Introduction & Unit 6

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Welcome!

V6 CPE 2024-25

Introduction

30 August 2024

Course Materials

Of Course! Source Book & Reference book

A Mid-summer Night's Dream  

Examenbundel

Literature 6.1 booklet

Miscellaneous MyLearningApps

Study Guide 2024-25

Your study guide (draft 1) for this year will soon be available in our class folder in the ELO in Magister. 

Always check for homework in Magister first. Plan ahead using the study guide.

Homework tasks may include:

• finishing reading a text and answering some questions about it
• doing some grammar and/or some vocabulary exercises
  
• learning the new vocabulary of each lesson (Study Box)
  
• learning the grammar of each lesson (Grammar Reference)
• reading A Mid-summer Night's Dream from Act 2 onwards
• writing a formal letter and/or an essay
• preparing short presentations (on a literature topic)
• researching and preparing arguments for a group discussion/debate

Of Course Unit 1 lesson 1

• p 8 - 12 Reading:  ex 1 - 10 
• p 12-13 Vocabulary  ex 12 - 14  Tip: use Study Box (SB) p33-34
• Homework: Finish above exercises and learn words in SB Unit 1 lesson 1 

https://www.malmberg.nl/voortgezet-onderwijs.htm

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V6 CPE 2024-25

Wednesday 4 September 2024

Of Course Unit 1 lesson 1-contd.

FEEDBACK & DISCUSSION: your homework for today was:

• p 8 - 12 Reading: ex 1 - 10
  
• p 12-13 Vocabulary ex 12 - 14 Tip: use Study Box (SB) p33-34
  
• Learn words in SB Unit 1 lesson 1

https://www.malmberg.nl/voortgezet-onderwijs.htm

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V6 CPE 2024-25

Friday 6 September 2024

Of Course Unit 1 lesson 1-contd.

• Feedback: p 12-13 Vocabulary ex 12 - 14 (was hw for Wednesday)
• Grammar Instruction: passive (GR 11 p 62) / instruction with Malmberg on screen
  
• do  p 14-16 ex 16-18, check answers together 
• Introduction to Shakespeare - make notes
• work independently on Lesson 2 'What has luck got to do with it?' - p 18-21 ex 1-11

HOMEWORK for Wed 11 Sept :

• finish  p 18-21 ex 1-11 and learn words in SB Unit 1 lesson 2 (p 34-35) 
• Learn new words SB Unit 1 lesson 2

https://www.malmberg.nl/voortgezet-onderwijs.htm

Welcome!

V6 CPE 2022-23

Wednesday 11 September 2024

Of Course Unit 1 lesson 2-contd.

FEEDBACK & DISCUSSION - your homework* for today was:

• p 18-21 ex 1-11 
• learn words in SB Unit 1 lesson 2 (p 34-35) and revise SB1.1

https://www.malmberg.nl/voortgezet-onderwijs.htm

Of Course Unit 6 lesson 2-contd.

GRAMMAR INSTRUCTION Lesson 2:

• Study  Modal auxiliaries GR 25-26 Ref Book p 77-79/ instruction with Malmberg on screen)
• p 22-3 ex 12
• Check your answers

HOMEWORK:  Learn SB 1.3 and GR 25-GR26 and see Magister!

https://www.malmberg.nl/voortgezet-onderwijs.htm

Welcome!

V6 CPE 2022-23

Wednesday 7 September 2022

Of Course Unit 6 lessons 2 & 3

FEEDBACK & INSTRUCTION - Your homework was:

• Bring your answers to wb p 9-11 ex 10-14*;
• wb p 11-12 ex 15* (study Indefinite Pronouns GR 22 sb p 144-146 again first!);
  
• Lesson 3: sb p 83 and wb p 13 ex 17-18*;
  

Learn new words SB 6.3 and GR 19 and GR 25;

Learn GR 12 and GR 24 and learn new words SB 6.1 and 6.2

Of Course Unit 6 lesson 3 contd.

BEFORE FRIDAY:

• Study and learn GR 19; GR 25 (sb p 143-144; p 148) 
• do  wb p 14-15 ex 19

SHAKESPEARE

Introduction to Shakespeare's life and William Shakespeare - Mini Biography, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geev441vbMI

William Shakespeare was born in ………………………………… on ………………… .

He married ……………………………………… in ……………. . They had ...…children, a………..........….…and ……………………..…….. . Sadly, ……….………..died young.

