Havo 4 - Listening exercise 1984 Dystopian literature + week 39

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Today's class - 1st hour

Quiz expression & vocab lesson 1.3

 Listening exercise - lesson 1.3 Malala & Dystopian literature novel 1984 (approx. 20 min.)

Speaking exercise 15 - heroes now & then

Speaking exercise 16 - what can you do for

others

Irregular verbs review

Today's class - 2nd hour

Lesson 1.4:

Present Simple vs Present Continuous

Who/whose/which/when/where etc. questions (do/does/did + hele ww)

Reading comprehension

Vocabulary

HW = lesson 1.4 - ex. 1-11

Present  Simple 

he/she/it -> verb + S;

 I/you/we/they -> verb

Question = does + verb 1st form/infinitive (he, she, it); 

do + verb first form/infinitive (I, you, we, they)

Negative sentence = don't + verb; doesn't + verb

Use: 

• General facts (NOT right now or duration) (She loves poetry)
• Things that happen repeatedly (Each Tuesday we swim in the lake)
• Time conjunctions (Before he leaves, he will call you)

Signal words:

always, sometimes, often, frequently

Time conjunctions: 

before, after, until etc.

Present Continuous

he/she/it -> is + verb + ing

I -> am + verb + ing

we/they/you -> are + verb + ing

Question= is/am/are + personal pronoun + verb + ing 

(Are you calling him?)

Negative = isn't/am not/aren't  + verb + ing

Use:

• Happening right now (and for a certain limited period)
• Is happening in the near future (in your agenda)
• Irritation

Signal words:

always (irritation); right now, look, listen, at the moment, currently, at present

next week/this afternoon/tonight = near future

Literature 

Read two titles from list - START READING NOW 

1. Oranges aren’t the only fruit - Jeanette Winterspoon
2. The Chosen - Sharon Draper
3. Hunger Games trilogy - Suzanne Collins
4. Divergent trilogy - Veronica Roth
5. Maze Runner Trilogy - James Dashner
6. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
7. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
8. Never Let me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
9. This Perfect Day - Ira Levin
10. 1984 - George Orwell
11. Ink - Alice Broadway
12. The Circle - Dave Eggers
13. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mantel

1984 - George Orwell

Totalitarian government

WATCHING & LISTENING EXERCISE -  Watch & listen to the next videoclips on the novel 1984

1. What is a totalitarian government?
2. Who is Big Brother?
3. What are some examples?
4. Who are Julia & Winston?
5. Who is O'Brien?
6. What's the Ministry of Love? Why is this title ironic?
7. What is Room 101?
8. Which message do you think George Orwell wants to give to his readers?

1984 listening KEY

1. What is a totalitarian government? - a government that controls all of society: the way people think, act, live etc.
2. Who is Big Brother? The supreme ruler, infallible head of state who is always right and should not be withspoken. The party uses his image to instill fear and loyalty into the people
3. What are some examples? For George Orwell: Russia, Nazi Germany; Today's example - governments that have a one-party republic/state such as North-Korea
4. Who are Julia & Winston? Two people who fall in love, which is not allowed under the totalitarian government
5. Who is O'Brien? A spy who pretends to be a rebel and support Julia and Winston.
6. What's the Ministry of Love? Why is this title ironic? The Ministry of Love punishes people who rebel/stand up for love. It is ironic because the meaning of the word is the opposite of what you would expect (love vs hate/cruelty/punishment)
7. What is Room 101? A punishment room in which your worst fears are done to you / Winston is punished by having to face rats
8. Which message do you think George Orwell wants to give to his readers? Society must stand up for its rights/Governments can't control your heart and mind

Literature 

Read two titles from list 

Before end of January (first - fall break / second - Xmas break)

Writing test (50%) & Book test (50%) period III

3 PPT presentations

1. Characteristics Dystopian Literature
2. Separate societies - different novels
3. Separate societies - what do novels have in common

Dystopian literature

Utopian fiction (16th century): human being is good and can be perfected (become social/ less selfish) by society and politics

Dystopian fiction:  human nature means utopia ( a perfect world) is impossible; if society doesn't resist power and greed, it will become worse

An example of dystopian fiction is "1984" (G. Orwell, 1949)

-> utopian social programming forbids human instincts  (enjoyment of food, sex, beautiful things etc.)

-> the government controls people, manipulates people's weakness and brings out the worst through fear and deprivation

Dystopian literature

• 1950s/1960s -> technology develops -> dystopian literature shows societies ruled by machines

• Modern times -> dystopian literature explores  environmental and social justice issues. 

examples: 

• 1984 (G. Orwell) -> big brother is watching you; thought control; love & sex forbidden

•  The Handmaid’s Tale (M. Atwood, 1985) -> a totalitarian fundamentalist Christian movement has overthrown the U.S.  government and suspends nearly all women’s rights.  Limited fertility means that women who are able to bear children are randomly assigned to high-ranking men as property. 

• The Hunger Games (picture)/The Maze Runner trilogy ->  environmental catastrophe, social injustice, and government surveillance to tell stories of characters fighting to maintain their individuality.

The Maze Runner trailers

Watch one or two trailers of the Maze Runner trilogy

What do you see? 

Who is the main character fighting?

What does the environment look like?

Big Brother

Do you know of any politicians who claim to be always right, 

don't want to be withspoken and instill a sense of fear in people?

The Chosen (Chaim Potok)

Start clip from 21 min.

How do the two boys differ from each other?

What role does religion play?

How would the boys' world be a separate society?

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The Circle (Dave Eggers)

Watch the trailer

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