1. 14 March 2011 Bell work: Place Les Mis book and your notes on your desk 1.Discuss “Intro” from book within groups 2.Read “Preface” together 3.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 text 2.Listen and take notes

2. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD-q2YuKb6c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CblXINeKuwM

3. Author & Genre 1.Who? 2.What Kind?

4. Title 1.Who? 2.Why?

5. Setting 1.Where? 2.When?

6. Characters http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0014450/quotes 1.Jean Valjean 2.Cosette 3.Fantine 4.Javert 5.Marius 6.Eponine 7.Thenardier 8.The bishop 9.Paris

7. http://www.monologuearchive.com/h/hugo_002.html 24601

8. Themes

9. The necessity of love and compassion

10. 19 th century France and social injustice

11. Dwarfism of childhood due to poverty

12. Motifs -recurring ideas that help develop a theme

13. Symbols -objects or colors used to represent ideas or concepts

14. Catacombs

15. Parisian Sewers