Bogens opbygning
Culture and Learning
| Texts | Focus | Activities. |
|---|---|---|
| Butler & Hope: The Pleasures of Study (n-f) |
Mental fitness | List the ideas of the text Discuss study techniques |
| Gloria Steinem: The Royal Knights of Harlem (n-f) |
Chess and change | Search the effects of chess Act in a role play Write an article to the school magazine |
| Amy Chua: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (bio) |
Culture and learning | Outline main ideas Play a part Realize your values |
| Malcolm Gladwell: Caroline Sacks (n-f) |
Competition in science studies | Learn from Caroline’s university story |
| Rachel Gould: Thucydides (f) |
Muddling school | Compare with Caroline Sachs |
| Butler and Hope: Revision Strategy and Exam (n-f) |
Anxiety | Build up exam strategies |
The Workshop of the English Crime Writer
| Texts | Focus | Activities. |
|---|---|---|
| P.D. James: Telling the Story (n-f) |
Tools for writing fiction | Setting: Discuss the relation between setting and terror. Viewpoint: Examine the mind, the eyes and ears through which the reader participates in the story. People: Describe the role of the victim |
| P.D. James: The Private Patient (f) |
Training your skills as a writer | Work as a reading detective Write a crime story |
| Agatha Christie: Strange Jest (f) |
Logic and intuition | Characterize Miss Marple |
| Kahneman: Thinking, Fast and Slow (n-f) |
Thinking in two systems | Try out your two brain pilots |
Reading: A Road to Yourself and the World
| Texts | Focus | Activities. |
|---|---|---|
| Web pages on Reading and Reading Strategies (n-f) | Reading is living several lives | Create a mind map about reading |
| Alan Bennett: The Uncommon Reader (f) |
Reading and change | Unravel the Queen’s passion for books Argue for or against the final decision Write: “A day in the life of…” |
| R. Seiffert: Reach (f) |
Analysis | Follow guidelines for improved reading Write letters of complaint and comfort |
| Siri Hustvedt: On Reading (n-f) |
The gains of reading | Apply the “Approach to non-fiction” to the text |
| George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four (f) |
Language and power | Analyse manipulative language |
| Be your Own Word Assistant | Pilot your language learning | Find useful words and phrases |
| William Henry Davies: Leisure (p) |
Language and emotions | Read the poems aloud |
| Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken (p) |
Pay attention to the title | |
| P.J Harvey: The Colour of the Earth (p) |
Select your own favourite poem/song | |
| Bruce Springsteen: Two Faces (p) |
Point out the emotional appeal of the poems |
Self-Esteem and Empowerment
| Texts | Focus | Activities. |
|---|---|---|
| Melanie Fennell: Self- Esteem (n-f) |
Beliefs about ourselves | Learn about self-esteem Discuss self-esteem and Facebook Write a letter to the editor |
| Michel Faber: Less than Perfect (f) |
Reality or dream | Analyse self-esteem |
| Butler & Hope: Keeping Things in Perspective (n-f) |
Building self- esteem | Link feeling and thought |
| Rajaa Alsanea: Girls of Riyadh (f) |
Self-esteem and love | Act as a film director |
| Justine Picardie: The Fat Lady (f) |
Fighting prejudice | Trace ups and downs |
| Maya Angelou: Further New Directions (bio) |
Empowerment | Evaluate advice Write a poem |
| Alain de Botton: Status Anxiety (n-f) |
Equality, expectation and envy | Write and discuss synopsis |
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