You did it! 6e (Bordas) Propositions de références et d'extraits littéraires pour : Dragons and legends.

Bonjour ! 

Aujourd'hui, je vous propose des extraits littéraires authentiques (à adapter selon les besoins de vos élèves) pour l'unité de You did it! 6e intitulée : Dragons and legends. 

Vous pouvez :

* proposer ces extraits à vos élèves en fin d'année, pour faire le point sur ce qu'ils auront appris pendant cette année scolaire,

* proposer ces textes aux élèves qui avancent plus vite que d'autres et ont besoin d'être sollicités davantage,

* proposer ces textes dans un contexte de pédagogie différenciée.

N'hésitez pas à commenter cet article pour :

* me dire comment vous les utilisez,

* me demander d'autres types d'articles qui vous seraient également utiles,

* et pour me motiver afin que je poursuive ces recherches qui sont très chronophages ;)

Aujourd'hui : ce sont des extraits d'Unveiling the Wizard's Shroud d'Eric Price.

Quatrième de couverture : 

As the only son to King Kendrick, Owen despises the idea of being king one day. Magician may be the only career he’d like less. He has dreaded the days leading up to his fifteenth birthday, when his father will certainly declare Owen heir to the throne. But at the birthday celebration, his father falls ill. The only person in the kingdom that may be able to save him is a magician–the very same magician Owen holds responsible for the death of his mother. Owen and his companions will have to travel the continent of Wittatun in search of the cure for King Kendrick. On the journey, they will battle strange beasts and harsh climates, befriend extraordinary magicians, and meet a dragon before returning to Innes Castle–where much has happened in the days since they departed.

 

📌 Excerpt n°1

The doors swung open, and King Kendrick, dressed in a light green suit of clothes,

entered. On his chest, the embroidered dark-green dragon, the king’s family crest,

seemed to project into the room. Four stewards followed behind the king, keeping

his long cape from dragging on the ground. 

📌 Excerpt n°2

Owen, Cedric, and Yara stood in a dark cave. The path split in two, and Owen

had to decide which direction to take. At some point, Yara vanished. The ground

faded, and he fell through. The room he landed in had black walls that wriggled.

That didn't make sense, but his senses were scrambled. He wanted to find Yara,

needed to find her, but Cedric told him he couldn't. He didn't think he could leave

her, yet he knew he could not find her. The walls faded and reformed, and a new

room opened before him. A pedestal stood in the center, and a white dragon shown

bright with its own emitted light. The pain of a thousand fires filled Owen's right

hand.

📌 Excerpt n°3

Owen didn’t sleep well that night. Each time he’d fall asleep, dreams about the

dark cave assaulted him. Channels of magma flowed through endless corridors. It

appeared Owen, Cedric, and Yara were the only ones there, but he felt the presence

of another creature or creatures. The dreams always ended near the white dragon.

📌Excerpt n°4

Owen stopped pacing, rested a hand on the cavern wall, and bowed his head to

consider. “I’ve thought of everything. Oh, wait! Dragons! His family crest is a

green dragon.”

Follum snapped his fingers. “Now you’re onto something. Dragons were a

common theme in this type of magic. How did the poison enter your father’s body?

Mode of entry will also have a strong connection.”

Owen pondered the question for a moment. “Just before he collapsed, when

Father split the bread, a faint dust fell on his face. I think he may have inhaled it.

📌 Excerpt n°5

Owen groaned. “Ice Island? It will take us a week to get there by sea. Maybe

longer. At least winter hasn’t started yet. We can still pass through the Northern

Straits.”

“How do we get there?” Yara wanted to know. “We haven’t got a boat.”

“Neither have I,” Follum said. “You'll have to ride a dragon.”

📌 Excerpt n°6

“In days of old, dragons covered the world,” Follum began. “The few humans

lived in small villages on the plains or in networks of caverns in the mountains.

Humans and dragons rarely interacted. The dragons had plenty of land to roam, and

the human villages did not interest them. Likewise, the humans left the dragons alone.

Dragons did not pose a threat, and humans did not hunt them, as dragon meat is

poisonous.”

📌 Excerpt n°7

The younger man turned to his companion. “Follum, you say this dragon can

speak? Better than most dragons, I mean.”

“Yes, Argnam. Most dragons can only mimic the words we say, much like some

birds. They do have limited understanding of the meaning of the words. This dragon

can speak fluently. We call it the Great-Dragon because it has qualities of all the

different breeds of dragons. 

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