V4T 12-03-2024

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Before we start

Laptops closed and coats off, please!

Do you have all your materials with you today? 😊

Is your gum in the bin?

Lesson Set-Up

Welcome + Attendance

Lesson goals (5 min.)

QotW (5 min.)

/ The Whale Rider cultural analysis:

• Read the explanation of different forms of culture (stop at where The Whale Rider part begins);
• Link these terms to the novel (characters, conflict, theme(s), symbol(s));
• What do you think the narrator is trying to achieve with this novel, and has he been successfull or not? (30 min.) (together)

/ Write a short summary for yourself about the topics discussed during class today (5 min.) (individually)

 / Done? --> Unlikely (? min.)

Homework:
Bring your novel + notebook + booklet --> cultural analysis continued

Lesson Goals

Explain in your own words:

• The two definitions of culture?;
• How are these terms linked ot the literary elements in the novel?;
• Why has the writer written this story according to you?;
• Has the writer succeeded in his quest?

Quote of the Week

"Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached."

- Simone Weil

Body of the lesson

In the next 40-ish min., we'll focus on the next exercise:

Together:

/ The Whale Rider cultural analysis:

• Read the explanation of different forms of culture (stop at where The Whale Rider part begins);
  
• Link these terms to the novel (characters, conflict, theme(s), symbol(s));
  
• What do you think the narrator is trying to achieve with this novel, and has he been successfull or not? (30 min.) 

Individually / Pair work:

/ Write a short summary for yourself about the topics discussed during class today (5 min.)

 / Done? --> Unlikely (? min.)

Lesson Goals Check

Explain in your own words:

• The two definitions of culture?;
  
• How are these terms linked ot the literary elements in the novel?;
  
• Why has the writer written this story according to you?;
  
• Has the writer succeeded in his quest?

Homework

Bring your novel + notebook + booklet --> cultural analysis continued

Class dismissed!😊

Name the linking words that indicate that an example is being given

Name the linking words that indicate a conclusion of some kind

Name the linking words that indicate contradiction

Name the linking word that indicates conditional information

Name the linking words that indicate possibility