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<big>== <big><colorize>Klausur 12/2</colorize></big> ==</big>
 
  
February 21, 2017
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<big>== <big><colorize>ABITUR</colorize></big> ==</big>
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[https://www.km.bayern.de/allgemein/meldung/1423/fuer-pruefungszwecke-genehmigte-woerterbuecher-im-bereich-der-modernen-fremdsprachen.html Fürs Abitur zugelassene Wörterbücher (Stand Februar 2019)]
  
Questions on a fictional text; Composition (choice between cartoon analysis, comment and dialectical essay)
 
  
DO NOT forget your '''DICTIONARIES'''
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<big>== <big><colorize>HOMEWORK</colorize></big> ==</big>
  
  
  
<big>== <big><colorize>ABITUR</colorize></big> ==</big>
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<big>== <big><colorize>Books</colorize></big> ==</big>
[http://www.km.bayern.de/allgemein/meldung/1423/genehmigte-woerterbuecher-in-denmodernen-fremdsprachen.html Für das Abitur zugelassene Wörterbücher]
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Please get the novel until February 10, 2020
  
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Mohsin Hamid "The Reluctant Fundamentalist"
  
<big>== <big><colorize>Books</colorize></big> ==</big>
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Cornelsen ISBN 978-3060331420
  
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Price: 8.99 €
  
  
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=== <colorize>Shakespeare</colorize> ===
 
  
''' LITERARY TERMS '''
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=== <colorize>Political System USA</colorize> ===
  
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gseOeyS0NQ Presidential election 2016]
  
'''THEME''' (= fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work)
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuFR5XBYLfU Government System in the USA]
  
e.g. (1) Love's Difficulty Love (emotional) vs. Reasons (Athenian law, laws of nature)
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbLTwQwXqWc Parliament UK]
  
*LOVE: Hermia loves Lysander (true love), Theseus desires Hippolyta, Helena is in love with Demetrius, Thisbe loves Pyramus, Oberon is married to Titania
 
*REASON: the emotion of lovem jealousy causes problems (Hermia opposes Athenian law and runs away with Lysander, Thisbe and Pyramus die, nature is out of balance [storms etc.] because Titania and Oberon have a fight caused by jealousy
 
  
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==== MEDIATION on using voting machines ====
  
(2) Dream
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Hi Harry,
  
*Hermia's dream: wakes up to find Lysander in love with Helena
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How are you doing? I guess you must be a bit concerned right about know. With all the news we hear about what is going on in your country, I would be worried, too. it seems that you cannot really rely on your government or even the devices that elected them into office as these voting machines aren't doing a very good job apperently. In fact, I've read that most of them lack a common safety standard or are very old, so they can indeed not be relied upon anymore.  
*Athenians wake up outside the fairy forest: it has all been just a dream
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*Bottom's dream: wakes up after a night with Titania (nightmare for her)
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*Audience's dream: the play has just been a dream/an illusion => makes it possible to include supernatural characters (e.g. fairies)
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Even if they are newer though, there is a high risk of them being hacked as some hackers have proven when getting access to the system in under two minutes. The machines don't even need to be hooked up to the internet because hackers can infect the memory cards which are used in the machines beforehand. These cards are usually programmed by small contractors outside the government, so it is easy to send a virus to their publicly accessible e-mail address and this way hack the machines.
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The consequence of the hack can be manyfold. In some states they reported that the machines had given votes to candidate A even though people had voted for candidate B. Of course, this can be the result of a malfunctioning machine or human error and doesn't necessarily mean that the device was hacked, but it isn't good either way.
  
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To prevent that from happening machines should print physical records of the votes given, so people can check if there have been any manipulations and launch an investigation, according to experts. Otherwise, it would be hard to prove any wrongdoing which would be a threat to your democracy, especially if a hostile state tried to gain influence by hacking your elections. I say only: Russia and the presidential elections in 2016.
  
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That might be the reason why a court in your home state has ruled voting machines without paper records unconstitutional. A good start, if you ask me.
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Having found out so much about the risks of using voting machines, I guess, I am quite happy with ballot papers, which we use in our elections. Maybe you can talk to your representative and find out even more. I would be interested in getting more information as I consider this an important issue.
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Looking forward to hearing from you, pal!
  
