ASSESSMENT, ANTHOLOGY AND OTHER ITEMS.

Pernilla will be coming to say hi to you at the lesson.

There are two things to do:

1. The assessment- please do it on paper.

For those who are absent here is an online copy of the assessment.

Then we have the anthology. Many people (Pernilla has the list) haven't sent me the anthology work. Use today to try to get it completed.

Otherwise I just want to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a great start to 2016.

Uganda prsntation and sing-along

Hi vrybody.  Got th       -sicknss. Lost a lttr in th alphabt on my computr.

Today w  will hav th last prsntation from Uganda by Lisa and Moa.

Thn thr will b  a sing-along with Christmas songs.

Hopfully th studnts from th music program will accompany us on som instrumnts.

Wdnsday I'll be with my son at hospital. But I'll leave you an assssmnt to do and a fw othr bits and pics.

Uganda presentations and grammar

We are in room 1206 today

Today there are two items on the agenda-

1. Uganda presentations 

Birgitta enjoyed the presentations very much!

2. Grammar check.

Today we are going to do an exercise covering half of the grammar for this course.

The idea is that we will work with grammar during the spring and then redo the exercise (which will be a test) in May

Last chance hotel

When I lived in Africa on the edge of a small town which was in the middle of nowhere was "The Last Chance Hotel".

Today is the last chance for you to prepare for your presentations and texts for the Uganda Handbook (part 2)

On Monday Birgitta will draw lots to see who starts.

Each presentation should be about 5-8 minutes long.

They will be assessed according to the document on the blog.

If anyone has not discussed the "Courage" essay with me then you have the chance today.

All materials for your project- text, presentations or links should be sent to me on Vklass under the document heading "Uganda presentations".

Essay talk and Uganda work

Hi everyone.

Hope you had a good week-end.

First of all I want to check up on the literature list and distribute the "Handbook on 

Well done SA14 and your initiative at the Christmas Market.


Today we continue to work on the Uganda project as planned.

You need to have the text and presentation ready by next Monday.

It will be Birgitta Dalin who will be assessing the Monday Presentations.

The running order will be done on a lottery basis at the beginning of the class.

Today I want to talk to all of you who have NOT had feedback about their Courage Essays.

Uganda work and going through the essays

Today we continue to work on the materials for the presentation and texts about Uganda.


Here is the list:-

SA14

History- Ebba, Anna, Julia

Importance(role) of English- Madde, Melinda & Frida 

Education System  -Klara, Edit and Hannah P

LRA- Julia M, Ida and Amanda M A,

Economy- Karl, Rasmus Per

Writers and literature in English- Erik Berg, Harald Hilding and August Testad.

Aids, malaria and other sicknesses- Amanda L, Nora & Hanna M

Situation of women- Mattias M and Marcus L

ES

Taste in music Uganda vs Sweden- Lisa/Moa

Dancehall & RB in Uganda- Christoffer Knuts n Mathias nykvist

HipHop & Gospel- Matilda & Filippa

Kandongo Kamu and Kidandali- Anton/ Victor

At the same time I will be going through the essay with about 12 or more students.

Anyone who missed writing the essay needs to do it today.

Winding up with the anthology

Today we start off by briefly going through the time-line document which I asked you to look at.

Where would you put the authors from the anthology on the list?

Which literary periods do they belong to?

Then we will start on our projects which will end up with a presentation and a text.

You can see the results of some  of the texts from last year in the handbook for Uganda.


Now it is your turn. You will be working in groups of three (ES in two's)

Here are the topics:

SA14
History

Importance(role) of English

Education System

LRA

Economy

Writers and literature in English

Aids, malaria and other sicknesses

Situation of women

and for ES

Taste in music Uganda vs Sweden

Dancehall & RB in Uganda

HipHop & Gospel

(Kandongo Kamu and Kidandali)

Presentations on Monday week 50 (and handing in the texts- about ½ page A4)

We will divide the texts.

Then we will start going through the essays today. (8 people)

The Estetkällare is OUT OF BOUNDS for the duration of the project period during English lesson time.

Finish off the anthology this week

Hi everyone. Hope you had a good week-end.

No English classes this week because of the utv. samtal (appraisals).

Finish off the anthology by doing the following:

Check through this this time line document (We will go through it together afterwards in class)

Where would you put the authors from the anthology on the time-line?

