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Shakespeare

Elizabethan Age

The Golden Age

What people believed in

Humors

Elizabethan playhouses

Elizabethan playhouses: e.g. THE GLOBE

Tour of the Globe

Actors

Audiences

International Peacekeeping

The United Nations

QUESTIONS on TEXT

• Describe why there is still need for a world‘s policeman.
• Describe the parallels between the EU and the USA.
• Present examples of successful interventions by Europe.
• Describe the obstacles the EU has to face in the context of military intervention.

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

Exercises

Genitive

s- and of- Genitive

Reported Speech

Reportet Speech 2

Definite Article

Participles

Gerund or Infinitive?

Gerund and Infinitive

Gerund after Prepositions

Tenses

Relative Clauses

Literature

Videos of important pieces of literature, e.g. Shakespeare's plays,Fitzgerald, Hawthorne etc. Sparksnotes

Performances of Shakespeare's sonnets [1]

NEWS presentation

November 6, 2017: Giuliano M.

November 13, 2017: Jana S.

November 27, 2017: Lisa M.

December 4, 2017: Pauline H.

December 11, 2017: Milena E.

December 18, 2017: Linda E.

January 11, 2018: Celine A.

News presentation gives information on THREE important news items from the English speaking world. If the news of global relevance you may

include it in your presentation. The presentation should be no longer than 5-8 minutes and include pictures.

You might find these websites useful for your research.

USA

CNN

CBS News

USA Today

New York Times

Great Britain

London Times

The Guardian

BBC

Australia

General news

Sydney Morning Herald

Canada

General news

CTV News television

Ottawa Citizen

Useful Stuff

Here you can find some useful information on writing a comment [2]

You can find additional information in your book on pages 268/269

Useful transitions between the different parts of your comments [3]

The website ego4u [4] provides ample possibilities for you to practise your English (grammar, vocabulary etc.)

Useful phrases for different occasions English conversation phrases

Voice opinions Agreeing and disagreeing

Sentence Cohesion Linking ideas and arguments

Sentence Cohesion Conjunctions and fill words