Friday

Christmas coming up

Read through the following two articles. One from the US and the other from the UK.

Average Cost of an American Christmas
UK Christmas spending


Watch this clip from The University of Tasmania (Australia)




Watch this clip with a message from Mr Hawking




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Think about the following questions and write a few sentences about each. Before the end of the lesson put your answers in the file "Christmas coming up" in V-klass.

* Pen down a few sentences with your own

  spontanious reaction to the articles & clips above.           

* What does Christmas mean to you?




* What was good/bad during this year for you and why?  





* Do you have any goals for 2017? (What?) 



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Christmas crossword


What's in rewind 2016?  Take the quiz!


Lyrics training - Speaking cards

Friday

Film - The Theory of Everything

Thursday

Film - The Theory of Everything

Friday

Writing tips


Have a look here for a few tips:
What to think about when writing a text
How to improve your Writing


Always a good idea: READ in English! :)


Today:
Look at examples of old students´essays (national tests). Discuss grade criterias.

Vi kikar på exempel från gamla elevers uppsatser + diskuterar betygskriterier.
(Mocktest Writing next week).




When you are done:
Literature:
Read The Star by Marianne Curley (Echo 5, Short Stories, page 27) Before you start reading go through the words on page 145.
Try to answer the questions on page 36 (write them down and compare with the key online)


Also, try to explain the words & phrases on page 37 in English. write your explanations down.

Thursday

Current event presentation - discussions?


Friday - look at old texts from the national test writing

Thursday

1. Listening tasks (old NT) + Bring computer + headset!

2. Prepare a "current event" (see information below) to present next Thursday.

3. EXTRA:
Read (or listen to) "The Star" page 27 Echo Short Stories - Before reading, go through the words on page 145.

Answer all of the questions on page 36-37 by writing down the answers. Afterwards compare your answers with the key on the internet (www.nok.se/echo click extra material to log in. Username: userss5 Password: shortstories5)


Also, read the text about Genres (page 38) and answer the three questions.

4. EXTRA: You need:
Computer + headphones
Practice your listening skills, writing skills by competing with yourself + listening to nice Friday tunes at the same time! (start at beginner's level)
Lyricstraining.com

What?
Current event!

Your task for next Friday is to choose one current event (search on the internet). Something that cathes your interest.

Your task is to read the news item. Make sure your understand it (Use an online dictionary). Write key words so that you remember the "main issue".

On Thursday, with help from your key words, give a summary of the event to your friends.
Answer the questions: what (has happened), when, why and where. Give your personal view regarding this issue.

Prepare two questions for your friends. Your questions should
a) check their understanding of your piece of news (what you just told them about)

When you listen to someone else you should either agree OR disagree to their opinion and explain why you think the way you do.

Feel free to develop your discussion around the different topics...




Why?
In the course English 5 you should develop your ability to:

...to read: 
Texter av olika slag och med olika syften, till exempel manualer, populärvetenskapliga texter och reportage.

...to speak and...
berätta, sammanfatta, förklara, kommentera, värdera, motivera dina åsikter, diskutera och argumentera.

Diskutera och reflektera över livsvillkor, samhällsfrågor och kulturella företeelser i olika sammanhang och delar av världen där engelska används.

Thursday

Finish the novel & talk about it (make voice memo)

Friday

You will get your tests back today

Present tense - two ways
Past tense - two ways

Instructions - book discussions


What?

Current event!

Your task for next Friday is to choose one current event (search on the internet). Something that cathes your interest.

Your task is to read the news item. Make sure your understand it (Use an online dictionary). Write key words so that you remember the "main issue".

On Thursday, with help from your key words, give a summary of the event to your friends.
Answer the questions: what (has happened), when, why and where. Give your personal view regarding this issue.

Prepare two questions for your friends. Your questions should
a) check their understanding of your piece of news (what you just told them about)

When you listen to someone else you should either agree OR disagree to their opinion and explain why you think the way you do.

Feel free to develop your discussion around the different topics...



Why?
In the course English 5 you should develop your ability to:

...to read: 
Texter av olika slag och med olika syften, till exempel manualer, populärvetenskapliga texter och reportage.
...to speak and...
berätta, sammanfatta, förklara, kommentera, värdera, motivera dina åsikter, diskutera och argumentera.

Diskutera och reflektera över livsvillkor, samhällsfrågor och kulturella företeelser i olika sammanhang och delar av världen där engelska används.

