Literature 04-03-21

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome!

Please get your readers out, because we will be doing literature today!

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Today

- Discuss the answers to the questions about The Soldier and The Dead

- Watch a video about WWI

- Discuss Siegfried Sassoon

WWI

Give a short summary in English of the two poems by Rupert Brooke.

Discussion

- I will put you in groups of 4 and you can discuss your answers with your group.

- Group 1, 2, and 3 will discuss The Soldier and group 4, 5, and 6 will discuss The Dead.

- Make sure you discuss all the questions about your assigned poem.

- Find a line from the poem to explain/illustrate your answer.

- You will report on your answers to the rest of the class in about 8 minutes.

- Pick a team captain, a speaker, and a time keeper.

- I will come by if there are any questions.

The Soldier

- Question 1: Speaker of Group 3

- Question 2: Speaker of Group 1

- Question 3: Speaker of Group 2

The Dead

- Question 1: Group 5

- Question 2+3: Group 6

- Question 4: Group 4

Siegfried Sassoon

- He joined the army in 1914

- He was called Mad Jack, because he single-handely conquered a German trench while killing 60 enemy troops in the process. 

- Was wounded in 1917 and was send back to England.

- In England he met a group of pacifists which influenced his ideas about the war

- In 1918 he went back to war, but was wounded again

- His poetry shows the harsh reality of war

Would you like me to read the poems or would you rather read them yourself and start working?

I would like to hear the poems!

I would like to read them myself and start working

Sassoon's Poems

- The Rear-Guard

- 'Blighters'

- Does it Matter?

Time to work!

- Answer the questions on page 35, 36 and 37.

- You can work in your break-out rooms again.

- We will discuss the answers next week.

Homework for next week

- Finish the questions about the poems by Siegfried Sassoon.

- Next week Tuesday we will discuss the answers and you will be able to ask questions about the final assignment