Friday, 15 April 2011

Happy Holidays!

... good work during the last couple of weeks - here they come: well-deserved Easter holidays.

Saturday, 9 April 2011

Homework for Wednesday, 13th of April

Hi folks,

For Wednesday, please work on one of the post-reading tasks we have developed ... or feel free to do any other post-reading activity of your choice:


Post-Reading Activities:
  • Give the book another title and explain why you would chose that title
  • Fill in of gaps in the text
  • Re-writing the text from a different point of view (person, location, time)
  • Remodelling of the text into another text type
  • Development of alternatives to the content
  • Change the ending
  • Developing the characters
  • Continue the story: make clear that the progress of the story is to be developed compellingly from what has been read so far (writing style etc.)
  • Recapitulate central issues
  • Discussions, e.g. hot chairing (>film?!)
  • Interview with a fictitious character
  • Composing poems, reviews, diary entries, letter to the author, television report, film scripts, short stories 
  • Comment on central issues / questions the book raises
  • Research for background information on the book and on the author
  • Write a book review
  • Write an epitaph
  • Write a blurb for the book 

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Homework for Friday, 8th of April

Please finish reading the book until Friday. I'm looking 4ward to posts on the last chapters.

Saturday, 2 April 2011

Homework for Wednesday, 6th of April

As the reading schedule tells you, please read chapters 18-20 for Wednesday and chose a while-reading task you work on and don't forget to publish it for the session on the 6th of April.

Enjoy the nice sunny weekend-weather!