Mrs bixby and the colonel's coat

THE SECOND STORY!!

Mrs Bixby and the colonel’s coat

by Roald Dahl

Pre-treatment activity:

It is an interesting story in which the main character has unexpected final. Do you want to know what happen in it? Give your opinion. 

Treatment activity:

This link is useful to take an idea about the plot of the story.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIbu9WKlJIU 

Let's read the story in this link!

http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/lamb.html

Post- treatment activity:

This is my favourite picture of the story. What is your favourite part of the story? Can you take a picture of that?

The author                                                         The book

He was born in Paris, of Irish ancestry, Somerset Maugham was to lead a fascinating life and would become famous for his mastery of short evocative stories that were often set in the more obscure and remote areas of the British Empire. 

Post-treatment activity:

This is a part of a dialogue of the story.
Listen to it and have fun!

http://goanimate.com/videos/0ca6wSsAnOqo?utm_source=linkshare

After having read and listened the dialogue. Change it to another one but the ending must be the same. 
Let's see your imagination and creativity!

Post-treatment activity:

- What do you think about the story?

- Do you like Spain?  Why? 
- Do you prefer living in another country? Why?

Give me your opinion about that!

The Happy Man

THE FIRST STORY !

Pre-treatment activity:


Before reading the story I have chosen some pictures which represent some acts in it. See these images and try to get an idea about the topic of the story and the plot.

http://www.glogster.com/lidonju/the-happy-man-story/g-6lhmjnlhcn4h4cc5m9127a0

Treatment activity:


After that, read the story and compare your own story with the original. Has it the same plot or different? You can compare with your parthers.

This is the link to read the first story!

http://www.miguelmllop.com/stories/stories/thehappyman.pdf