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Homework

The Hobbit

Talks

Talks on "The Hobbit"

Reading Tasks

11c 2008 09/Old Reading Tasks

New Reading Tasks

Findings

Goblins/Orcs - a characterization

ugly, stinky
live in the mountains
rude creatures
untidy and dirty
eat everything they find, e.g. ponies, horses etc.
rough, horrible stony voices
evil, cruel, wicked, clever, bad hearted
can tunnel and mine well
are able to manufacture weapons and torture instruments, e.g. hammers, axes, swords, daggers, pickaxes
hate everybody/everything
can smell footsteps, see well in the dark
hate the sun, only live in the dark
are afraid of eagles
hate woodmen
are not afraid of fire

Function and Effects of Fairy Tales

The Hobbit - a Fairy Tale?

The Effect of Classic Fairy Tales on Readers and Society by Kenny Fong.

Yes:

Comniscient narrator that comments on charcters and speaks directly to the reader
typical setting (dark wood)
talking animals, dwarves, wizards and hobbits as main characters
hope that the heroes will survive the adventure, hero must overcome many obstacles
theme of good against bad/ heroes against villains
magical devices (swords, the ring)

No:

Fairy Tales ...

help to educate the children

learning by good and bad examples/models
-> consequences of good and bad actions
children shouldn´t trust everyone
don´t give up your dream and work for it
learn how to face and handle problems
unselfishness will be rewarded
learn about bad and good

educating children helps ...

to form a better peaceful society
to help friends in bad situations

entertain us

helps you to escape from your world

Development of the atmosphere on pages 158 - 162

How is this effect achieved?
There were no more deer
Shadow of a great bear
don't leave the path
they were in despaire
forest was waiting for them like a black and frowning wall
turned from the light ... into the forest
now began the most dangerous part of all the journey
that depends on your luck
and with a tremendous slice of luck you may come out one day
there are no safe paths in this part of the world
Gandalf leaves them
Grey Mountains, and orcs of the worst description.

Looking at Narrative Texts

Setting

Basically the setting of a novel/story is the time, place and background that the narrator creates. The setting influences the readers' expectations, especially at the beginning of novels / chapters, and it helps to create a certain atmosphere (adjectives, characters, symbols, connotations of words that are used also contribute to atmosphere)

Characterization

Vocabulary and How-to ....

Flat vs. round characters

E.M. Forster. Aspects of the Novel, Harmondsworth 1976 (11927), pp. 72 and 80

"We may divide characters into flat and round. Flat characters … are sometimes called types, and sometimes caricatures. In their purest form, they are constructed round a single idea or quality: when there is more than one factor in them, we get the beginning of the curve towards the round. The real flat character can be expressed in one sentence …. The test of a round character is whether it is capable of surprising in a convincing way. "

This clearly shows the differences between

Flat Character:

lack of a realistic personality
description might be detailed, but reveals no complex personality
"flat" is not negative, but simply says the character can be summed up in one sentence
shows little or no development.

Round character:

complex and realistic
represents a fully developed, complex personality
often shows good and bad traits, interior conflicts, may react unexpectedly
usually true for main characters
clear development throughout the story

To do list 11c 2008: What is English good for - what should we practise/know?

The pupils collected the following list:

What will you need or would you like to use your English for after and outside school?

English in everyday (German) language
for travelling
in the internet
on the job / for my application
necessary to speak it because it’s the world language.
communication/understanding between cultures.
movies/books in English.

What should you know / learn to do in English for the English Grundkurs, LK or Abitur in the next two years?

vocabulary
grammar
text comprehension
writing compositions / answer
give talks / speak freely
think in/ be fluent in English

Mr. T came up with these lists .... rather similar!

Programme English: 11c – 2009

1. What we will have to do … </span>

a) … for the Lk/Gk and the Abitur:

reading, understanding texts (fictional and non-fictional)
describing and analyzing cartoons done
working with a dictionary
characterization done
building up topical vocabulary + techniques
writing comments (paragraph, introduction, argument) at it ...!
explaining effect of rhetorical devices, point of view, plot at it ...!
translating (general skills, special difficulties)
presenting a short speech/talk in front of class
listening comprehension

b) … due to the curriculum

read a complete novel + a short story
read some poems
analyze some adverts

c) … due to school regulations:

3 more tests (1 x fictional text → fable 19th January)

(1 x translation E → G)

Possible Novels:

Tolkien: The Hobbit
Hornby: About a boy
McCourt: Angela's Ashes
Orwell: 1984
Golding: Lord of the Flies
Lodge: Changing Places
Haddon: The curious incident of the dog in the night
Sachaar: Holes

@@ Zeile 71: / Zeile 71: @@
 ===Fairy Tales ...===
-=help to educate the children=
+===help to educate the children===
 * learning by good and bad examples/models
 * -> consequences of good and bad actions

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