Today’s class

If you were absent on thie last class, please do the quiz and the essay and email them to me by Monday Feb. 20th. The essay must be done within 90 minutes.

TMN quiz (download here:  TMN_final_quiz_001

Final essay.  “There are two events in TMN which are similar to events in the Bible.  Describe the two events. Why does Lewis include these two events in the story?”

Use academic format  (double spaced, etc).

Homework

None

Today’s class

1. List 5 stories that are similar in some way to “The Magician’s Nephew”, e.g. stories that have
   • 2 children in a fantasy adventure
   • visits to another world or worlds
   • a strong, bad witch or bad woman (like Jadis)
   • a strong, wise, kind character (like Aslan)
2. Write 2 paragraphs in English comparing “The Magician’s Nephew” with one story from your list.
   1. Explain the similarities
   2. Explain the differences
3. Compare the four worlds that Digory and Polly find themselves in.
   1. How are they similar?
   2. How are they different?

Announcement

Makeup class will be Wednesday, Jan. 25th, 5th period (16:45 – 18:15)

Homework

None

Announcement

Makeup class will be on Wednesday January 25th, 5th period.. Please check the noticeboard for the classroom.

Today’s class

1. Free writing
   1. #1 – your winter vacation
   2. #2 book(s) and/or movie(s) you watched over the vacation. (If you didn’t read any books or watch any movies, explain why not!)
2. Short essay questions about “The Magician’s Nephew”:
   1.  Is Digory a better person at the end of The Magician’s Nephew than he was at the start? How has he changed for the better or for the worse?
   2. What can Asian do that Jadis cannot?
   3. Why does Uncle Andrew like Jadis?

Homework

Short essay questions for chapters 3, 4 and 5 (download the file here: Bookrags_MN_Short-essay_Qs_chaps3-5

Happy Holidays! Next class, January 6th.

Today’s class

Short essay questions for chapters 3, 4 and 5.

Homework

Write 2 paragraphs about the author of “The Magician’s Nephew”.

• List the sources you used in a simple bibliography.
• Type it in MSWord.
• Double-spaced.
• Your name, WS2 and the date in the top left-hand corner.

Today’s class

Short answer questions for chapters 3 and 4.

Homework

Short essay questions for chapter 2, questions 1 and 2 ONLY.

Today’s class

• Short essay questions for chapter 1

Homework

1. Read the following passages from the Bible (if the original English is too difficult, by all means read it in Japanese):
   1. Exodus 7:1-8:19
   2. Deuteronomy 18:9-15
   3. Daniel 2
   4. Acts 8:9-13
   5. Acts 13:1-12
   6. Galatians 5:19-21
2. What does the Bible say about magic?

Today’s class

1. Checked the answers to the short-answer questions for chapter 2
2. Watched the English episode of a TV drama
   1. What did you learn from this video about writing successfully in English?

Homework

• Choose a book from the Easy Reading List (click here to download: ws_easy_reading_library_list ),
• read it
• write a short report
  • Title
  • Author
  • Main characters
  • Key points of story
• Bring your report to class to report to your classmates next week

Today’s class

1. In groups of 4, discuss
   1. Your impressions of “The Magician’s Nephew”
   2. The highlights?
   3. What other stories (English or Japanese) does it remind you of? Why (give examples.)
   4. Is the book’s message positive, negative or neutral? Why? (Gives examples.)
   5. The message of the story “The Pot with the Hole”
   6. The main teachings of TMN
   7. The characteristics of the 4 main characters of TMN, with examples.
      1. Aslan
      2. Digory
      3. Jadis
      4. Uncle Andrew

Homework

None

Today’s class

1. Checked answers to MCQs for chapter 15.
2. Review your homework.
3. Story vs message.
4. “The Pot with the Hole”. What’s the message?
5. TMN
   1. What is the book trying to teach?
   2. What are the characteristics for
      1. Aslan?
      2. Digory?
      3. Jadis?
      4. Uncle Andrew?
   3. What is the meaning or purpose in the story of each of these characters?
   4. What is the message of TMN? Write in 1 or 2 sentences.