| 12.1 2005/06 |
name list
plus photos |
| Date |
Topic |
| August
2005 |
Sequence 1: The
American Dream - then and now |
| August 23 |
Stunde beim Stufenleiter
(Organisatorisches), LK Englisch
fällt aus
|
| August 24 |
picture
story - text: Of Thee I Sing
(by Martha Weinman Lear) |
| August 26 |
Of Thee I Sing (continued);
M.W. Lear's formative
years: father - school |
| August 29 |
Text Waking from the American
Dream
: different views of "the
dream" |
| August 30 |
some test questions
- The New Colossus
(form: sonnet, topic: Statue of Liberty, see also this website) |
| August 31 |
Poetry interpretation:
The New Colossus; text
The Epic of America
(comprehension) |
| Sept 5 |
the do's and don't's
of the American Dream (text analysis);
discussion of a cartoon (the New
Yorker) |
| Sept 6 |
Letters
from Norway (your tasks) |
| Sept 7 |
Still the
Melting Pot? (your tasks) |
| Sept 9 |
American
Myths (your tasks) |
| Sept 12 |
The chasm
between us (your tasks) |
| Sept 13 |
continued work on yesterday's
text |
| Sept 14 |
Diary of a
Mad Housewife (your
tasks) |
| Sept 16 |
Diary of a Mad Housewife
(continued) |
| Sept 23 |
Manifest
Destiny (listening
comprehension) |
| Sept 26 |
Talking about US westward
expansion till 1848; John Gast,
Manifest
Destiny |
| Sept
27 |
The Significance
of the Frontier; some comprehension questions |
| Sept
28 |
Picture analysis; Inaugural Addresses
of American Presidents,
America
the Beautiful |
| Sept
30 |
analysis
of President George W.
Bush's first inaugural address from
2001 (tasks) |
| autumn holidays -
fall vacation |
|
| Oct
17 |
finding
rhetorical devices
in Buch's speech; studying an
advertisement: From the Mountains
to the Prairies |
| Oct 18 |
discussing
the homework |
| Oct 19 |
detailed
analysis of the adverts for Pillsbury,
Sears,
Fortune
|
| Oct 21 |
Discussing
the thesis of the text
We Hold Business
to be Immoral - a card game |
| Oct 24 |
Singing two
patriotic songs (The
Star Spangled
Banner - America
the Beautiful) Acting the dialogue Art Buchwald, Retraining Horation Alger |
| Oct 25 |
development
of the American Constitution
(We the People) - Declaration of Independence |
| Oct 26 |
development
of the American Constitution
(We the People) continued;
group photos |
| Oct 28 |
Klausur 1:
Enterprise,
A Neglected Freedom
|
| Nov 2005 |
Arthur
Miller, Death of a Salesman |
| Oct 31 |
Introductory stage directions:
try to draw the stage (some photos from different
productions) |
| Nov 2 |
Rückgabe der Klausuren
- Can You Spot
the Mistakes? |
| Nov 4 |
Death of a
Salesman Act 1: Beginning
(first impressions of Willy and his
problems) |
| Nov 7 |
Death ...
Act 1 (from "Willy: Mo, go to sleep."
to "[They share a soft laugh]") |
| Nov 8 |
Death ... Act 1:
discussion of some motifs |
| Nov 9 |
summary of act 1,
some aspects - film version
of the play with viewing tasks |
| Nov 11 |
further aspects
(handiwork vs. selling - is Ben real?
- how is the play adapted for the film? -
etc.) |
| Nov 14 |
Thoughts on act 1
(Willy-Linda/Willy's false dreams/Biff's
secret); Could this be a happy
ending? |
| Nov 15 |
Beginning of Act 2:
some impressions - different
forms of transition |
| Nov 16 |
short summary of act
2; film version
act 2 |
| Nov 21 |
(only part of the course
present) The topic of "growing up"
in the play |
| Nov 22 |
"growing up" continued
- who is the main hero, Willy or Biff? |
| Nov 23 |
Is the play a "tragedy"?
(Definitions
of tragedy, or "Tragic hero");
film:
Private Conversations |
| Nov 25 |
Final discussion of "Death
of a Salesman" (Requiem), some general
topics |
| from
Dec. |
Sequence 2:
Globalization - global challenges |
| Nov 28 |
Some introductory ideas |
| Nov 29 |
comparing definitions of
"globalization" - shrinking map of
the world - how does it affect you
personally |
| Nov 30 |
Historical
Survey, sorting the pictures -
world map 1542 -
world map 2003 |
| December 2 |
Problems of global communication
(Esperanto
et.al.) - The Babel Fish - 10 International Fallacies |
| December 5 |
The Tower of
Babel (picture) - Text from the
Bible: How languages really developed
(Indo-European) |
| December 6 |
paper on "Is Global Inequality
Getting Worse?" presented by Katharina M.
