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Séquence d'anglais, lycée général et version bac pro allégée. Axes possibles : « Fictions et réalités », « Espace privé et espace public », « Art et pouvoir » (cycle terminal). Quatre nouvelles du domaine public, textes intégraux disponibles. Pour The Necklace, la classe a étudié La Parure en cours de français : l'activité passerelle part de ce savoir.
| Story | Source |
|---|---|
| The Necklace | Guy de Maupassant, “The Diamond Necklace” (La Parure, 1884), English translation in Original Short Stories, transl. Albert M. C. McMaster, A. E. Henderson et al., Project Gutenberg eBook #3090, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3090 |
| The Gift of the Magi | O. Henry, “The Gift of the Magi” (1905), in The Four Million, Project Gutenberg eBook #7256, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7256 |
| The Interlopers | Saki, “The Interlopers”, in The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers (1919), Project Gutenberg eBook #1477, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1477 |
| The Cask of Amontillado | Edgar Allan Poe, “The Cask of Amontillado” (1846), Project Gutenberg eBook #1063, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1063 |
Typographical note: in the online texts, the long dashes of the printed editions are shown as commas.
| Session | Content | Final skill |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Story structure, hooks, twists | identify an arc |
| 2 | The Necklace | read, speak, write |
| 3 | Comparative literature: La Parure and The Necklace | compare a text and its translation |
| 4 | The Gift of the Magi | read, speak, write |
| 5 | The Interlopers | read, speak, write |
| 6 | The Cask of Amontillado | read, speak, write |
| Evaluation | Reading, vocabulary, writing | out of 20 |
Every session opens with a marked Recap check and closes with required homework.
| Recap check, how to run it | Detail |
|---|---|
| Before the bell | The questions are on the board or projected when students walk in. |
| Minutes 0 to 4 | Everyone writes; no talking. The teacher takes the register meanwhile. |
| Minute 4 | Random draw of three names (cards, app or dice), oral answers. |
| Marking | Marks on the scale given, noted in the gradebook; homework checked at the same time. |
| Why | Not one idle minute: the class starts the moment students enter, and homework is reinforced. |
Reminder, the sequence online: https://short-stories-anglais.netlify.app