❦ CL⑰ - The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. 

It is now one of Burnett's most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been produced.


Plot Summary: 
A young British girl born and raised in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's estate. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and neglected. Aided by one of the servants' brothers, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor. Written by Ed Sutton

Link:
The Secret Garden Literature test
category:Libri Vox- The Secret Garden

為下學期開課做廣告：

青少年小說 

movie: Harry Potter 、 分歧者、The Hunger Game、心靈訪客

麥田捕手（麥克阿瑟是從麥田捕手而來）

voc.

disagreeable 顧人願

sour expression

snack charmer 耍蛇人

mockingbird & redbreast

Ayah 女傭的名字像是瑪麗雅的感覺

❦ CL⑯ - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 

▣ by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River.

Link :
page by page books -- The adventures of Tom Sawyer

▣ Samuel Langhorne Clemens 
(November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910)
better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer  (1876)
was an American author and humorist.

Twain in his later years

movie

Helen of Troy 

"was the face that launched a thousand ships. "

A Whole New World 

 

Illium特洛伊外城

vocabulary

warts 疣

topless 很漂亮得女生 

nibble 吃東西發出細碎的聲音

pebble 

pain in the ass 

老師翻譯了兒童詩，竹塹文學獎

❦ CL⑮ - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Original title page

▣ is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum.
▣ is the first American fairy tale and the first fantasy written by an American to enjoy an immediate success upon publication.
▣ The story chronicles the adventures of a young girl named Dorothy Gale in the Land of Oz, after being swept away from her Kansas farm home in a cyclone. The novel is one of the best-known stories in American popular culture and has been widely translated. Its initial success, and the success of the 1902 Broadway musical which Baum adapted from his original story, led to Baum's writing thirteen additional Oz books. The original book has been in the public domain in the US since 1956.

1900 first edition cover,
George M. Hill, Chicago, New York. 

L. Frank Baum
▣ The novel is one of the best-known stories in American literature and has been widely translated. 
▣ The story chronicles the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz, after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their Kansas home by a cyclone.
 L. Frank Baum grew up on his parents' expansive estate called Rose Lawn, which he fondly recalled as a sort of paradise. But, his body is not good.

Oz 名字的由來：從圖書館裡的卡片匣由來

Judy Garland (June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969), born Frances Ethel Gumm, was an American singer, actress, and vaudevillian.
There, she made more than two dozen films, including nine with Mickey Rooney, and 1939's The Wizard of Oz. 









Link:
PublicLiterature.Org -- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 

voc.
warm-hearted 溫暖的
movie: 火樹銀花

比馬龍效應
是指人（通常是指孩童或學生）在被付予更高期望以後，他們會表現的更好的一種現象。皮格馬利翁效應的命名取自希臘神話故事裡面的一位名為皮格馬利翁的雕刻家，他愛上了自己用象牙雕刻出來的女神雕像，由於他每天對著雕像說話，最後那座女性雕像變成一位真正的女神。

❦ CL⑤⑥⑦ - The tale of Peter Rabbit/ Miss Potter

Peter Rabbit

▣  made his first appearance in 1902
▣  is a fictional anthropomorphic character in various children's stories by Beatrix Potter.
▣ The rabbits in Potter's stories are anthropomorphic and wear human clothes: Peter wears a jacket and shoes. 

Discover the Spectacular Tale of Peter Rabbit
Quiz

Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter 1866 -1943

▣was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
▣ Born into a privileged household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children.
▣ She had numerous pets and spent holidays in Scotland and the Lake District.

Lake District

Quiz

Miss Poter 

Katie Melua- When You Taught Me How To Dance

❦ CL② - Winnie-the-Pooh

Winnie-the-Pooh

A.A.Milne

▣ also called Pooh Bear, is a fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne.
▣ The Pooh stories have been translated into many languages,   including Latin.
▣"Winnie" after his adopted hometown in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1928

▣The first time Pooh and his friends appeared in colour was 1932
▣ Pooh is naive and slow-witted, but he is also friendly, thoughtful, and steadfast.

Quotations
"If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you。"
"Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave。"

Onomatopoeia 擬聲字

▣ is a word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. 
▣ Common occurrences of onomatopoeias include animal noises such as "oink", "miaow" (or "meow"), "roar" or "chirp". Onomatopoeias are not the same across all languages.


Link
偉大哲學家--小熊維尼

少兒英文--小熊維尼的經典人生哲學

Other Children's Lit.

Honey Song

Quiz

❦ CL① - The introduction of Children's Literature

 The introduction of Children's Literature

Picture books:

▣ combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children.
▣  help children develop their reading skills, most are written with vocabulary a child can understand but not necessarily read.
▣ Some picture books are published with content aimed at older children or even adults. 
▣ e.g. Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit  


Fairy Tales :

Little Red Riding Hood

▣ is a type of short story that typically features
European folkloric fantasy characters,  usually magic or enchantments.
▣ the term is also used to describe something blessed with unusual happiness
▣ Fairy tales are found in oral and in literary form. 
▣ e.g. The Brothers Grimm fairy tales 


Fables :
▣ a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, mythical creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature
▣  is one of the most enduring forms of folk literature
▣ e.g.  Aesopic 

Fantasy :

▣ is a genre of fiction that uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting.
▣ is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror




Note

莎莎課輔部落格-怎麼記英文筆記

How to take Great Note

Tutami learning- Writing Sample

❦ CL⑧ - Mother Goose

Mother Goose
 ▣ is an imaginary author of a collection 
of fairy tales and nursery rhymes often     
published asMother Goose Rhymes.
▣ Mother Goose is the name given to an 
archetypal country woman. She is credited with the Mother Goose stories and rhymes popularized in the 1700s in English language literature, although no specific writer has ever been identified with such a name.

Nursery Rhymes

Hey Diddle Diddle
 a popular nursery rhyme

▣ is a traditional poem or song for young 
children in many other countries,but usage only dates from the late 18th / early 19th century.



英文兒歌有節拍性，可以打節拍，小孩唸的時候噴口就會很興奮
倫敦鐵橋原本在關政治犯

▶進入教學的世界: 體驗童謠的趣味Teaching English in Rhyme 

▶Rebus Rhymes:Mother Goose and 
   Others

Richard Scarry -- sing along Mother goose

Nina Simone 

 I love you porgy

Here comes the Sun

Harold Bloom 兒童文學大師
 ▣ is an American literary critic and Sterling Professor
 ▣ has written more than 20 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and a novel. 
 ▣ Bloom's books have been translated into 
more than 40 languages.




Vocabulary
1. boo用在嚇人的聲效
2. Jack and Jill 指青梅竹馬，兩小無猜
3. glass slipper玻璃鞋
4. georgy porgy只長欺負女孩的人
5. humpty pumpty 指肥、矮、短
倫敦是一個陰鬱的城市

moon River相濡以沫 Huckle, lonely