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Choose a subject related to the novel (a topic, a theme, a quote). Prepare some questions and list a few answers. Be ready to propose your subject to your group (of 4).
On Speaking day, in groups of 4 :
- choose a group leader
- the group leader organises a vote : select 2 of the subjects proposed
- discuss subject 1 > the subject leader presents their subject and launches the discussion / helps with questions / helps with ideas when necessary
- discuss subject 2 > same as subject 1
- fill in the self-assessment grid

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After reading and analysing the novel, write an essay on the theme : Art et débat d'idées.

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After reading and analysing the novel, write an essay on the theme : Art et débat d'idées.

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WRITING

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1. The place.
2. The government / the leaders.
3. Categories of people and their roles.

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FICHE MÉTHODO S'EXPRIMER À L'ORAL - A LIRE ATTENTIVEMENT
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Vous devez vous habituer à parler debout devant un public (grand oral). La prise de parole se fera sans note (instructions officielles).
- Préparez à la maison
- Préparez votre prise de parole pendant 10 minutes
- Donnez votre brouillon au jury
- Prenez la parole

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Choose subject 1 or 2.

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Give a lecture to a class of teenagers.
You are Offred. You have escaped to Canada and have been asked to give a lecture about Gilead and freedom to a class of teenagers. Imagine and write what you would tell them. Then play your role with the class (give the lecture).
Here are some tips :
- structure your writing
- you can speak about freedom of speech / of movement / choice / etc
- you can speak about the consequences (identity, etc)
- you can speak about how you managed to remain sane
- Don't read / use your notes and speak
- Be convincing!

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Save your list for later. You will be able to use these questions for your portfolio.

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Save your list for later. You will be able to use these questions for your portfolio.

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Principaux procédés de traduction.

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Translate the following passage from Chapter 29 (extract 3).

Read the tips before starting to work. You can also read the method sheet below.

Tips :

Il est nécessaire de relire les lignes précédentes pour situer le passage dans son contexte.

Il est important ici de saisir l’esprit de ces quelques lignes afin de retranscrire tout ce que l’auteur a voulu transmettre (par exemple la différence entre son comportement en dehors et à l’intérieur du bureau du Commandeur).

Pensez à respecter le niveau de langue.

De nombreuses transpositions seront nécessaires pour traduire correctement ce passage.

Faites un premier jet, puis modifiez jusqu’à obtenir une traduction qui vous semble assez proche de l’original.

Ne vous limitez pas au premier mot qui vous vient à l’esprit et creusez-vous la tête pour trouver le mot ou l’expression juste.

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Analyze : genre / narrator and point of view / plot steps / structure (see 2 documents below)

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Analyze : genre / narrator and point of view / plot steps / structure (see 2 documents below)

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Answer the questions about the novel.

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Number the lines.
Read the text more than once before reading the questions.
Develop your answers.

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Extract from Chapter 29
Pair work.

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Number the lines.
- In groups of 4
- Choose one of the 4 roles
- Individually read the text and answer your questions
- Share your answers with your group
- Share your answers with the class
Remember :
Read the text more than once before reading the questions.
Develop your answers.

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Pair work : connect the novel to our past and our present.
In pairs, search the web and develop an answer to one of these 2 questions.
1. Why did "The Handmaid's Tale" 's costumes became a symbol of #METOO in 2018?
2. How is Gilead based on 16th and 17th Puritanical societies?
Then present your findings to the class and take notes / complete your notes.

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Extract from Chapter 14
Group work.

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Extract from Chapter 2
Individual work.

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Do these activities to be sure you remember what happens in the story.

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Write a sequel.
Imagine a sequel.
Continue the story: imagine a sequel of the novel beginning at the point where the novel ends:

* Offred goes to the colonies

* Offred becomes the new revolutionary leader

* The women decide to take control again

* Some women decide to take a more active role in Gilead

* A totally unexpected event appears

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Watch the video and get ready to complete a plot summary of the novel.

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Watch the video and get ready to complete a plot summary of the novel.

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No need to take notes. Concentrate on the video instead.

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Analysis : About the book and the author

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Analysis : About the book and the author

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Analysis : Literary information about the novel

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Analysis : Literary information about the novel

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A common use for Storyboard That is to help students create a plot diagram of the events from a story. Not only is this a great way to teach the parts of the plot, but it reinforces major events and helps students develop greater understanding of literary structures.

Students can create a storyboard capturing the narrative arc in a work with a six-cell storyboard containing the major parts of the plot diagram. For each cell, have students create a scene that follows the story in sequence using: Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.

Example The Handmaid's Tale Plot Diagram

Exposition

In the Republic of Gilead, Offred, a young Handmaid, has just started her newest post at the Commander's house. As a Handmaid, it is her duty to bear the Commander and his wife a child. Offred is unhappy, remembering tidbits of her life before this one, with her husband Luke and their daughter. The Handmaids are forced into this life, and have been trained at the Red Center by the Aunts to be pious and to appreciate their new status.

