Important Information for English J1 (Abitur 2024)

Central Topic:

·      The Ambiguity of Belonging

 

Tom Franklin: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter (2010)

Gran Torino (Regie Clint Eastwood, 2008)

 

We're going to work with a broad variety of genres: short stories, films, poetry, drama,... you name it.

Material:

·      folder (because of worksheets), DinA 4

·      grid paper or ruled paper (your choice) with margin

·      no folder for class tests needed

·      how you learn your words is up to you (vocab folder, cards,....)

 

Mark:

 

written : oral mark                                    60:40

 

written mark:

 

two exams per half-year (except for J2/2)

(voc tests every second week à one exam (per half-year)) or not. Your choice.

 

oral mark:

 

oral mark in class

qualitative performance
quantitative performance
working attitude and performance (individual work, pair work, group work, presentations...)

 

Homework:
You are going to get exercises every second week.

Some exercises are obligatory, most are voluntarily. Most of the grammar revision and exercises will be done through those two-week-exercises, so take them seriously. (But of course we will revise grammar in class, if need arises).

 

Office Hours:

By appointment.