Book review:
Paranoid Park:

Paranoid Park is a young adult novel, which was written by Blake Nelson, he is an American author, who lives and works in Los Angeles. Paranoid Park is published by Penguin Group. Since November 07 exist a film version, which was directed by Gus Van Sant.

Now I want to write a little bit about the story, not too much because I want you to read it, too.
First I want to explain you the title, Paranoid Park is the biggest and best skater park in Portland. In the narrators opinion it’s a skater’s universe. The story takes place in Portland.
The narrator, whose name isn’t given, has several problems and the biggest one is that he was involved in a fight with fatal consequences. In the book he tries to solve this main problem, but that’s not so easy and he doesn’t know what to do. He has so many options, but it’s difficult to figure out which is right.
In the end of the story a friend suggest to write down his problem, because she thinks it’s easier to let it behind and that’s the reason why the book is constructed like a letter.
The main character is the narrator, who is a skater but we don’t know much about him. He has a little brother, Henry. His parents are getting divorced at the moment. The other important characters in the book are his best friend Jared, also a skater, other friends, who are skaters, too, scratch a guy from the street, which he met at Paranoid and there’s Jennifer his girlfriend.
In my opinion Blake Nelson wrote this book in a youth-style, and I think that’s very good because that makes the book special.

It was one of the first books in school, which was thrilling for me and I could read it fluently and I have to say that the novel is much better than the movie.
I hope the next English books are as good as this one.
I give it 7 of 10 points.

hoi

Correction

Task 2


Giesingerstraße 12,
6844-Altach
November 12 th, 2008

Baltasar Baldini
Negrellistraße 500,
6844-Altach

Dear Mister Baldini,

Job application


The reason for my writing is your advertisement in the local Newspaper. I apply for the job at the super Camp.

I’m Valentin Weber, still go to school and I’m 17 years old.
I look for a summer job and then I saw your advertisement. I’m convinced that I’m The right man for this job, because I love sport and I know how to handle with children.
In my opinion I’m able to be a nice and good authority for the kids.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you and our interview

Yours sincerely
Valentin Weber



Task 1



Giesingerstraße 12,
6844-Altach
November 12 th, 2008

Dear Christian

How are you? I didn’t hear anything from you for a long time.
What’s the matter with you?

I’m writing this letter because at the moment everyone in our family is quarreling with everybody and I’m sad about that.
Jack, you know he is my brother, he confide a big secret about him to me, and I talked with dad about this secret.
Now I have a quarrel with das with Jack because I told it dad and has a quarrel with Jack because dad is very angry about what Jack did. But at the same time mom brawl with dad, too
I think won’t understand this, so I think you should know the secret. Jack had sex with a girl at a party, where he took drugs too, and now maybe she’s pregnant. And that’s the reason for the big quarrel. But they don’t want to talk each other, to solve the problem. They’re only shouting. In my opinion they should talk together so that they solve and understand their problems.
But now I want to talk about an other topic, I was on the same party and their I meet a nice guy, but since the party he didn’t call me, Christian help me, what can I do?
So I conclude this letter, because I don’t know another topic and above all my father is calling for meal.
I look forward to your answer Christian
Yours, Zoe