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2°11 a fixed tale : record yourself for Friday April 3rd
2°11
Read the text about the modern Little Red Riding Hood again and watch the video about The Princess and the Pea.
Then answer these three questions and record yourself.
Send your recording before Friday April 3rd:
1. According to you what is a fixed tale?
2. What are the differences between the true story of Little Red Riding Hood and the modern one?
3. Sum up the story of The Princess and the Pea. USE YOUR OWN WORDS.
Read the text about the modern Little Red Riding Hood again and watch the video about The Princess and the Pea.
Then answer these three questions and record yourself.
Send your recording before Friday April 3rd:
1. According to you what is a fixed tale?
2. What are the differences between the true story of Little Red Riding Hood and the modern one?
3. Sum up the story of The Princess and the Pea. USE YOUR OWN WORDS.
2°8 questions about Stephen Clarke and Talk to the Snail for Friday April 3rd
Read the text and answer the questions.
1) Who is the
narrator of the text?
2) Imagine what Talk to the Snail deals with.
3) Where do you
traditionally find “Commandments”?
4) How many
commandments are there in Talk to the
Snail?
5) What do you
think of these commandments? Why?
6)
What does Clarke
think about French drivers? Why?
7) Imagine four of the "commandments" you could find in Talk to the Snail.
2°8 Monday March 30th Stephen Clarke...
Stephen Clarke about
Talk to the Snail
I’d been playing around with the idea for Talk to the Snail for a while, and had started giving talks about
living in France that I divided up into ‘commandments’. They were rather long
commandments, I seem to remember, along the lines of ‘if you go to Paris, don’t
assume that just because the drivers refuse to stop at red lights and try to
run you over, that they hate you personally’.
I’d then tell a few traffic-related anecdotes. I had several similar
commandments, all of which inspired a bunch of anecdotes, and I found I could
keep this up for ages. So I started writing it down, and shortened the
commandments to things like ‘thou shalt[1]
not love thy neighbour’ and ‘thou shalt not work’. I still couldn’t cram the
French into just ten commandments, though. They’re much too complicated for
that.
Even though I was forced to do eleven commandments, writing the book was a blast, because I was given complete freedom by the publishers.
I also wrote an index that is genuinely helpful, but also a joke in itself, full of references like ‘Alcohol, see Driving’, ‘Restaurant, see Bacteria’, and ‘Weekends, long, frequency of’.
Even though I was forced to do eleven commandments, writing the book was a blast, because I was given complete freedom by the publishers.
I also wrote an index that is genuinely helpful, but also a joke in itself, full of references like ‘Alcohol, see Driving’, ‘Restaurant, see Bacteria’, and ‘Weekends, long, frequency of’.
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2.11 modern tales/ Reading time
A fixed
fairy tale : « Little Red Riding Hood »
Everyone has heard the tale of Little Red Riding Hood
(LRRH)…
we know how she met the big bad wolf in the woods on
her way to Grandma's house ;
we know how the wolf got to Grandma's house first and disguised
himself as Grandma…
"What big eyes you have" and "What big
teeth you have" …
And blah blah blah, rescued by the woodcutter at the
last minute etc, etc.
We've all heard that story!
But here's how Little Red Riding Hood should have
ended...
LLRH :~Over the river and through the woods to
Grandmother's house we go~ (singing)
The wolf : What's that?? (sniffs) Smells like.. a little
girl (sniffs). A little girl wearing a hooded cape (sniffs). Hmm, yes. Red dye
number 40 but.. (sniffs).There's something else... hmm. (sniffs).A rosewood
basket filled with (sniffs)... muffins!
(evil laugh)
Pardon me, unaccompanied little girl…I
couldn't help but notice you, by yourself, traveling alone through this dark
and scary forest. Alone.
LRRH : Yeah?
The wolf : Where are you headed with that delicious
smelling basket of goodies?
Little Red Riding Hood knew how
crafty and dangerous wolves can be so she came up with a very clever plan.
LRRH : I'm headed to... my Grandma's house...it's
down the path... in that direction (showing the wrong path).
But I can't stay and chat : my
poor sick, feeble vulnerable grandmother is waiting for me right down the end
of that path. That way. Yep.
The wolf : How delicious of you, I mean, how dedicated of
you!
But, might I recommend taking time
to gather some wonderfully beautiful flowers for your grandma as you go?
There are MANY flowers just slightly
off the path.
LRRH : OH, so you think I should BEAR slightly off
the path to gather flowers?
The wolf : Yessss. The delay will definitely be worth it
LRRH : Well thank you. I'll be sure to BEAR that in mind.
The wolf : Please do! I'm sure your grandmother will be
VERY surprised. (evil chuckle)
LRRH : Thank you so much for BEARing with me.
As I BEAR this basket onto my
grandmothers house and help her BEAR her sickness.
That she can barely BEAR!!
(giggling)
The wolf : What's funny?
LRRH : Nothing! Off I go! La La La La…
The wolf : Yesss...
I can cut through the woods and
arrive at Grandmother's house first !
At the grandmother’s house :
Grandma (laughing) : Bad
directions! That's clever! (chuckling)
But I wonder... whatever became of
that wolf??
At the bears’ house :
The wolf : Hello, Granny!!
Wait.... You're not Grandma.
Oh… goodness …What big teeth you
have!!
AHHHH!!!!!!
At the grandmother’s house
Grandma : I don't think we'll need to worry about him
anymore! (giggle) More muffins?
LRRH : Please!
And Little Red Riding Hood happily
enjoyed muffins with her grandmother who got well soon after... all because Red
Riding Hood was a smart and practical girl...who knew that wolves were
dangerous and can't be trusted.
The moral? Always give wolves bad
directions.
Always!
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New file 2.8 Monday March 23rd / pictures for Friday March 27Th
Foes or Friends?
Introduction
Answer the following questions and send your answers.
2) Explain its message.
3) What are the common points between the two cartoons?
4) A foe is an enemy: according to you, who are the "foes" and "friends"mentioned in the title? Why?
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