Choose one of the literary periods mentioned in the document

Middle English/Medieval

Elisabethan

Victorian

Renaissnance

Enlightenment/Augustan

Modern

Post-Modern

Romanticism 


and write a few lines about the main characteristics of that period.

Send all your answers in a document (NOT MEDDELANDE please!!!!) to vklass on the course "engelska 6" ANTHOLOGY

Do any of the writers from the anthology represent the literary period you have chosen?

Write

All right. So write right, Right!

TAKE COURAGE

Don't forget to use your homework time this week to work on your anthologies.

What if you don't even understand what the texts are about?

Well the most desperate measure would be to go back to the first lesson we worked on these texts and open the online version of the texts. There you could use a translation tool to give you some idea about what is going on!
(However, the idea is that your vocabulary level should be expanding all the time!)


This Wednesday, as you can read on the planner, we will be doing the mock writing exercise.

The theme is courage. So, today I want you to start looking for resources to help you prepare for writing about it.

In the national test at English 6 level you will receive preparation materials a week before the test- to get you thinking..

Today there will be "Improve your writing" booklets to remind you about some important issues.

Here are five key words you need to think about:-

1. Organization
2. Structure
3. Style
4. Clarity 
5. Register

The last thing I want to go through with you is the Writing skills  the checklist!

Use your time wisely.

Don't forget all the great advice Pernilla gave you last year on her blog

http://sa14es14.blogspot.se/2014/11/week-47.html

One last idea.

In small groups you can decide what grade to give the essay on
"Smoking ruins your health" from a theme about TEMPTATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anthology and book talk

Back on the 24th August I asked you to borrow a novel of YOUR choice to read this term....

Hopefully many of you have read it and all of you will give a short book talk in small groups before Christmas.

From today onwards there will be an opportunity for those 

who want to get their book assignment out of the way.

Be prepared to talk about:

• The story

• The characters

• The setting

• The message/relevance of your book.

Otherwise today we are going to work on the anthology.

The anthology consists of short extracts (utdrag) from 

classic works in English from the UK and USA.

All of them are at least 100 years old.

Some are easier to understand and some are harder.

Your task is to find out a little about the author then read 

(listen to) the texts and work out what each one is about.

You can write a short comment about them ( try to do all 

the texts if possible) and make a wordlist from the 

anthology.

All questions don't hesitate to ask father Christmas!!!

Week 47 we will talk about literary periods and you can

do the final task then.

Welcome back!

So, how was your break? Hope you managed to rest a bit 

and recharge your batteries.


To get you speaking some English do the following interview 

with your neighbour:

Holiday & Holidays

Interview your neighbour by using the following questions. Don't forget give some feedback if required

1. Where did you spend your mid-term holidays ?

2. Where did you spend your best holiday ? Why did you enjoy it so much ?

3. Would you prefer to have your holiday in Sweden or abroad ? Why ?

4. Which of the following countries would you like to/not like to visit for a holiday ? Give your reasons.  a)Portugal b)Greece c)Norway d) Kenya.

5. If you had a lot of money (money no object) where would you go for a holiday ?

6. Put the following holidays in order of preference:

a) A package holiday in Ibiza.

b) A trekking (walking/hiking) holiday in the Alps.

c) An adventure holiday with camping & outdoor activities.

d) On safari in Kenya

e) A sailing holiday in the Mediterranean

f) Las Vegas

g) Inter-railing with a friend in Europe.

Why did you choose as you did?

7. What was the worst holiday you have had ? Why was it so bad ?

8. You are going on a sun/beach holiday. Give a list of things you need to take with you.

9. "Bort bra men hemma bäst". Put it into English !

We are going to  start today with some quizzes and a 

compendium. The idea is give you an introduction to the 

literature of the English-speaking world.

The question is WHY?

First the quizzes!

World literature 1

We will go through the first quiz together

World Literature 2

And now the ANTHOLOGY... We will be working with this over the next week or two

A wordlist please by the end of next week

By the end of the lesson I want you to mail me a copy of the results of the  Second literature quiz.


Prize for the best answer.


Also a prize for the first correct answer to quiz number 6       

( see the quiz section of the blog)


From this Wednesday onwards there will be an opportunity

 for those who want to get their book assignment out of the 

way.

Be prepared to talk in a small group about:

• The story

• The characters

• The setting

• The message/relevance of your book

Own planning

Today we continue working with your own planning.

