G3/V3 Reading Skills - C.S. Lewis

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 6

Introduction Lesson

Know about the author and characters of the book

C.S Lewis (1898-1963)

Jeugd

• Geboren in Belfast in Noord- Ierland. Zijn vader is jurist en zijn moeder is wiskundige. 
• Als hij tien jaar oud is, overlijdt zijn moeder aan kanker. 
• Zijn vader  stuurde de kinderen een maand later moest naar een kostschool  in Engeland.

W.T Kirkpatrick

 Een vriend van zijn vader neemt hem onder zijn hoede. 

Daar krijgt hij les in Griekse, Latijnse Klassieken, Italiaans en Duits. Daarnaast leert hij logisch denken, spreken en schrijven. 

Oxford Universiteit

Hij studeerde cum laude af in de klassieke talen, de klassieke filosofie en de Engelse taal- en letterkunde. 

Daarna doceerde hij tot 1954 aan deze universiteit.

Atheïst

Lewis was overtuigd dat God niet bestond. Als Hij wel bestond was Hij een God die hij niet wilde kennen.

Mede door zijn christelijke vrienden (Tolkien) werd Lewis later christen.

Boeken

“The pilgrems’s regress”uit 1933 is zijn eerste christelijke boek, waarin hij over zijn bekering tot het christendom schrijft.

The Narnia kronieken

 

Meest bekende werk, met meer dan honderd miljoen verkochte exemplaren in 47 talen.

7 chronicles

The Magician's Nephew

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Horse and his Boy

Prince Caspian

THe Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Silver Chair

The Last Battle

Themes of the book

Good vs Evil

Faith

Magic

Creation

Temptation

Characters 

Digory is the protagonist (good guy) in the novel. Digory is living in London with his Aunt Letty and Uncle Andrew as they take care of his mother, who is very sick, and while his father is in India.

Polly Plummer

Polly is brave and feisty. She is at times smarter and more courageous than Digory. In the time period in which the novel is set, girls would have been considered weaker, but Polly proves to be close to Digory's equal; she is also a loyal friend to him. 

Uncle Andrew Ketterly

Uncle Andrew is a magician, but not as illustrious or powerful a magician as he imagines himself to be. He has directed much of his magic skills towards experimentation rather than exploration of new worlds. He had a fairy godmother, so he says, and he values this heritage.

Queen Jadis/ The Witch

The Queen is the Antagonist (bad guy) and embodiment of evil in the novel; she is the antagonist. She has a history of reducing anyone who so much as disagrees with her to dust. Although irritated that Digory, a "common child," has broken the spell and awoken her, she nonetheless hopes that this event will turn out to be her opportunity to conquer other worlds.

Aslan

Aslan, the king of Narnia, is the embodiment of good and is a God-like creator figure. Aslan has often been compared to Jesus by those who recognize the Narnia series as an allegory of Christianity.  Aslan loves his subjects and places absolute faith and trust in them.

The Cabby/ King Frank

The Cabby is a forthright and decent man who drives a cab. He is upstanding, cares for his horse, and is committed to his wife. He is surprisingly unruffled by the events he sees unfolding in Narnia and is not frightened by Aslan. Aslan makes the Cabby into the king of Narnia, and he is thereafter known as King Frank.

Strawberry/ Fledge

Strawberry is the Cabby's horse, and although he pulls a heavy cab behind him, He is a bridge between humans and the animals in Narnia, where he is immediately at home. When Aslan makes him a winged horse, his name is changed to Fledge. On the journey to fetch the silver apple, Fledge is courageous and helps keeps both Polly and Digory safe.

Reading

Start reading & listening

PO Reading file

Let's browse through

the book file document

(see 'Studiewijzer')

Any questions?

on the next page... 

link to the online textbook

https:

on the next page...

link to the online audiobook (chapter 1) and after that chapter of the next chapter is at the top on the right

Plan

Read and listen:

• during this online lesson
• after next week's test
• in your own time

While reading:

• work on your personal dictionary
• work on your reading file

Hand in your  first book file on: 

Monday 15 March 2021 - 23:59:59

If you want to know more about C.S. Lewis... watch this YouTube video

Homework

Next Lesson: 

 Unit 1 Crossing borders

Learn the words from lesson 2

Learn irregular verbs 1- 10

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