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Reading iBoy

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Why Read iBoy?
Welcome to HAVO 4 Period 1 English!
In this period, we are going to focus on reading a novel, speaking about the novel, and listening skills.
Before we get started, lets find out a little bit about you and reading.

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How many books of your own choice did you read in HAVO 3 (English or Dutch)?

Slide 3 - Open question

What book did you read and discuss in English class in HAVO 4?

Slide 4 - Open question

Why do you think that students read books for English every year at school?

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On a scale of 1 - 10, how strong a reader are you?

Slide 6 - Open question

What Will You Improve by Reading a Novel (leesboek)?
Vocabulary
Understanding texts
Basic language skills
Technical reading skills
Spelling
Understanding other people even when they are different
Higher-level thinking skills : reading between the lines
Your brain - you increase neural networks
Focus and Concentration
Social involvement

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What else?
1. You increase your reading tempo - handy for the exam in H5!
2. You travel to places and times that you otherwise never experience.
3. Reading improves your brain 

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So, now make a list of the reasons that reading can benefit YOU!

Slide 12 - Open question

Speaking about Books
For your speaking test, it is important to be able to describe how the main character changes from the beginning of the book and the end. This is called character development.

Another word for main character is protagonist.
The person or thing working against the main character is called the antagonist.

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Character development
In iBoy, there are many challenges to develop Tom's character. YA novels, like almost all works of fiction, are focused on character development. The person we meet at the beginning of the book changes in some way by the end of the book. The things that change the character are described by the events, people, or situations in the story. These all force the character to make choices and take action.

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01:47
Why are the main character's actions so important

Slide 16 - Open question

02:31
What do Tom's actions tell you about him in the way he goes after the gang members who hurt Lucy?

Slide 17 - Open question

03:28
What do you think will change about Tom at the end of the book?

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Character Development
In your Team Notebook, write a description of Tom:















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Lesson 3

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Plot Development
For your speaking test, it is important to be able to describe what conflict of problem the main character has to solve in the story. The things that the main character does to solve the problem is called the plot development
By solving all the problems and obstacles, the person changes. So plot development is related to character development.

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Plot Development

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02:05
What was the reason that the El Salvador immigrant children made their own gang?

Slide 25 - Open question

03:05
What did NOT influence him to get out of the gang?
A
The police beating him
B
His mother worrying
C
His little brother's future
D
Alex's intervention group

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04:34
Why did he want to become a member of MS-13?

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09:54
How did he change his life when he moved to Colorado?

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Setting

Setting : why is it important that the story is in this place? How would it be different in a rich neighbourhood, for instance?

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Speaking about books
Conflict drives the story development. The conflict can come from:

  1. Other people
  2. Himself (feeling conflict inside, guilt, worry, etc)
  3. Organisations/authority (police, doctors, etc)
  4. Nature (natural disasters like floods, electricity shortages, lightening, earthquake, etc.)






            

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Genre iBoy
iBoy is  a novel written by Kevin Brooks in 2010. It was filmed in and around East-Central London, in particular the Middlesex Street Estate. It has been called  science fiction since the plot revolves around an imaginary situation involving technology.

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Which of the following are NOT important for Tom in his character development?
A
Power/powerlessness
B
Character/morals
C
Fame/Money
D
Home/environment

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Genre iBoy
But iBoy is also a form of Young Adult fiction since the plot is centered around the main character, Tom Harvey, discovering his identity, a typical YA theme.

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00:34
According to the film, do teenagers read more than they did previously in history?
A
yes
B
no
C
maybe
D
on the internet

Slide 39 - Quiz

01:34
When was the term 'teenager' used first to define a group a people?

Slide 40 - Open question

02:20
What group of women got together in 1906 to promote reading among young people?
A
The Extraordinary League of Gentlemen
B
The Outstanding League of Women
C
The League of Extraordinary Librarians
D
Librarians for Strong Young Readers

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03:50
What made the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling different from other YA books ?

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00:35
What 3 book series have increased popularity of YA books?

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01:40
When was the first YA novel 'Seventeenth Summer' published?

Slide 44 - Open question

02:55
Which YA book was the first not to focus on the typical 'boy meets girl - fall in love - fight -make up' plot line?
A
Are you there God? It's me, Margret.
B
The Outsiders
C
The Big Friendly Giant
D
Catcher in the Rye

Slide 45 - Quiz

05:15
What does YA help us understand?
A
That teenagers are people too.
B
That teenagers have complex worlds.
C
That teenagers have strong fantasies.
D
That teenagers always have problems

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The Power of Love 
But perhaps maybe the strongest influence Tom feels in making the choices that he makes is love.
At the beginning of the book, he has a secret crush on Lucy, and throughout the book he does everything he can to make her life easier. For a while he pretends to be somebody else, but in the end he wins her heart by just being himself.

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