what we’ll be doing in our course

August 25, 2008

Aug 25th – Aug 28th: Literary basics & “Brave New World”

Filed under: Nicht kategorisiert — donath@ulricianum @ 9:14 am

Mon, Aug 25th:

  • Asimov [1920-1992] “The Fun They Had” [1951]
  • basics: point of view, characters & characterization, action & plot
  • @home: read the first 20 pages of BRAVE and answer a student’s questionnaire >> here it is

Wed, Aug 27th

  • BRAVE: exposition – your first impression, etc.
  • cloning: article on cloning lap-dogs: “Mit Freudentränen hat eine US-Amerikanerin in Seoul die Klone ihres verstorbenen Hundes geknuddelt, die zuvor in einer Weltpremiere in einem Labor erzeugt worden waren. “Es ist ein Wunder”, sagte Bernann McKinney, als sie die fünf Pittbull-Babys in den Arm nahm.
    >> more: ZDF

Thurs, Aug 28th

  • BRAVE: chapters 1 and 2 in five groups concentrating on
    a) the state – the world
    b) the persons: scientists/students
    c) alpha, beta, etc. system
    d) hatching process
    e) conditioning process
    ==> each group with vocab and point of view, please
    @home (Mon): read chapter 3 and prepare vocab list of 20 interesting constructions

photo: Isaac Asimov >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimov

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