This gives you a chance to do something of your choice.

I have given some feedback to you about what you need to think about. In most cases you need to be SPECIFIC.

Don't forget to send in your assessment..

Have a great holiday week 44.

Working with your own planning

This week, according to the planner you are going to work on your own.

Some questions you need to ask yourself?

• Am I going to work alone, in pairs or in a small group? (Remember language is communicative)

• Which of the 4 language skills am I going to work with (speaking, listening, writing, reading)?

• What resources are available? (Text book, handouts, internet)

http://www.agendaweb.org/

http://www.esl-lab.com/

http://iteslj.org/questions/

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/678/01/

• How can I work building up my vocabulary?

http://www.agendaweb.org/

• How can I improve my grammar?

http://www.agendaweb.org/

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-exercises

• How can I assess what I have done?

You can work on a ready text.

Here are loads of ideas:

Texts 1

Texts 2

Now get going on a plan!!!

Presentations and reflections

Today we will finish off our theme about gender, identity and sexuality.

Here are the original instructions

Gender – Sexuality – Identity

Instructions for group work

1        Watch all the clips and read all the articles on the list enclosed (all groups)

2        Go through again the clips or articles that your group has to focus on and discuss the following points for each one of them:

What is the main issue in each of the clips or articles?

Are there any views expressed in the clips/articles that you don’t agree with or find provocative? If so, give examples.

From each clip/article, choose one quotation or short extract that you find interesting to discuss.

Add your own questions and ideas to discuss.

3        Each group must have a secretary who takes notes and sends them to all group members after each class. You take turns being the secretary. Don’t forget to keep a track of your own ideas (to be handed in on Wednesday 13th Oct.)

4        Group presentation and discussion in class (Same day)

We do this by giving short presentations from the different groups commenting on the resources which were provided.

You should also, by the end of the class, have sent in your personal reflection based on the questions.

English 6

Gender – Sexuality – Identity

Personal Reflections

You have during the past two weeks had the opportunity to watch

some clips and read some articles all dealing with gender,sexuality 

and identity. As a final task you will now write down your personal  reflections concerning these issues. Answer the following questions:

·        Was it interesting to focus on these issues? Explain by giving examples! If not, explain why.

·        Is it important to discuss these issues? Why?/Why not? Explain!

·        Were there any views in the clips and articles that you don’t agree with or find provocative? If so, give examples and explain your standpoint.

·        Did any of the clips or articles work as an eye-opener to you? If so, which one of them? Explain!

·        Did you change your mind about any of the views expressed in the clips or articles? In what way?

·        Was this a good way of taking up these issues – to watch clips, read articles, discuss with friends, present your ideas and finally write about it?

·        Your own ideas.

Write at least one page, but not more than two!

Good luck!

End of film- test results and info about identity projects

We are in 1206 today..

SA students will see the end of the film..

ES are going to a musical at 9.50 in Sammilsdal

Test results
41-70 on the banana
0-40- slipped on the banana skin!

Groups for identity project. When I am in Uganda
Monday lessons- on your own
Wednesday lessons- with Birgitta Dalin

All material is on vklass KURSEN utbildningsmaterial/ delade filer

Groups
Group 1- resources 1 & 2 (länkar till eng 6)
Per, Erik, Julia B, Victor,Matilda

Group - resources 3 & 4
Ebba, Melinda, Moa, Nora

Group 3- resources 5 & 6
Madde, Rasmus, Harald, Christopher

Group 4- resources 7 & 8
Karl, Filippa, Amanda L, Anton, Marcus

Group 5- resources 9,10
Hanna M, Frida, Amanda M A, Mattias

Group 6- Resources 11 & 12
Julia M, Ida, Mathias N L, Anna

Group 7- Resources 13 & 14
Hannah P, Klara, Lisa, Edit, August

SEE THE INSTRUCTIONS

Film and preparation for theme on identity/gender/ sexuality

I am busy marking your tests. Results on Wednesday! No grades.. only pass  (41-70)  /   fail   (0-40)... The importance thing is know is if you are on the banana (på banan) or slipped on the banan skin!


Today and Wednesday we are going to watch a film. On Wednesday I will give you some discussion questions about it.

Next week and week 41 I will be in Uganda with students from the social science and arts' programme.

