Ending Emma

Time is flying past so quickly.  As we come to the conclusion of Emma in our Conversations with Jane studies, It's hard to believe that we only have Pride and Prejudice left to go!  Again, I can't say enough about the wonderful experience this has been...for all of us. As usual, we met for tea and cookies.   

The girls enjoyed their tea and wanted me to take a picture of the teacups to show the different colors of tea they were having.

We spent some time discussing quotes and excerpts from our resource books on Emma.  The girls took turns sharing their blog projects (which are already posted).  We also discussed our upcoming Jane Austen movie day and what movies we would like to watch.  It was time, then, for our Emma activity.  I have tried, when possible, to coordinate our activity with something that takes place in the novel or movie.  In the 1995 movie version of Sense and Sensibility we saw Marianne taking a silhouette of Willoughby, therefore we made silhouettes.  Northanger Abbey found Mrs. Allen constantly discussing the make and fabric of her gowns and so we made fashion plates.  We kind of skipped Mansfield Park, as far as a Regency activity went, and did something else, but Persuasion found us making shoe roses (though it didn't tie in with anything specific in the novel).  In Emma we find Harriet Smith posing for a portrait that Emma believes Mr. Elton is "wild" to have framed because she thinks he is "wild" about Miss Smith.  Emma was fond of painting and so our Regency activity for Emma was painting a watercolor.   The girls started with instructions here then branched out from there to create their own pictures.  

planning

painting 

And the finished projects...

 Calleigh

 Victoria

 Elizabeth

Skyeler

Next on the agenda, we will take a brief detour from pure Jane Austen to read the graphic novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.  Can't wait to see how that goes :)

--Angel