'''SYMBOLS''' (=objects, characters, figures,colours used to represent abstract ideas and concepts)
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CU S.
  
e.g. Love potion: obstacles that cause confusion in relationships
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=== <colorize>Useful Phrases</colorize> ===
  
  
[http://www.storyboardthat.com/articles/e/five-act-structure Structure of a play]
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[http://englishadvanced2.blogspot.de/2011/02/ready-for-cae-p-76-reviews-vocabulary.htmlhttp://englishadvanced2.blogspot.de/2011/02/ready-for-cae-p-76-reviews-vocabulary.html Useful Vocabulary (Book or Film Review)]
  
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[http://uki.vdu.lt/wp-content/uploads/sinergija/EN/geografija/geografija2/useful-phrases-film-analysis-kv-cornelsen.pdf Useful Phrases (Film Review)]
  
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=== <colorize>Environment</colorize> ===
  
  
'''Shakespeare Plays'''
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[https://footprint.wwf.org.uk/ Carbon Footprint calculator]
  
==== ''Midsummer Night's Dream'' ====
 
  
[[Datei:CHARACTER constellation (2017).docx|thumb|Character Chart of Midsummer NIght's Dream]]
 
  
  
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=== <colorize>Shakespeare</colorize> ===
  
  
[http://www.sparknotes.com/sparknotes/video/hamlet Hamlet]
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[http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/playground/read/quizzes Shakespeare BIOGRAPHY quiz]
  
[http://www.sparknotes.com/sparknotes/video/juliuscaesar Julius Caesar]
 
  
[http://www.sparknotes.com/sparknotes/video/macbeth Macbeth]
 
  
  
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===== <colorize>Elizabethan Age</colorize> =====
  
  
'''Taming of the Shrew'''
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[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/elizabeth_i The Golden Age]
  
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[http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/playground/read/facts/witches-and-magic What people believed in]
  
*Language Analysis of first Meeting between Petruchio and Katharina
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[https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/shakespeare/fourhumors.html Humors]
  
''Shakespeare uses different stylistic devices in this scene to create humour. When Petruchio keeps referring to Katharina as “Kate” (l. 4-9) although he knows that she abhors this shortened form of her name, he creates an atmosphere in which he establishes Petruchio as the man in the house who does whatever he pleases and Katharina can only stand by and be annoyed.  
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[http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/files/2015/04/playhouses.pdf Elizabethan playhouses]
In line 34-35 Shakespeare achieves the same effect by enumerating certain characteristics Katharina has according to Petruchio. This exaggeration or flat out lie shows again that Petruchio has the upper hand which he uses to “tame the shrew”.
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The pun in line 8 “for Dainties are all Kates” which refers to a sweet in Elizabethan times also pokes fun at Katharina as she is anything but sweet to her fellow human beings.
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The use of language in this passage underlines the stereotypical roles of the superior man and the inferior woman in the 16th century, and starts the funny process of taming Katharina.
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''
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[http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/files/2014/01/the_globe.pdf Elizabethan playhouses: e.g. THE GLOBE]
  
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u58L6UUkTpU Tour of the Globe]
  
*Answering questions
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[http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/files/2014/01/actors.pdf Actors]
  
''Describe Hortensio’s plan and explain why it is necessary.''
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[http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/uploads/files/2017/02/audiences.pdf Audiences]
  
PLAN
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=== <colorize>Abitur</colorize> ===
  
-Disguise as a music teacher Litio, so he can see Bianca every day and court her
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==== Langauage Analysis ====
  
-Accompanies Petruchio who is supposed to court Katharina
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*TONE: formal, informal, serious, humorous, exaggerated, sarcastic, ironical
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*DICTION: choice of words
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*STYLISTIC DEVICES: metaphor, alliteration, personification, simile [https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/writing/style Explanation and examples of stylistic devices]
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*SYNTAX/NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVE
  
-Petruchio marries Katharina
 
  
REASON
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==== Composition ====
  
-Bianca’s father has demanded that she’d stay in the house
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INTRODUCTION-MAIN PART- CONCLUSION
  
