S. Müller 2010 12: Unterschied zwischen den Versionen

Version vom 13. März 2012, 19:58 Uhr

ENGLISCH

Environment

Here you can download the mind map on global warming Mind Map

If you would like to get additional information you can go to the website of An Inconvenient Truth [1]

Mediation

Here you can download the mediation of the article Obama vor UN: USA kein Weltpolizist mehr Mediation Worksheet

Version

If you are translating a text, go through the following steps:

• Read the COMPLETE text
• Before translating a sentence read the COMPLETE sentence (as words order differs in German, you might have to start with an aspect from the end of the English sentence)
• Check your translation without looking at the English text(check for IDIOMATIC German)
• Check that you haven't forgotten to translate a sentence

Here you can find the completed VERSION worksheet HOW to translate

A Star Called Henry

Summary of p. 78-81

How to write a summary Media:Howto.doc

The novel A Star Called Henry by Irish writer Roddy Doyle revolves around the life of Henry Smart Junior who was born into the Irish Revolution of the beginning 20th century. Being a Dubliner, Henry experiences first- hand the conflict between the Irish and their British conquerors. Roddy Doyle presents to the reader this text passage through the omniscient perspective of his protagonist Henry. In this flashback the then 9- year- old boy describes his first day at school and his first encounter with his later wife Miss O’ Shea, who is the teacher at the school. The scene’s atmosphere is rather ambiguous as Henry is excited about the knowledge that he can gather in school and about Miss O’ Shea’s obvious infatuation with him. He, however, feels depressed because of the curriculum’s focus on religious matters and his little brother’s health, which seems to get worse. This ambiguity dictates also the scene’s tone which is humorous when it comes to the description of school and his conversation with his teacher, but sad and serious when Henry talks about Victor’s health.

Results of group work in class on October 20, 2011

Characters

Relationship characterization

Sytlistic devices and Style, register, tone

Summary of work in class

Answering questions on literary work

Describe Henry's and Miss O'Shea's realtionship in this text passage

In this text passage of Roddy Doyle's novel "A Star Called Henry" the protagonist Henry Smart meets for the first time Miss O'Shea, a teacher, whom he later on marries. As Henry has decided to go to school to get some education, he makes the acquaintance of Miss O'Shea who teaches the kids in the school "behind the big railings" (p. 78,34). Henry is impressed with her appearance which he describes in much detail using similes to illustrate his impression of her. In his narration of Miss O'Shea and their first encounter Henry believes her to be in love with him which might be true as she gives him much attention: She shows him off to his classmates (p. 80-81, 33-9), pats him on the head although isn't very clean (p. 79,29) and she shows that she cares about him when she asks if he and his brother would be picked up by their mother (p. 81,19). All in all, one can say that this first meeting foreshadows the marriage of Henry and Miss O'Shea which is based on her interest in this smart and handsome boy and his interest in her as a dominant mother figure, which has been missing from his life since he was a toddler.

USE

• Different grammatical structures (gerunds, participle constructions, if- clauses, relative clauses)
• Connect sentences: connectives, adverbs of comment, detreminers (this, that, these, those)

Connectives to achieve sentence cohesion

Connective 2

• Structure your answer LOGICALLY. DO NOT just list your ideas.

Presentations

• February

An Inconvenient Truth

• March

Stem Cell Research

Aldous Huxley Brave New World

• April

The Elizabethan Age

The Globe Theatre and other entertainment during the Elizabethan Age

William Shakespeare

The Shakespearean Sonnet

NEWS Presentations

March 1, 2012: Larissa Martin

March 8, 2012: Veronika Gonnert

March 15, 2012: Jan Leykauf

March 22, 2012: Eva Grümpel

March 29, 2012: Janine Krappmann

News presentation gives information on THREE important news items from the English speaking world. If the news of of global relevance you may

include it in your presentation. The presentation should be no longer than 5-8 minutes and include pictures.

You might find these websites useful for your research.

USA

CNN

CBS News

USA Today

New York Times

Great Britain

London Times

The Guardian

BBC

Australia

General news

Sydney Morning Herald

Canada

General news

CTV News television

Ottawa Citizen

Ethnic Diversity

USA

Slavery in the USA

The Underground Railroad

Virtual Escape "on" the Underground Railroad

Civil Rights Movement Videos

Abraham Lincoln Biography

Separate But not Equal- Segregation

King Leads March on Washington

JibJab

• He's Barack Obama
• So Long To Ya, 2010
• Jib Jab Website

GREAT BRITAIN

Early British History: from Celts to the Norman Conquest in 1066 Facts Sheet

The British Empire Datei:InfoGB.doc

Religion

Religious groups in the United States of AmericaMedia:denominations.doc

Scientology Scientology Worksheet

SOUTH PARK "Trapped in the Closet" Episode

Death of a Salesman

Reading instructions

• Describe the setting of the play by Arthur Miller (Where? When?)Helpful information on "setting"
• Characterize: Biff and Happy Loman (appearance, attitude towards work and towards their father, past experiences)
• Describe Linda's relationship with her husband Willy

Oral Exam 2011

Dialogue

• Introduction:

You greet each other and introduce the topic (e.g. I have recently read in a newspaper article, Last night a watched a program on TV which..., Have you aver thought about the fact that....?, etc.)

• Discussion:

- You present your arguments: present your thesis and explain it (you might even present an example)

• BUT do NOT list your arguments
• LISTEN to your partner and respond to his/her arguments
• The parts of the dialogue should be linked (logically)
• Do NOT be rude (you can interrupt your partner BUT do not do this continuously)

• Compromise:

IF asked for you might have to come up with a compromise.

If not, you are free to to end the conversation as you please

Analysis of a cartoon (example) Cartoon

Publisher:

This cartoon from kirktoons.com from the year 2004 was published on the website of the Humanistischer Pressedienst.

Description:

In this cartoon you can see three people. Two of them are men, who are wearing old- fashioned black and white clothes and hats,and they are standing in a dark room talking. One of them says that you just don't get intelligence like that without torture while pointing at the third person, who is a woman. She is shackled to a wheel which is attached to the roof of the room and turning above an open fire. In the speech bubble above her head she admits to being a witch. In the background you can see a flight of stairs leading up, which suggests that this room is in a basement, probably a torture room.

Analysis:

The clothes of the people depicted are typical of what Puritans were wearing in the 17th century. This is supported by the fact that the woman is "tested" to find out whether she is a witch, which refers to the Salem witch trials in the late 17th century. During this time especially women were often accused of being a witch. In order to find out whether they had magical powers they were subjected to cruel tests which they either survived, which proved them to be a witch, or during witch they died, which was proof of their innocence. The cartoonist wants to refer to a growing number of Christian Americans who agree to torture to get information from suspects. The US government has used several torture techniques like waterboarding to get information from assumed terrorsits who had been imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay. A survey has shown that most people are in favour of using torture to get information despite their religious convictions. The cartoonist wants to show the parallels to the Salem witch trials which have been proven to accuse people wrongly. The cartoon wants to remind people of this fact and show that it is not Christian to approve of torture but actually the opposite of what Jesus taught in the New Testament. So it uncovers, in a rather funny way, the hypocrisy of many US Americans who consider themselves to be Christian.

Topic:

So the topic of this cartoon is the influence of religion in the USA and its sometimes negative effects on politics.

(You can talk about the topic either at beginning, after the description of at the end of the analysis as it might sometimes be difficult to understand the topic right from the start.