year4 first lesson, placement tests and Extremely Loud start

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Year4: first class

> Planning: period 1

> Placement tests (listening & reading)

> Reading book

Planning period 1

> Unit 1 (Gold)
> Read Extremely loud & incredibly close + literature essay 

Extremely loud & Incredibly close

trigger warning!

(online available now. Someone is working on getting hardcopies)

About the novel

Themes:

Trauma / Loss
Interconnection

Complex characters:
Multi-layered, flawed, ..

Exam = Literature essay

We'll go over this next week

First: placement tests listening & reading

Why?
Fast track available
Good to know where you stand

Step 1: reading (hard copy)

Good luck!

Done? Read in Extremely loud & Incredibly close or Work in Gold unit 1

Working time. Choose:

Gold: unit 1
Reading: Extremely loud & incredibly close

Short Break (15:00 - 15:10)

8e uur: 406.

BE THERE ON TIME

Step 2: listening (Woots) > 24" (so half an hour)
8e uur in 406

Done? Read Extremely Loud & Incredibly close
or
Work in Unit 1 (Gold)

9/11 

4 years later, this is one of the first books to talk about it.
Why do you think it took that long?

Oskar

> child (9 y.o.)
> a bit autistic, possibly

Reliable as a narrator or not?
What's the effect of a child narrator?

See you next week!

Have a good weekend!