Englisch 8a und 8b

AKTUELLES

1. Schulaufgabe: Mi 19.12.

1. vocab: p. 124 - 134 and irregular verbs: p. 190-191
2. questions on the text
3. text production (Film or Game review!)
4. English in use (grammar): book G 1 - G6:

• indirect speech
• conditional sentences
• passive voice

The Rabbit Proof Fence

Molly ("The Rabbit Proof Fence")

• girl, fourteen years old
• was taken away from her Aborigine mother
• dutyful, feels responsible because she is the oldest
• feels she must to protect the younger children
• polite
• brave & has a strong character, does not give up
• carerful, because she stops fhe others from running to strangers they meet
• does not leave her friends behind
• motivates them and keeps the group together
• finds the decisive landmark => that gives them hope and enables them to find their home
• has a strong will
• is very watchful and focused and acts very fast when ther is danger
• clever, determined, saves the group
• she is tough and a survivor

Film review

TEXT TYPE	FILM REVIEW
Who wrote it?	s.o. who saw the film … journalist?
Purpose?	to tell people …if the film is worth watching, what it is about, what makes it good
Characteristics? (1b3)	formal language, main characters, summary, judgement of the important elements of the film
Who is it aimed at?	for people, who want to decide if they want to watch it
Where to find it?	cinema, library, internet

The Rennaissance

Read the texts on page 23! Decide what parts belong to your group's topic!

Group 1:

• The Rennaissance and Rennaissance Art

• What are the most important facts about the Rennaissance? (When? What? Where? )
• What was new and modern about Rennaissance Art?

Group 2:

• The age of explorers

• What important things happened?
• What effects did they have on the discovering and discovered nations?
• What effects can we still see today?
  
  

Group 3:

• The Reformation

• What important things happened/changed?
• What effects did this have on the position of the Catholic church and for people in Europe?
• What effects can we still see today?

Group 4:

• Astronomy

• What new ideas did Rennaissance astronomers come up with?
• Why are they important - and how did people react?