The wind that shakes the barley GROUP A
NAME: ……………………………………………………………………………….
Go to the following internet address :
http://www.thewindthatshakesthebarley.co.uk/
This is the home page of the official site of the film.
Director: ………………………………Scriptwriter: …………………………………………
The following links will help you:
Online encyclopaedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Online dictionary (English French / French English):
http://www.wordreference.com/
Indicate what sort of information you can get from this webpage.
a
B
QUOTES
C
CLIPS
d
CAST
SYNOPSIS
E
f
GALLERY
BACKGROUND
a) translate: …………………… Give an example : ……………………………………………………………….
from ………………………………………………………….
b) translate : ……………………
c) translate: …………………… Name the four main characters: 1 : ………………… ………………….
2: ……………………………. 3: …………………………………… 4: …………………………………..
d) translate : ………………………………… e) translate : …………………………………………………..
SYNOPSIS : click on the link and find out about the story. Answer the questions:
a) What are the ‘Black and Tan’ squads?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
b) Why were they shipped to Ireland from Britain? (use your own words)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
c) What career did Damien abandon?
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d) Who were the ‘freedom fighters’?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
e) What happened after the treaty was signed?
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Go to http://www.dickgaughan.co.uk/songs/texts/barley.html in order to find about the title:
The title of the film comes from an old Irish song written by …………………………….. in the ………. th
century.
Find the meaning of some words:
Barley
Blossom
Shook
Bosom
Tears
Foe
Clinging
Wreak
stream
aching
The meaning of the song:
Are the following statements about each of the five song’s couplets true or false?.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
The narrator has to choose between his love for his girlfriend and his love for his country. T / F
Although it was easy, he decided to tell her he was joining the United Men (Republicans). T / F
While he kissed her, he shot her through the heart. T / F
He put flowers over her dead body. T / F
He felt sure that he would die soon. T / F
Listening to the song:
go to the following page and find the link to the recording of a sample of the song. http://lve.scola.acparis.fr/anglais/kenloach.php
Link the words to their phonetic transcription
.
Glade
shook
Blew
Barley
dearly
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The wind that shakes the barley GROUP B
NAME: ……………………………………………………………………………….
Go to the following internet address :
http://www.thewindthatshakesthebarley.co.uk/
This is the home page of the official site of the film.
Director: ………………………………Scriptwriter: …………………………………………
The following links will help you:
Online encyclopaedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Online dictionary (English French / French English):
http://www.wordreference.com/
Indicate what sort of information you can get from this webpage.
a
B
QUOTES
C
CLIPS
a) translate: ……………………
d
CAST
SYNOPSIS
E
f
GALLERY
BACKGROUND
Give an example : ……………………………………………………………….
from ………………………………………………………….
b) translate : ……………………
c) translate: ……………………
Name the four main characters: 1 : ………………… ………………….
2: ……………………………. 3: …………………………………… 4: …………………………………..
d) translate : ………………………………… e) translate : …………………………………………………..
Background : click on the link and find out about the background. Answer the questions:
f) When did the English first invade Ireland?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
g) What were the Irish supposed to supply England with? (name 4 items)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
h) What did the Irish rural population suffer from? (3 words)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
i) Name two groups of Irish ‘rebels’ who fought for independence.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
In
the film two characters quote a famous British poet, William Blake.
Find out about him on wikipedia and write a short biography (birth,
death, main events, works).
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The song: go to the website of the Tate Gallery http://www.tate.org.uk/, one of London’s most
famous museums, and find the page which gives information about the song ‘The garden of love’.
Find the meaning of the following words:
In the midst
Tomb-stones
‘Thou shalt not’
Gowns
Bore (Ved)
Briars
graves
binding
The meaning of the song:
Read the summary and the analysis of the song.
The narrator is talking about the change in how he now sees his surroundings, not a change in the garden
itself.
What line is essential to understand the symbolic value of the situation?: …………………………………..
What two tenses is the verb conjugated in this sentence? ……………………. and ……………………….
Translate this line:
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Listening to the song: go to the following page and find the link to the recording of a sample of the
song. http://www.repeatafterus.com/title.php?i=8536
Indicate the pronunciation of the vowels: link the word to the phonetic transcription
bore
love
Stone
gown
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