Friday

Read novel

Thursday

US Election 2016

Listen to the clip and explain the following:

Primary Elections(Primaries)

Convention

Inauguration (Obama´s Inauguration speech)
Inauguration Day 2017, the day the winner of the 2016 presidential election will assume the role of chief executive of the United States, is Friday, Jan. 20, 2017.

Hillary Clinton OR Donald Trump



Read novels

Thursday

Why English?



How far is too far? (Copies from Echo: Main Issues)

Strategic Reading: Who's a Hooligan? - läs/lyssna på texten & försök svara på frågorna i rutan på sid 18

Listen to: A history of fotball hooliganism (sid 22-23)

Discuss with a friend:

1. Find the person
2. Strategic word work - sports terms
3. Short discussion

Write: Find the mistake, Linguistics - formal language

Grammar: There is/There are vs. it is (the Swedish "det") sid 159
Verbs (present, past tense) sid 164 -167

Time left: Read your novels

Friday

Speaking topics
Read novel

Thursday

Quiz

Read novels

Friday

Work with Grammar compendium (grammatikhäftet)





Practise grammar online:

Presens/nutid (present simple tense)
Present simple or continuous (enkel nutid eller ing-form)
Genitiv - apostrof eller inte? (apostrophy or not?)
Relativa pronomen - PP
Relativa pronomen: who, which, that



Borrow novels & start reading your novels!


How to build a House by Dana Reinhardt
HARPER'S DAD IS getting a divorce from her beloved stepmother, Jane. Even worse, Harper has lost her stepsister, Tess; the divorce divides them. Harper decides to escape by joining a volunteer program to build a house for a family in Tennessee who lost their home in a tornado. Not that she knows a thing about construction.

Thursday

Watch the last part of the film

Discussion questions Muriel's wedding:

1. How would you describe Muriel as a person? Muriel's family?  Rhonda?
2. What is Muriel's number one aim in life?
3. Why do you think Muriel wanted to be called Mariel instead?
4. Why do think Muriel so desperately wanted to get married?
5. What became a turning point for Muriel? When in the story did she "wake up" and what did she realise then?
6. Compare the Muriel we see in the beginning of the film with the one in the end of the film.
7. And do the same with the clique from Porpoise Spit (see question 6).  
8. Bill Heslop´s slogan when he ran for state government was "You can't stop progress". Why is this slogan somewhat ironic?


Grammar compendium - done?

Read and do the tasks on page 161-162 in Main issues (possessive pronouns and the genitive)

Practise grammar online:
Presens/nutid (present simple tense)
Present simple or continuous (enkel nutid eller ing-form)
Genitiv - apostrof eller inte? (apostrophy or not?)
Relativa pronomen - PP
Relativa pronomen: who, which, that


Borrow novels & start reading your novels!

How to build a House by Dana Reinhardt
HARPER'S DAD IS getting a divorce from her beloved stepmother, Jane. Even worse, Harper has lost her stepsister, Tess; the divorce divides them. Harper decides to escape by joining a volunteer program to build a house for a family in Tennessee who lost their home in a tornado. Not that she knows a thing about construction.

Tomorrow Friday: Study for the test OR read your novel. Or both.

Friday

Start watching film today (10.50) ... continue next week.


Term planner Autum 2016

Thursday

Words: The Eyes of the BullyListening comprehension: Bully...

Speaking cards

Friday

News Quiz
Compendium: Echo: Main issues. Go through the words on page 181

Speak:
True or false?
Strategic word work - bullying

Formal vs informal language

Formal English: We use it when writing essays for school, cover letters to apply for jobs, or emails and letters at work.

Informal English: We use it with friends, children, and relatives.

Thursday

Speak:

Zelda: What happened?

Reading between the lines

Discuss with a friend:
What do they mean? (page 13, Short stories: Words & Phrases)

Listen:
Yours Always (Main issues, page 6)

Friday

Today I am in Borlänge on a conference. I would like you to sit down in the library OR Green room and read the first short story in your book: Zelda (page 5). Remember that you can also listen to the text (open the first page in the book and log in on your computer and follow the instructions...look for "Zelda" Audio file.

Listen/read "Zelda" and try to answer the questions: "What happened?" on page 12. Discuss with a friend, write key words. When I see you next Thursday I will ask you the questions and hope to get answers. Remember that you also have difficult words translated on page 144.

Wish you a nice weekend and see you next week! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send me a message on V-klass (Pernilla Enmalm).

/Pernilla

Thursday

Course outline
Echo: Shortstories

Friday

Test

Thursday

Introduction