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== ABITUR == Für das Abitur zugelassene Wörterbücher

Written exam: May 8, 2019

Colloquium: May 20- May 31, 2019

== Books ==

PLEASE have the book by January 23, 2019

Mohsin Hamid "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" (CORNELSEN)

ISBN 978-3-06-033142-0

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.

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

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