Thursday
Test: Writing (gammalt nationellt prov - skrivdel). Bring a pencil and eraser!
TIPS - Presentations/giving instuctions!
How to use a mixer (DJ lessons)
How to use a flash drive or memory stick
How to make a blog
How GPS tracking works
How do cell phones work?
How to make quick french toast
How to take a wristshot (hockey)
How to tie a Windsor knot
More help? Have a look at this
You will do this in groups of 7-8 students.
Your presentatation should take about 3-5 minutes.
The rest of the class will be given another assignment during these lessons.
Wednesday week 48
The first group will give their presentations. The rest of the Group will read their book.
Group 1: (Wednesday week 48)
Erik Berg
Karl Kristensson
Madelene Heikkinen
Melinda Granberg
Hannah Persson
Edit Varghans
Malin Daniels
tisdag 25 november 2014
tisdag 18 november 2014
week 47
Wednesday
Feedback - texts about Freedom - what can we learn from feedback?
Read through your texts, your feedback. Take help from a friend if needed.
Kunskapskrav för betyget E i engelska 5:
Eleven bearbetar, och gör förbättringar av, egna framställningar.
How to improve your writing:
Learn from feedback
Consume the written word! Pick up a good book or ten. Read and understand the works of great and influential writers to learn what is possible with the written word.
Read magazines, newspapers, and everything else. Literature isn't the only place to get ideas—the real world is filled with fascinating people, places and events that will inspire your writerly mind.
When writing:
Think: Introduction, main text and conclusion. This is the way almost all written assignments are built (essay, letter to the editor, letter of complaints, formal letter etc.).
An introduction: Should give a hint on what your text will be about. It should make the reader curious and make him/her want to continue reading.
A main text is usually two or three (depending on type of task) paragraphs where you present/discuss one argument/idea in each paragraph.
A conclusion is the last paragraph where you summarize what you have written. You should not present a new idea in this part of the text. You should just draw some kind of conclusion from the examples/ideas you have already mentioned. A conclusion usually begins like this: In conclusion...., All in all....., To summarise......, On the whole...To sum up.....Altogether.....etc.
"Kill your darlings" (To let go of any element of our writing that is not essential). Good writing is simple, clear and direct. You don't get points for saying in 50 words what could be said in 20. Good writing is about using the right words, not filling up the page. It might feel good at first to pack a lot of ideas and details into a single sentence, but chances are that sentence is just going to be hard to read. If a phrase doesn't add anything valuable, just cut it.
Try not to repeat the same word over and over unless you are trying to build a rhythm with it. Look for synonyms.
If you start writing in one tense. Keep this tense throughout your text.
Use paragraphs. It makes your text easy to read.
In most written tasks formal language is required. Learn a few linking words and use them. They will make your text more formal.
Edit, edit, edit. When you are done, give it another read, and maybe Another (if you have the time...).
Do not!
Do not plagiarize! Presenting the words or ideas of others as your own is a serious offense in academics, journalism and fiction. Just don't do it.
Want to practise on using linking words and a more formal style of writing? Here are some links:
Floe-Joe Eng-Vid watch clip then answer questions below
engVid - 5 ways to improve your writing
Feedback - texts about Freedom - what can we learn from feedback?
Read through your texts, your feedback. Take help from a friend if needed.
Kunskapskrav för betyget E i engelska 5:
Eleven bearbetar, och gör förbättringar av, egna framställningar.
How to improve your writing:
Learn from feedback
Consume the written word! Pick up a good book or ten. Read and understand the works of great and influential writers to learn what is possible with the written word.
Read magazines, newspapers, and everything else. Literature isn't the only place to get ideas—the real world is filled with fascinating people, places and events that will inspire your writerly mind.
When writing:
Think: Introduction, main text and conclusion. This is the way almost all written assignments are built (essay, letter to the editor, letter of complaints, formal letter etc.).
An introduction: Should give a hint on what your text will be about. It should make the reader curious and make him/her want to continue reading.
A main text is usually two or three (depending on type of task) paragraphs where you present/discuss one argument/idea in each paragraph.
A conclusion is the last paragraph where you summarize what you have written. You should not present a new idea in this part of the text. You should just draw some kind of conclusion from the examples/ideas you have already mentioned. A conclusion usually begins like this: In conclusion...., All in all....., To summarise......, On the whole...To sum up.....Altogether.....etc.
"Kill your darlings" (To let go of any element of our writing that is not essential). Good writing is simple, clear and direct. You don't get points for saying in 50 words what could be said in 20. Good writing is about using the right words, not filling up the page. It might feel good at first to pack a lot of ideas and details into a single sentence, but chances are that sentence is just going to be hard to read. If a phrase doesn't add anything valuable, just cut it.
Try not to repeat the same word over and over unless you are trying to build a rhythm with it. Look for synonyms.
