Read the following articles, and in combination with the handout (ACLU-poster) given to you in class, use them as the basis of
a magazine article or an editorial
in which you discuss the theme of the articles as well as the characteristics of the different types of text that are used to express the theme.
First write a basic lay-out for your text before you start writing it: finish this before Wednesday 9 May, when it will be discussed in class!
Your final text should be at least 300 words long and is part of Portfolio 3.
White Until Proven Black: Imagining Race in Hunger Games (The New Yorker, 30 March 2012)
'Why wasn't The Hunger Games cast as I imagined in my racist reading?' (The Guardian, 28 March 2012)
Comment: Emmett Till in Sanford (The New Yorker, 23 March 2012)
Bruce and Trayvon: American Skin (The New Yorker, 29 March 2012)
Showing posts with label Language and culture. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
To Sherlock Holmes she is always The Woman
Read the Sherlock Holmes-story "A Scandal in Bohemia".
Watch the "Sherlock" episode "A Scandal in Belgravia" (BBC 2012) Part 1 Part 2
Decide for yourself how the 'relationship' between Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler is different in both stories (apart from the obvious difference in time period!) in both stories.
Then read this commentary article from the Guardian. Do you agree with the author's viewpoint or not?
Write a response to the article (type of text: opinion column or letter to the editor) in which you refer to both the story and the tv-film and in which you explain your opinion of Sherlock Holmes's use of the words "The Woman."
This assignment will be part of your portfolio but will first be discussed in class on Friday 2 March.
Watch the "Sherlock" episode "A Scandal in Belgravia" (BBC 2012) Part 1 Part 2
Decide for yourself how the 'relationship' between Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler is different in both stories (apart from the obvious difference in time period!) in both stories.
Then read this commentary article from the Guardian. Do you agree with the author's viewpoint or not?
Write a response to the article (type of text: opinion column or letter to the editor) in which you refer to both the story and the tv-film and in which you explain your opinion of Sherlock Holmes's use of the words "The Woman."
This assignment will be part of your portfolio but will first be discussed in class on Friday 2 March.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Written Task assignment Afro-American English
Topic
The use of Afro-American English in music and how it may be stereotyping.
Choose one of these types of text: - cd review - opinion column - email of rapstar to his producer
Length: 200 words Add a short explanation of your choice of text and what you wrote about the topic.
This task should end up in your portfolio!
Choose one of these types of text: - cd review - opinion column - email of rapstar to his producer
Length: 200 words Add a short explanation of your choice of text and what you wrote about the topic.
This task should end up in your portfolio!
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