donderdag 1 oktober 2015

Leesboek STONE COLD opdrachten

Hieronder de opdrachten bij het leesboek STONE COLD van Robert Swindells.


Opdrachten bij het leesboekje
Hieronder vind je vragen per hoofdstuk. Het is belangrijk dat je deze vragen maakt als je het hoofdstuk hebt gelezen.
Het cijfer voor het leesboekje bestaat uit 2 onderdelen:
1. TOETS (telt twee keer mee)
2. Opdrachten die hieronder staan en die je DIGITAAL of uitgeprint inlevert.


Wil je het boekje thuis lezen? Dat kan.
Ga naar data STUDENTEN- kies voor Stuurman Engels VMBO 2015-2016- kies je klas- kijk in de map leesboekjes. Hier vind je een PDF van het boekje. Dit PDF kun je uitprinten OF naar jezelf mailen.





Assignments Pages 1 – 30
 
1        What do you know about the narrator (the teller of the story) after the first six pages
          of the novel?
          Fill in the missing parts of the sentences.
 
 
          He calls himself ...................................................
 
          He was born on ...................................................
 
          He lived in the ................... of England.
 
          He lived with ................................. and .................................. called ...................
 
          He was attending a .......................................... school.
 
          He has one ..........................., called ..............................
 
          When he starts telling the story of his life he is sitting in .................................
 
 
2         The second main character (the most important person) writes under the headings
          Daily Routine Orders.
          He uses a lot of different terms for tramps.
Find seven of those in the first three Daily Routine Orders.
 
 
          1  .................................................
 
          2  ..................................................
 
          3  ..................................................
 
          4  ..................................................
 
          5  ..................................................
 
          6  ..................................................
 
          7  ..................................................
 
3        What is the difference between London and Bradford for Link?
          Fill in the missing information (you may need a dictionary!).
 
          London                                           Bradford
 
          1        thousands of tramps                            .........................................................
          2        ......................................................       conspicuous
          3        police leave you alone                         .........................................................
          4        ......................................................       people are embarrassed when passing by
          5        the people are all strangers                  .........................................................
 
4        Which of the following are correct? (More than one choice is possible!)
 
1        Link cannot get a job, because …
          [    ]   A            he has too little training
          [    ]   B       he has no experience
          [    ]   C       he is too dirty.
          [    ]   D       he has not got the right sort of clothes.
          [    ]   E       he was unemployed.
 
2        Shelter left the Army, because …
          [    ]   A       he was too old.
          [    ]   B       he did not have a good physical condition any more.
          [    ]   C       his mental health was not good enough.
          [    ]   D       the Army was dismissing many  men.
          [    ]   E       the National Service was abolished.
 
3        Shelter is interested in young tramps, because
          [    ]   A       he wants to give them shelter.
          [    ]   B       he wants to turn them into soldiers.
          [    ]   C       he wants to clean the streets of the city.
          [    ]   D       he thinks he might turn them into useful young people.
          [    ]   E       he thinks they are part of a plot to destroy society.
 
5          How do they score? Give marks 1 to 5 to each of the characters expressing your
sympathy: 1 means: no sympathy at all, 5 means: much sympathy; with 2, 3 and 4 you can express in-between positions. Then give reasons for your choice.
 
         
          Link       ......., because .................................................................................
          Vince          ......., because .................................................................................
          Carole   ......., because .................................................................................
          Chris      ......., because .................................................................................
          Mum      ......., because .................................................................................
          Dad       ......., because .................................................................................
          Shelter   ......., because .................................................................................
 
6        Shelter is quite happy with himself in  Daily Routine Orders 5.
          Match the sentences 1 - 6  with a - f, phrases saying how Shelter feels.
 
                   1        [     ]       It's begun, the recruiting, and it was easy as falling of a log.
                   2        [     ]       I smiled as I said this - my best do-gooder smile.
                   3        [     ]       I'd made the whole thing up - name and everything. Part of my
                                           preparation.
     4  [     ]        ... then said, casual like, 'There's a comfy couch at my place if you       
                             don't mind roughing it."
5  [     ]                                                                                                      5        [     ]       Roughing it. Brilliant touch, that, and it worked.         
          6        [     ]       Cruel? I don't think so. He's neither cold nor hungry now.
 
