Last class of 2013

Today is the last English lesson for you in 2013.

Yesterday we saw the very moving film based on our class reader "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas"

Today we are going to discuss the film in small groups of four students with me.

The groups are taken alphabetically from the class list:

Group 1
Elin A, Marcus, Sana, Tobias

Group 2
Elin B, Johanna, Linnea C, Simone

Group 3
Linnea E, Petronella, Zinhle, Erik H

Group 4
Veronica, Elisabeth, Eric L, Elvira

Group 5
Clara, Patricia, Jonna, Max

Group 6
Aleksandra, Erik S, Viktor, Jesper

Group 7
Denise, Maja, Hannes, William

After the talks ( and fika) we will continue with some more competitions where you can win candy.
 We will finish off with a couple of short Youtube clips on the theme of Christmas

FINALLY, I WANT TO WISH YOU A..




 AND A.

 
SEE YOU IN 2014! DOIN'T BE SQUARE.. BE THERE!

Today film time- "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas"

Today we are going to see the film based on the book we have read:
"The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas".
 
Tomorrow we will have some "fika" and discuss in small groups the differences between the film and the book

Boy in the striped pyjamas last chapters

Today we finish off our analysis of the text of "Boy in the striped Pyjamas"

We will study some questions for chapters 15-19.
 Please work in small groups (max. 4 students)
Here they are as text and as a document:

Discuss

1 What new things do we learn about Lieutenant 

Kotler?

2 Why doesn't Bruno stand up for Shmuel? What would have happened if he had? 

 3 Shmuel sees the camp from the inside and the people closest to him all disappear. How does be deal with this?

4 Why is Lieutenant Kotler transferred?

5 Gretel tries to explain to Bruno about the fence. Does her explanation make sense to him? Do you think she understands it herself?

6 What does Bruno's disappearance do to his family?  

Finally, I want to talk to each one of you individually aboout how you found the end of the book.

On Monday we shall see the film of "Boy in the striped pyjamas". The film starts at 12.45 (as usual) and finishes at 14.20. You will miss 15 minutes of psychology.

On Tuesday week 51 you will discuss with me in small groups the differences between the film and book. At the same time we will have some Christmas "fika".

Presentations

Today we continue the presentations.

I have received the questions for some but not from all.

Don't forget to assess one presentation.

The document is right next door on the blog!

Oral presentations

Today we are going to do the first half of the oral presentations.

You should give some feedback for ONE presentation.
Here is the document .

I will also give it to you on paper as I don't want people playing with the computer.

While the presentation is going on  you should answer the 1 X 2 questions. Give them to the presenters.

At the moment we have 5 presentations today ranging from the film "Hunger Games" to a twerking "Miley Cyrus"

Some people managed the deadline and others didn't!

Presentation tomorrow

Today is the last day to be ready to present tomorrow.

Welcome back to a new week.
It will soon be Christmas.

By the end of today three things should be done:

• The presentation should be complete and a copy sent to me

•  5 questions (1 X 2) about your presentation should be complete and sent to me

• You should practise your presentation so that you know who is presenting which part. ALL the people in the group must be active during the presentation.

When you are ready then use your time to either :-

Write your diary

Read the last chapters of "Boy in the striped Pyjamas" for next Tuesday.

Those who haven't spoken to me about their young people and money essay can also do so today.

Remember Carpe Diem
carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.  

seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the next (day)[/future] 

Good luck! 

Presentations, essays and other things

Today we start to prepare the second presentation you will do this term in front of the class.

Last time you talked about an English speaking country. This time the subject matter is a free choice.

You should work with another person or maximum three people in a group.

You should present an area of interest for you

(Examples might be a sport, a hobby, a game, an activity, an item from history, a person etc.)

The presentation should be of about 5 minutes and should be done using a presentation tool (Prezi, Impress, Powerpoint etc.)

There should be a worksheet with 5 questions (as last time) based on your presentation.

