Category Archives: EK17 ENG6

Wednesday, 11th of October

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger
Questions
Chapter 11
Would you say that Holden is in love with Jane?
What do you think might have happened, if anything, between Jane and Mr Cudahy? Why does it bother Holden?

Chapter 12
Why does Holden feel so lonesome? If he is lonesome, why does he turn down Lilian’s invitation to come to her table? Does he like being lonesome?

How do you explain Holden’s concerns about the Central Park ducks?

Does Holden despise Ernie?

Chapter 13

Holden says he stops when a girl tells him to, but Sunny never tells him to stop. On the contrary she wants him to go on. Why then does Holden stop with Sunny and dismiss her?

Why does Holden not tip Sunny the extra five dollars? At some level, do you think he wants to be beaten up by Maurice?

Wednesday, 26th of September

The Catcher in the Rye: Reading schedule: Week 38 (Wednesday): chapters 1 and 2
Week 39 (Wednesday) chapters: 3 and 4
Week 40 (Monday) chapters: 5, 6 and 7
Week 41 (Monday): chapters: 8, 9 and 10
Week 42:(Monday): chapters: 11, 12 and 13
Week 43:(Wednesday) writing (examination)

Questions

Questions
1-General facts:
a-Author:
b-Type of work:
c-Genre:
d-Narrator:
e-Setting: historical and geographical setting:
f-protagonist:

2-The protagonist: Write a short description of the main character: appearance, personality.

3-How does Holden describe the adults around him? Which words does he use?

4-Holden defines himself as a liar. Can you explain why this is problematic for us readers?

5-Write a short descrition of the following characters ( 75 words)

Stradlater:

Ackley:

Sally:

Jane:

Wednesday, 22nd of August

Presentations

Speaking: Knowing me

First part:
In pairs
What is he/she good at?
What kind food does he/she like?
What does he/she do in his free time?
What does he/she want to be?
How many brothers and sisters has he/she got?

Second part:
In groups of three or four.
Take a card and ask the person on the right to answer it. Aim to speak for about 30 seconds. When the student has finished speaking, the other students should ask follow-up questions.

Writing
Write a short essay ( around 150 words) in answer to one of the questions on the cards.

Presentation

Who are you?

I would like to learn more about who you are and find out how much you really know your classmates.

Create a Powerpoint presentation about youself. The structure of the presentation is free but there are certain things you have to include:

-Who are you? Give a short description of yourself- remember you choose what you want to tell us about you.

-If you got to be someone else, dead or alive for one day who would you be?

-What superheroe Power would you like to have?

-What kind of Music do you like?

-What do you like to do on Sundays?

-If you had to recommend a film, which one would be and why?

-If you have to recommend a TV-series, which one would be?

-If you have to recommend a novel, which would that be?

Feel free to use plenty of pictures, music and even video clips in your presentation in order to make it even more interesting.

Presentation will take place: Wednesday, 12th of September and Monday, 17th of September

Important dates:
Reading comprehension test: Monday, 3rd and Wednesday, 5th of September
Listening comprehension test: Monday, 10th of September