-Katharina must be married before Bianca can leave the house again and be courted again
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MAIN PART
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*Discuss. = PROS and CONS (one argument EACH)
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*Do you agree? = PROS or CONS. (two arguments on EITHER one)
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*Comment on.
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*Articles: title+ introduction to topic+explanation+examples/expert opinion
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*Letter to the editor: To whom it may concern, in reference to the article…, Yours sincerely,
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*Use work of fiction/review: Form of text (novel, short story), author, title (Publishing house/production company, year) summary (setting, characters, plot)
  
  
  
''Hortensio wants to court Bianca but her father Baptista has forbidden this until Bianca’s sister Katharina, a bad-tempered and envious shrew, is married. In order to prevent Bianca from meeting any suitors, her father has forced her to stay at home which is why Hortensio comes up with the plan to disguise himself as a music teacher who would be allowed to see Bianca for her music lessons every day and court her. His plan to get Katharina a husband, so he can eventually marry Bianca, includes his friend Petruchio who is currently looking for a rich wife. They both agree to go through with the plan.  
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INTRODUCTION (should lead to the main part- TRANSITION !!!!!! NO "And now I will discuss.... :-( )
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*Current event
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*Historical background
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*Provocation
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*Definition/
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*Explanation
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*Quotation
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*Statistics
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*Personal experience
  
  
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CONCLUSION
  
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*Summary
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*Personal Opinion
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*Future developments
  
Possible Introduction to MEDIATION
 
  
Everybody has at least heard of or even watched one of Shakespeare’s plays like “Romeo and Juliet”, “Hamlet” or “Macbeth” being performed on stages worldwide. The Great Bard, as he is known, is deemed a literary genius because of these plays that are considered some of the greatest works of literature for their wit, universal themes and knowledge of human nature.
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EXAMPLE:
Although experts agree on the greatness of these plays, they do not agree on the author of them. As not much is known about William Shakespeare, some people believe that there is room for a different author. Amongst the possible candidates are…
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"School is boring!" "School sucks!" "I don't want to go to school!" might be remarks parents have been hearing from their kids on a daily basis . Although school might not always be fun and entertaining, the education they provide is, however, necessary if you want to get a well-paid job and contribute to the economic well-being of your country. This significance of a good education is what Malcolm X was talking about when he said "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it."
  
Dialectical essay. "Discuss" 1x PROS and 1x CONS
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What if you want to acquire this education but are not able to do so because you simply cannot afford to pay the tuition fees for college or university? That's why education should be free.  
  
Personal Comment: "Do you agree?" "Comment on the statement.": 2x PROS '''OR''' 2x CONS
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Everybody should have the opportunity to advance themselves by having access to higher education regardless of their financial background. There is no scientific proof that only kids from well-off families succeed at university but they are the ones who have easy access to colleges and universities because they can simply afford it. Others must hope for financial aid, scholarships or take out huge loans in order to become lawyers, doctors or engineers. Indeed, people from every walk of life can be asstets to a country's economic, social and technological success as they can contribute with their ideas and qualifications. In order to do that they need free access to a higher education.
  
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In the United States, for example, this higher education can cost $ 11,000 a year at a state university which doesn't include costs for room and board. Families with a low income cannot afford this kind of tuition money, so their bright kid's future won't look so bright anymore as they have only a tiny chance of scoring a well-paid job and living the American Dream.
  
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Americans are, however, reluctant to offer free education at colleges and universities because they would have to pay more taxes.
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If any student could go to college without having to pay any tuition fees, the American taxpayer would have to finance their education. The universities which are now funded by the money the students pay would need money from the government to uphold their standard of excellence. The government, however, hasn’t got enough money in their budget to keep the colleges running as successfully as they are now. Therefore, it would have to demand higher taxes from every single American regardless of them having children who attend college or not.
  
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In Germany, for example, where college education is free, single workers paid 39.9% income tax in 2017, whereas Americans paid only 23.4% to the IRS. This would change if the USA would offer free college education.
  
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Nevertheless, I conclude that free education should be a human right because "Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family." (Kofi Annan) And everybody should have access to this.
  
