V6A 17-09-2024

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Text 1 "How Death Got Cool"

Lesson Goals

• How can reading strategies help?
• How well are you able to see the link between the parts of an article (the paragraphs) in connection to the article as a whole (structure + overall message)?

Lesson Set-Up

Text 1: "How Death Got Cool" Page 8 of Alquin

• Background information
• Read the article
• Ex. C + D (+ H)  (together)
• 2 other ex. of your own choosing + In-depth ex. (15 min.) (individually/in pairs)

How Death Got Cool

Read Background Information

Page 12-14 of your workbook. 

How did the Victorians demonstrate their death fetish?

Vocabulary & Key Words

Look at the Vocabulary & Key Words

Which ones did you not know the meaning of?

Compare with a neighbor.

Which words did you not know the meaning of?

Talking about Levels

Judging by the vocabulary, what level do you think this text is?

B2

B2/C1

C1

C1/C2

C2

Lesson Set-Up

Text 1: "How Death Got Cool" Page 8 of Alquin

• Background information 
• Ex. C + D + H  (together) (Grey booklet, check if you're at the right chapter)


• 2 other ex. of your own choosing + In-depth ex. 

Lesson Goals

• How can reading strategies help?
• How well are you able to see the link between the parts of an article (the paragraphs) in connection to the article as a whole (structure + overall message)?

Can we link this to Poetry?

Death Poems (in the reader)

A Dream within a Dream - Edgar Allen Poe (1849)

Because I could not stop for death - Emily Dickinson (1890)

Do not go gently into that good night - Dylan Thomas (1951)

This is the recipe of life - Rupi Kaur (2021)

Comparison

Pick two of the poems from the previous page.

How do these poems discuss death compared to the Victorian Attitude to death?

How do these poems discuss death compared to each other?

Comparison

Pick two of the poems from the previous page.

How do these poems discuss death compared to the Victorian Attitude to death?

How do these poems discuss death compared to each other?

Think about

- Are the attitudes towards death positive, negative, mixed, or nuanced?

- Are they talking about death in a personal way or a more general philosophical or existential way?

- What is the author's tone? Accepting, scared, despair, depression (stages of grief).

!Your opinion matters!

- Do you agree with the tone/message of the author? Do you share the author's fears or concerns/ their outlook on death?