Course-page EN52

"Shakespeare in Love"

"Romeo & Juliet"

September 2nd, 2005
September 9th, 2005

September 16th, 2005
September 23rd, 2005

October 7th, 2005

November 8th, 2005

November 11th, 2005

November 18th, 2005

November 25th, 2005

December 2nd, 2005

December 16th, 2005

February 10th, 2006

February 17th, 2006

February 24th, 2006

March 3rd & March 7th, 2006

March 10th, 2006

March 14th, 2006

March 15th, 2006 Newsday

March 24th, 2006 Bruce Springsteen

March 28th, 2006 Emigrants' stories

April, 28th, 2006

May 2nd, 2006

May 12th, 2005

May 19th, 2006

July 12th, 2006

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September 2nd, 2005

Topic: What's to be found on news.bbc.co.uk & topical news

please go to the BBC's marvellous website http://news.bbc.co.uk/ and click around to see what it offers (I bet it's even more than you can click...) and whether it's interesting and helpful for your aims concerning language improvements
work with WORD and the BROWSER
decide on an article about a topic which is of your interest;open Word and prepare for a short oral presentation (notes & vocab on a Word-page), re-read your article, understand it perfectly and sum it up in your words, quoting only the important essentials
insert the source of the article at the end of your word-document
print your Word-document and let's meet next door at 10.45 h, please

At home: Please read "The French Exchange" thoroughly and bring in 7,75 € on Tuesday

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September 9th, 2005

You will have seen the photos of our staging of "Exchange" already, if not: |photos|. And if you want to know about the results of the smoking-survey: |here it is|.

The outing of the three couples in "The French Exchange" seems to be something 'typical British'. Let us work on our perception of the English/the Britons and their perception of us. What sort of stereotypes can you find about each other?

An article from SPIEGEL correspondent Matthias Matussek "What is most British about the Brits?" might be a good start and then

just google with terms like 'stereotypes German' etc.
and again, collect your results as a word.doc
we'll have some brief oral presentations on first results at 10.50 h next door

At home: Please sum up what you've found and write an essay on the topic of "How the British see us and how we see them"

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September 16th, 2005

Please research the topic "burial ceremony", funeral, mourning ... by starting to browse the article "Funeral" of wikipedia.org |here it is| for a first idea before you use google.com, please.

The basic question is how people in England, Scotland, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand bury their beloved ones and what is different to our usual ceremonies in the church-yard. Collect your insights in a word-document and include as well web-sources as suitable images. One page to be printed out at the end, all documents to be saved on the server (--> donath_lk).
Homework: Write a summary of "A Box" by carefully following the guide-lines from the handout. Before doing that you should read the story again and when doing it, look out (underline) parts of the text to work on your second task: What does the reader learn about the narrator/who is he? What does the narrator realize, what does the reader realize? refer to the text, please (quotations, text reference with pages and lines). No lesson on Tuesday as I'll be in Algier.

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September 23rd, 2005

interested in what Algerian teachers, schools, pupils look like? |click|
first task: work with the words we listed from "A Box to Keep the Screws In" by help of the English-English dictionaries |here they are|; type the new words in a word.doc and then copy & paste examples of expressions, context usage, etc. from the dictionaries into the document which you should print out at the end or email to your private address (webmail only); learn the words, we'll test it on Wednesday next week ;-)=
second task: find your word.doc from last Friday ("Burial Ceremonies") and carry on with your research if necessary or organize the results of last Friday's research to prepare your homework: An essay on this topic, so print out the result of your research and/or email it to your home address; at the end of the essay there should be a list of 10 useful words from the word-field "burial"; please hand in the essay on Tuesday
third task @home if you find the time: Read "The Last Thrush" thoroughly as it is quite difficult

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October 7th, 2005

what's new? --> photos --> dictionaries & useful links in Hamburg
what's up today? Learn about "Dub poetry" while listening to Reggae & Ska; use wikipedia to learn more about the connection between Ska and Reggae
google an example of Dub poetry, try to find a sound-file or at least a text to print out and take home
collection and presentation of results at 10.50 h (we have to form five groups, btw)

Homework:

read "Tuxedo" by Pauline Melville and sum up the events (concentrating on what happens to Tuxedo and his special character)
meet with your group on Tuesday 3rd/4th period anywhere @Ulricianum and prepare a song (Reggae, Ska, Hiphop, Rap, etc.); write down the lyrics together, work out a tune, use an instrument/instruments, sing it together & rehearse it; if you need more time: meet again on Wednesday 4th period
send the lyrics of your group's song to donath@emsnet.de and
present it next week Friday live (and if possible as a taped/recorded version)

Pauline Melville |more|

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November 8th, 2005

group 5: The 1950s in England and around the world: main aspects, please (concentration on wikipedia.org )

group 5: getting an idea of Salisbury and the Cathedral (concentration on http://www.visitsalisburyuk.com/ )

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November 11th, 2005

Thanks for being autonomous and independent enough to work even when your teacher is not in, really super of you ;-)

Use the time today to write a little story from a different point of view than the one Stevens has adopted with some suitable pictures, please:

decide on a point of view, make some notes
tell the events from pp. 23-45 (great English countryside, Stevens in Salisbury, impressions of Salisbury; butler's duty/honour, his father)
include pictures (www.google.com --> images) to show the beautiful countryside, Salisbury |http://www.visitsalisburyuk.com/|, perhaps a butler, etc.
expected: about 2-3 pages word-document, print it out, bring it in on Tuesday, send it to your email-address, if there are any printing problems, send it to my address
and read on, if possible up to p. 115
enjoy the lesson and the week-end as well, of course - c u on Tuesday
yours, dt

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November 18th, 2005

Depending on how far you have read, please choose one of the following topics and find partners to work with ;-)

Stevens' behaviour around his father's death: How cold can a man be?
Stevens' attitude towards Miss Kenton: How cold can a man be?
Stevens on the peak of his butler-career: What makes a real butler?

