14 March 2011Bell work: Place Les Mis

book and your notes on your desk

1. Discuss “Intro” from book within groups

2. Read “Preface” together3. My Introduction – listen

carefully and take notes Homework: Read and take

notes on… *pages 3-48 for Tues.*pages 49-109 for Thur.

Objectives:1.Share analysis of text2.Listen and take notes

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD-q2YuKb6c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CblXINeKuwM

Author & Genre

1. Who?2. What Kind?

Title1. Who?2. Why?

Setting

1. Where?2. When?

Charactershttp://www.imdb.com/character/ch0014450/quotes

1. Jean Valjean2. Cosette3. Fantine4. Javert5. Marius6. Eponine7. Thenardier8. The bishop9. Paris

http://www.monologuearchive.com/h/hugo_002.html

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Themes

The necessity of love and compassion

19th century France and social injustice

Dwarfism of childhood due to poverty

Motifs-recurring ideas

that help develop a theme

Symbols-objects or colors used to represent ideas or concepts

Catacombs

Parisian Sewers