Reflection on testweek Class Overview till Xmas Introduction Literary Programme 4V

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Looking back: Testweek Tests
How happy are you with your result for the Reading Test?

😒🙁😐🙂😃

How did you prepare for the Reading Test?

1. I made (most of) the exam handed out in class.
2. I made the exam handed out in class and actively participated in class.
3. I did nothing to prepare.
4. I made the exam, actively participated in class and practised online.

What are you going to do differently/would you like to see changed when it comes to preparing for this reading test?

How happy are you with the result for your Presentation?

😒🙁😐🙂😃

What can you do to prepare better for next time?

1. Look for a more advanced topic for my presentation.
2. Check my Language (grammar/vocabulary) beforehand.
3. Preparing better: know what to expect, know what teacher focuses on, creating a better PP.
4. Practise my presentation skills.

Overview Classes until Christmas Break

18 Nov: Introduction: Why we read + book 2 

20 Nov: Calculating Love, Story of an Hour ( + quiz)

25 Nov: Finding Meaning + Powder (+ quiz) 

27 Nov: Title and Setting + The Sniper 

2 Dec: Plot + The Last Rung on the Ladder 

4 Dec: Character  + The Test

9 Dec: Point of View + The Landlady

16 Dec:  Practise writing

8 Jan '25: Writing Test (describing a person OR writing a story)

Testweek 27 Jan '25: Literature Test (short stories, literary terms + book 2)

Literary Programme 4V

Goals:

At the end of this class you will have thought about your own reading and the reading of others.

You will also have seen some literary terms and realised how many of those you have seen before. 

What do people read on an average day? Think of all sorts of texts.

Do you read more on school days or on days off?

How does what you read differ on a school day or on a day off?

Work in pairs. Which of these literary terms are familiar to you? Talk about what they mean. 

• racist
• escapist literature
• imaginative literature
• ambiguity
• exotic surroundings
• symbolism
• setting
• author
• internal/external conflict
• life lessons
• title

• irony
• exposition
• theme
• point of view
• narrator
• foreshadowing
• linear/nonlinear timeline
• misogynist
• round/flat character
• happy endings
  
• complex characters

Literature Course 4V

So how many of these terms did you recognise? And of how many do you know what they mean?

After every class you will have learnt more literary terms and how to use them to analyse meaning in stories.

To actually learn you make notes while your teacher explains and you actively participate in class. You also read all the stories assigned to you.   

Let's start with the first Prezi presentation. 

• Don't forget to make notes about what matters. 
• Do not literally copy everything, but make sure that you copy definitions and summarise the rest. 

Homework

Hand-out Literature Booklets.

Homework: Read both Calculating Love and The Story of an Hour before you come to class. 

Exit Ticket: Who has learnt something new today?