I’m sick!
• Take a few minutes to write about a
time when you were really sick.
• What were the circumstances?
• How did you feel? (Be specific.)
• Who helped you?
• Did anyone doubt that you were sick?
Why or why not?
Hook; Writing to Learn
Agree or Disagree
1. People who are sick often fake their
illness.
2. The end justifies the means.
3. Being in love gives people the license
to do whatever they want to be
together.
4. People hear what they want to hear.
Le Malade imaginaire
une pièce de Molière
(Français II, Chapitre 7)
What do you think the title
means?
• The Imaginary Hypochondriac
• hypochondria = extreme depression of
mind or spirits often centered on
imaginary physical ailments
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
(Molière)
• auteur comique français, est né à Paris
en 1622.
• A l’âge de 21 ans, il décide de se
consacrer (to dedicate himself) au théâtre.
• Molière a créé de nombreuses
comédies.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
(Molière)
• Pour divertir (entertain) la Cour de
Louis XIV et le public parisien, il utilise
des effets comiques et il invente des
personnages qui sont universels et
éternels.
• Molière meurt pendant un
représentation du Malade imaginaire,
rôle qu’il interprète sur scène (was
performing on-stage).
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
(Molière)
• Quand il est mort, il avait 51 ans.
Personnages
(Characters)
• Toinette
• maid; pretends to be Thomas
Diafoirus (future doctor / sonin-law of Argan)
• Argan
• hypochondriac who wants his
daughter to marry Thomas
• Argan’s brother
• Argan’s daughter who wants to
marry Cléante
• wants to marry Angélique, but
he is not a doctor
• Beralde
• Angélique
• Cléante
Vocabulaire
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cela est admirable
une déflexion
une fièvre
la fièvre pourprée
un sang subtil
l’hydropisie (f.)
la peste
une fiévrotte
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that is surprising
swelling; inflamation
fever
eruptive (scarlet) fever
diluted blood
edema / dropsy
plague
light fever
Make notes for p. 56
Make notes for p. 57
Draw
• Draw a picture of what you think
Toinette looks like in her disguise.
Turn to a partner
• With a partner, make a list of at least
five ailments on top of p. 58 that Dr.
Toinette feels are beneath her.
Mastery
Make notes for p. 58
Make notes for p. 59
Make notes for p. 60
How do you feel?
• Do you feel sorry for Argan?
• Why or why not?
Interpersonal
Why?
• Why does Dr. Toinette give Argan the
advice about his diet that she does?
Understanding
Make notes for p. 61
Imagine
• What do you imagine Argan is thinking
at the end of this scene?
Self-Expressive
Prove it!
With your partner, write down the proof
and the page # to support whether or not
you agree or disagree with the following:
1. People who are sick often fake their
illness.
2. The end justifies the means.
3. Being in love gives people the license
to do whatever they want to be
together.
4. People hear what they want to hear.
Do you hear what I hear?
• Using only your notes, take turns with
your partner retelling the story.
• Partner #1: retells p. 56
• Partner #2: retells p. 57
• Partner #1: retells p. 58
• etc.
Now it’s your turn.
• For homework tonight, using the notes
you’ve made, complete the following
assignment:
Synthesizing Activity
Now it’s your turn.
• A troupe (a group of theatrical
performers) from France has decided to
come to West High to present Le Malade
imaginaire, but people in the community
are not sure about ‘’that French play
stuff.’’
Synthesizing Activity
Now it’s your turn.
• Write a letter to the editor of The Citizen
Tribune defending why Molière’s
characters in this play are universal and
eternal.
Synthesizing Activity