Dracula

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Dracula

Do you know Vlad Dracula? Was he a real person? Was he a criminal or a ghost – a real prince?

Why was he so famous?

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What do you know about Dracula?

Do you know about Dracula from movies or legends ?What about the name? what does it mean?

Is it true of false? After reading the texts, check this information

Valid III the Impaler (also known as Vlad Dracula1431 –1476) was Prince of Wallachia, a former country that is now part of Romania.

His was king for 3 times: in1448, from 1456 to 62, and in 1476.

Vlad is best known for the exceedingly cruel punishments he imposed during his reign. That is why he became inspiration for the vampire main character in Bram Stoker's popular Dracula

novel.

Some information about the authorAbraham "Bram" Stoker was an Irish writer, and author of the horror novel Dracula. Before writing Dracula, Stoker spent eight yearsresearching European folklore and stories of vampires!The novel is about a young solicitor, Jonathan Harker, who travels to Transylvania to sell a house to a nobleman named Dracula.

Let’s read the novel and listen to it!Let’s solve the comprehensionexercises!A guide for reading novels.Send your exercisesby email:

First chapter:

The road to Castle Dracula

Identify the characters!

Identify the places!

Answer questions on page 53

Watch the trailer from the movie!

Europe 1890

Second chapter:

A prisoner in the Castle

•Answer questions on page 53

Third chapter:

The Vampires

•Answer questions on page 54•Watch the trailer of the movie (1960):

The Brides of Dracula

:Fourth chapter

A visit to Hythe

Answer questions on pages 54 & 55Fifth chapter

How Lucy died

Answer questions on page 55Sixth Chapter:

The beautiful lady of Hythe

Answer questions on pages 55 & 56

Seventh chapter

The House of the Vampire•Answer questions on page 56

•Eighth chapter

The Flight of the Vampire

•Answer questions on page 56

Ninth chapter

The Return to Castle Dracula

•Answer questions on page 57

Do All exercises from the book, please!

Answer to the following questions:1. Who was Prince Vlad Dracula?

2. Why was he called “Vlad the Impaler”

3. Who was Abraham Stoker?

4. What inspired him to write his novel?

5. What happened to Vlad’s wife?

6. What happens to the main characters in the novel’

7. Why does Dracula want to kidnap Mina?

8. How wourdl you lite to end this story?

9. Do you believe in vampires? Are they real or not?

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http://www.weird-encyclopedia.com/vlad-dracula.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire

http://vampires.monstrous.com/short_stories_about_dracula.htm

Dracula’s short storiesThe Golden CupThe PriestThe Foreign MerchantThe Two MonksCastle DraculaThe Polish NoblemanThe Foreign AmbassadorsDracula's MistressThe Lazy WomanThe Nobleman with the delicate sense of smellThe Burning of the Sick and Poor

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1Come on,

you can!Comprehension and

producction

Student/s…

understand entire story and

accurately do the activities

related to the story.

seems to understand most

of the story and accurately

do the activities related to

the story.

understands some parts of

the story and accurately do

the activities related to the

story.

has trouble understanding

or remembering most parts

of the story.

Participates Willingly

Student/s….

volunteers answers to

questions and willingly tries

to answer questions s/he is

asked.

volunteers once or twice

and willingly tries to all

questions s/he is asked.

does not volunteer

answers, but willing tries to

answer questions s/he is

asked.

does not willingly

participate.

Thinks about

Characters

Student/s…

describes how a character

might have felt at some

point in the story, and

points out some pictures or

words to support his/her

interpretation without

being asked.

describes how a character

might have felt at some

point in the story, and

points out some pictures or

words to support his/her

interpretation when asked.

describes how a character

might have felt at some

point in the story, but does

NOT provide good support

for the interpretation, even

when asked.

cannot describe how a

character might have felt at

a certain point in the story.

Respects Others

Student/s…

listens quietly, does not

interrupt, and stays in

assigned place without

distracting fidgeting.

listens quietly and does not

interrupt. Moves a couple

of times, but does not

distract others.

interrupts once or twice,

but comments are relevant.

Stays in assigned place

without distracting

movements.

interrupts often by

whispering, making

comments or noises that

distract others OR moves

around in ways that distract

others.

Responsability and

colaboration

Student/s…

always works in class,

presents the tasks on time

and is willing to work with

others

sometimes works in class,

presents some of the tasks

on time and is not willing to

work with others.

rarely works in class or

presents some of the tasks

on time and is not willing to

work with others.

never works in class or

presents the tasks on time.