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LESSON XII THE LOONS I. Aims and Contents of Teaching: 1. Comprehend and paraphrase the text, finish all exersises after the text. 2. Enlarge the vocabulary, master the style and rhetoric devices: oxymoron 3. Group work: ( Discussion ) With the help of the movie, discuss and answer the following questions: What kind of person is Piguette? If you are going to help a person like her, what and how are you going to do? Pre-reading questions: 1.What’s the symbol of the loons here? How is the disappearance of the loons related to Piquette and the theme of the story? 2.Were the Tonnerres rich or poor? Give your reasons. 3. Why did the doctor propose taking Piguette to Diamond Lake for the summer? 5. Why did Piguetti remained as both a reproach and a mystery to the narrator? I. Background knowledge Author: Margaret Laurence, one of the major contemporary Canadian writers, was born in 1926 and died of lung cancer in 1987. She was educated in Manitoba, a province in south central Canada. After marrying an engineer, she moved with her husband to Africa and lived there for a number of years. I. Background knowledge About the Novel: THE LOONS is included in the 2nd section of her Norton Anthology (collection) of Short Fiction. Margaret Laurence wrote 5 separate short stories about this community. The Tonnerre family is one of the central families. I. Background knowledge The touching story tells of the plight of Piquette Tonnerre, a girl from a native Indian Family. Her people were marginalized by the white-dominating society. They were unable to exist independently in a respectable, decent and dignified way. They found it impossible to fit into the main currents of culture and difficult to be assimilated comfortably. I. Background knowledge At school, Piquette felt out of place and ill at ease with the white children. When she had grown up she didnt have any chance to improve her life. In fact her situation became more and more messed up. In the end she was k