- more about Indo-European languages (distribution - language tree) - The Story of English |
| December 7 |
Planning our own internet presence,
first ideas (FTP programmes to download) |
| Dec 12 |
The Five
Gas Stations of the World, discussion
of text and its message |
| Dec 13 |
In Genoa's
Noise, No Logo:
debate: motion: plobalization helps the
people in the world |
| Dec 14 |
Working conditions in developing
countries and our responsibility (CSR); Nike and
the Global Swoosh |
| Dec 16 |
Klausur 2: A Salesman is got
to dream |
| Dec 19 |
Problems of globalization: WTO
conference in Hong Kong, Sky News of Dec 18 |
| Dec
20 |
Discussion
:global warming and its consequences
(The Environment
- pictures for environment
text) |
| Dec
21 |
Christmas
worldwide and a Christmas
song (Twelve days
of Christmas - tune) |
| January
9 |
Can You Spot the Mistakes?
- Rückgabe der Klausuren |
| January
10 |
Some
more about pollution (pictures for
environment text) |
| January
11 |
aspects
of tourism: "Tourism is Wearing Out
the Planet" |
| January
13 |
first
attempts to create our internet presence
(here - or here) |
| January
16 |
texts on tourism:
"Are You Experienced?" - text comprehension
and discussion |
| January
17 |
text:
The Nowhere Man - discussion of some
aspects |
| January
18 |
group work,
preparatory for our internet page (Langenberg
from a global point of view) |
| January
20 |
group work
continued |
| January
21 |
nothing |
| think about and
plan our internet page |
|
| from
Jan. |
Shakespeare
and his Times |
| January 23 |
Brainstorming: Shaxper
- Text: Hardin Craig, The Perfect Dramatist
- Shakespeare portraits |
| January 24 |
Comparing the
texts "The Perfect
Dramatist" and "There is no final
Shakespeare" text types: expository / argumentative |
| January 25 |
G. M. Trevelyan,
The Great
Elizabethan Age different aspects of the time (political, religious, economic, cultural) |
| January 27 |
a little test (those
absent today can do it next time!), text type:
descriptive |
| January 31 |
M. S. Clare Byrne,
London
Town (comprehension) |
| 12.2
2005/06 |
|
| February 1 |
Elizabethan London,
contrasts - Film: Elizabeth |
| February 3 |
Film versus history;
the family tree of the royal families Tudor
and Steward/Stuart (family tree) |
| February 6 |
a little test about the persons in
the film - film: Elizabeth continued (up
to the torture of the priest) |
| February 7 |
rest of the film - discussion |
| February 8 |
Text: The Rise of Capitalism
- The Elizabethan World Picture |
| February 10 |
vocabulary test - recapitulation
of "chain of being", "corresponding planes",
"music of the spheres" Elements and Humours; discussion on music in our lives |
| February 13 |
talking about The Country of Music
, My Life With Shakespeare (original text version) |
| February 14 |
Shakespeare's biography |
| February 15 |
History of the Drama,
text comprehension; watching a scene from "Mankynd" |
| February 17 |
history of the drama; Text
"The Elizabethan
Theatre" |
| February 20 |
The Globe Theatre - Video:
Shakespeare in Stratford and London |
| February 21 |
Text: A Theatre for Eloquence
... comprehension; recording comments
for Shakespeare video |
| February 22 |
Film Romeo and
Juliet by Franco Zefirelli (as preparation
for the film Shakespeare in Love) |
| February 24 |
Text "Shakespeare as actor"
- beginning of the film Shakespeare
in Love |
| February 28 |
Which film characters are historic?
