Oscar Shell is the protagonist in the movie ” Extremely loud and incredibly close”. Oscar lost his father when he was 9 years old at the 9/11 attack. Oscar is a very intelligent boy. He is very organized and thinks strategically. He is a special and unusual kid in his own way. Oscar is terrified of a lot of things. He is afraid of public transport, busses, trains etc. He is also terrified of bridges, swings and did not dare to talk to people. Oscar was attached to his father and still is, even though he is not there for him physically, he is still there for him mentally. Oscar goes thru a development. In the beginning of the movie Oscar was a scared, shy and intimidated boy. In the ending Oscar became the person that his dad wanted him to be, he was not so intimidated and he developed as a person. Oscar dared to talk with people he did not know, he dared to take the public transport, to cross bridges and lastly he dared to swing.

*****GROUP WORK****

Jim Riches Jim Riches is a deputy chief(retired), new york city fire department.He did 32 years in the fire department, before he retired. He had just graduated from college in 1997 and it was his first time working at in fire department. His son ”Jimmy” was a firefighter. He died on 9/11. He died in the North tower. He was at the very top of the buildning, trying to resuce people, when the buliding suddenly collapsed. Jim Riches was watching the news on 9/11, when they suddenly begang to talk about the twin towers getting attacked. Right away he decided to go to Mahantten to help his son and to see if he was still alive, but right when he arried the second twin tower got attacked and collapsed. He new right away that he was dead. From 9/11/2001 till May 30th 2001 Jim Riches had spent his entire time picking up bodies. Richard Fern-new jersey He was in the computer room when the light faded, they went out to check what was wrong. They saw the second tower in flames suddenly. Flame was so bad that , papers were flewing all over from the window. People were jumping out from the buildings. Richard was in the North tower on the 84 floor, he went over to take the elevator down but suddenly the 2nd plane came into the building under him, he went to the side, he fell on the floor in the elevator. He did not notice his other colleagues. He looked for the closets emergency door to go out, it was very dark and there was smoke all over the place. He went into the emergency door and ran down the stairs. Fortunately he found a open door and there was another room were there were no smoke in it. Then he kept runnijg down the stairs. He lifted up a wall and then he kept going down the stairs, he went more and more down and when he got to the 30rd floors his legs felt bad, but he kept going and went out of the bulding. After he went out of the building and he made a little bit away from the towers he collapsed he couldent do it anymore, then he noticed what had happend. He heard the south tower falling. People thought it was another plane. Everyone was running, and many people went through him. He got into a store/building with another man were they stayed there for a while, and then they went out and got over the brooklyn bridge.He tried to call home but he could not (no sign). The north tower started to fall when he was on the bridge but he would not look at it. All the cars was covered in sand and people in the cars was covered in dust too. He went to his wife cousins store and he broke down crying. His wifes cousin comforted him and called his wife and sister and said that he was ok. It was 4 am when he got home. it was one of the best things for him to see his family again. He is very thankfull for living now and that he is here to tell the story. Now he is always happy when he goes to work because it is a “good” day when there are not a plane crashing into your building.

A.    Oversaet

1.     Som regel spadserer jeg til skole, der er ikke så langt. (der er:  §51a)

Usually I stroll to school, it´s not that fare away.

2.     Postbudet var netop i faerd med at tømme postkassen, da jeg kom med mit brev.

The postman was just emptying the mail box, when I came along with letter. 

3.     Hvor er det dejligt vejr i dag. Fuglene kvidrer, solen skinner, og himlen er blå.

It´s such good weather today. The bird are twittering, the sun is shining and the sky is blue.

4.     Jeg går lige ind efter min trøje – det er ved at blive koldt.

I will just get my shirt – it´s getting cold.

5.     Peter vaskede op, mens jeg luftede hunden og John lå og flød på sofaen med sin walkman og en

tegneserie. (at ligge og flyde: to loll, sprawl)

Peter was washing up, while I was walking the dog and John was laying about on the couch with his Walkman and a cartoon.

6.     Sommetider er du simpelthen urimelig. (simpelthen: downright)

Sometimes you are downright just being unfair.

7.     Jeg tror ikke du skal klappe hunden, mens den spiser.

I don’t think you should clap dog while it´s eating.

8.     Jeg vil ikke forstyrres. Jeg sidder og taenker.

I don´t want to be disturbed. I’m sitting and thinking.

9.     I går aftes faldt han i søvn, mens han så TV-avis.

Last night he fell asleep, while he has watching the TV-news.

10.  Jeg hader at blive afbrudt, når jeg sidder og ser en god film.

I hate being disturbed, while I’m in the middle of a good movie.

