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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