- film "SiL" continued (to "Will falls out of the
tree.") |
| March 1 |
SiL continued (to "The closure notice
is nailed to the door.") |
| March 2 |
Sil to the end (script) |
| March 7 |
Text 14: The Globe (picture of the
Blackfriar's Theatre) |
| March 8 |
Text The Globe: guidance of the reader;
Giles Alleyn's original
letter; Text 15: Printing of plays
|
| March 10 |
textual criticism: how to reconstruct
a Shakespeare text (with the example of Hamlet) |
| March 17 |
Klausur: Shakespeare's midlife crisis |
| William Shakespeare,
Macbeth |
|
| March 20 |
Macbeth Act I, scenes 1-2 (cf. the folio
editions of Macbeth ) |
| March 21 |
Macbeth Act I scenes 1-3 (blank verse and
its changes, first impressions of Macbeth) |
| March 22 |
Macbeth Act I scene 3-4 (Macbeth's reaction
to the witches' prophecy), 5 (Lady Macbeth) |
| March 24 |
Macbeth Act I scene 4 (the rôle of
Lady Macbeth), acting scenes 2 and 3 |
| March 27 |
Macbeth Act I to the end (Macbeth has scruples,
Lady Macbeth persuades him) |
| March 28 |
Can You Spot
the Mistakes? - Rückgabe der Klausur |
| March 29 |
modern English translation of I,7;
two film versions of Macbeth (Jack
Gold - Roman Polanski) |
| March 31 |
Macbeth's scruples before the murder (the
"dagger" scene) |
| April 3 |
Macbeth's horror at the murder (dramatic
presentation) |
| April
4 |
Summary
of Act II, discussing the relevance of the "porter"
scene |
| April
5 |
End
of Act II, prose, chorus, Reactions after discovery
of murder; Act II in two film versions (as above) |
| April
7 |
Discussion
about film versions: Is "Macbeth" suitable for the modern
medium of film? |
| April
24 |
Act
III summary, video BBC version Jack Gold of act 3 |
| April
25 |
Act
III,1: detailed interpretation (Banquo's dubious role,
Macbeth's fear of Banquo) |
| April
26 |
Act III,
2, 4, 5 (Lady Macbeth's relation to her husband; Macbeth's
terrible dreams) |
| April
28 |
Act 3
in the film by Jeremy Freeston |
| May 2 |
End of
Act III (Macbeth's despair, chorus: totalitarian reign
in Scotland), IV, 1 (the prophecies) |
| May 3 |
Act IV,
2-3 (Killing of Macduff's family, Malcolm tests Macduff) |
| May 5 |
Summary act
4, Act V,1 (sleepwalking scene) |
| May 8 |
Act V, 2 (Chorus:
the military setup, description of Macbeth's situation) |
| May 9 |
Probeklausur (angefangen, Rest zu Hause) |
| May 10 |
(Besprechung
der Probeklausur verschoben auf kommende Woche); Act V,
3-4, Act V on film |
| May 12 |
Klausur 2 (the entire original text is here) |
| May 15 |
Act V (almost to
the end), film act V |
| May 16 |
Act V, 9: end of
the play, looking back at the characterization of Macbeth |
| May 17 |
Can You Stop the Mistakes?
- Rückgabe der Klausuren (Paddy's Macbeth) |
| May 22 |
William Shakespeare,
Sonnet 18: interpretation |
| from
May |
Development of the Language |
| May 23 |
Sonnet 18; pairs of words
in English and German |
| May 24 |
A.C.Gimson: The Sound of English (1) - A
Midsummer Night's Dream (1st part of film) |
| May 29 |
Text The Mother Tongue (comprehension,
discussion - to zje Viking invasion) |
| May 30 |
Text The Mother Tongue (to Middle
English) |
| May 31 |
Text The Mother Tongue (to Caxton);
A Midsummer Night's Dream (rest of the film) |
| June 2 |
Test on A Muse
of Fire; A.C.Gimson: The Sound of English (2) |
| June 7 |
A Muse of Fire continued; video: The Story of English:
Viking to Shakespeare (Shakespeare in the language) |
| June 9 |
Examples of "plainness" and "inkhorn"
language ("Yes Prime Minister") |
| June 12 |
Analysing some native speaker "mistakes" |
| June 13 |
Lanugage as a social marker (G.B.Shaw,
Pygmalion
- My Fair
Lady - excerpt from script
|
| June 14 |
Theaterbesuch Essen "Macbeth"
(Fotos) |
| June 19 |
(ausgefallen wegen Berufseignungstest
und Bewerbertraining) |
| June 20 |
Probeklausur |
| June 21 |
Exemplarische Bewertung einer Schülerarbeit
anhand der vorgegebenen Kriterien |
| June 23 |
Perchè un poco del' opera Macbetto di Giuseppe
Verdi. Il libretto è disponibile |
| Homework |
- - - |
| "Yes Minister", "The Code of the Woosters" |