Conflict

Offred's primary conflict throughout the novel is that she has a two-year time period in which to bear the Commander a child. However, the Commander also wishes to get to know Offred better, and begins inviting her to his study late at night without his wife, Serena Joy. Offred and the Commander's Guardian, Nick, have begun to notice each other as well.

Rising Action

Offred's daily shopping partner, Ofglen, begins to reveal that she may be a part of an underground resistance movement called Mayday. The Commander plays Scrabble with Offred and begins to bring her gifts, such as women's magazines which are no longer in print. Eventually, he brings her to a club where men and hired women mingle. Serena Joy desperately wants a child and knows her husband is probably infertile; she develops a scheme for Offred to sleep with Nick.

Climax

After a Women's Salvaging, or public hanging, and a Particicution (where the Handmaids beat a man to death as punishment for the crime of rape), Ofglen reveals that the man was actually a political operative. Later, Ofglen has been replaced by another Handmaid - now "Ofglen." Offred tests her by mentioning "Mayday", and discovers that she's made a terrible mistake when the new Ofglen warns her to forget about those old "echoes."

Falling Action

Serena Joy finds out about Offred's outing to the club, and confronts both Offred and the Commander. Soon afterwards, an Eye van arrives to take Offred away. Nick comes up to tell her that they are really Mayday operatives and to trust him, so Offred does. As she is taken from the home, the Commander believes that she will betray him.

Resolution

The final part of the novel is called "Historical Notes", and is purportedly a transcript from a symposium looking at the Gileadean era from the year 2195. The speaker gives the history of "The Handmaid's Tale" transcript, and their attempts to establish its origins and the identity of the Handmaid. The tale was told on a series of cassette tapes, and it was recovered in Bangor, Maine, a known stop of The Underground Femaleroad. It seems that the world has managed to balance itself out population-wise again, and the symposium is designed to understand the foreign and archaic ways of the Gilead nation.

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A common use for Storyboard That is to help students create a plot diagram of the events from a story. Not only is this a great way to teach the parts of the plot, but it reinforces major events and helps students develop greater understanding of literary structures.

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an interview I did on Amanpour about Practical Utopias, among other things.

You can find the landing page for "Practical Utopias" amongst the moving carousel above - or select it from the LEARN & APPLY menu bar. If you are using a mobile device, it's menu system will guide you as well.

This will either be very helpful and instructive or it will go pear-shaped, just like many real Utopias, and I will become an evil dictator.

Your mission: Stop that from happening!

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an interview I did on Amanpour about Practical Utopias, among other things. You can find the landing page for "Practical Utopias" amongst the moving carousel above - or select it from the LEARN & APPLY menu bar. If you are using a mobile device, it's menu system will guide you as well.

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Read more and deepen your understanding with the A-level Literature Guide.
https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/media/Documents/English/Study-and-Revise_The-Handmaid-s-Tale_Sample-Pages.pdf

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- read the novel
- while reading :
• make a list of the characters present or evoked
- write a 5 line summary (maximum) at the end of each chapter (you will have to refer to these summaries to be able to study the texts > make it simple, no details)

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• don't rush : take your time.
• don't panic : when you are reading in a foreign language for the first time, the first pages might seem very difficult, then it becomes easier and easier.
• accept not to understand everything : reading in a foreign language is being able to understand the course of events, not every detail.
• don't make it tedious  : don't look for all the unknown words - only look for the recurrent words  or those which prevent you from understanding a whole passage.
• know when to go backwards : when  it seems you have lost track of the events, go back for a few paragraphs or a whole page and re-read it, or simply stop reading if you think you have had enough of it for the moment.
• make a list of the characters : while reading, make a list of all the characters, present or evoked
• write a 5 line summary at the end of each section : add no details
• DON'T FORGET TO ENJOY THE STORY

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Read and answer the questions. Individual work.

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Read and answer the questions. Individual work.

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Number the lines.
Read more than once before reading the questions.
Develop your answers.

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Write a speech.
EE / EO
Writing can be a powerful tool to denounce the dark side of a society and to fight for a cause.
Choose a cause you want to defend and write a speech that you will deliver in front of the United Nations members.
± 200 words
- Choose a particular country and a cause.
- Write your speech (you can watch some speeches on Youtube to get inspiration).
- Individually practise delivering it.
- Deliver your speech : be convincing !

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In what way does the Handmaid's Tale criticise modern day society? (Is art a powerful tool to defend ideas?)

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In 2017, Hulu created an Emmy Award winner  dystopian tragedy.
Watch the 3 seasons and compare to the novel.
Watch the trailer here :
https://youtu.be/JPVrg4kkuPw

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In 2019 Margaret Atwood wrote the long-waited sequel to "the Handmaid's Tale" :  "The Testaments".
Read the novel to learn more about the characters.

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Do the following activities about the Gileadean society.

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Listen to some students about video 1 and video 2. Then write the summaries.

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Listen to some students about video 1 and video 2. Then write the summaries.

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Optional : at home, watch the other group's video.

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Read the short plot summary and circle the right answer.