--> write an essay, please, point out your opinion, refer to the text/events (word.doc, pictures welcome)

Versaille Treaty (June 28, 1919): what is it? What's the position of GB, F and the US afterwards? (perhaps helpful http://www.wikipedia.org/ - perhaps interesting |this source ???|
who was Mosley and what can you find out about his movement?

--> prepare an oral presentation of the facts in an understandable way, please

Homework:

read on (p. 211 expected on Tuesday)

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November 25th, 2005

click: poster presentation ; pictures of posters
training: wiki | our wiki |; try to link to pages from others where appropriate; include pics
write on topic you were given (in pairs)

Topics:

Mrs Kenton - Stevens: No more cocoa evenings (pp. 183 f.)
with village folks near Tavistock (pp. 190 f.)
dignity & duty from Stevens's point of view
attitude towards Lord Darlington
a butler's dignity
the conference at Darlington Hall: Mr Lewis, M Dupont & the others (pp. 89, 104 ff.)
the conference: the American and the French
the conference: professionalism
the pressure on Stevens during the conference
Lord Darlington and the right-wing movement
the episode with the Jewish housemaids
Stevens as Miss Kenton describes him in her diary

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December 2nd, 2005

Well folks, just write about one of the following topics, while we'll divide the course in males and females, for obvious reasons...

The girls, please: Miss Kenton has been writing a diary all the years (well, that's what we assume) - two each could write different entries into her diary like

a) Dear diary, today I started working at Darlington Hall and met Stevens...

b) This morning I wanted to bring a vase with flowers to Stevens...

c) Oh my dearest diary, can you understand what's going on between Stevens and his father?

c) Dear diary, when I told Stevens about leaving Darlington Hall and marriage plans, he...

d) Oh my diary, today I met Stevens who came all the way down to see me here in Cornwall

Two boys, please, choose from one of these topics

Stevens definitely wasn't able to fall in love with Miss Kenton
How Stevens (mis)understands Miss Kenton's letter and how this is revealed during his narration
The novel can be compared to a road-movie
An explanation of Stevens's statement "At that moment my heart was breaking"
Stevens writes a letter to Miss Kenton when he is back at Darlington Hall and describes, what remains at the end of the day for him
a topic of your choice is possible as well, of course

Enjoy writing and don't forget to switch off the coffee machine, please ;-O)

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December 16th, 2005

What remains? The 50s in Great Britain, the Suez Canal Crisis, the author...

Britain in the 50s http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/years/default.stm

"The Remains of the Day and the Suez Canal Crisis" (1956) http://www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/curric/english/resource/ishiguro/remainsh.htm

Literary Encyclopedia: http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=7561

Interview http://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/ishiguro.html

topical issues: riots Down Under; GB, EU budget talks, Maggie Thatcher & Tony Blair...

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February 10th, 2006

Globalization: "Black Gold"

Find decent information to support the SPIEGEL-findings concerning Nigeria, Sudan, Congo, Zambia, Gabon, Kenya, and Zimbabwe (in pairs).

--> mainly interesting: benefits from selling out national resources to China or the US; what happens with the money? Political/social situation, corruption, etc.

Useful resource for information about countries: CIA World Factbook |here it is | - the given facts might be compared to SPIEGEL-Länderlexikon (registration necessary/free of charge) |here it is |.

On Tuesday

you'll receive the task for your term-paper
we'll start with Boyles "Tortilla Curtain"
read yesterday's article "Der Coyote" |Frankfurter Rundschau 08-02-2006 | as well, please: | page 1 | | page 2 | --> Acrobat Reader necessary

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February 17th, 2006

T. C. Boyle - "Tortilla Curtain" - The American & the Mexican couple (and world) in part one

half of the course Mexican, the other half American, please
within the two groups, sub-divide, please, to cover each of the eight chapters thoroughly
wanted: detailed description of 'living conditions', work, attitudes, events/plot, developments in a word.doc with quotations and references
final steps: Mexican-sub-groups and American sub-groups work together and put their results in one word.doc each and present

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February 24th, 2006

Time to open the Tortilla Community, please go | there |.

Web-page with loads of links about Boyle and the topic of immigration |here|.

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March 3rd & March 7th, 2006

Concentration on part II of the novel in six groups, following the characters and the development narrated in the novel; results to be published on a website in progress | here it is |.

Each group works on

development of the story: what happens?
what's interesting concerning the characters' development?
what's worth knowing?
(special) reference to part I --> refer back to events, add texts from earlier work ;-)
--> beginning descriptive, then analytic, please
...and then switch over to our myspace-community to comment and blog developments & insights from that perspective (not only today, but during the next days as well)
next: adding/linking further information to be found on already existing web-pages from other school-projects |here| and creating a digital learning environment for pupils ;-)
technical background: you'll work with Frontpage and have to save your files under the already existing file-name; photos have to be saved in the folder 'bilder/boyle' and to be inserted from there; if you copy texts from your word.doc and want to insert them in your web-page: BEARBEITEN - INHALTE EINFÜGEN - STANDARDABSÄTZE MIT ZEILENUMBRUCH