Reading.ppt

Looking Ahead A Brief Introduction to Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Nicknamed “Papa”, he was part of the 1920s expatriate community in Paris known as “the Lost Generation”. As a serious writer, he achieved a rare cult-like popularity during his lifetime. Hemingway received the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for The Old Man and the Sea. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Hemingway’s distinctive writing style is characterized by economy and understatement and had a significant influence on the development of twentieth-century fiction writing. His protagonists are typically stoic males who must show “grace under pressure.” Many of his works are now considered canonical in American literature. You are going to read a story by Ernest Hemingway, a famous American writer. Work with your partner to decide whether the following words were written by him or not. Your story may begin like this: One morning, a nine-year-old boy... Reading Task 4: Read the following sentences and  rearrange them in the correct order. 1. Papa insisted that Schatz should rest, but the boy would rather stay awake. 2. But Schatz was detached and not following the reading. 3. Schatz said that Papa didn’t have to say if it bothered him. 4. Schatz came into his parents’ bedroom. 5. Papa read from Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates. 6. The doctor took Schatz’s temperature and then left three different kinds of medicine. 7. Papa went out for a while at 11 o’clock. 8. Papa gave Schatz the prescribed capsules. 9. Papa wrote notes about Schatz’s temperature and time for taking the capsules. 10. Schatz said that he had a headache, so Papa told him he had better go back to bed. Task 5: Work in groups to discuss the  following questions. Do you think the father and the son understand each other? Why or why not? Give some evidence from the article to support your answer.____