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| Date |
Topics |
Homework |
| 17 February 1 |
First half of the text: Obama
warned over "welfare spendathon" (The Times Feb 15) Comprehension, discussion of some topics (portmanteau words) |
find keywords of the text and prepare
an oral summary |
| 18 February 2 |
Text: The Political System
about the workings of Parliament in the UK: Comprehension and discussion;
developing a chart * |
recapitulate the information of
the text, then read "The
British Parliament Today" |
| 20 February 3 |
How representative is Parliament? Comprehension and oral summary, discussion of the topic: techniques to get the meaning of a new word |
read, understand and prepare a
summary of your text (the
four texts) |
| 24 February 4 |
talking about different topics,
mainly Parliament, but also some aspects of history and language; Collage: United Kingdom |
read and prepare "The British Parliament Today"
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| 25 February 5 |
text analysis of "The British Parliament Today"
(Parliamentary history - List of rhetorical devices) |
write a list of 30 words from the
texts and learn them |
| 27 February 6 |
Excerpts from "Children's Encyclopedia
of British History", pp. 151-152: "Age of Empire" (look up interesting terms) preparing a discussion on the pros and cons of the Empire (useful phrases for discussing) |
Write about "The Empire is a
good thing" or "... a bad thing" (from the point of view
of a contemporary) Watch the film "The British Empire in Colour" |
| 3 March 7 |
Correction of homework (language); reding the keywords from the film |
Rewrite your homework |
| 4 March 8 |
Discussion and correction of homework
(content, structure); some questions about the text "Age of Empire" talking about the contents of the film "British Empire ..." |
Find information about George Orwell
(? ?
?) |
| 6 March 9 |
Text "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell |
Write about the short story (three tasks) |
| 10 March 10 |
Evaluation of homework; analysis
of the short story (text types: narraitve - argumentative - expository - descriptive - instructive) |
Understanding short stories (questions to start you
off) |
| 11 March 11 |
Die heutige Stunde muss leider
ausfallen. Lest bitte die drei rechts genannten Texte. |
Three Texts from different media: 1. Daily Mail: Race problems must be solved locally 2. BBC News: Burnley speaks out on race riots 3. Burnley Express (second half of the text: "Residents speak about trauma ..." 4. The Telegraph Police out in force ... |
| 13 March 12 |
Analysis of "Shooting an Elephant"
continued Problems of post-colonial Britain: a poem and a cartoon |
read and compare the three texts
above, think about their relevance for our topic |
| 17 March 13 |
Analysis of the poem - discussion of the riots in Burnley in 2001, comparing
four texts (s. a.) |
Analysis of a cartoon: 1. description, 2. explanation,
3. comment |
| 18 March 14 |
Film: Rumpole of the Bailey - The Fascist Beast (if you are interested, here you find a simple explanation of the differences between "lawyer", "solicitor" and "barrister") |
Multicultural Britain - Texts to choose from: Pick one text from each topic and prepare a talk about the topic |
| 20 March 15 |
Different aspects of multicultural
Britain - arranged marriages |
Write an answer to the BNP's demands to "call for an immediate halt to all further immigration". |
| 24 March 16 |
Short story: My Son the Fanatic by Hanif
Kureish |
Read rest of the story, fill in
the worksheet (Ludgera, please bring your laptop) |
| 25 March 17 |
Stunde
wegen Erkrankung sämtlicher Schüler ausgefallen |
Watch the film at home! - Learn
the "Terms for Film Analysis"
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| 27 March 18 |
Film: "East is East" - key scenes (the
procession, the wedding): analysis, camera work etc. |
Written homework: Nazir's letter
to his mother explaining his decision |
| 31 March 19 |
Film: "East
is East" - key scenes, analysis Enoch Powell, Birmingham Speech - Who is Who |
Fill in and complete the statements |
| 1 April 20 |
Discussion of some statements on the film "East is East" - treatment of racism in three key scenes |
compare the quarrel scenes
between Ella and George - watch the credits and find out, what
jobs are needed to make such a feature film |
| 3 April 21 |
Aspects of the American Dream:
Text "Of Thee I Sing", some songs |
Over the holidays, read Lorraine Hansberry's
"A Raisin in the Sun" |
| Easter Holidays |
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| 12 May 15:00 22 |
Aspects of the American Dream: The New Colossus (sonnet - octet, sestet) Letters from Norway (different experiences) |
read and prepare The Epic of America
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| 14 May 15:00 23 |
The American Dream: Adams
(photo) Langston Hughes, A Dream Deferred Lorraine Hansberry, "A Raisin in the Sun"- plot summary (with mistakes) |
Draw a picture
of the stage setting |
| 15 May 11:15 24 |
Lorraine
Hansberry, "A Raisin in the Sun" - (reading selected excerpts:
p10-13, p 15-17, p 29-31, p36-38) |
find 2 to 3 interesting passages
to read each, explaining why you consider them interesting (PS: here is some help for interpretation) |
| 20 May 25 |
Lorraine Hansberry,
"A Raisin in the Sun" - analysis
of selected passages in the context of the "American Dream", drama interpretation
(list of terms); symbol:
the plant |
watch the film, compare text and film
version |
| 26 May 26 |
Urban Poetry - Poems about
the city: 1. Brain storming: ideas about the city 2. Gareth Owen, Out in the City |
homework fpr Friday,
29 May: Mock-Klausur |
| 27 May 27 |
William Shakespeare: Text: Life with Will (by John Mortimer) Shakespeare's Life and the Elizabethan age |
s.a. |
| 29 May 28 |
Besprechung der "Klausur" - Text: Anthony Burgess, The Globe - discussion, what did the Globe Theatre look like |
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| Whitsun Holidays |
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| 9 June 29 |
Some passages from a Shakespeare play "Romeo and Juliet"
(text and film version) - (plot summary) |
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| 10 June 30 |
Reading and discussing key scenes from "Romeo and Juliet"
(word scenery) |
Some of Shakespeare's contemporaries
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| 12 June 31 |
Shakespeare in film ("Shakespeare in
Love") |