20th Jan

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

H4 20th of January

Today's planning

-Assignment info

-Short stories!

Assignment Interview

• Hand in the 10th of Febuary
• On magister (opdracht)
• CHECK magister :)

Reading Literature

An intro to Literary analysis: Short Stories

Planning for the next couple of lessons

• Short story theory​
  
• Reading and analysing:​
  
• Roald Dahl’s ‘The landlady’ (PDF can be found in teams / bestanden)​
  
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• If time allows: Kurt Vonnegut’s ‘Harrison Bergeron’

Do you read books?

1. YES! :D
2. Occasionally
3. Not voluntarily :(
4. Not on pain of death >:(

What do you have to pay attention to when you're analysing a story?

Points of attention

What is a short story?

Answer

SHORT STORIES ARE PRECISE WITH THEIR DELIVERY, THEY MUST CAPTURE THE ATTENTION OF THE READER EXTRAORDINARILY QUICKLY, AND TELL A FULL TALE FROM BEGINNING TO END IN ROUGHLY A HALF HOUR OF READING. 

(WHY SHORT STORIES MATTER NOW MORE THAN EVER | HUFFPOST)

Back to Powerpoint :)

Which book was NOT written by Roald Dahl?

1. Mathilde
2. The BFG
3. The Witches
4. Where the Sidewalk ends

What do Shakespeare and Roald Dahl have in common?