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La cantatrice chauve (Ionesco)
Contributor: Isabelle Schäfer
Language of text: French
Type of text: Play
Author or source: Eugène Ionesco
Intended age of students: Key Stage 3/4
Source reference: http://www.fcvnet.net/~fredhatif/site_histoire/pages_histoire/xx/documents_xx/cancatrice_chauve.pdf
Scène IV, page 24
Attached files:
Abridged version (scene 4).
Exercises (I only created exercises based on techniques that could be used to explore a scene from a play in an English lesson. I was given a list of activities that could be used to help pupils access concepts...). Some additional preparatory work would be needed.
| File name | File type | Size | |
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| La cantatrice chauve.pptx | No description | 3.56 MB | Info |
| la cantatrice Eugène Ionesco version abrégée.doc | Composite Document File V2 Document | 62.5 kB | Info |
Approaches:
Pupils match up parts of the dialogue.
They say what they think about the dialogue.
They reflect on how Ionesco has used language to create a specific effect (humour: Year 9?/KS4. Shallowness of conversations and absence of real communication: KS5)
They use pictures to reconstruct the dialogue.
Rationale:
Theatre of the absurd. This is different and this could maybe get pupils' attention.
Outcomes:
- performance
- create similar dialogues (Year 9?/KS4)
- KS5: reflect on what communication is for ( Mr and Mme Martin have nothing to say to each other). Link to 2014 and facebook: people posting what they have for lunch or dinner etc... and people replying ("nice food", " I hate pizzas" etc). Broader questions about communication, meaning and social networks.
Topics or themes:
… I haven't taught this.
Grammar:
quel / quelle / comme c'est
avoir + direct object
register
Strategies:
Sequencing
understand how we use language to convey meaning, express prejudices prejudices, i.e language used as a means to an end.
How much time required:
a lot