FILM. GREAT EXPECTATIONS BY CHARLES DICKENS

FILM
GREAT EXPECTATIONS

BOY (THE GREAT MOUSE PLOT)

Describe "The Great Mouse Plot" (35-40 words).

VOCABULARY

1. Loose
2. Stinky
3. Strutting
4. Rear
5. Lid
6. Filthy
7. Jazzed up
8. Hoard
9. Wonder
10. Counter

UNIT 10. CONDITIONALS

BOY (THE BICYCLE AND THE SWEET SHOP)

1. What are the two moments Dahl can recall from the Llandoff School he attended  from age 7-­‐9?
 2. What is “ratitis”? Is it real?
 3. Describe some of Dahl’s favorite candies.

VOCABULARY

1. Flourishing
2. Slope
3. Whirring
4. Whizzing
5. Bizarre
6. Lecture
7. Cauldron
8. Coil
9. Sucked
10. Scabs

UNIT 9. FUTURE FORMS

BOY (KINDERGARTEN)

1. What happened to Dahl’s family in 1920? Would this have likely happened today? Explain.
2. How did Dahl’s mother respond to that incident?
3. How did Dahl get to kindergarten?

BOY (PAPA AND MAMA)

1. On page 11, Dahl discusses how both his grandfather and father were much older when they became a father. How would it feel to have your father/grandfather so much older than you? Do you think it would be good or bad? Why?

2. What “ingenious instrument” did Dahl’s father invent? Why?
3. What is a shipbroker?
4. What significant event happened to Dahl’s father after moving to Cardiff?
5. What are the “glorious walks” Dahl’s father insisted on having?