                   A       A little effort to put him at ease.
                   B       Don't accuse me wrongly!
                    C       I need not have worried.
                    D       Don't you think I'm clever?
                    E       Always do some groundwork first.
                    F       He'll fall for my 'I couldn’t care less' attitude.
 
7        Link applied for loads of jobs: office work, supermarkets, catering, filling stations.
Choose one of these and write Link's letter of application (sollicitatiebrief). You reply to and advertisement in The Bradford Courier of August 7th.
 
Your letter should include: your personal data, education, experience, reason for applying, references, expectations.
 
         
 
        Dear Sir / Madam,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        Yours sincerely,
 
 
 
         
8        Link says he made a lot of mistakes when he came to London.
          What mistakes does he actually mean? Try to find four.  
    
     1 .....................................................................................................................
     2 .....................................................................................................................
     3 .....................................................................................................................
     4 .....................................................................................................................
 
 
9        How well do you know Link?
          Which of the following characteristics does he show?
          [     ]     1     honest                                [     ]     6     intolerant
          [     ]     2     inexperienced                    [     ]     7     caring
          [     ]     3     lazy                                    [     ]     8     hopeful
          [     ]     4     unwise                                [     ]     9     self-confident
          [     ]     5     hasty                                  [     ]     10   self-critical
 
 
10      What is your opinion about the situation at Link's home?
          What should/could have been done to improve the situation in such a way that Link
          would not have felt forced to run away? Write about 100 words.
 
 
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Assignments pages 31 – 61  
 
11      Answer the following questions.
 
          1       Which three qualities should a good doorway have for a tramp?
 
 
                   1 .........................................................................................................
                   2 .........................................................................................................
                   3 .........................................................................................................
 
          2        Strangely enough on his first night in the open Link's feeling are mostly positive.
Find three of those positive feelings on the first two pages of the passage (I found a doorway .... Quarter past eleven, pages 31 and 32) 
 
 
                   1        .................................................................................................                                                         2        .................................................................................................
                   3       .................................................................................................
 
          3        But spending the night in doorways has its unpleasant aspects, too.
                    Find three of those on the same pages.


 
 
                        1 .........................................................................................................
                        2 .........................................................................................................
                        3 .........................................................................................................
 
 
12      The language that is used in this novel is often not Standard English but slang. Match
          the two columns. Column one contains words from pages 33 to 35, column two has
          the explanations .
[     ]       1        runty                    A       money
[     ]       2        fag                       B       give it to me
[     ]       3        gob                      C       fellow (Liverpool only)
[     ]       4        dosh                     D       dwarf
          [     ]       5        wack                    E       depart        
[     ]       6        sod off                 F       dwarfish
[     ]       7        kiddo                   G       fool
[     ]       8        runt                      H       mouth
[     ]       9        wally                    I         boy
[     ]       10      gizzit                    J        cigarette
 
13      You can tell that Shelter has been in the Army by the language that he uses.
          Read the following paragraph and underline the words or phrases that remind you of
          the Army.
 
It's like parachuting. Get the first jump over and it becomes routine, but you mustn't get complacent. Check your equipment every time. Run through procedures. Know what's what. Don't fall into any traps.
 
14      Which of the following statements are true?
 
          [      ]      1        Shelter carries out his killings according to a certain pattern.
          [      ]      2        He makes sure that no bodies can be found.
          [      ]      3        The woman he picked up looked like a member of the upper classes.
          [      ]      4        He tries to blackmail the woman.
          [      ]      5        The woman has certain suspicions when she goes with him.                                   [      ]    6          He uses the cat and the tomato soup to put the woman at ease
 
 
15      What do you know about Ginger?
          Choose from the following.
 
          A            [     ]        1        Ginger sounds relaxed.
                   [     ]            2        Ginger sounds unfriendly.
                   [     ]            3        Ginger sounds worried.


