Rip van Winkle part 1

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Welcome to Mrs Everstijn's (online) classroom

Materials :

• Laptop
• Handout short story Rip van Winkle by Washington Irving (1819)
  

Learning objectives:

• Students can use prior knowledge on listening strategies.
  
• Students can use listening strategies.
• Students can follow a longer text.
• Students can listen for the main idea, a speaker's attitude or opinion or for  specific information.
  
• Students can name listening strategies.
  

How many North American colonies were initially involved in the War for Independence?

What year dit the conflict start?

What was the slogan linked to the War of Independence?

What happened on July 4, 1776?

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

What did France provide according to the Treaty of Alliance?

Who was leading the American army?

With which treaty did the war officially end?

What date did the war officially end?

Why was this revolutionary war so important?

What is the difference between the War of Independence and the Revolutionary War?

Reading strategies:

• Before reading; retrieve prior knowledge & key aspects of the American War for Independence & Washington Irving.
• While reading; gues meaning of words/phrases from the context.
• While reading; look up words/phrases you do not know if you do not understand the sentence.
• While reading; underline important parts or parts that stand out to you.
  

Setting:

Setting is the time and place (or when and where) of the story.

The setting can change throughout the plot.  The setting may also include the environment of the story, as physical location, climate, weather, or social and cultural surroundings.

Time:  character’s time of life, the time of day, time of year, time period such as the past, present, or future, etc.

Place:  certain building, room in a building, country, city, beach, in a mode of transport, indoors or out, etc. 

Literature:

a. Major characters
These are the most important characters in the story.

• Protagonist – This is the main character, around which the whole story revolves. The decisions made by this character will be affected by a conflict from within, or externally through another character, nature, technology, society, or the fates/God.
• Antagonist – This character, or group of characters, causes the conflict for the protagonist.
  

Literature:

b. Minor characters
They are not as important as the major characters, but still play a large part in the story. Their actions help drive the story forward. They may impact the decisions the protagonist or antagonist make, either helping or interfering with the conflict. Minor characters may be more static.

• Foil – A foil is a character that has opposite character traits from another, meant to help highlight or bring out another’s positive or negative side. Many times, the antagonist is the foil for the protagonist.
• Static – Characters who are static do not change throughout the story.
  

Literature:

Characters

• Dynamic – Dynamic characters change throughout the story. They may learn a lesson, become bad, or change in complex ways.
• Flat – A flat character has one or two main traits, usually only all positive or negative. They are the opposite of a round character. The flaw or strength has its use in the story.
• Round – These are the opposite of the flat character. These characters have many different traits, good and bad, making them more interesting.
• Stock – These are the stereotypical characters, such as the boy genius, ambitious career person, faithful sidekick, mad scientist, etc.

Literature:

Plot

In a narrative a plot is the sequence of events that make up a story. The plot is  how the story develops, unfolds, and moves in time. Five main elements:

1. Exposition: beginning of the story, characters, setting, and the main conflict are introduced.
2. Rising Action: The main character is in crisis and events leading up to facing the conflict begin to unfold. The story becomes complicated.
3. Climax: Peak of the story, a major event occurs in which the main character faces a major enemy, fear, challenge, or other source of conflict. The most action, drama, change, and excitement occurs here.
   

Literature:

Plot

4. Falling Action: The story begins to slow down and work towards its end, tying up loose ends.

5. Resolution/Denoument: A concluding paragraph that resolves any remaining issues and ends the story.

Literature:

Themes

• Change

• Courage
• Death and dying
• Resistance
• Loyalty
• Perseverance
• Importance of family
• Benefits of hard work

   

Literature:

Themes

• Power of love
• Friendship
• Revenge
• Redemption
• Freedom

Genre

A genre is a category of literature identified by form, content, and style.

• comedy,
  
• elegy,
• epic,
  
• fable,
• fairy tale / folk story,
  
• frame narrative,
  

Literature:

• mystery,
• romance,
• satire,
  
• tragedy,
  

What have you learned today?

Extra assignment:

Watch a music video of a famous singer/band who  perform as a street artist. Comment on the performance, include reasons.

Extra assignment:

https://www.examenglish.com/FCE/fce_listening3.htm