Lesson : The Second Bedroom
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Lesson : The Second Bedroom
1) Read the texts, imagine what is the second room
2) Imagine the particularity of this second room.
Lesson : The Second Bedroom
1) Read the introduction to the first part and use your knowledge of the genre to imagine what might be in the « second room ».
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Lesson : The Second Bedroom
Read the first part.
2) a) Say what you understand about the situation. In your logbook, hlighlight in different colours elements referring to the setting and the characters
Lesson : The Second Bedroom
b) Did you find what you expected in the bedroom ? What questions are you still asking yourself ? Share them wih the class
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Lesson : The Second Bedroom
Read the second part.
3) a) What has not changed ?
Lesson : The Second Bedroom
b) Remember the questions you asked yourself after reading part one. Do you now have answers to them ?
Lesson : The Second Bedroom
c) In your logbook, highlight in different colours elements concerning Loretta’s actions, the other character and the bed. Then, sum up Loretta’s actions and movements :
→ »She knocked at the door ...»
Lesson : The Second Bedroom
d) How would you feel / react in such a situation ?
Lesson : The Second Bedroom
4) Read the whole text again. Recap the story.
Lesson : The Second Bedroom
5) Here are some other elements related to the story
Lesson : The Second Bedroom
5) Here are some other elements related to the story
a) Use a murder grid to organize all the information you now have about the story
Lesson : The Second Bedroom
5) Here are some other elements related to the story
b) Link clues and make suppositions about what happened.
Lesson : The Second Bedroom
5) Here are some other elements related to the story
c) Tell the class your version of the story. Be ready to answer your classmates’ questions.
Lesson : The Second Bedroom
TASK !
Write an short article (about 10 lines max) to describe what you have found in the bedroom. Explain your feelings and the atmosphere of the scene. Give ideas about what may have happened.