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Dracula Chapter 2 Analysis and Writing Guide

Jonathan is unhappy and unsettled in Count Dracula's castle. He cuts himself while peeling potatoes and is surprised when the Count tries to drink his blood. However, the crucifix that Jonathan holds up has no effect on Dracula. Jonathan finds the whole situation strange, frightening and shocking.

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Dracula Chapter 2 Analysis and Writing Guide

Jonathan is unhappy and unsettled in Count Dracula's castle. He cuts himself while peeling potatoes and is surprised when the Count tries to drink his blood. However, the crucifix that Jonathan holds up has no effect on Dracula. Jonathan finds the whole situation strange, frightening and shocking.

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From Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 1897, chapter 2

1. True or False? Justify your answers by quoting the text:

Jonathan is happy to be in Count Dracula's castle.

Jonathan cut himself while he was peeling potatoes.


Dracula tried to drink Jonathan's blood.
The crucifix had no effect on the Count Dracula.

2. Pick up elements referring to:

FEAR STRANGENESS SURPRISE

3. Underline the verbs of the text and class them in the chart:

PAST PERFECT PAST SIMPLE PAST - BE+V-ING

Number the squares according to the chronological order of events.


4. Circle the time markers.
5. Class these words according to their meaning and their grammatical category:
fear – anxiety – surprising – ghastly – apprehension – terror – horror – awful – scare – surprised –
dread – tremble – surprise – frightening – shake – terrify – astonished – afraid – nervous – frighten –
shiver – horrible – anxious – shaky – apprehensive – horrifying – frightened – dreadful – terrible –
horrified – scared – trembling – terrified

Nouns Verbs Adjectives


Active Passive

FEAR

SURPRISE

WRITE YOUR OWN SPOOKY STORY


It can be either a first person narrative (I ran away...) or a third person narrative (Dan was scared...).
Try to make your story realistic by describing the setting (time and place) and the characters (at least 2).

 Start with: One rainy day... / On a cold night... / It was on a foggy morning that / Three years ago...
 Tenses: Simple Past ( actions ponctuelles )
Past - BE+ING ( description, action en déroulement )
Past Perfect ( pour parler de ce qui s'est passé avant le Simple Past )
 Link words: p 190
 Chronology: first, then, next, finally, as soon as, after + N / afterwards, while,
meanwhile / in the meantime, suddenly / all of a sudden
 Adjectives: frightened, threatening, pale, dark-skinned, annoyed, obscure, foggy, misty
 Adverbs: slowly, quickly, softly, brutally, desperately, helplessly, spitefully, furiously
 Sounds: a gunshot, the door bell, a creaking door, footsteps, screams, whispers, breathing

RECORD YOUR STORY


Prepare your reading at home.
 Practice reading it for several times
 Make pauses, links, stress the right words
 Be careful with your pronunciation. Go to the following websites to check the words you're not sure of:

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Record your spooky story at the lab.


 Audacity: use the guide in “Espace d'échange – Anglais”
 Tone: try to make it lively and scary!

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