Studying The Black Cat

Listen to The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

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• How essential is the setting to the story?
•  Could the story have taken place anywhere else?
•  How does Edgar Allan Poe reveal character in "The Black Cat"? 
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• What are some themes and symbols in the story? (Look at: Literary Devices to the right)
• How do they relate to the plot and characters?
   
• Do you find the narrator likable? Would you want to meet him?
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• What is the central/primary purpose of the story? Is the purpose important or meaningful?

• What are some of the controversial elements of the story? Are they necessary?
   
• What is the role of women in the text?
• Does the story end the way you expected? How? Why?

Subject - Verb Agreement

Take the test on Subject - Verb Agreement

Week 2 - 6

We will start working with phrasal verbs - informal/formal English.
We will continue with writing an essay (old National test)
Speak in groups.

Merry Christmas

On Monday you will have the prepared debate about Christmas.

See you on January 11.

Something to read

Here is a link to an on-line novel - Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Formellt språk

En film om formellt språk.

Christmas in Class

After talking about the texts this is something you may read and watch.

In Blue Print B 2.0 you should work with Irregular verbs at page 296 and Prepositions at pages 297 - 299.

A great deal about Christmas traditions.

 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

It is the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation into a gentler, kindlier man after visitations by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. (Wikipedia)