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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.

Useful Phrases

Useful Vocabulary (Book or Film Review)

Useful Phrases (Film Review)

Environment

Carbon Footprint calculator



Shakespeare

Shakespeare BIOGRAPHY quiz



Elizabethan Age

The Golden Age

What people believed in

Humors

Elizabethan playhouses

Elizabethan playhouses: e.g. THE GLOBE

Tour of the Globe

Actors

Audiences

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

If you are sick on the day of your news presentation, you will have to present the latest news in the next lesson (even if it is in the following week!).

Februray 6, 2019: Maximilian S.

February 11, 2019: Alexandra T.

February 18, 2019: Lucas R.

February 25, 2019: David B.

March 11, 2019: Leonie G.

March 18, 2019: Noelle M.


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

NEW (March 15, 2018)

Transitions and connectives


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