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The Last Lesson Worksheet

1) The document appears to be an excerpt from a story about a student named Franz who is rushing to school. 2) As Franz hurries by, the blacksmith Watcher calls out to him to slow down as he will make it to school on time. 3) The passage describes beetles flying in but no one paying attention, including the younger students who continued their work as if it was a French lesson. Franz wonders if the Germans will even make the pigeons sing in their language.

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The Last Lesson Worksheet

1) The document appears to be an excerpt from a story about a student named Franz who is rushing to school. 2) As Franz hurries by, the blacksmith Watcher calls out to him to slow down as he will make it to school on time. 3) The passage describes beetles flying in but no one paying attention, including the younger students who continued their work as if it was a French lesson. Franz wonders if the Germans will even make the pigeons sing in their language.

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FLAMINGO: THE LAST LESSON

READ THE EXTRACT AND ANSWER:


A. “Then, as I hurried by as fast as I could go, the blacksmith, Watcher, who was
there, with his apprentice, reading the bulletin, called after me, “Don’t go so fast, bub;
You’ll get to your school in plenty of time!’’
(a) Who is ‘I’ here?
(b) Why was ‘I’ in a hurry?
(c) Who was reading the bulletin?
(d) Why did the blacksmith called after him?

B. ‘Once some beetles flew in; but nobody paid any attention to them, not even the
littlest ones, who worked right on tracing their fish-hooks, as if that was French, too. On
the roof the pigeons cooed very low, and I thought to myself, “Will they make them sing
in German, even the pigeons?’’
(a) Why didn’t anyone pay attention to the beetles?
(b) Where are they sitting?
(c) Whom does ‘I’ refer to?
(d) What does ‘I’ mean by ‘Will they make ……… even pigeons?’’
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS: (30-40 WORDS)
1. For Franz what was more tempting than going to school? How did he resist the
temptation?
2. How did M. Hamel give the shocking news to the students and with what effect?
3. What does M. Hamel mean when he says, “We’ve all a great deal to reproach
ourselves with”?
4. Why did M. Hamel insist that the people of Alsace should hold on to their
language?
5. Franz thinks, “Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons?” Explain.
6. How did M. Hamel pay tribute to French language?
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS: (120-150 WORDS)
1. Draw a character sketch of M. Hamel in about 150 words.
2. What is ‘linguistic chauvinism’? How would you classify M. Hamel’s love for his
language?

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