During that time you will have a theme to study about gender and identity (sexuality).

The files are on vklass (utbildningsmaterial/delade filer)

I will divide you up into groups on Wednesday.

When I am away you will have a supply teacher on Wednesdays and work on your own on Mondays.

Final countdown!

On Thursday you will be having a test on chapter 1 of Context 2.

Today we winds things up.

Speaking
Discuss your week-end with a new person

Role play- 

1. Refugee arriving in Sweden from Syria/ volunteer at a reception centre

2. Parent/child discussing excess use of mobile phone/computer


Groups of four
1. Leaders for Sweden, Germany, Finland and Denmark discussing present situation.  Generous attitude and Restrictive attitude

2. In the train compartment- soldier, housewife, Kamprad and alcoholic discussing life etc.

Listening

Page 16- True, false or not clear

Relationships
Why do people argue?
See the video clip and comment

Practising the grammar
http://www.english-4u.de/past_perfect_ex2.htm

http://www.english-4u.de/past_perfect_ex3.htm

Finally
Do the practise test on the gleerups web for chapter 1

Key to the grammar

Hi Matilda and others.

Here it is

Winding up chapter 1

Next Wednesday at this time we will be having a short test to test your knowledge of what we have done up until now (see Vklass).

Today we are going to start by finishing off the grammar we began last time...

We talked about the past tense and especially the PAST PERFECT





Here are some examples from the text in the book:

page 6

He had been living for the past year...

He had flown out to New York

Page 7
He'd noticed

Page 8
They had had a year together
He had thought it through
He had told her about the job

Page 9
he'd always liked it

Why and when do we use this form?

We are going to watch the video from Agendaweb

http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/past_perfect-exercises.html

Now turn to your neighbour and discuss when and where you use the PAST PERFECT.

The form of the Past perfect is easy to use
HAD   or 'D   + past participle

Now let's get into the Gleerups Web
The words/phrases are all taken from the two exercises there.

Moreover we will practise verbs using "Take"

Monday's lesson will be for revision

We pick up where we left off

We didn't get everything done last time on the text.. So let's push on today.

Using prepositions

Do exercises H and I

Verb forms

A lot of the text is written in the past tense

(simple past and pluperfect "had thought" etc.)

Work out 56-57  on page 296-297

agendaweb.org

verb exercises

past and past perfect


write down any new phrases in your digital word list



already week 38 we will have a test on the 

chapter  (see Vklass- resultat)

• vocabulary
• prepositions
• verb form
• writing- words to describe people

Context 2- I'm sorry I'll have to let you go

From next week onwards we will be using Vklass for all assignments. 

I will publish the blog pages in the course webpage so that you will only need to stay in one place.

Today we are going to have a more traditional English lesson.

Start off by opening the new words document.

You can open it in the format which is suited for your computer.

Then every second week you need to send a digital copy to Vklass of a wordlist with 25 words and sentences.

Make sure your NAME and WEEK are in the title of the file:
newwords_mike_week38.

The first list will be handed in AT THE LATEST  Monday week 38  - 14th September

Back to today....

I want to try out a more traditional language lesson today.

We are going to work in the Context book with the first text:
"I'm sorry I'll have to let you go"

It's all about breaking up in  a relationship.

Ice-breaker
What is the most common way that people break up today?
Look at the video.

Where do you think the couple are from (their accent)?
Why is the girl so angry about the break-up?

Listening
We are going to listen to the text... Have your word list open in the background. I will ask everyone in the class questions about the text and vocabulary

Speaking
Role play
Play the role of Sarah and a friend after the break-up and discuss the way things went.
OR
Play the role of the protagonist and a friend discussing the break-up

Writing
Do exercise B on paper

Reading
Now we have read/listened to the text
There are a number of idiomatic phrases and words in the text. (You know like " Today it's raining cats and dogs)
Look for 10 of them and if they are new for you add them to your word list

Example  page 7  aggro;  page 8  up to scratch (line 3); page 9 taking it in (line 5);  page 10 (line 2) she knows the score: page 11 (line 10) get off my case

Page 344 is the word list

Finally

Using prepositions
Do exercises H and I

Verb forms
A lot of the text is written in the past tense
(simple past and pluperfect "had thought" etc.)
Work out 56-57  on page 296-297

write down any new phrases in your digital word list

already week 38 we will have a test on the chapter