[http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/playground/read/quizzes Shakespeare QUIZ]
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==== Mediation ====
  
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/ztfxtfr Elizabeth I: Short biography]
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*Read task carefully
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*Read the text
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*Find the relevant information in the text (different colour for different aspects) German AND English
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*Structure the information in a logical order (e.g. general  specific)
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*Mediate the information
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*Write the text
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*Proofread YOUR text
  
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvO4O5xkQWk The Spanish Armada]
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=== <colorize>Exercises</colorize> ===
  
[https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/shakespeare/fourhumors.html Four Humors]
 
 
[http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/playground/read/facts/witches-and-magic Witches and Magic in Elizabethan England]
 
 
[http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discovery-space/fact-sheets?p=1 Fact Sheets: Playhouses and Actors]
 
 
=== <colorize>LISTENING COMPREHENSION</colorize> ===
 
 
[http://www.npr.org/2016/11/12/501853631/the-social-media-fallout-of-trumps-victory Listening Comprehension KLAUSUR]
 
 
=== <colorize>Political System USA</colorize> ===
 
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gseOeyS0NQ Presidential Election 2016- video]
 
 
[https://www.usa.gov/branches-of-government Governmental System of the United States]
 
 
 
 
'''DEBATES'''
 
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=855Am6ovK7s 1st Debate (September 27, 2016)]
 
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRlI2SQ0Ueg 2nd Debate (October 9, 2016)]
 
 
[http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/videos/2016-10-20/the-complete-third-2016-presidential-debate 3rd Debate (October 19, 2016)]
 
 
 
 
 
=== <colorize>iBoy</colorize> ===
 
 
[[Datei:Character constellation.jpg|thumb|Übersicht Figuren in Kevin Brooks "iBoy"]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=== <colorize>Media</colorize> ===
 
 
[http://www.southpark.de/alle-episoden/s10e08-make-love-not-warcraft# SOUTH PARK Make Love, Not Warcraft]
 
 
==Analysis==
 
 
[https://fabiusmaximus.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/20121031-army-ad.jpg Army ad/poster]
 
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztMfBZvZF_Y Commercial]
 
 
=== <colorize>Composition</colorize> ===
 
 
Here is the WORKSHEET regarding important advice when writing an essay/comment (You can also find an example of an introduction)
 
 
[[Datei:ESSAY WRITING.docx|miniatur|Essay]]
 
 
=== <colorize>Grammar</colorize> ===
 
 
 
[http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/if_saetze/erkennen.htm GRAMMAR 1]
 
 
[http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/satzstellung/aussagesaetze4.htm GRAMMAR 2]
 
 
[http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/zeiten/simple_past_present_perfect2.htm GRAMMAR 3]
 
 
[http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/substantive_artikel/artikel_the.htm GRAMMAR 4]
 
 
 
 
 
 
==== Exercises ====
 
 
 
 
*''The farmer has got a barn. It‘s filled with livestock.''
 
*''The GMO bosses have got money. The money goes into research.''
 
*''The research has got results. They are excellent.''
 
*''Our children will have a bright future with GMOs, according to this research.''
 
  
 
[http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/substantive_artikel/s_genitiv2.htm Genitive]
 
[http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/substantive_artikel/s_genitiv2.htm Genitive]
  
 
[http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/substantive_artikel/s_of.htm s- and of- Genitive]
 
[http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/substantive_artikel/s_of.htm s- and of- Genitive]
 
 
 
 
*''Es ist unsicher, ob Trumps konservative Berater den wissenschaftlichen Fortschritt unterstützen werden, berichtet die New York Times.''
 
*''Die Aktionäre von Bayer wollten vor dem Kauf von Monsanto wissen, ob sich diese riesige Investition bezahlt machen wird.''
 
