Translate the words from the article into Swedish.
Write an explanation of them in English by using your own words, not the words from the article.
You could think about it like this; translate them, how would you describe them in Swedish? and the finally translate this into English.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Clarification
Firstly, I wanted to make it clear that I won't focus too much on the grade on Bill Sprockett. I hadn't told you that I would graded or given you criterium, as one student pointed out. So I hope this is fair enough.
Secondly, I've been really busy so your logs have ended up in the bottom the pile. I have now started with them and you will receive them during this week. In log 5 you will also be given the total grade of your work.
Those who haven't sent your logs, please do as soon as possible. To hand in on time is really necessary, because it affects your grade.
I also want to remind those who are still not finished with Bill Sprockett. Do it as soon as possible.
Hand in books that you have at home, either Letters from the Inside or the book where you could read about Bill Sprockett.
Secondly, I've been really busy so your logs have ended up in the bottom the pile. I have now started with them and you will receive them during this week. In log 5 you will also be given the total grade of your work.
Those who haven't sent your logs, please do as soon as possible. To hand in on time is really necessary, because it affects your grade.
I also want to remind those who are still not finished with Bill Sprockett. Do it as soon as possible.
Hand in books that you have at home, either Letters from the Inside or the book where you could read about Bill Sprockett.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Letters from the Inside
Assignments: Letters from the Inside by John Marsden
Reading log
As you read the book you will write a log, which is divided into five parts.
Pages: 1-27
Pages: 28-56
Pages: 57-86
Pages: 86 - 117
Pages: 117 – 146
Questions posted on the blog
You will also be given questions on some parts of the book, which I will post on the blog. You should either e-mail me the answer or post it on the blog.
Group discussion
When you all have finished reading the book I want you to sit in groups and discuss some aspects of the novel. These questions will be handed to you in class.
Extra work: write an essay called “A Perfect Day”
In one letter Manny asks Tracey about a perfect day. What would she do? Where would she be? So know I’m asking you to do the same. Write about your perfect day.
Instructions: Reading log
When you write a reading log you analyse the novel as you read it. Instead of writing one analysis document when you’re finished you get to write down your thoughts as you go along. This is in fact a more effective way of getting a deeper understanding of the book you’re reading as you don’t have to remember everything that has happened at the end of it.
This reading log will be divided into five parts. Each part touches on different subjects in the book. Remember to take little notes as you read. This will make each reading log easier to write. Each log should be about 400 – 600 words (excluding quotations). Divide the novel into five parts and write one log after each part, starting with the first one and so on.
Quotations
Remember to use quotations as often as you can when you write. The quotations will work both as a support for your arguments in the text and also as a way of showing me that you’ve understood the book.
A quotation looks like this: “It all started with zombies. I have a bit of a soft spot for zombie flicks. Old‐school shamblers, recent remake runners, undead animated by magic or mad science − you name it, I’m there with popcorn.”
(Creepy Cute Crochet, 2008. Christen Haden, p. 6)
When you’ve quoted an author often enough you can choose to just refer to them by their last name (in the case above that would be “Haden”). Every time you want to explain or present something in the text there should be a quotation to back it up.
The Logs
The first log – the exposition
The first log revolves around the exposition of the novel. Exposition is a fancy word for the beginning of the novel and it is in the exposition the characters, story and background to the story is presented to us. In this log you will describe the exposition in depth and explain what happens in it. What happens in the beginning? What does the novel seem to be about? What characters are introduced to us and who are they? The first lines of the novel are also important. Write down the first three lines and describe how you feel about them. Do they catch your interest? Why? The title of the novel can also be important to the exposition. Why do you think that the writer has chosen that title? Can you find any evidence of why the writer chose it in the text?
The second log – the characters
In the first log you presented the characters briefly. In this log you will analyse the characters indepth and present them properly. Choose one character to describe. Ask yourself these questions: Who is the character I’m describing? What do I think about her personality and why? Describe what the person means to the novel and how she has been acting up until the point you’ve read. How do those actions make you feel? Try to describe them as carefully and detailed as possible and relate them to quotations from the novel.
The third log – the environment
When one speaks of an environment in a novel one does not speak of the actual environment. It is not only about how the landscape is described but also how the feeling of the novel is presented. Is the environment dark and creepy or light and playful? What words does the author use to describe both the landscape and society the characters live in? Can you envision the landscape and places the author describes? Some authors might describe almost everything in the environment – the colour of the character’s clothing, the smells that surround the character and the feel of everything the character touches for example. Other authors describe very little. How has this author decided to treat the environment? Are there a lot of descriptions in the novel or almost none?
