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    The document provides context about the author Sebastian Faulks and his novel Charlotte Gray, from which the excerpt "The Last Night" is taken. Faulks is an English novelist who wrote Charlotte Gray, one of three novels focused on France in the 20th century. The excerpt describes the waiting and suffering of Jewish boys and men on their last night in Drancy, a camp outside Paris, before being taken to concentration camps in Germany during World War 2 under the Vichy regime. It creates a tense atmosphere and makes the reader feel fear and dread for the characters' fate. The document then lists exam questions and organizing students into groups for an in-class reading of the text.

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    The Last Night' From (Charlotte Gray) : Iscs Grade 11

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    The document provides context about the author Sebastian Faulks and his novel Charlotte Gray, from which the excerpt "The Last Night" is taken. Faulks is an English novelist who wrote Charlotte Gray, one of three novels focused on France in the 20th century. The excerpt describes the waiting and suffering of Jewish boys and men on their last night in Drancy, a camp outside Paris, before being taken to concentration camps in Germany during World War 2 under the Vichy regime. It creates a tense atmosphere and makes the reader feel fear and dread for the characters' fate. The document then lists exam questions and organizing students into groups for an in-class reading of the text.

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    The Last Night

    from (Charlotte Gray)


    ISCS
    Grade 11

    Introduction to Author

    Sebastian Faulks is English and was born in 1953. He


    was a journalist before becoming a novelist. He has
    written many novels, one of the most recent being the
    latest James Bond adventure, Devil May Care. Though
    Faulks is a popular writer, this novel is not typical of his
    usual work. The extract in the Anthology comes from a
    novel called Charlotte Gray, one of three books Faulks
    wrote which focus on France in the 20th century. The
    characters in this novel are fictional but the events
    depicted in it tragically happened. The actual camp in the
    extract was at Drancy in Paris; from here thousands of
    Jewish adults and children (the real-life Andrs and Jacobs)
    were taken to concentration camps in Germany with the
    help of the wartime Vichy regime in France. Sebastian
    Faulkss novels have powerful themes and their settings are
    very realistic. The events in his latest novel, A Week in
    December, unfold against the dramatic background of
    contemporary London, where he lives and works.

    Overview of Text
    Set in France in the 1940s, occupied by Germans
    during WWII
    Charlotte Gray

    Long novel, dealing with the themes of memory and loss


    Extract describes the waiting and struggle that the boys
    and adults suffered when waiting for transportation to
    their final destination
    Very tense atmosphere created for the reader
    It is the last night before they go to the concentration
    camp where they will face death, although they may not
    realise this at the moment
    Reader is made to feel fear and dread for these people

    Possible Exam Questions

    How does the writer build feelings of fear


    and uncertainty?

    In-class reading of text

    Groups

    Group 1
    Raeesah & Ilhaam

    Group 1
    Hafsa, Amna and Nada

    Group 2
    Sarah, Racine and Mariam

    Group 3
    Rihab & Dia

    Group 4
    Nama & Huda

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