Project: I love reading

7a/7b

September 29^th – October 8^th

Short stories: !Read the introduction to the short story

!A) “The Landlady“ by Roald Dahl	Do the tasks as given !Context !Characterisation	***	XX	SC
B) “The Star” by Alasdair Gray	Do the tasks as given !Task 8	**	XX	TC

Poems:

1x!C) “Stopping by woods on a snowy evening” by Robert Frost or “Stop all the clocks” by W. H. Auden	Answer the questions !Interpretation	*** *	X or XX	TC
!D) “Little Johnny`s final letter” by Brian Patten “What has happened to Lulu” by Charles Causley	Do the tasks	**	X or XX or XXX	LK

Novels:

F) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde	Answer the comprehension questions. !Questions for discussion	**	X or XX	LK
G) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson	Do the tasks/answer the questions. ! Tasks 20b, 21a, b. Compare and contrast the moral of both novels!	***	X or XX	LK

Basic intentions/principal goals of year seven project “I love reading”:

In the course of this project work, year seven students have been presented with major representatives of various genres taken from English literature. The selected texts were supposed to arouse interest in and fascination for reading. Furthermore the activity of reading was interwoven with the application of speaking, writing and listening abilities. In addition a major focus was the extensive treatment of a so called “language of interpretation” for analyzing literary texts.

The students were confronted with contextual analysis (“The Landlady”), age-related problems (“Little Johnny`s final letter” and “What happened to Lulu”) as well as serious moral dilemmas (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). Moreover, unusual experiences of sentimental feelings and moods (“Stopping by woods” and “Stop all the clocks”) were explored. On the whole the students enjoyed this “challenging undertaking” and came up with interesting theories and ideas in their final presentations.

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