Montclar: What They Erased - Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Vocabulary terms, characters, and key concepts introduced in Chapter One of Montclar: What They Erased.

Montclar Secondary School

A large, pale-brick school building with long corridors, windows that do not always close properly, and a playground with four trees; described on its website as an innovative, inclusive space committed to the future.

Lluïsa

The philosophy teacher at Montclar Secondary School known for turning jokes written on the board into forty-minute debates.

Mònica

The chemistry teacher at Montclar Secondary School who is the only person capable of getting the staff room printer to work by threatening it.

Nil Ferrer

A student who studied at Montclar until his third year of ESO and returned after two years away to complete his second year of Batxillerat.

Anna

The fifty-six-year-old English teacher at Montclar with jaw-length hair and glasses hanging from a cord around her neck.

To Have Second Thoughts

An English expression displayed in the classroom's English Corner defined as: to reconsider a decision you have already made.

First Impressions Activity

An English exercise where students write three things about themselves—two true and one false—and work in assigned pairs to identify the lie within ten minutes.

Clàudia

Laia's desk mate for six years who claims to want nothing to do with Pol Casals while actively keeping track of his location, contacts, and posts.

Laia Vidal

A second-year Batxillerat student who starts her school term on 8 September and is paired with Nil Ferrer in English class after two years without speaking to him.

Batxillerat

The upper secondary educational level at Montclar Secondary School leading up to university entrance exams.