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This lesson contains 26 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 5 videos.

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Slide 1 - Video

V5 One Flew: biography and intro
Goals: research skills >
find 5 facts on the author Ken Kesey and his time

 reading the book: what to look out for?

Slide 2 - Slide

Recap: 1960s
Pairs: (English)
briefly retell what you learnt on:
position of women/men; native Americans; treatment of mentally ill patients
feedback

Slide 3 - Slide

Taking notes while reading
- What is the setting?
-who are the main characters, what do they represent? (charts > model)
- time line > main events (plot development)
- narrative techniques > style, poetic devices

Slide 4 - Slide

Mention 5 different aspects of Ken Kesey's life
timer
2:00

Slide 5 - Open question

The novel: One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Goals: enhance reading skills
understand themes/motifs/symbols 
understand use of poetic devices

Slide 6 - Slide

timer
1:00
Which poetic devices do you remember?

Slide 7 - Mind map

Recap writing and One Flew
Goals: knowlegde of structure essay and function of linking words (connectors/conjuntions)
knowlegde of characters/setting One Flew
how to analyse poetic devices in text

Slide 8 - Slide

timer
1:00
What is the structure of an essay?

Slide 9 - Mind map


Write an essay in 5 sentences, using linkers, topic: Literature should not be part of curriculum
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3:00

Slide 10 - Open question

What are your answers to the homework questions?
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1:00

Slide 11 - Open question

One Flew

homework: see the questions in magister
see ELO for more info

Slide 12 - Slide

Watch McMurphy arrival scene
While you watch, answer the questions, > take notes > notebook!

1.  what is McMurphy like, first impression?
2. what is the setting, where does he arrive, what does it look like?
3. who does he meet?

Slide 13 - Slide

Slide 14 - Video

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1:30
What is he like? Where is he? Who does he meet?

Slide 15 - Mind map

In the doctor's room, take notes.
1. What is the first comment McMurphy makes?
2. Where was he before getting here?
3. Why had he been sent to that place?
4. Why does he end up here?

Slide 16 - Slide

Slide 17 - Video

give the answers to the 4 questions
timer
1:30

Slide 18 - Open question

pages 3-26 Intro main characters/setting
They are out there (first sentence)........Who?
Here is the Chief....Who?
Big Nurse.....Who?
Other characters? Keep a list > describe!

Slide 19 - Slide

So she really lets herself go and the painted smile twists, stretches to an open snarl, and she blows up bigger and bigger, big as a tractor.. p 5
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1:00

Slide 20 - Open question

Describe McMurphy and Nurse Ratched, how do their characters conflict? What does that represent?
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1:00

Slide 21 - Open question

General questions 
1. Who are Acutes and Chronics?
2. What is Public Relations, how has it changed?
3. How does Big Nurse pick her staff?
4. Find 5 examples of comparisons reflecting technology
5. What is the Combine?

Slide 22 - Slide

Wrap up: McMurphy's shorts have a picture of..........

Slide 23 - Mind map

Next week:
 1.Read One Flew  part One 
Study themes on Spark Notes, be ready to share opinion on characters and themes, and how characters reflect themes.
2. Answer the general question mentioned before (take a photo)
3. answer questions ELO!! ask for explanation in class, if necessary.

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Slide 25 - Video

Slide 26 - Video