Listen Mr Oxford don: Virtuel undervisning

In groups listen to the following reading of the poem by John Agard himself. Afterwards read it aloud to each other and look up any words you do not understand. The poem is written in non-Standard English (Caribean dialect) so you may have to guess the meaning of some words.

In your groups: 

1. Rewrite the stanza you are responsible for into Standard English (using no contractions, slang or any kind of ‘oral’ language).
2. Afterwards find between 1-3 grammatical errors in the stanza you have been assigned and try to explain in Danish what the problem with each error is (so, remember you grammar book).
3. Answer these three questions:

a) What facts are we given about the I? Try to characterise the I briefly based on the facts.

b) I'm a man on de run, the I says. What is his offence?

c) Human breath / is a dangerous weapon. How does the I threaten British society?

 

Write all your answers in a post here on the blog under the label (etikette) 'Listen Mr Oxford don'. The title of your post should be what stanza your are responsible for and the names of your group members. For instance 'Stanza 6: Tina, Christian, Jan, Kristoffer'.

Post in the blog by the end of business Tuesday (that is 15.35 by the latest).

 

Groups

Stanza 1: Jakob, Morten P., Henrik

Stanza 2: Kamilla

Stanza 3: Signe, Luna, Line S., Jeanette

Stanza 4: Morten A., Jesper, Philip

Stanza 5: Alexander G, Alexander H., Villy

Stanza 6: Tina, Christian, Jan, Kristoffer

Stanza 7: Vicky, Line P., Lene, Martin