Genetiv

A. Sæt de understregde ord i flertal 1. I’ve often met the child’s mother. – Children’s 2. Unfortunately he had sold all the woman jewels. – Women´s 3. The hero’s effort proved useless. – Heroes´ 4. Your brother-in-law’s shop is very expensive. – Brothers-in-law’s 5. My son’s teacher is ill. – Sons’ 6. It’s impossible to forget the man’s sufferings. – Men’s 7. The baby’s hands and feet were so tiny! – Babies’ B. s-genitiv eller of-konstruktion? 1. bogens sider – The book’s pages/the pages of the book 2. kattens ører – The cat ears 3. Japans industri – Japan’s industry 4. husets vinduer – The windows of the house 5. Jennys bedstefar – Jenny’s grandfather 6. USA's stater – The state’s of the United States. 7. Dickens værker – Dickens’s works 8. bådens kahyt – The boat’s cabin 9. Titanics forlis – Titanic’s failure 10. edderkoppens ben – The spider’s feet 11. mine forældres hus – My parents´ house C. Oversæt: 1. Det er hr. Owens nye hus. – It is Mr. Owen’s new house 2. Nu er to dages hårdt arbejde spildt. – 2 days of hard work are now wasted 3. De sejlede over Michigansøen – They sailed over the Michigan lake 4. Dr. Nobbs har altid været de gamles ven. – Dr. Noobs has always been ”the oldest’ s” friends 5. Vi er meget imod drengeskoler. – We are very much against the boy´s schools 6. Kan jeg få et kilo danske æbler? – Can I get 1 kg of Danish apples? 7. Din antenne er større end naboens. – Your antenna is bigger than the neighbours 8. Rådhusets tårn er højere end kirkens – The town hall tower is higher than the church 9. Han er byen Yorks borgmester. - He is the city of York's mayor. 10. Man kan leje en båd og sejle ned ad floden Themsen. - You can rent a boat and sail down the River Thames. 11. John tilbringer alle sine ferier hos sin bedstefar. John spents all his holidays with his grandfather. 12. Hun har drukket fem flasker øl. – She has drinked 5 bottels of beer 13. Fru Blume har haft en måneds orlov. Miss Blume took a month’s leave 14. Hvem er det? Det er min mands venner, jeg kender dem ikke. (det: § 55). Who is it? It is my husbands friends, I don’t know them

Substantivernes tal

A sæt følgende substantive I flertal

1 knifes                      9 men             17 germens

2 potatoes                  10 gooses       18 crisis

3 boys                         11 cities          19 sons-in-law

4 ladies                       12 teeth         20 pianos

5 roves                       13 sheep        21 Englishmen

6 bridges                    14 chiefs        22 dining-rooms

7 children                  15 feet

8 villages                    16 echoes

B Tilføj flertalsendelser, hvor det er nødvendigt

2. the Scandinavian people.. work together in many fields.

3. I bought two dozen…. Handkerchiefs at the sales.

4. several thousands books were sold.

5. Thousands of birds died in the cold.

6. he weighs ten stones

C vælg den korrekte form af verbet ´to be´

1 further information is expected any day.

2 the ashes are extremely hot

3 the furniture we are going to buy is quite cheap.

4 his good advice is not always followed.

5 Money is not everything

6 Here is the latest news.

D oversæt

1 I have never had so much money before.

2 he gave me a lot of good advice.

3 this is a news is of great importance for all of us.

4 The government has been stepped down

English A - 2.a - partner: Hibo Dahir

Post-reading (publish both in one post on your blog)

1.     Write a shot analysis of the text as you would present it at an oral exam, using the Rhetorical Pentagon (writer – topic – circumstances - reader – language – intention)

-          Writer: The writer is Vivian Gornick, she’s an American essayist.

-          She writes a lot about interesting topics like very huge ones, involving certain historical stuff. (Fx: The Romance of American Communism, Essay in feminism)

-          The circumstances in her art pieces are usually about historical events. (communism, feminism, 9/11)

-          From what I’ve read I feel like, I can live into the events she writes, I agree with her and understand her. I understand how it feels unreal, shocking and it even has this effect on you forever.

-          The language is heavily advanced, there words that I would not really use since there are other words that are a lot easier with the same meaning.

-          The writer tells us about the a year after the events of 9/11, it tells us about how the American people are having this hard time getting passed the event and moving on. In the essay it is said they cannot even think about new York or read about it or go there or even look at a photograph. The traumatic event had changed the American people too much.

2.       What is the message of the text?

-          I think the message is, that overcoming a trauma isn’t easy, and certainly not something that happens fast. It will take time, but it will still be a part of you as a person.  

FIRST POST 2.A

First post 3h: write around 10 lines about:
1. What you like most about English

What i most like about english is how much you can use it. When you are in a different country, when you watch tv, movies, music etc. It is different and international. that is why I like english. I like watching english movies and especially tv shows in english. I also like the different accents in english.

2. What you find most difficult about English
- Grammar
- spelling

- Pronounciations

3. What your expectations for third years English are.
My expectations for third years English:
-  speak fluent in English