Shakespeare wrote ………………. plays. Genres:

1. ………………………Examples …………………………………………………………..

2. ………………………Examples …………………………………………………………..

3. ………………………Examples …………………………………………………………..

4. ………………………Examples ……………………………………………………………

He also wrote ………..….. sonnets and several ………………..……… poems.

He added almost …………… new words to the English language. He also explored the

.……………………….……, explaining to us …………….………….…and……………. , the ..............  ............... .

In 1599, Shakespeare collaborated in the building of the ………………………in London.

Shakespeare died in …………………………….. on ……………………..………………..
 

SHAKESPEARE

Introduction to Shakespeare's life and William Shakespeare 

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon, England on 23 April 1564.

He married Anne Hatheway in 1585. They had 3 children, a daughter and a set of twins. Sadly, his son Hamnet died young.

Shakespeare wrote 37 plays. Genres:

1. Histories Examples Richard III (not in documentary )

2. Comedies Examples Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing

3. Tragedies Examples Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, Anthony and Cleopatra

4. Tragicomedies Examples The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale, Pericles, Cymbeline

He also wrote 154 sonnets and several narrative poems.

He added almost 3000 new words to the English language. He also explored the human condition, explaining to us how we think and feel, the human psyche.

In 1599, Shakespeare collaborated in the building of the Globe Theatre in London.

Shakespeare died in Stratford upon Avon on 23 April 1616 .

 

Welcome!

V6 CPE 2022-23

Friday 9 September 2022

Shakespeare's Language: Early Modern English

Pronouns

• Personal pronouns: thou (subject), thee (object), thy / thine (possessive) are used as familiar and sometimes derogatory form (cf. Dutch “jij / jou / jouw” and German “Du”);
• the neutral / respectful forms are you / ye / your / yours.
  

Shakespeare's Language: Early Modern English

Verb forms

• 3rd person singular: besides modern forms in –s, we see older forms in –eth: he/she goeth = goes; taketh = takes; asketh = asks; hath = has; doth = does.
• 2nd person singular forms often end in –est: thou goest = go; wantest = want; lovest = love; art = are; wert = were; hast = have; dost = do; didst = did; canst = can; couldst = could; shalt = shall; wilt = will; wouldst = would; may’est = may.

Shakespeare's Language: Early Modern English

Verse and prose

Upper-class characters usually speak in blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter with occasional end rhyme for special effect. Lower-class characters almost always speak in prose.

Othello - Literature 6.1 booklet p 25

 List of characters

• Othello, the Moor
  
• Brabantio, father to Desdemona
  
• Cassio, an honorable lieutenant
  
• Iago, a villain
  
• Roderigo, a gulled gentleman
  
• Duke of Venice
  
• Senators
  

Othello - Literature 6.1 booklet p 25

 List of characters - continued

• Montano, Governor of Cyprus
  
• Lodovico and Gratiano, two noble
• Venetians
  
• Sailors
  
• Clown
  
• Desdemona, wife to Othello
• Emilia, wife to Iago
  
• Bianca, a courtesan
  
• Messenger
  
• Herald
  
• Officers
  
• Gentlemen of Cyprus
  
• Musicians , Attendants and Servants

Othello - Literature 6.1 booklet p 27-

ACT I  Scene 1 - Venice. A street

Roderigo > Mark

Iago  > Alexa

Brabantio > 

ACT I  Scene II - Another street

Iago

Othello

Cassio

Roderigo

Brabantio

First Officer

https://www.shakespeareswords.com/Public/Play.aspx?Content=Text&WorkId=9&Scene=1&Act=1&Line=1

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V6 CPE 2022-23

Friday 16 September 2022

Please take out and compare your answers to wb p 14-15 ex 19 and wb p 17-21 ex 25-29

Of Course: Unit 6 lesson 3 (contd.) and lesson 4

• Study and learn GR 19; GR 25 (sb p 143-144; p 148) 
• Feedback on wb p 14-15 ex 19* (genitive) - on screen
• Feedback on wb p 17-21 ex 25-29*

https://www.malmberg.nl/voortgezet-onderwijs.htm

Shakespeare's Othello

• Act 1 Sc 1 - in four groups of 6, read scene 1 through together and share your understanding of the story so far. 
• https://www.shakespeareswords.com/Public/Play.aspx?Content=Text&WorkId=9&Scene=1&Act=1&Line=1.
• Act 1 Scene 2