The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Portfolio
* Project portfolio by Sophie Rothen
Table of contents
Introduction | 3 | Book report | 4 | Main characters | 5 | Themes | 7 | New book covers | 9 | Words and Phrases | 10 | Reflection | 11 | Film review | 12 | Interview | 14 | Song interpretation | 16 | Peer assessment | 18 | Vocabulary | 20 | Self evaluation | 22 |
Introduction
This portfolio documents my dealing with the book “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”, written by John Boyne, and the corresponding film, which was released in 2008. The reason I chose this particular material is the following:
I saw the film before reading the book, which, as I see it, is not the right way to do, because instead of imagining all features, the characters, the settings and so on by yourself, you already have the faces of the actors, or the specific place where the film was made in your mind while reading. This spoils my favorite thing about reading, which is building my own fantasy world based on my imaginations embellished by the descriptions in a book.
Surprisingly, this was no problem for me with this book. I can clearly remember the day I saw the film with some friends, we went into the cinema without knowing what the movie was about, were all happy and cheerful – but as we left the cinema hall, none of us was able to say a word, trying to hold back the tears in our eyes. Since it does not happen too often that a movie makes me cry, I figured this was a very special one. Reading the book afterwards, it was still very moving and definitely well written. Especially the fact that it shows one of the horrors of the Second World War through the eyes of an eight-year-old boy makes it – as said by “the Guardian” and can be read on the cover – a small wonder of a book.
I think this portfolio could help me improve numerous skills, most of all my writing skills, of course. I want to show that I can write clear, understandable texts suitable for 7th form.
Table of contents
Introduction | 3 | Book report | 4 | Main characters | 5 | Themes | 7 | New book covers | 9 | Words and Phrases | 10 | Reflection | 11 | Film review | 12 | Interview | 14 | Song interpretation | 16 | Peer assessment | 18 | Vocabulary | 20 | Self evaluation | 22 |
Introduction
This portfolio documents my dealing with the book “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”, written by John Boyne, and the corresponding film, which was released in 2008. The reason I chose this particular material is the following:
I saw the film before reading the book, which, as I see it, is not the right way to do, because instead of imagining all features, the characters, the settings and so on by yourself, you already have the faces of the actors, or the specific place where the film was made in your mind while reading. This spoils my favorite thing about reading, which is building my own fantasy world based on my imaginations embellished by the descriptions in a book.
Surprisingly, this was no problem for me with this book. I can clearly remember the day I saw the film with some friends, we went into the cinema without knowing what the movie was about, were all happy and cheerful – but as we left the cinema hall, none of us was able to say a word, trying to hold back the tears in our eyes. Since it does not happen too often that a movie makes me cry, I figured this was a very special one. Reading the book afterwards, it was still very moving and definitely well written. Especially the fact that it shows one of the horrors of the Second World War through the eyes of an eight-year-old boy makes it – as said by “the Guardian” and can be read on the cover – a small wonder of a book.
I think this portfolio could help me improve numerous skills, most of all my writing skills, of course. I want to show that I can write clear, understandable texts suitable for 7th form.