V5 One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest: biography and intro

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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?

Recap: 1960s

Pairs: (English)

briefly retell what you learnt on:

position of women/men; native Americans; treatment of mentally ill patients

feedback

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

Mention 5 different aspects of Ken Kesey's life

The novel: One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

Goals: enhance reading skills

understand themes/motifs/symbols 

understand use of poetic devices

Which poetic devices do you remember?

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

What is the structure of an essay?

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

What are your answers to the homework questions?

One Flew

homework: see the questions in magister

see ELO for more info

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?

What is he like? Where is he? Who does he meet?

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?

give the answers to the 4 questions

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!

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

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

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?

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

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.