The fourth log – the conflicts
Almost all novels have conflicts of some kind. Sometimes they are between two or more people, i.e. external conflicts, and sometimes the conflict resides within the characters themselves, i.e. internal conflicts. Try to find examples of both of these kinds of conflicts. The character might for example be fighting with another character, and that would make an external conflict, or the character might be struggling with him‐ or herself over something he/she has done that he/she knows was wrong.
Describe these conflicts in depth and try to use as many quotations as you can to show what those conflicts are about.
The fifth log – the Peripeteia (or peripety)
Peripeteia is Greek and means “sudden change”. Every novel goes through a change somewhere in the end and it may look different in each novel. In some novels mortal enemies become friends to fight a common foe and in some the main character might see the error of his ways and change for the better (or worse, in some cases). This means that the novel comes to a turning point and things change, sometimes quickly and sometimes slowly. Can you pin point where this change occurs in your novel? Is it a sudden change or something that goes on through‐out the novel and reaches its peak somewhere? Use quotations to show where your novel’s turning point is and explain why it this is the point where everything changes. Also describe the ending of the novel and what you thought of it. Was it good? Why? Do you think the ending was appropriate and satisfactory or would you have wanted it to end in another way?
Reading log
As you read the book you will write a log, which is divided into five parts.
Pages: 1-27
Pages: 28-56
Pages: 57-86
Pages: 86 - 117
Pages: 117 – 146
Questions posted on the blog
You will also be given questions on some parts of the book, which I will post on the blog. You should either e-mail me the answer or post it on the blog.
Group discussion
When you all have finished reading the book I want you to sit in groups and discuss some aspects of the novel. These questions will be handed to you in class.
Extra work: write an essay called “A Perfect Day”
In one letter Manny asks Tracey about a perfect day. What would she do? Where would she be? So know I’m asking you to do the same. Write about your perfect day.
Instructions: Reading log
When you write a reading log you analyse the novel as you read it. Instead of writing one analysis document when you’re finished you get to write down your thoughts as you go along. This is in fact a more effective way of getting a deeper understanding of the book you’re reading as you don’t have to remember everything that has happened at the end of it.
This reading log will be divided into five parts. Each part touches on different subjects in the book. Remember to take little notes as you read. This will make each reading log easier to write. Each log should be about 400 – 600 words (excluding quotations). Divide the novel into five parts and write one log after each part, starting with the first one and so on.
Quotations
Remember to use quotations as often as you can when you write. The quotations will work both as a support for your arguments in the text and also as a way of showing me that you’ve understood the book.
A quotation looks like this: “It all started with zombies. I have a bit of a soft spot for zombie flicks. Old‐school shamblers, recent remake runners, undead animated by magic or mad science − you name it, I’m there with popcorn.”
(Creepy Cute Crochet, 2008. Christen Haden, p. 6)
When you’ve quoted an author often enough you can choose to just refer to them by their last name (in the case above that would be “Haden”). Every time you want to explain or present something in the text there should be a quotation to back it up.
The Logs
The first log – the exposition
The first log revolves around the exposition of the novel. Exposition is a fancy word for the beginning of the novel and it is in the exposition the characters, story and background to the story is presented to us. In this log you will describe the exposition in depth and explain what happens in it. What happens in the beginning? What does the novel seem to be about? What characters are introduced to us and who are they? The first lines of the novel are also important. Write down the first three lines and describe how you feel about them. Do they catch your interest? Why? The title of the novel can also be important to the exposition. Why do you think that the writer has chosen that title? Can you find any evidence of why the writer chose it in the text?
The second log – the characters
In the first log you presented the characters briefly. In this log you will analyse the characters indepth and present them properly. Choose one character to describe. Ask yourself these questions: Who is the character I’m describing? What do I think about her personality and why? Describe what the person means to the novel and how she has been acting up until the point you’ve read. How do those actions make you feel? Try to describe them as carefully and detailed as possible and relate them to quotations from the novel.
