Thelenberg 2009 11

Topics&Vocabulary US Politics Class and Responsibility

Writing Skills Paragraph writing Starting an Essay/Comment Shaping/Refuting an Argument Working with Texts Literature Non-Fictional texts

News and Homework Problem Urheberrecht Talks to be given by pupils New and recent homework Problem Urheberrecht US Politics Qualities of a President Look at the following two articles! Show/explain the function of the supreme court and the power it has! Supreme Court on gun control 1 Supreme Court on gun control 2 If you want to know a lot more .... Wikipedia: Supreme Court Supreme Court decides if new laws (by states and districts)or federal governments are constitutional Former courts decided that the right to bear arms is not an individual right, but applies to a militia Supreme Court can decide what limitations of constitutional rights are ok Talks Analysing texts Tone and mood Other categories: theme/topic author's intention (what he wants to do ...)/message (what he says) author vs. narrator types of irony and their functions verbal irony: express something by saying the opposite --> effect: reader enjoys finding irony, reader discovers real meaning, reader discovers contrast between what is said and what is meant dramatic irony: the reader or the audience know more than the characters --> effect 1: reader feels superior, only to show him he is not --> effect 2: the reader feels pity, involvement in story irony of situation: sharp contrast between what the characters/readers wish and what real life is like types of texts line of argument/argumentative structure describe what the author does (e.g. he puts forward his main thesis) explain why he does it at this point show how he tries to do this effectively means to make a text interesting / convincing attitude of an author Style Style (formal vs. informal Building / Refuting an argument Building an argument Refuting an argument Immigration, Multiethnicity Topics for Talks on Race, Immigration etc. What is the trend, what are the effects and problems of interracial relationships/marriages? | Interracial relationships I Interracial relationships II Art and Artists Big City Life and "The Car Crisis" Links covering "Big City Life" Urban Problems Wikipedia: City Settlements Attractions in Big Cities Results of "Big City Life - Search on 01/10/07 revival-of-cities-1.pdf revival-of-us-cities.pdf urban-divide.pdf Musterlösung Translation "Four Legs Good .... Project: US-Solutions to "The Car Crisis" Information on Sprawl & Transportation Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet Talks: Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet Talk 1: Wikipedia: "Elizabethan Era" & "English Renaissance" Talk 2: http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/Tillyard01.html, http://library.thinkquest.org/C0120460/arte/index.htm General: http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/resource_lit.shakespeare.html http://www.william-shakespeare.info (esp. talks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare (esp. talk 4) Talk 6: http://www.bartleby.com/215/index.html#11 (Punkte 1-8) Shakespeare - Sources and material ...=== What do you get for 1 p. - The naked truth about Romeo and Juliet! The Prologue Elements of a Play about Love.doc Romeo and Juliet online .... "Facharbeit" Just in case you've forgotten: There are some useful links ... http://www.theli.de/englisch/ http://www.theli.de/englisch/inetsearch.pdf or http://www.theli.de/englisch/style.pdf NEU: Word-Anleitung Facharbeit For more questions, or in order to arrange a quick meeting --> To discuss your progress or problems ==> joerg.thelenberg@gmx.de An annotated collection of links can also be found in this wiki: Annotated Links for Learners of English Interpreting symbols Online-Dictionary of Symbols Colour-Symbols Animal Symbolism I Animal Symbolism II Animal Symbolism in Medieval Christian Sources Vocab sheet USA at war usa-war-politics.pdf - produced by LK E2