If you start writing in one tense. Keep this tense throughout your text.
Use paragraphs. It makes your text easy to read.
In most written tasks formal language is required. Learn a few linking words and use them. They will make your text more formal.
Edit, edit, edit. When you are done, give it another read, and maybe Another (if you have the time...).
Do not!
Do not plagiarize! Presenting the words or ideas of others as your own is a serious offense in academics, journalism and fiction. Just don't do it.
Want to practise on using linking words and a more formal style of writing? Here are some links:
Floe-Joe Eng-Vid watch clip then answer questions below
engVid - 5 ways to improve your writing
tisdag 11 november 2014
Week 46
Wednesday
Hand in words/sentences!
OBS! Book discussions in week 50!
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Instruct/present - the presentation
Here are the groups and when the presentations will take place:
Group 1 - Wednesday week 48 (November 26th)
Group 2 + 3 - Wednesday week 49 December 3rd)
Group 4 - Thursday week 49 (December 4th)
Group 1: (v 48)
Erik Berg
Karl Kristensson
Madelene Heikkinen
Melinda Granberg
Hannah Persson
Edit Varghans
Malin Daniels
Group 2: (v 49)
Hanna Magnström
Klara Rönnegård
Amanda Matsson Andrén
Amanda Lindsjö
Nora Göransson
Filippa Lewenhagen
Group 3: (v 49)
Anna Oskarsson
Christoffer Knuts
Mathias Nykvist Lilliehöök
Axel Elg
Ida Nikula
Frida Martinsson
Julia Bergman
Group 4: (v 49)
Ebba Geldern
Harald Hilding
Mattias Matz
Victor Blomkvist
Moa Gustafsson
Lisa Scargill
Anton Lundin
Homework next week: Read page 260-262 in Context about differences between American and British English. Also do Quick exercise and Quick task on page p 261 and 262.
Context:
City of Angels
Page 65-69
B. Reading between the lines - write answers
C. Beyond the text: Uncreative Tourists- discuss
D. Vocabulary: Given half a chance...speaking
E. Sweet or just semi-sweet? 1)speak 2) write
G. Speaking!
H. Speaking
I. Write (not in Context though)
Time left: Read your novel
Thursday
This lesson the class will be divided in two groups/two rooms.
We will do speaking exercises/continue in Context + read novel.
40 minutes/group/activity.
Hand in words/sentences!
OBS! Book discussions in week 50!
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Instruct/present - the presentation
Here are the groups and when the presentations will take place:
Group 1 - Wednesday week 48 (November 26th)
Group 2 + 3 - Wednesday week 49 December 3rd)
Group 4 - Thursday week 49 (December 4th)
Group 1: (v 48)
Erik Berg
Karl Kristensson
Madelene Heikkinen
Melinda Granberg
Hannah Persson
Edit Varghans
Malin Daniels
Group 2: (v 49)
Hanna Magnström
Klara Rönnegård
Amanda Matsson Andrén
Amanda Lindsjö
Nora Göransson
Filippa Lewenhagen
Group 3: (v 49)
Anna Oskarsson
Christoffer Knuts
Mathias Nykvist Lilliehöök
Axel Elg
Ida Nikula
Frida Martinsson
Julia Bergman
Group 4: (v 49)
Ebba Geldern
Harald Hilding
Mattias Matz
Victor Blomkvist
Moa Gustafsson
Lisa Scargill
Anton Lundin
Homework next week: Read page 260-262 in Context about differences between American and British English. Also do Quick exercise and Quick task on page p 261 and 262.
Context:
City of Angels
Page 65-69
B. Reading between the lines - write answers
C. Beyond the text: Uncreative Tourists- discuss
D. Vocabulary: Given half a chance...speaking
E. Sweet or just semi-sweet? 1)speak 2) write
G. Speaking!
H. Speaking
I. Write (not in Context though)
Time left: Read your novel
Thursday
This lesson the class will be divided in two groups/two rooms.
We will do speaking exercises/continue in Context + read novel.
40 minutes/group/activity.
tisdag 4 november 2014
week 45
Thursday
OBS! Homework for next Wednesday: Pick 15 words from the text "City of Angels". Write them in English translate into Swedish and put them in a correct English sentence (like you did before, but this time you write by hand...). Hand in to me Wednesday next week.
OBS: The text "Freedom" is due on Friday!
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Next Wednesday: Bring novel!
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During the lessons the following weeks we will also focus on this (extract from course description in English 5):Muntlig produktion och interaktion av olika slag, även i mer formella sammanhang, där eleverna instruerar, berättar, sammanfattar, förklarar, kommenterar, värderar, motiverar sina åsikter, diskuterar och argumenterar.