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A "maid" is a servant or a young woman.
A "tale" is a 'narrative which can be imaginary or true.
Comment on what the title conveys about the book.
> In groups of 3, write an individual answer, then discuss and decide on a common answer to the question. Then a reporter will present your answer to the class.

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Test yourself with a Quiz on École Directe

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Test yourself with a Quiz on École Directe

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Check your understanding of the story.

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Watch the plot summary to refresh your memory before the Quiz (7'50)

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Watch the plot summary to refresh your memory before the Quiz (7'50)

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No need to take notes. Concentrate on the video instead.

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A Level English Literature  The Handmaid's Tale—Plot Summary

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Video : Margaret Atwood: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale is being read very differently now’ (10'58)

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Video : Margaret Atwood: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale is being read very differently now’ (10'58)

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Margaret Atwood speaks about the period in which she wrote her novel.

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Margaret Atwood: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale is being read very differently now’

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The Handmaid's Tale Complete Audiobook - by Margaret Atwood

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Video  : Margaret Atwood: Handmaid's relevance after election (22'47)

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Video  : Margaret Atwood: Handmaid's relevance after election (22'47)

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Margaret Atwood: Handmaid's relevance after election

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Video : Margaret Atwood about women's oppression (3'22)

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Video : Margaret Atwood about women's oppression (3'22)

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Margaret Atwood Talks Real Life Gilead Events | The View

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Optional overview : Create a Wordcloud or Mindmap

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Optional overview : Create a Wordcloud or Mindmap

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Write all the keywords that you think relevant when you think about that story.
oppression / women / men / etc
https://wordart.com/create

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Video 2 - group 2 : "Author Margaret Atwood on Writing The Handmaid’s Tale" (00:00 > 4:35)

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Video 2 - group 2 : "Author Margaret Atwood on Writing The Handmaid’s Tale" (00:00 > 4:35)

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MEDIATION (rapporter les éléments d'un document en anglais)
- Watch that video from the beginning to 4'35 and take notes.
- Share your notes with your friend who hasn't seen it..
- What is Margaret Atwood trying to do by writing her "tale"?

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Author Margaret Atwood on Writing The Handmaid’s Tale | The Embrace Ambition Summit

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- How many sections and chapters are there in the book?
- Are the events linear?
- Observe the table of contents and comment on it.
- What is the last chapter?
Observe the document to have a clear vision of the structure.

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"Why should you read "The Handmaid's Tale"?
MEDIATION (rapporter les éléments d'un document en anglais)
- Watch that video from the beginning to 3'06 and take notes.
- Share your notes with your friend who hasn't seen it.

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Why should you read "The Handmaid's Tale"? - Naomi R. Mercer

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Explain who the traditional Gileadean household is composed of : make a list of the people and order them according to their rank in the society.

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In pairs :
- draw a pyramid (document above)
- fill it in with a list of all the functions a woman can have in the Republic of Gilead
- briefly explain their role
- comment on the colour they wear.
- write a brief comment on the place of women in the Gileadean society
- relate your answer to the key question (make a link)

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- Together, let's write a list of the most important characters.
- Then in pairs, briefly explain who they are and how they are related to the narrator : fill in the characters map (document above).
- Then share with the class.

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Your portfolio - for the end of the year oral

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Your portfolio - for the end of the year oral

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You are preparing your oral for the end of the year. You have chosen "Art et Contestation". Use the documents studied in the "Movers and Shakers" and the novel "The Handmaid's Tale", compose a set of documents to organize your portfolio, and prepare a 10 minute oral.
- Read the methodology in Shine Bright pages 288 to 293 and the methodology sheet above and follow their guidelines.
- Prepare your set of documents.
- Prepare your oral.
- Practise individually.
- Present to your teacher.

Read the evaluation grid before starting.

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The last line of the novel reads : "Are there any questions?" (Professor Pieixoto's end of speech)
The novel lets the reader with many questions, about what really happened (open ending) and about our society and its future.
Write a list of questions. You can think about :
- Offred
- the events in the novel
- the questions raised in the novel
- the role of the novel
- today's society

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Extract from Chapter 29 :
from page 189 "I"m sitting" to page 192 "would like to steal".

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Extract 2 - "I tell myself it doesn't matter."

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Extract 2 - "I tell myself it doesn't matter."

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Extract from Chapter 14 :
from page 89 "The anchorman comes on now" to page 90 "shining in the dark".

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Text 1 - "Some fairytale figure in a red cloak."

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Text 1 - "Some fairytale figure in a red cloak."

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Extract from Chapter 2 : from page 14 "The bell that measures time" to page 15 "dipped in blood."

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Learn how to pronounce some of the important words in the book.
• Gilead  /'ɡɪlɪɘd/
• handmaid  /'hændmeɪd/

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A powerful, thought-provoking social criticism.

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A powerful, thought-provoking social criticism.

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Mediation : in pairs, watch either video 1 or 2 and take notes of a few important facts, then report to your friend, then to the class.

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Mediation : in pairs, watch either video 1 or 2 and take notes of a few important facts, then report to your friend, then to the class.