         
          B       [     ]            1        Just like Link Ginger is an inexperienced tramp.
                   [     ]            2        Ginger has some experience in the streets of other cities.
                   [     ]            3        Unlike Link Ginger has experience in the streets of London.
 
          C       [     ]            1        Ginger comes from Glasgow.
                   [     ]            2        Ginger comes from Birmingham.
                   [     ]            3        Ginger comes from Bradford.
 
          D       [     ]            1        Ginger is the boys' real name.
                   [     ]            2        He is called Ginger because of his hair.
                   [     ]            3        The boy has chosen the name of Ginger at random.
 
 
16      You have read an article in the Sun about homeless kids and you are angry about what they write about the kids going home in the evening with a lot of money.
Write an angry letter to the editor (person who decides which articles will be taken up)  stating what the truth is in your opinion.
 
 
       Dear Sir,
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    Yours sincerely,  ..................................
 


17      Link divides the people in the street into six groups.
          Which groups are they?
 
 
1      .................................................................................................................
2      ................................................................................................................
3      ................................................................................................................
4      ................................................................................................................
5       ...............................................................................................................
6       ...............................................................................................................
 
 
18      A       To which of the six types mentioned in 17 do you belong?
          B       How do you react when somebody asks you for money in the street?
          C       How do you feel about your own reaction?
 
 
          A       ........................................................................................................................
          B       ........................................................................................................................
          C       ........................................................................................................................
 
19      One of the people Ginger asks for money answers him: "Change? I'd change you, my
          lad, if I had you in Khaki for six weeks."
         
         
          A       Who is this person? ................................................
          B       How can you be sure? .....................................................................................
          C       With what word could you describe Shelter's attitude in Daily Routine Orders 8? ........................................................
 


20      Follow Link's and Ginger's route through London on a map.
          A       Copy the route, underline the names mentioned in the book on the map
          B       and indicate what happened in the places supplied with an *.
 
 
          King's Cross Station *  ................................................................................
          Pentonville Road *      ................................................................................
          Tottenham Court Road
          Shaftesbury Avenue
          Piccadilly Circus
          Piccadilly
          St. James's *       ................................................................................
          Trafalgar Square *   ................................................................................
          the Strand
          the Embankment *   ................................................................................


Assignments Pages 62 – 92  
 
21      Shelter's third victim makes some negative remarks about the army, which makes
          Shelter furious.
 
          In the following two paragraphs you can find seven negative opinions. Number one is
          given.  Your task is to find the other six.
 
          He shrugged. 'Couldn't stand it. Thick sods bawling at you all day long. Telling you what
          to do. And the grub - Jesus! So I bought myself out.'
 
'Dunno about Fascists,' he said. 'I'm not into politics, but you must have to be desperate
          to stay in that mob.' He spat in the gutter. 'Better off on the streets.'
 
1        He calls the officers Thick sods.
2        .......................................................................................
3        .......................................................................................
4        .......................................................................................
5        .......................................................................................
6   .......................................................................................
7   .......................................................................................
 


22      A       There is a mistake on page 67 (So I fetched ..... in winter, because …). Can you

                   spot it?

                  
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          B       Why is Probyn called Captain Hook, do you think?

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          C       In what ways do Captain Hook's boats resemble slave ships?

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  1. By now you have read quite a bit about the life of homeless people. List six of the main
    problems they are confronted with, arrange them in order of importance (or by giving them numbers), then compare your choice with the one of your neighbour.
              Find out what in your class is considered the most serious problem. 
     

Problems                                             Order                   Order in class
1        ..................................................            [        ]                            [        ]
2        ..................................................            [        ]                            [        ]
3        .................................................            [        ]                            [        ]
4        .................................................            [        ]                            [        ]
5        .................................................            [        ]                            [        ]
6        .................................................            [        ]                            [        ]
 



24      Finish the following sentences.


          1        The homeless young people had better stay together, because ................................................................................................................
          2        Sometimes these homeless youngsters have to go to the DSS, because
                   ................................................................................................................
          3        In freezingly cold weather homeless people even get less money, because …
                   ................................................................................................................
          4        Ginger added non-alcoholic to his placard, because …
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