Every student will assess one presentation (a worksheet is available)

The presentations will be on Tuesday week 49 (next Tuesday) and Monday week 50

Today we are going to discuss your essay individually.

Some basic comments:

• Always have an introduction and a conclusion to your essay
• Always use paragraphs- one idea= one paragraph
• Written language is DIFFERENT from spoken language.

Your essay is assessed according to the following points:

Innehåll(content)

Tydlighet (clarity)

Fyllighet och variation (Completeness and clarity)

Sammanhang och struktur (Context and structure)

Anpassning till syfte, mottagare, situation, genre (adaptation to purpose, recipient, situation, genre)

Språk och Uttrycksförmåga (language and expression)

Kommunikativa strategier (language strategies)

Flyt och ledighet (Fluency and ease of expression)

Vokabulär (vocabulary)

Meningsbyggnad (sentence structure)

Grammatik (grammar)

Stavning och interpunktion (spelling & punctuation)

Today I will go through the essay of the following students:

Erik H
Hannes
Zinhle
Maja
Jonna
Elin Bäckstöm
Elin Ahlgren
Elisabeth
Jesper
Sana
Linnea E
Aleksandra

The others will be tomorrow

Boy in the striped pyjamas 10-14

Today I want you to work in groups of 3-4 students and answer the questions about them

Discuss

1 What do you think Shmuel thinks of Bruno when they first meet?

2 Why doesn't Bruno like Hitler?

3 Bruno finds Shmuel's and his own story similar. How?

4 Why doesn't Bruno tell his family about his new friend?

5 Why does Shmuel react the way he does when Bruno talks about Lieutenant Kotler?

6 Is there anything in the book that suggests that Bruno understands what kind of place the camp is? If so, what?

If not, how is Bruno able to keep his distorted picture of the camp? 

7 What does the punishment of Pavel teach Bruno? Do you think this is something that people around Bruno have learnt too?

Here it is IN RTF format

I want you to try to find a quote "  "   from the book to back up what you say.

When you are done with these questions you can continue to work with your own chapter in Context. (chs. 3-7)

Finish off by doing a short recording with Mike about what your text was about.

On your own in Context

Remember the first lesson after the holiday?

You started to work on a chapter in the context book ON YOUR OWN. Here are the instructions again!

A chapter from Context which you 
choose ( numbers 3- 7)

• Read the text (you can also listen to it but PLEASE use a headset or earphones)
• Find 15 words (put them on a list and send them to me IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE IT)
• Do one language exercise from the book(mail your answers)
• Do one grammar exercise from the book (mail your answers)
• Do one extra exercise from gleerupslms

 MAKE sure you know the text!

Mike will be coming around and asking you to tell him about it!!

The time you have over prepare for the work on " The Boy in the striped Pyjamas"  chapters 10-14

Chapter 10- The dot that became a speck that became a blob that became a figure that became a boy

Chapter 11-The Fury

Chapter 12- Shmuel thinks of an answer to Bruno's question

Chapter 13-The bottle of wine

Chapter 14- Bruno tells a perfectly reasonable lie

Good luck!

Writing today! Don't forget "Boy in Striped Pyjamas" for next Tuesday.

Today we are going to try the writing part of the national test.

As it is the first time we will do it on paper..

Don't forget to plan your essay.

Take some minutes to plan and develop your ideas.

Use all information

-Mindmap
-Key words
-Ideas

Don't forget LINKING words and PARAGRAPHS.

Good luck!

Next Tuesday we have chapters 10- 14 of "The Boy in the striped Pyjamas" to discuss. Please make sure you have read it.

Of mice and Men!!!

Sometimes we plan things without using our brains!!!!!!

Your term planner for English is a very good example.

It seem like I had a mental blackout at the time of writing!

So the new planner is now on the blog.

Everything in yellow has been replanned to fit in with the planners of my two colleagues working with your fellow "stud" students.

Let's start off by going through this together.

So today we are going to look at Skolverket's resources for the national test....