  
 
[http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/indirekte_rede/saetze.htm Reported Speech]
 
[http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/indirekte_rede/saetze.htm Reported Speech]
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[http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/substantive_artikel/artikel_the4.htm Definite Article]
 
[http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/substantive_artikel/artikel_the4.htm Definite Article]
 
 
 
 
  
 
[http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/participles_sentences.htm Participles]
 
[http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/participles_sentences.htm Participles]
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=== <colorize>Literature</colorize> ===
 
=== <colorize>Literature</colorize> ===
 
  
  
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=== <colorize>NEWS presentation</colorize> ===
 
=== <colorize>NEWS presentation</colorize> ===
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'''If you are sick on the day of your news presentation, you will have to present the latest news in the next lesson (even if it is in the following week!).
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'''
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March 21, 2017: Lina O.  
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March 2, 2020: Lukas S.  
  
March 28, 2017: Katja S. 
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March 9, 2020: Lucina
  
April 4, 2017: Nina H.
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March 16, 2020: Julia F.
  
April 25, 2017: Lukas L.  
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March 23, 2020: Julia Z.  
  
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March 30, 2020: Dana
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April 20, 2020: Jule S.
  
  
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=== <colorize>Useful Stuff</colorize> ===
 
=== <colorize>Useful Stuff</colorize> ===
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NEW (March 15, 2018)
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[https://www.tamiu.edu/uc/writingcenter/documents/TransitionsandConnectives.pdf Transitions and connectives]
  
  

Aktuelle Version vom 7. März 2020, 15:57 Uhr

Englisch



== ABITUR == Fürs Abitur zugelassene Wörterbücher (Stand Februar 2019)


== HOMEWORK ==


== Books ==

Please get the novel until February 10, 2020

Mohsin Hamid "The Reluctant Fundamentalist"

Cornelsen ISBN 978-3060331420

Price: 8.99 €





Political System USA

Presidential election 2016

Government System in the USA

Parliament UK


MEDIATION on using voting machines

Hi Harry,

How are you doing? I guess you must be a bit concerned right about know. With all the news we hear about what is going on in your country, I would be worried, too. it seems that you cannot really rely on your government or even the devices that elected them into office as these voting machines aren't doing a very good job apperently. In fact, I've read that most of them lack a common safety standard or are very old, so they can indeed not be relied upon anymore.

Even if they are newer though, there is a high risk of them being hacked as some hackers have proven when getting access to the system in under two minutes. The machines don't even need to be hooked up to the internet because hackers can infect the memory cards which are used in the machines beforehand. These cards are usually programmed by small contractors outside the government, so it is easy to send a virus to their publicly accessible e-mail address and this way hack the machines. The consequence of the hack can be manyfold. In some states they reported that the machines had given votes to candidate A even though people had voted for candidate B. Of course, this can be the result of a malfunctioning machine or human error and doesn't necessarily mean that the device was hacked, but it isn't good either way.

To prevent that from happening machines should print physical records of the votes given, so people can check if there have been any manipulations and launch an investigation, according to experts. Otherwise, it would be hard to prove any wrongdoing which would be a threat to your democracy, especially if a hostile state tried to gain influence by hacking your elections. I say only: Russia and the presidential elections in 2016.

That might be the reason why a court in your home state has ruled voting machines without paper records unconstitutional. A good start, if you ask me. Having found out so much about the risks of using voting machines, I guess, I am quite happy with ballot papers, which we use in our elections. Maybe you can talk to your representative and find out even more. I would be interested in getting more information as I consider this an important issue. Looking forward to hearing from you, pal!

CU S.

Useful Phrases

Useful Vocabulary (Book or Film Review)

Useful Phrases (Film Review)

Environment

Carbon Footprint calculator



Shakespeare

Shakespeare BIOGRAPHY quiz



Elizabethan Age

The Golden Age

What people believed in

Humors

Elizabethan playhouses

Elizabethan playhouses: e.g. THE GLOBE

Tour of the Globe

Actors

Audiences

Abitur

Langauage Analysis

  • TONE: formal, informal, serious, humorous, exaggerated, sarcastic, ironical
  • DICTION: choice of words
  • STYLISTIC DEVICES: metaphor, alliteration, personification, simile Explanation and examples of stylistic devices
  • SYNTAX/NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVE


