What about having breakfast together on Thursday?

Dear all,

the end of term has nearly arrived - would you like to have breakfast on Thursday in our last English lesson?

Best,
D. Herold

Homework for Tuesday, 14th June, 2011

Should the novel "Looking for Alaska" be read in class at school?

Collect arguments for your character and write them down on an index card. Be prepared to take part in the discussion. We will draw cards to decide who is going to present his/her ideas in the discussion in class. 

Don't forget to do the reading task as well! (see other  blog entry)

Have a nice Whitsun weekend!

READING

read pages 

114 - 135 for 09th June, 2011

135 - 184 for 14th June, 2011 

184 - end for 21st June, 2011

Eure Prüfungszeiten für Montag, den 04. Juli 2011

Prüflinge	Vorbereitungszeit	Prüfungszeit
Max und Valdino	07.40 – 08.10	08.10 – 08.40
Florian und Philip P.	08.20 – 08.50	08.50 – 09.20
Ronja und Nicole	09.05 – 09.35	09.35 – 10.05
Carolin und Christiane	09.45 – 10.15	10.15 – 10.45
Tamaya und Denise	10.25 – 10.55	10.55 – 11.25
Tim und Philip S.	11.05 – 11.35	11.35 – 12.05
Fiona und Steffi	11.45 – 12.15	12.15 – 12.45
Katja und Jessica	12.45 – 13.15	13.15 – 13.45
Ole und Jakob	13.25 – 13.55	13.55 – 14.25
Stefano und Marleen	14.05 – 14.35	14.35 – 15.05
Sarah und Johanne	14.45 – 15.15	15.15 – 15.45

Homework for Thursday (9.6.2011)

1. Finish the task "Being invincible" [worksheet excercise a) to d)]

2. Read pages 114 - 135 and highlight the most important aspects. Focus especially on pages 127 - 135 since we are going to work on these passages in the next lesson.

Task for Tuesday (07/06/2011)

Homework

All of you: Read pages 99-114 (if you can manage it, please read pages 99 - 135) and be able to give a short summary in your own words.

Each pair should work on both tasks but you decide individually how to split it up, one of you can do task A, your partner does task B.

TASK A:

Writing a letter:

Imagine you are Miles. You are writing a letter to your parents after the Thanksgiving break at the end of November. Tell your parents that you are looking forward to coming home over Christmas. Write down Miles letter and put it online on your blog!

TASK B:

Mind Map "feelings":   

Create a mind map or a list of the feelings the characters have in different situations. Add new feelings to your mind map as you read on. Use different colours for positive and negative feelings. For each word, include the noun/verb/adjective as appropriate. Put the mind map or list online on your blog!

Bewertung mündlicher Sprachproduktion

Lieber Englischkurs,

Anfang Juli ist es soweit: Ihr werdet eure mündlichen Prüfungen zum Roman

"Looking for Alaska" ablegen.

Damit ihr euch bereits jetzt besser darauf einstellen könnt, was in der Prüfung von euch erwartet wird, sind hier die Bereiche, die wir beurteilen werden.

1. Aussprache und Intontation

2. Einsatz sprachlicher Mittel und Sprachrichtigkeit (Grammatik und Lexik, d.h. Wortgebrauch)

3. Strategie und Interaktion (wie gestaltet ihr eure Monologe und Dialoge, sind diese strukturiert, wie geht ihr miteinander im gemeinsamen Prüfungsteil um?)

4. Aufgabenerfüllung und Inhalt

Über die genauen Kriterien im Detail sprechen wir im Unterricht.

Point of view

The Point of view is the relation in which the narrator stands to the story.

Is there a character in the story speaking as “I”?
NO = third-person point of view			YES = first-person point of view
Are you informed about the thoughts and emotions of …			Is the narrator (who is a character in the story) …
all characters	some characters	no character	the protagonist	not the protagonist
omniscient narrator	selective narrator	objective narrator	protagonist-narrator	witness-narrator
unlimited perspective	limited perspective		limited perspective
the omniscient narrator can be neutral, but often comments on and evaluates what happens (“intrusive omniscient narrator”)	the selective narrator can also be called “limited omniscient narrator”	the objective narrator is impersonal, i.e. he/ she reports from the outside as a “hidden observer”	the protagonist-narrator is the central character of the story	the witness-narrator often is very close to the protagonist (e.g. a friend or relative)

Useful phrases
The author	·         is not identical with the narrator ·         uses/ employs a … narrator ·         makes use of a third-person point of view
The narrator	·         is the voice or character telling the story ·         tells the story in the first or third person ·         can have a limited or an unlimited perspective
A first-person narrator	·         is him-/ herself a character in the story, speaks as “I” ·         takes part in the action as a witness/ an observer or is the central character ·         is limited to what he himself knows/ experiences/ learns from somebody else
A third-person narrator	·         is not a character in the story ·         refers to the characters in the story as “he”, “she” or “they” or by their names ·         decides to what extent he informs the reader about the action and the characters
The omniscient narrator	·         enters the minds of the characters at will ·         can add his own comments and explanations
The selective narrator/ third-person limited narrator/ limited omniscient narrator	·         makes the reader see everything through the eyes of one character ·         confines himself to what is experienced, thought and felt by a single character
The objective narrator	·         is impersonal, unobtrusive, self-effacing ·         presents only the external action and not the characters’ thoughts and feelings ·         does not add comments and judgments

POV - point of view

The effect a story has on the reader or listener is strongly influenced by the point of view, or perspective, from which it is told. Basically there are three types of narrator that an author can employ to tell a story, but the types can be mixed and the point of view can change in the course or the story. Make sure you don't confuse the author, the narrator and the characters when you talk about a text.

Point of view

1. Third-person omniscient narrator

This type of narrator tells the story from the outside but knows about the characters' thoughts and feelings as well as the background of the story.

Sometimes this type of narrator even comments on the characters' behaviour, the story or the writing itself.

2. Third-person limited narrator

This type of narrator seems to tell the story from the outside, but knows only about the feelings and opinions of a particular character in a story. The narrator is not identical with this character, however.

3. First-person narrator

This type of narrator brings you close to the feelings and opinions of a particular character in the story because the narrator is identical with this character. You get to know only what this character knows. Ths first-person narrator is often, but not necessarily, identical with the protagonist. 

[Source: Green Line Oberstufe NRW, p. 242]

Narrative Perspektives

	First-person	Third-person limited	Third-person omniscient
Character-istics	e.g. ¯    narrator identical with one character in the story  (in most cases protagonist) ¯    knows feeling and thoughts of this character	e.g. ¯    story told from outside ¯    narrator knows only about the feelings and opinions of one particular character a but narrator is not identical with this character	e.g. ¯    story told from outside and inside ¯    narrator knows feelings and thoughts of different characters

Effect

e.g. ¯    reader has got access to this characters’ feelings and thoughts ¯    emotionally strongly involved and likely to identify with the narrator a identification figure ¯    reader is constantly informed about the protagonist’s thoughts and feelings

e.g. ¯    limited, possibly biased/unreliable information about events and other characters ¯    not enough information a may create suspense and encourage interpretation

e.g. ¯    reader gets comprehensive characterisations and interpretations