Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint  (Warner Bros/Getty Images)

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Source: BBCNews 26 June 2017

What you might not know about Harry

It has been 20 years since Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published.
But how much do you know about the books that bought us the boy wizard?
Here are some magic numbers.

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US author Harper Lee dies aged 89

BBC remembers Pulitzer-prize winning author Harper Lee, known for To Kill A Mockingbird
Source: BBC News  Entertainment & Arts

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Strict : a poem by Michael Rosen

Michael Rosen was born in 1946 in north London. One of the best-known figures in the children's book world, he is renowned for his work as a poet, performer, broadcaster and scriptwriter.

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Listen to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens in 9 video episodes offering both audio and text.

The classic Christmas ghost story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his haunting by three spirits is read by Alan Smith in an abridgement that is faithful to the original text.

Source: BBC Learning School Radio

Click here to discover the episodes

LELE dossiers

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Gothic fiction

Here is an interesting article about the evolution of Gothic fiction:
The Castle of Otranto: the creepy tale that launched Gothic fiction

Gothic fiction : LELE Terminale L

What are the typical elements in Gothic fiction? Click here

Vincent by Tim Burton

          Vincent is an animated short film, written and directed by Tim Burton. 
          Vincent is the story of a young boy, Vincent Malloy, who pretends to be like the actor Vincent Price (who narrates the film). He is obsessed with the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and it is his detachment from reality when reading them that leads to his delusions that he is in fact a tortured artist, deprived of the woman he loves, mirroring certain parts of Poe's "The Raven". The film ends with Vincent feeling terrified of being tortured by the going-ons of his make-believe world, quoting "The Raven" as he falls to the floor in frailty, believing himself to be dead.

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The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

Read an extract from The Taming of the Shrew, a comedy by William Shakespeare.
Compare the original text with a modern version. Click here.

Roald Dahl - Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf

You all know the story of Little Red Riding Hood but this one is a bit different !
Listen to Roald Dahl's revisited version.

Copy paste this link to read the text at the same time: 

https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/poem/little-red-riding-hood-and-the-wolf/

Source:  childrens.poetryarchive.org

English literature - Première L - Charles Dickens

Click here to read the extract from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens with the French translation.

vocabulary exercise: literature

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