Each one of you will be asked to explain/instruct/inform your friends on a topic of your own choice. You could for instance bring a T H I N G to class. A t h i n g could be a l m o s t anything that is possible to bring to school: technical device, parts of various equipments (sports, music, computer, cooking, other hobbies etc etc). Something that interests you! Your task is to explain what this is? What do you use it for? HOW do you use it? Explain step by step.... Give example/-s. Instead of a "thing" it could also be a process, which you may illustrate on the whiteboard. Describe a process step by step. You will have to find appropriate vocabulary and look up how you pronounce different words and we will learn a lot of new things by listening to the others.
A brief (ca 5 minutes) but clear explanation/instruction.
Watch this clip for tips on useful vocabulary when giving instructions:
Each one of you will be asked to explain/instruct/inform your friends on a topic of your own choice. You could for instance bring a T H I N G to class. A t h i n g could be a l m o s t anything that is possible to bring to school: technical device, parts of various equipments (sports, music, computer, cooking, other hobbies etc etc). Something that interests you! Your task is to explain what this is? What do you use it for? HOW do you use it? Explain step by step.... Give example/-s. Instead of a "thing" it could also be a process, which you may illustrate on the whiteboard. Describe a process step by step. You will have to find appropriate vocabulary and look up how you pronounce different words and we will learn a lot of new things by listening to the others.
A brief (ca 5 minutes) but clear explanation/instruction.
Watch this clip for tips on useful vocabulary when giving instructions:
More help? Have a look at this
You will do this in groups of 6-7 students. We will use one Wednesday and a few Thursdays between week 47-50 for presentations. The rest of the class will be given another assignment during these lessons.
Here are the groups and when the presentations will take place:
Group 1 - Wednesday week 48 (November 26th)
Group 2 + 3 - Wednesday week 49 (December 3rd)
What are the grade guidelines for this task?
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City of Angels - Context
One World Trade Center (former Freedom Tower) - tallest building in the western hemishphere (1,776 ft (541.3 m)
Wednesday
Intro. novel
After that: Write text/Start reading your novel
OBS: The text "Freedom" is due on Friday!
Your task:
During the following weeks we are going to read the novel "How to build a house". You will receive discussion questions based on the content of the novel. When you have finished the novel we will discuss these questions together in small groups. You will be able to read a few lessons here in school, but the main part of the book you will have to read at home. In week 49 we will start discussing the book, so by then you must have finished it!
Why do we do this?
Innehåll och form i olika typer av fiktion. - When discussing the novel you do this!
"How to Build a House" isn't really about how to build a house, though a house does get built over the course of this new young adult novel from Los Angeles author Dana Reinhardt. "How to Build a House" is really the story of 18-year-old Harper Evans as she comes to terms with her father's divorce from her stepmom and the emotional devastation that has been wrought.
The book opens with Harper in flight -- literally, on an airplane. She is headed for Bailey, Tenn. The small Southern town has been struck by a tornado, leaving the place looking "like toys knocked over by one gigantic, clumsy toddler." Harper is headed to Bailey not only because she's an altruist but also because distance breeds perspective. Or so she hopes. Like the tornado that struck out of nowhere, her parents' seemingly happy marriage disintegrated without warning, leaving Harper estranged from her stepsister/best friend and the only mom she has ever known. Now she's trying to figure out why it happened.
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OBS: The text "Freedom" is due on Friday!
Your task:
During the following weeks we are going to read the novel "How to build a house". You will receive discussion questions based on the content of the novel. When you have finished the novel we will discuss these questions together in small groups. You will be able to read a few lessons here in school, but the main part of the book you will have to read at home. In week 49 we will start discussing the book, so by then you must have finished it!
Why do we do this?
Well, we do this because reading books is the best way to improve your language skills when it comes to both vocabulary, grammar, general writing skills, reading comprehension. You get a sense of HOW you can express yourself in English in certain situations and when the book is set in an English speaking country you get a better understanding of English/American culture as well.
We also do this because in the English 5 course description it says that we should discuss:
Innehåll och form i olika typer av fiktion. - When discussing the novel you do this!
It also says that you should read:
Skönlitteratur och annan fiktion. - This is what you are about to do now.
Grading: I will not put a grade on the actual discussion. However, Reading the novel and taking an active part in the discussion is a compulsory part of the course. This is also good practise for the reading/writing parts of the national test and will improve your English skills in general. Remember, practise makes progress!
Grading: I will not put a grade on the actual discussion. However, Reading the novel and taking an active part in the discussion is a compulsory part of the course. This is also good practise for the reading/writing parts of the national test and will improve your English skills in general. Remember, practise makes progress!
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'How to Build a House: A Novel' by Dana Reinhardt
"How to Build a House" isn't really about how to build a house, though a house does get built over the course of this new young adult novel from Los Angeles author Dana Reinhardt. "How to Build a House" is really the story of 18-year-old Harper Evans as she comes to terms with her father's divorce from her stepmom and the emotional devastation that has been wrought.
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