V5C 23-6-2025 90 min

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome! 

You need: book, notebook, pen

Oral exams schedule

Programme

1. Programme / learning goals

2. Work individually & homework check (15 mins)

3. Discuss video homework assignment (20 mins)

5. Protagonist - antagonist (30 mins)

6. Comparing books (10 mins)

7. Round off together

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson...

 

- I will know what to expect at my oral exam and how to prepare for it

- I will have tested and deepened my knowledge of my book

- I will have practised my speaking skills

To do now: work individually

(I will check your homework)

Think of a question for your partner

(re)read your book

Go over the questions, ELO (P&G) or Teams (LoP)

Complete your notebook

Work quietly please :)

Discussing video assignment

5 minutes to go through the answers with your partner

Q1: connection fiction - religion

Q1: connection fiction - religion

P&G video: according to the professor, God can touch us through literature. In this case, the description of the protagonist by the author implies that everyone, however flawed, can still obtain the mercy of God.

LoP video: according to the author, art/fiction and religion both address the big picture and they are both about asking questions (religion also offering some solutions). Neither is rational: they are both acts of faith. ‘Stories and God are the engines of our lives.’

Do you agree? Why (not)?

Q2: is the priest a 'good priest'?

Q2: is the priest a 'good priest'?

According to the professor, the book poses the question whether or not a priest who has sinned can still be a good priest. 

The protagonist has committed 2 obvious sins (fornication and drinking) and he is afraid and full of doubt, yet he will always answer a call for help and risk his own life by doing so. The professor refers to Jesus Christ when he states this is an act of heroic courage.

Q3, LoP: the interpretation of a story?

Q3, LoP: the interpretation of a story?

According to the author, fiction needs to be open to interpretation, for if it offers too many solutions (i.e. is too moralistic), it will quickly become obsolete.

 

(Also: because a story and its interpretation are highly personal, it is truely democratic! & the author states that fiction is more ‘realistic’ than anything else, with its mix of facts, flavour and psychology).

What is your opinion?

Q4

In your own book, do you think the protagonist 

can be called a ‘good person’? 

Why (not)?

Protagonist - antagonist

Protagonist 

Antagonist

Antagonist: can be another person or persons, but also nature, environment, etc.

Protagonist - antagonist

• A tense relationship, constant struggle
• Striving toward separate – & often clashing – goals. 
• Conflict propels the story (plot) forward
•  Conflict emphasizes some of the story’s themes

• Different types of antagonists:  a character, OR the environment, the government or an organization, or even the protagonist’s darker self.
• The antagonist’s goal or function always hinders the protagonist’s ability to reach their goal

Groups of 4: the same book

1. Exchange the information you have found about your protagonist & antagonist

2. Together, discuss the following questions:

- What is the nature of their conflict?

- Are they more different or more alike? How?

- What themes arise out of their relationship?

Check out the themes on the yellow sheets

Comparing

             Comparing

- Work with your partner

- I will give you a set of questions

- Choose 2 and find out everything you can about this topic

- Practise answering these questions out loud

Literary devices

There is Brahman, the world soul, the sustaining frame upon which is woven, warp and weft, the cloth of being, with all its decorative elements of space and time.

There is Brahman, the world soul, the sustaining frame upon which is woven, warp and weft, the cloth of being, with all its decorative elements of space and time.

- Extended metaphor, alliteration (w), personification, 

reference to Pi’s Hinduism.

- Effect: movement, connection mundane – spiritual world

Well done! You...

- know what to expect at your oral exam and how to prepare for it

- have tested and deepened your knowledge of your book

- have practised your speaking skills

Finish the protagonist - antagonist assignment before tomorrow!

Last lesson: practise comparing your books + do what is necessary

Remember? The hero's journey

- Video: pattern

- Popular genre - why

- A hero's journey can be a quest, or... 

- Should a hero always be a noble and talented character? 

- How about your own book? What kind of journey? What pattern? Is the protagonist a hero?

Questions:

- summarize what, why, where, how, by whom

- 'grassroot library'?

Questions:

- summarize what, why, where, how, by whom

- 'grassroot library'?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Listening exercise

Video about the demise of pope Francis 

and the conclave in Rome

(4:31)

rare - conclave - papal/papacy

Questions

1. What is the difference between this funeral and the previous ones?
2. Why is it different?
3. Name a few other things pope Francis did differently.
4. Does the journalist think the film 'Conclave' paints a correct picture of a conclave?
5. How many votes does a cardinal need to become pope?

Questions

1. What is the difference between this funeral and the previous ones?
2. Why is it different?
3. Name a few other things pope Francis did differently.
4. Does the journalist think the film 'Conclave' paints a correct picture of a conclave?
5. How many votes does a cardinal need to become pope?

Questions + answers

1. What is the difference between this funeral and the previous ones?

Different location: Sta Maria Maggiore instead of the Vatican
2. Why is it different? Pope Francis wanted his burial to be more quiet and humble.
3. Name a few other things pope Francis did differently. 1 coffin in the ground, simple clothing / shoes, lived in the guesthouse, not the official papal apartments
4. Does the journalist think the film 'Conclave' paints a correct picture of a conclave? Yes he does (secrecy, no communication with the outside world)

5. How many votes does a cardinal need to become pope?                                                                               2/3 majority, OR, after 15 days: 50% + 1.

Essay topic: Why are Americans overweight?

Thesis statement:
Americans are overweight because

What animal makes the best pet?

Thesis statement: ....... are the best pets because

Name the 3 elements of a good introduction:

Can you name the subject, claim and 3 points?

“Going back to college was a complex process that involved researching a school, applying for admission, and enrolling in classes.”

What do you remember?

Essay structure: the elements & what they should contain

1. Think (on your own, in silence)
2. Pair (compare notes)
3. Share (with the class)

Share: teacher writes on whiteboard, using the students' info to make a complete structure:

Title

Introduction

- opening sentence(s)

- thesis statement

Paragraph 1: pros

- topic sentence

- argument(s)

- example(s)

- wrap-up

Paragraph 2: cons

- topic sentence

- argument(s)

- example(s)

- wrap-up

Conclusion

- reference to thesis statement

- short summary

- name most benificial + arguments

(no examples)

(no new information)

The coming weeks, we will address alle these elements and practise