The third log – the environment
When one speaks of an environment in a novel one does not speak of the actual environment. It is not only about how the landscape is described but also how the feeling of the novel is presented. Is the environment dark and creepy or light and playful? What words does the author use to describe both the landscape and society the characters live in? Can you envision the landscape and places the author describes? Some authors might describe almost everything in the environment – the colour of the character’s clothing, the smells that surround the character and the feel of everything the character touches for example. Other authors describe very little. How has this author decided to treat the environment? Are there a lot of descriptions in the novel or almost none?
The fourth log – the conflicts
Almost all novels have conflicts of some kind. Sometimes they are between two or more people, i.e. external conflicts, and sometimes the conflict resides within the characters themselves, i.e. internal conflicts. Try to find examples of both of these kinds of conflicts. The character might for example be fighting with another character, and that would make an external conflict, or the character might be struggling with him‐ or herself over something he/she has done that he/she knows was wrong.
Describe these conflicts in depth and try to use as many quotations as you can to show what those conflicts are about.
The fifth log – the Peripeteia (or peripety)
Peripeteia is Greek and means “sudden change”. Every novel goes through a change somewhere in the end and it may look different in each novel. In some novels mortal enemies become friends to fight a common foe and in some the main character might see the error of his ways and change for the better (or worse, in some cases). This means that the novel comes to a turning point and things change, sometimes quickly and sometimes slowly. Can you pin point where this change occurs in your novel? Is it a sudden change or something that goes on through‐out the novel and reaches its peak somewhere? Use quotations to show where your novel’s turning point is and explain why it this is the point where everything changes. Also describe the ending of the novel and what you thought of it. Was it good? Why? Do you think the ending was appropriate and satisfactory or would you have wanted it to end in another way?
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Plan Australia and New Zealand
Week 35 – 39 Australia and New Zealand
Group work
Short group speeches about topics related to Australia and New Zealand. The speeches should be about five minutes and the groups four persons. For example; The Great Barrier Reef, The Outback, James Cook, different animals, other parts of the history, culture, literature, British convicts, Aborigines, Maori and Aussie/Kiwi English.
The novel Letters from the Inside by John Marsden
Group discussions
Reading log
Written tasks posted on the blog
Short story: “Bill Sprockett’s Land” by Elisabeth Jolley
Article: “Australia to Apologize to Aborigines”
Final assignment: “What If”: essay between 400 – 700 words.
Group work
Short group speeches about topics related to Australia and New Zealand. The speeches should be about five minutes and the groups four persons. For example; The Great Barrier Reef, The Outback, James Cook, different animals, other parts of the history, culture, literature, British convicts, Aborigines, Maori and Aussie/Kiwi English.
The novel Letters from the Inside by John Marsden
Group discussions
Reading log
Written tasks posted on the blog
Short story: “Bill Sprockett’s Land” by Elisabeth Jolley
Article: “Australia to Apologize to Aborigines”
Final assignment: “What If”: essay between 400 – 700 words.
Grade criteria
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If you check your e-mails then hopefully you will find the grade criteria to the presentations.
If you check your e-mails then hopefully you will find the grade criteria to the presentations.
Group work Australia/New Zealand
Group work: Presentation of a topic related to Australia and New Zealand
1. Research about your chosen topic. Remember to choose your sources well. Wikipedia isn’t the most truthful source you now. You will have time to do this week 35-36.
2. Write down what to say. Perhaps divide the work in the group.
3. Prepare your presentation and feel free to use power point.
4. Practise your speeches so that you now them by heart. They should be about five minutes. If you need more time, that’s ok.
Group 1: Badrkhan, Sebastian, Malin, Ranin (The Great Barrier Reef)
Group 2: John, Amir, Emilia, Ina (Sydney)
Group 3: Carl Johan, Aiham, Jonna, Zahra (Surfing)
Group 4: Daniel, Mario, Elizabeth, Åsa, Erika (The Maori)
1. Research about your chosen topic. Remember to choose your sources well. Wikipedia isn’t the most truthful source you now. You will have time to do this week 35-36.
2. Write down what to say. Perhaps divide the work in the group.
3. Prepare your presentation and feel free to use power point.
4. Practise your speeches so that you now them by heart. They should be about five minutes. If you need more time, that’s ok.
Group 1: Badrkhan, Sebastian, Malin, Ranin (The Great Barrier Reef)
Group 2: John, Amir, Emilia, Ina (Sydney)
Group 3: Carl Johan, Aiham, Jonna, Zahra (Surfing)
Group 4: Daniel, Mario, Elizabeth, Åsa, Erika (The Maori)
Monday, August 30, 2010
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