Tomorrow you will practise the "WRITING" section.

Here are two good links to help you
1. Bedömning/assessment of writing

2. Examples of different parts of the national test

The title of the essay which is marked is called "The good life"
Here is the paper which the students got.

Here is an essay on "E" grade level

Here is an essay on "C" grade level

Here is an essay on "A" grade level

What differences do you see between them?

Tomorrow you will write about a different subject in class.

As usual, there are two topics on the same theme:

One is more general (abstract)

The other one is more specific (concrete).

Points to remember

1. Plan
Plan the ideas you are going to use and how you will write them



2. Structure
a.

• Introduction     (Use a grabber or not). Start off generally
•  Points- compare or develop
• Conclusion       What have you learnt?

b.

• linking words

• spelling (hard words)

 Here is a good link

3. Write  

4. Check
Check agreements, spelling, grammar

Conversation and "Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" chs. 6-9

Hi everyone.


Today we start off with an assessment. Fill in the document.. save it on your hard drive and then mail it completed to me. You can do it at the end of the lesson too!

Now we do the conversation. First let's listen to a famous song from the Musical "Fiddler on the Roof" called "If I were a rich man"



 
Now you can record your conversation about what you would do if you won lots of money

If you haven't copied over the link from "Ljudinspelaren" to your desktop, start by doing so OR use another program like AUDACITY
 Save the file as money_name_name and mail it to me at
michael.hegarty@leksand.se
or
habarimike@gmail.com

Now we turn to the book.

Here are the questions from the handout. You can either work on paper or on the word document HERE

Finally.. On your own  Re-read chapter 8 and explain..

How is the grandmother in the story portrayed. How is she different from the other representatives of the “Third Reich”?

Please mail you answer (or answers) to me.

If you have time over you can continue to work with your own chapter from Context.

 

Welcome back!

Welcome back after the half-term break and Halloween

Today we are going to do four things.

1. An assessment. Fill in the document.. save it on your hard drive and then mail it completed to me.

2. A trip to the UK with Erik, Hannes and Veronica

3. An interview about your holidays with a neighbour (done on paper)

4. A chapter from Context which you choose ( numbers 3- 7)

• Read the text
• Find 15 words (put them on a list)
• Do one language exercise from the book(mail your answers)
• Do one grammar exercise from the book (mail your answers)
• Do one extra exercise from gleerupslms

Today the class will finish at 13.40.

13.50 you will have a film to watch for psychology

3 remaining presentations and film

TODAY WE ARE GOING TO COMPLETE OUR PRESENTATIONS

The countries which are left are:
IRELAND     Zinhle, Elisabeth, Jesper
BAHAMAS   Elin A, Marcus A, Linnea E
UK                Erik H, Veronica, Hannes

Then we shall be looking at the first part of our film
"Billy Elliot"

Here are the questions to answer afterwards

   

1.                 In what kind of environment does the film take place? (town-country, rich-poor etc)

2.                 Describe Billy’s family situation.

3.                 Despite the lack of money, Billy’s Dad still pays for Billy to go boxing every week. Why do you think his Dad does that?

4.                 **How are Billy’s father and brother portrayed? Describe them.

5.                 What do you think dancing means to Billy? How can we see that in the film?

6.                 What do you think of the music in the film?

7.             **Describe the music in the film. How did the music help setting the mood? Give an example.

8.                 ** In the film you rarely see the sky. What do you think that symbolises?

9.                 What makes Billy’s dad change his mind about helping him apply to the Royal Ballet School?

10.            ** What do you think Billy’s Dad was thinking when he saw Billy dancing for his friend Michael. Try to describe how you think his thoughts went.

11.            ** What role does Billy’s  dead mother play in the film?

12.    What do you think is the message with the film? How did it make you feel? Would you recommend the film to a friend? Why/why not?

 

The questions with two stars give a chance to reach a higher grade.

We will see the second half of the film tomorrow.