Mebis page

= General ressources Vocabulary = = News and politics =
 * All vocab tasks Link/URL
 * One word a day Link/URL
 * Free rice (learn vocab and feed the world at the same time) Link/URL

= US = = United Kindom =
 * Real Clear Poltics (excellent coverage of US electione etc.) Link/URL
 * Slate (my favorite online mag on politics, arts, entertainment etc.) Link/URL
 * Salon (left leaning commentary on politics and current affairs) Link/URL
 * CNN (reliable news channel) Link/URL
 * BBC News (excellent source of British and world news) Link/URL

Thema 2
= 11/1 =

= 1) Short stories = = Mini Saga Competition = Write a mini saga with exactly 50 words (+title) on the topic summer day.

Use layout  and different types to enhance your story! = Short story presentations = = Additional stories read in class = Chopin THE STORY OF AN HOUR Bierce AN OCCURENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE Hemmingway HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS Kincaid GIRL
 * Link to the mini saga competition Link/URL
 * Lamb to the Slaughter Datei
 * The Tell-Tale Heart Datei
 * Eveline Datei
 * The Only Man on Liberty Street Datei
 * A Message from the Pig Man Datei
 * Charles Datei
 * Tasks for all groups Datei
 * Video Hills like White Elephants (homework) Link/URL
 * Short story presentations Link/URL
 * A Message from the Pig Man Datei
 * Eveline Datei
 * Lamp to the Slaughter Datei
 * The Only Man on Liberty Street Datei
 * The Tell-Tale Heart Datei
 * Exam practice: Hemmingway Datei

Thema 3
= 2)Multiculturalism and the American Dream = = Texts and tasks in class = Talking about charts (handout) Charts and numbers about blacks in the US (handout) T.C. Boyle Lifeblood of a Nation (NC 174/175) Jesse Jackson at Wattstax (video&handout) Jesse Jackson An American Quilt (NC 173) Liam Fox Immigration (GreenlineNew 108/109) Film Boys of Baraka Film A Dream Preferred
 * Film A Dream Preferred on vimeo Link/URL

Thema 4
= US politics =
 * Presidential elections wiki Link/URL
 * Campaign slogans (homework) Link/URL
 * Down with the American Dream (text) Link/URL
 * TED talk on separation and balance of power in the US Link/URL
 * TED talk on the Bill of Rights Link/URL
 * Presenation Mr Hünemörder US Elections (March 2016) Datei

Thema 5
= Poetry =
 * Poetry presentations Link/URL
 * Grass Datei
 * http://www.favoritepoem.org/ Link/URL
 * Strange Fruit Datei
 * When you are old and grey Datei

Thema 6
= Composition writing =
 * Presentation on composition writing Datei
 * Write a introduction: A gap year after graduation or straight off to university? Aufgabe
 * Write one well-developed argument on the topic above till Mo 14th March Aufgabe
 * RMIT University: Paragraph writing (video and interactive tutorial) Link/URL

Thema 7
= Regional identities: California = Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers Hotel California The Eagles Why you´d want to live here Death Cab For Cutie California 2Pac California Gurls Katy Perry
 * California wiki Link/URL
 * Songs on California
 * Handouts on California (Context 21 108-111)

Film Gone West (Alistair Cooke) http://www.myvideo.ge/v/2768001



The UK: Politics and Europe

 * Greenline New 42-45

Greenline New 51-52


 * The FT on BREXIT Link/URL
 * Guardian video on the BREXIT Link/URL

Northern Ireland and EUREKA STREET

 * Wiki on Eureka Street Link/URL
 * Short video on The Troubles Link/URL
 * Mini series EUREKA STREET (BBC) on youtube Link/URL