Thelenberg 2013 14

Basic Skills & Information

• Writing a diary entry
• Information on homework and oral grades
• Reading and Marking technique - SQ3R Method A useful method to read, mark and annotate texts.
• Working with Cartoons
• A good speech/speaker ...
• Answering questions on the text
• Starting a paragraph
• Starting an Essay/Comment
• Writing an interview
• Mediation
• Translation (E→G)
• Characterization
• Diary
• Building an Argument

The Hobbit

The scrap book is part of the coursework (marked!

These are the questions that you need to have readable and reasonable NOTES on:

Chapters 1 and 2:

• Characterize Bilbo and one other character (round or flat, relation to each other?)!
• What kind of story and hero do you expect at the end of chapter one?
• Compare your impressions of Bilbo and the dwarves at the end of chapter II with those at the end of chapter I.

Chapters 4 + 5:

• p. 65-70: What rhetorical devices (e.g. symbols, style) and narrative tricks are used to create the special mood, tension and expectations?
• Collect all important information about goblins/orks in a "what travellers ought to know about goblins" profile!
• What are the similarities and differences between Bilbo and Gollum? (NOTES)

Chapters 7 + 8:

• Characterize Beorn!
• How does the mood / atmosphere develop from page 158 – 162 … How is this effect achieved?

• Explain how chapter 8 reveals Bilbo's heroic qualities!
• Compare the different dwarves' (Bombur - Thorin - Kili&Fili) and Bilbo's roles/function in the story in chapter 8! Who are the flat and who the round characters?

Chapters 9 + 10: Compare the endings of chapters 8, 9 and ten.

Chapters 11 + 12:

• Characterize Smaug (NOTES!)

Chapters 14 + 15:

• Characterize Bard
• How can Thorin's reaction to Bard's requests be explained?

Chapters 16 + 17:

• Bilbo fully turns into a modern, everyman anti-hero - very different from an epic hero like Thorin.

• Compare the two types of heroes!
• How do they feel abot the treasure / fighting?
• What does "honour" mean for them?

Chapters 18 + 19:

• Sum up what Bilbo has lost and gained in the end!
• What do you think of Bilbo's development throughout the book and what does it tell the reader?