(Half a) Story Hour - Episode 7
Episode 7, “Anne of Green Gables: We Are Almost Done Chapter Two (Promise)”
In this episode, the orphaned child Matthew Cuthbert is escorting back to Green Gables does a lot of talking… we learn more about who she is and what her life has been like!
Tough stuff in this episode: orphan experience, body image, kid gloves (made of goat leather)
⭐️ Bonus ⭐️
Vocabulary: plumes, kid gloves, the beat of (me), prowl, society, detested, sidling, Junebells, tints, tresses, resignedly, rose leaf complexion (next time we’ll solve the mystery of “alabaster brow”)
(Inter)active reading: Visualise, make inferences
For teachers: Can you draw the outfit in the imagining-within-an-imagining from today? Do a little research into fashionable clothing in 1907. Does your drawing look similar to any of the clothes that were trendy at the time?
Discussion question: Why do you think our mysterious orphan is so unhappy with her red hair? 💬
Musical interlude: “Characters with Long Ears” and “The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods” from Le Carnaval des animaux by Camille Saint-Saëns 🫏🕊️
Other Stuff…
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has absolutely amazing birding resources, including this entry in their Birds of the World database for the common cuckoo. Click where it says “Listen” on the right to hear the famous cuckoo’s call…
Can you connect this sound to any time-keeping devices you’ve heard of (or heard)? 🐦⬛🕰️
Easter 🪺: Can you hear a stray sneeze in one of our musical interludes?