HV4 - Literature - March

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LITERATURE - March

Week 4 - March lesson 1 / Text 4 / Tenses

- Introduction to literature reader: March lesson 1

- Text 4: 'Drug users seek fix that killed rock musician'

Improve your reading skills and add new words to your vocabulary

- Tenses assignment 4 (p. 33)

Improve your writing skills by strengthening your understanding of the tenses and learning how to translate Dutch sentences to English

- Follow Up 7-8

Learn new vocabulary related to health

Out, Natsuo Kirino

Japan, 1997, 522 pages

Crime, tragicomic

Four female colleagues in a lunch factory dispose of husband's body and get involved in crime

The novel tells the tales of four women, working the graveyard shift at a Japanese bento factory. All four women live hard lives. Masako, the leader of the four women, feels completely alienated from her estranged husband and teenage son. Kuniko, a plump and rather vain girl, has recently been ditched by her boyfriend after the couple were driven into debt, leaving Kuniko to fend off a loan shark. Yoshie is a single mother and reluctant caretaker of her mother-in-law, who was left partly paralyzed after a stroke. Yayoi is a thirty-four-year-old mother of two small oys who she is forced to leave home alone, where they are abused by their drunken, gambling father, Kenji.

LITERATURE - March

LITERATURE

2 literature readers this year:

• periode 1-2: March: Book One
• periode 3-4: Dystopia in Literature and Film / The American Dream / Between Two Worlds / & more!

Choose 100 points worth of assignments in each reader

LITERATURE

Why read?

MARCH: BOOK ONE

The different assignments in the reader challenge you to:

• learn more about the historical background
• study the socio-cultural movement surrounding the story
• deal with the story's themes in a creative way
• think critically about the issues presented in the story
• reflect on yourself and your process 

MARCH: LESSON 1

The assignments in Lesson 1 are focused on getting to know the medium we are working with: the graphic novel.

After Lesson 1 you will have thought about your expectations and you will know more about the terminology that is used when discussing graphic novels.

MARCH: LESSON 1

How do I answer the questions in the reader?

Make sure you answer in complete English sentences. Pay attention to your grammar and sentence structure.

Need a little help? Check the appendix!

BEFORE WE START

MARCH: LESSON 2

Historical background

For a better understanding of the story

Exercise 1 is compulsory, the others are optional. You need at least 15 points (so that is 3 exercises)