S. Müller 2013 14

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== ABITUR == Fürs Abitur zugelassene Wörterbücher (Stand Februar 2019)

== HOMEWORK ==

== Books ==

Please get the novel until February 10, 2020

Mohsin Hamid "The Reluctant Fundamentalist"

Cornelsen ISBN 978-3060331420

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.

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

EXAMPLE:

"School is boring!" "School sucks!" "I don't want to go to school!" might be remarks parents have been hearing from their kids on a daily basis . Although school might not always be fun and entertaining, the education they provide is, however, necessary if you want to get a well-paid job and contribute to the economic well-being of your country. This significance of a good education is what Malcolm X was talking about when he said "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it."

What if you want to acquire this education but are not able to do so because you simply cannot afford to pay the tuition fees for college or university? That's why education should be free.

Everybody should have the opportunity to advance themselves by having access to higher education regardless of their financial background. There is no scientific proof that only kids from well-off families succeed at university but they are the ones who have easy access to colleges and universities because they can simply afford it. Others must hope for financial aid, scholarships or take out huge loans in order to become lawyers, doctors or engineers. Indeed, people from every walk of life can be asstets to a country's economic, social and technological success as they can contribute with their ideas and qualifications. In order to do that they need free access to a higher education.

In the United States, for example, this higher education can cost $ 11,000 a year at a state university which doesn't include costs for room and board. Families with a low income cannot afford this kind of tuition money, so their bright kid's future won't look so bright anymore as they have only a tiny chance of scoring a well-paid job and living the American Dream.

Americans are, however, reluctant to offer free education at colleges and universities because they would have to pay more taxes. If any student could go to college without having to pay any tuition fees, the American taxpayer would have to finance their education. The universities which are now funded by the money the students pay would need money from the government to uphold their standard of excellence. The government, however, hasn’t got enough money in their budget to keep the colleges running as successfully as they are now. Therefore, it would have to demand higher taxes from every single American regardless of them having children who attend college or not.

In Germany, for example, where college education is free, single workers paid 39.9% income tax in 2017, whereas Americans paid only 23.4% to the IRS. This would change if the USA would offer free college education.

Nevertheless, I conclude that free education should be a human right because "Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family." (Kofi Annan) And everybody should have access to this.

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

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!).

March 2, 2020: Lukas S.

March 9, 2020: Lucina

March 16, 2020: Julia F.

March 23, 2020: Julia Z.

March 30, 2020: Dana

April 20, 2020: Jule S.

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