Composition

INTRODUCTION-MAIN PART- CONCLUSION

MAIN PART

  • Discuss. = PROS and CONS (one argument EACH)
  • Do you agree? = PROS or CONS. (two arguments on EITHER one)
  • Comment on.
  • Articles: title+ introduction to topic+explanation+examples/expert opinion
  • Letter to the editor: To whom it may concern, in reference to the article…, Yours sincerely,
  • Use work of fiction/review: Form of text (novel, short story), author, title (Publishing house/production company, year) summary (setting, characters, plot)


INTRODUCTION (should lead to the main part- TRANSITION !!!!!! NO "And now I will discuss.... :-( )

  • Current event
  • Historical background
  • Provocation
  • Definition/
  • Explanation
  • Quotation
  • Statistics
  • Personal experience


CONCLUSION

  • Summary
  • Personal Opinion
  • Future developments


EXAMPLE:

"School is boring!" "School sucks!" "I don't want to go to school!" might be remarks parents have been hearing from their kids on a daily basis . Although school might not always be fun and entertaining, the education they provide is, however, necessary if you want to get a well-paid job and contribute to the economic well-being of your country. This significance of a good education is what Malcolm X was talking about when he said "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it."

What if you want to acquire this education but are not able to do so because you simply cannot afford to pay the tuition fees for college or university? That's why education should be free.

Everybody should have the opportunity to advance themselves by having access to higher education regardless of their financial background. There is no scientific proof that only kids from well-off families succeed at university but they are the ones who have easy access to colleges and universities because they can simply afford it. Others must hope for financial aid, scholarships or take out huge loans in order to become lawyers, doctors or engineers. Indeed, people from every walk of life can be asstets to a country's economic, social and technological success as they can contribute with their ideas and qualifications. In order to do that they need free access to a higher education.

In the United States, for example, this higher education can cost $ 11,000 a year at a state university which doesn't include costs for room and board. Families with a low income cannot afford this kind of tuition money, so their bright kid's future won't look so bright anymore as they have only a tiny chance of scoring a well-paid job and living the American Dream.

Americans are, however, reluctant to offer free education at colleges and universities because they would have to pay more taxes. If any student could go to college without having to pay any tuition fees, the American taxpayer would have to finance their education. The universities which are now funded by the money the students pay would need money from the government to uphold their standard of excellence. The government, however, hasn’t got enough money in their budget to keep the colleges running as successfully as they are now. Therefore, it would have to demand higher taxes from every single American regardless of them having children who attend college or not.

In Germany, for example, where college education is free, single workers paid 39.9% income tax in 2017, whereas Americans paid only 23.4% to the IRS. This would change if the USA would offer free college education.

Nevertheless, I conclude that free education should be a human right because "Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family." (Kofi Annan) And everybody should have access to this.

Mediation

  • Read task carefully
  • Read the text
  • Find the relevant information in the text (different colour for different aspects) German AND English
  • Structure the information in a logical order (e.g. general  specific)
  • Mediate the information
  • Write the text
  • Proofread YOUR text

Exercises

Genitive

s- and of- Genitive

Reported Speech

Reportet Speech 2

Definite Article

Participles

Gerund or Infinitive?

Gerund and Infinitive

Gerund after Prepositions

Tenses

Relative Clauses

Literature

Videos of important pieces of literature, e.g. Shakespeare's plays,Fitzgerald, Hawthorne etc. Sparksnotes

Performances of Shakespeare's sonnets [1]


NEWS presentation

If you are sick on the day of your news presentation, you will have to present the latest news in the next lesson (even if it is in the following week!).


March 2, 2020: Lukas S.

March 9, 2020: Lucina

March 16, 2020: Julia F.

March 23, 2020: Julia Z.

March 30, 2020: Dana

April 20, 2020: Jule S.


News presentation gives information on THREE important news items from the English speaking world. If the news 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

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Transitions and connectives


Here you can find some useful information on writing a comment [2]

You can find additional information in your book on pages 268/269

Useful transitions between the different parts of your comments [3]

The website ego4u [4] provides ample possibilities for you to practise your English (grammar, vocabulary etc.)

Useful phrases for different occasions English conversation phrases

Voice opinions Agreeing and disagreeing

Sentence Cohesion Linking ideas and arguments

Sentence Cohesion Conjunctions and fill words