V6A 08-10-2024

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Intro Absurdism Module

Before we start

Laptops closed and coats off, please!

Do you have all your materials with you today? 😊

Is your gum in the bin?

Lesson Set-Up

Welcome + Attendance

Lesson goals (5 min.)

QotW (5 min.)

 / Introduction to the Absurdism Module:

• Set-up Absurdism test (2 pieces of work will be discussed: Pinter's "The Dumb Waiter" and Beckett's "Waiting for Godot");
• PPT Existentialism and Absurdism;
• Give booklet "The Dumb Waiter" (15 min.) (together)

/ Read "The Dumb Waiter"

• Read for understanding first, and then dive into the analysis (20 min.) (individual / pair work)

 / Done? --> Contextual Awareness assignment / Exam idiom practice (? min.)

Homework:
Keep reading "The Dumb Waiter"

Lesson Goals

Explain in your own words:

• The set-up of the Existentialism-Absurdism test?;
• The main differences between Absurdism and Existentialism?

Quote of the Week

"I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise."

- Montesquieu

Body of the lesson

In the next 40-ish min., we'll focus on the next exercise:

Together:

 / Introduction to the Absurdism Module:

• Set-up Absurdism test (2 pieces of work will be discussed: Pinter's "The Dumb Waiter" and Beckett's "Waiting for Godot");
  
• PPT Existentialism and Absurdism;
  
• Give booklet "The Dumb Waiter" (15 min.)

Individually / Pair work:

/ Read "The Dumb Waiter"

• Read for understanding first, and then dive into the analysis (20 min.)

 / Done? --> Contextual Awareness assignment / Exam idiom practice (? min.)

Lesson Goals Check

Explain in your own words:

• The set-up of the Existentialism-Absurdism test?;
  
• The main differences between Absurdism and Existentialism?

Homework

Keep reading "The Dumb Waiter"

Class dismissed!😊