The music is lively terrifying joyful sad tragic repetitive menacing so it sounds like. a comedy TV series a science fiction TV series

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1 GLOBAL COMPREHENSION DEXTER 1. The video is : a. an extract from a film b. an ad. (= a commercial break) c.an opening credits sequence d.a music video title :.. Give the name of the main character : Listen to the music. What sort of series is it? The music is lively terrifying joyful sad tragic repetitive menacing so it sounds like. a comedy TV series a science fiction TV series a drama TV series a horror fictiontv series an action TV series a musical TV series a western genre TV series a cartoon but in fact it s a... series because Dexter is a cruel serial killer at night who tries to lead a normal life in the daytime. 3. Now watch the video very attentively and tick the correct answers Where? in a big city in a small village in the countryside in a flat in the street When? It is... spring summer autumn winter It is... the morning the afternoon the evening Justify : recap what we said about the video by filling the blanks with the words or expressions you ve ticked on your worksheet and complete each sentence with the right justification: WHERE? The series must take place because..... WHEN? The scene must take place in or... since... so it is probably quite warm. It s obviously.... for... ( ) the hero wakes up in his bed at the beginning of the extract. (.).the hero is wearing a short-sleeved shirt. (...). we can see a block of flats at the end of the video. Write down the 3 words you can use to give a reason and their French meaning. 1...= 2..= 3...=

2 DETAILED COMPREHENSION FEAR!!! Morning rituals, objects and food become scary because they re assimilated to Dexter s terrifying activities as a serial killer.match them up! 1. Blood orange pulp A. A spurt* of real human blood 2. A splash of Ketchup B. bloody human flesh 3. Blood orange skin C. A garrotte* on a neck 4. Dental floss on a finger D. Human skin 5. His white t-shirt E. A rope pulled taut* to strangle someone 6. His shoe laces F. A plastic bag over a suffocating victim s head HELP! *Giclée *cordelette * tendue Use adjectives expressing FEAR to compare : SCARY / GORE / FRIGHTENING / TERRIFYING / CHILLING / MENACING / THREATENING /CREEPY / DISGUSTING Example : A splash of Ketchup looks as scary as a spurt of real human blood. Cross out 4 verbs you don t need to describe what the character does every morning. Then, associate the verbs to the places. Places : bathroom (BA)/ bedroom (B) / kitchen (K) / outside (O) N...To have a shower N...To cut an orange into two halves N...To shave N...To break and fry eggs in a pan N...To lock the front door N...To lay the table N...To prepare breakfast N...To brush one s teeth N...To fry ham N...To grind coffee beans N...To get dressed ( to put one s t-shirt on) N...To clean the table N...To soak up blood from the neck with a piece of tissue N...To tie one s shoelaces N...To wake up N...To devour the sizzling ham N...To clean one s teeth with dental floss N...To leave one s apartment for work N...To squeeze the juice out of blood oranges Now watch the extract one more time and number the actions in a right chronological order. Write a paragraph about Dexter s morning routine in the simple present using chronological markers: First / Next / then / after that / finally-eventually Every morning

3 THE HERO S ROUTINE THE HERO S ROUTINE THE HERO S ROUTINE

4 Complete : skin / pulp / shoe laces / dental floss / a neck / a rope /

5 Let s compare! Say it in English 1.Mon professeur d anglais est aussi terrifiant que Dexter, le célèbre tueur de la série américaine portant* le même nom. * bearing 2. Les dents de Dexter ont l air aussi effrayantes que les incisives* du Comte* Dracula. * incisors * Count 3. Le regard du meurtrier est aussi menaçant que celui des vampires de Twilight.