28th September
28th September
Learning objective
Literature: a short story and how to analyse a short story
You can - identify irony, exaggeration and satire;
- explain how Adams creates humour;
- give their own interpretation of a short passage.
Writing : Improving your writing skils, feedback on wrting
Listening: Check answers of Global Listening
Items in this lesson
28th September
Learning objective
Literature: a short story and how to analyse a short story
You can - identify irony, exaggeration and satire;
- explain how Adams creates humour;
- give their own interpretation of a short passage.
Writing : Improving your writing skils, feedback on wrting
Listening: Check answers of Global Listening
Moral Dilemma
You are sitting in a café.
You have bought a cookie.
You put it on the table.
A stranger takes it and eats it.
What would you do?
A. Say nothing
B. Ask for it back
C. Get angry
D. Take another cookie
Douglas Adams: Cookies
British writer and humourist
Born in 1952, died in 2001
Best known for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Famous for British humour, absurd situations and irony
His stories often make ordinary situations seem strange or ridiculous
You receive a work sheet with explanations.
Read the story and when reading find examples of the literature devices.
Fill in the form, ypu can work together with your classmate.
We check the answers together.
Done: some fun.
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Device How is it used?
Irony The narrator thinks the stranger is stealing his cookies, but the opposite is true.
First-person narration We experience the situation through the narrator's perspective.
Repetition The repeated taking of cookies makes the situation increasingly
awkward and funny.
Suspense We want to know why the stranger is taking the cookies.
Twist ending (plot twist) The final discovery completely changes our understanding of the story.
writing - feedback
You did the task - well done
Your work has not met the EXAM REQUIREMENTS, yet. ( good hope anyway)
THIS MEANS: we have to practice a lot.
So the common mistakes are the following:
to improve
Number of words: 250 - always told in the description
Mind: can 4 points off if you do not keep the rules
Words: you use INFORMAL VOCABULARY - does not meet de requirements
Grammar: too long sentences. USE SHORTER SENTENCES
Coherence: use linking words First of all, Finaly, To conclude etc...
Form: use the Intro, body, closing 4 paragprahs altogether
Never use
You - informal, you write an opinion so do not adrees other people.
They: WHO? Students? Make it always clear
BUT/ BECAUSE/ AND never beginning sentence
USE: However, As/ due to, additionally/moreover
Check answers listening
CB: pp. 39-42 ex 34, 35, 36
taking notes
INTRODUCTION
Catch your reader’s attention. --> Effective hooks can take many forms: anecdotes, questions, statistics, quotes, definitions etc.. Always connect your hook to your thesis and revise for clarity.
Present your thesis statement—the central point of your essay.: a sentence that sums up the central point of your paper or essay.
Give background on your topic. e.g. why you choose this topic
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Revise: irregular verbs
Learn words Theme 1 CB: pp. 57-58
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