Going for gold

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Going for gold Oscar
The 76th Academy Awards of Merit were presented
on February 29th 2004
The best actress--- Charlize Theron
The best actor--- Sean Penn
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Warming up

1. What kind of plays do you like best?

2. Have you ever acted in a play? What role
did you play?
3.what should be included in a play?
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Unit 15
THE NECKLACE
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The author
Guy de Maupassant ???
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famous French novelist
Ball of Fat (???)and The Necklace are his best
known short stories.
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Sorry. I didnt recognize you.
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Cant you borrow some?
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The necklace is not a real diamond
one.
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Complete the information on each scene
when where who what
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Met each other Methilde looked older.
A park in Paris
Methilde Jeanne
1870
Got an invitation to a ball and got ready for it.
The home of M and P
1860
Methilde Pierre
The story of the lost necklace.
A park in Paris
Methilde Jeanne
1870
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Scene 1

1. Why didnt Jeanne recognize Mathilde at first?
2. What was the life Mathilde lived in the past ten
   years like?
3. Why had she been working very hard?

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Scene 2
Why did Mathilde borrow a necklace from her
friend, Jeanne?
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Scene 3

1. What happened on their way home after the ball?
2. What did they do for Jeanne?
3. What did they do in order to pay back the debt?

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Structure
Why
an invitation to a ball
when
Ten years ago
Borrow a necklace
whom
Her friend Jeanne
when
At/after the ball
Lose the necklace
Where
Palace/ way
How
Buy a new one
Return the necklace
36,ooo francs
How much
How long
Ten years of hard work
Learn the truth
Not a diamond but a glass one
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Discussion

• If you were Jeanne,would you tell Mathilde the
  truth? And Why?
• If you were Mathilde, what would you do after the
  necklace was lost? And why?

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Homework
1. Continue the play.
2. Work in groups of four, acting the play out.
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Thankyou