REVISION DAY-Test tomorrow

Today we are going to revise for the test tomorrow.

First of all we are going to work with the words you have done on your word lists.

I want to remind you that the word lists are compulsory (mandatory) and you should hand in your lists of words WITH THE SENTENCES.

FAILURE TO DO SO WILL JEOPARDIZE YOUR GRADE

I want you to work with your neighbour.
1. Give him/her your word lists. Test each other to see if he/she stills remembers the words

2. Corrections
You will receive a document with the symbols I use when correcting your work. Here is a copy

English-Mike

System of correction

Symbol	Meaning	Example
Sp.	Spelling mistake	mutch instead of much
S/pl	singular /plural- you have used the wrong form	The children is  here instead of the children are here
G/gr	The grammar is incorrect	He speaks nice instead of he speaks nicely
T	Tense (tempus)-wrong tense	Yesterday I speak instead of yesterday I spoke
Sw	Swinglish-you have used English words in a Swedish way	Give it a smell with the cow foot- instead of give it a blow with the crowbar
^	Word or words missing	I ^spoken= I have spoken
	Repeated mistake
	Wrong word order	Then came she instead of then she came
Prep.	Wrong preposition	Look for=leta efter look after=ta hand om
...............	Not wrong but not what we normally say
(        )	Not needed
Reg	Wrong register	Words like ”pretty/kind of” in an article

 Together with your neighbour I want you to try and correct any mistakes you have in your sentences. If you are unsure ask me!

The rest of the lesson will be for revision. Here are some worksheets to help you with the grammar.

Here are all the elements in the test:

The test will consist of different areas.

Vocabulary
The words from the two chapters

Panic not mother   
p. 13 (words in contexts)
p-14  (false friends)

Dad, can I come home?  
p.28
Words from the text

Grammar 
Panic not mother    
Past tense (see grammar 280-283)

 Dad, can I come home?  
Nouns in sing/plural (see grammar 273-275)

Web- based materials
Panic not mother    
Use of "make" and "do"

Dad, can I come home?  
Synonyms  

Good luck!!!

Context chapters 1 and 2 continued

We start off the lesson recording our conversation in the Lingotek.

The title of the topic was "An unpleasant experience"
Remember to find someone new to talk to.
I will give you a worksheet so you can keep track of this.


Before we start the work for today we need to crown two winners for quiz 2 and 3

 

 We can go through Quiz 3 with you...


Yesterday we worked with the grammar and vocabulary for the test.
 mainly in the Lingotek.

Today we want to finish off the vocabulary exercises which you will find in your text book on page 13 and 28.

First the synonym exercise based on the words on page 6
Find the words on page 6 that correspond to:
1. Distant (foreign)
2. Result
3. a)Unintentionally
    b) blundered upon
4. Frightening
5. aimed
6. holding and waving
7. tedious
8. accommodated
9. In fact
10. suspect (adj sl) 


Secondly the exercise using words from the text (you may have to change the words slightly. The sentences are in the book.
Just write the number and the answer:
1. Treaty 
Here are the words to choose from: 
adapt
adopt
argue
argument
artificial
choke
dependable
dimple
favour
flavour
grateful
interrupt
limit
moor
morgue
require
solution
temple
transfer
transfom
travel
treaty

As you can see a lot of words will be left over.
If you are unsure about the meaning of any word check them out in the dictionary you have got.

Finally there will be an unprepared Reading Comprehension as part of the test....





 

Working with the texts and grammar

Words for today?

If not then tomorrow please!

Conversation topic 24^th September

nr 13 An unpleasant experience

Tuesday next week we will be having our first test.

So today we will be in the Lingotek and work with exercises to do with
Panic not mother   (p. 6) and Dad, can I come home? (p.18)

The test will consist of different areas.

Vocabulary
The words from the two chapters

Panic not mother   
p. 13 (words in contexts)
p-14  (false friends)

Dad, can I come home?  
p.28
Words from the text

Grammar 
Panic not mother    
Past tense (see grammar 280-283)

 Dad, can I come home?  
Nouns in sing/plural (see grammar 273-275)

Web- based materials
Panic not mother    
Use of "make" and "do"

Dad, can I come home?  
Synonyms 

We will work through these items today and tomorrow.
Then next Monday we will have a revision day before we have the test on Tuesday.

Tomorrow we will also do our conversation topic in the Lingotek.

Candy Time!

Check out on the Quiz window on the right-hand side of the blog.
Do Quiz 3 and email the correct answers.

The early bird catches the worm!!

Conversation, Context and connectivity

Today the things we are gooing to discuss all start with "C"

Our first move is the conversation in the Lingotek about:
"My favourite possession"

Use the Sanako player to record. 

Save the file on your desktop( /file/save as:) and then mail it to me.
Always include the topic and names - For example:
possession_clara_petronella

Each time you should speak with someone new 

We are pushed for time so try to be effective!

Afterwards today we are working in "Context 1"

If "Panic not mother" was a fun text, "Dad can I come home?" is a much more serious story.

It deals with the following themes:
FAMILY
RESPONSIBILITY
ACCEPTANCE

We are going to listen to the text and you can follow it in your books.

The story is set at a time when a war comes to an end.

"The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" is also set in a war.

Sweden has not been at war  since the beginning of the 1800's.
Imagine if we lived in Syria instead of Sweden.

How would that feel like? Discuss with your neighbour.

Let's listen.

Now we are going to do some work from the text book on page 26-27.

Good luck!

Planner and introduction to the novel

Today we are going to distribute the novel (Boy in the Striped Pyjamas) and then go though the planner for the course.

It is very important that you take responsibility for your own studies and note all examinations etc. which will take place during the term

You also have weeks when you will plan your own work .

Results of Diagnostic test and stations

Have you seen the new quiz?

Today you get a piece of paper with the results of the diagnostic test..

Afterwards we have a station  day.
All the activities are connected to this chapter about a"Gap Year"
 

Station 1 Role Play
Student going away on a gap year
Station 2 Grammar
Help someone who has problems with the past tense (Group activity)
Station 3 visitor to Sweden
A Gap year student  is visiting Sweden. Give them 10 good reasons for being here! (Group activity)
Station 4 False friends Column 2
From English to Swedish  (in pairs)
Station 5 False friends Column 1
From Swedish to English (in pairs)
Station 6 Am/Br English
Fill in the missing words (on your own)
Station 7 Reading 
On your own- Read the text about Gap Year activities and write about them in Swedish 

New week new challenges

How about your words???? 

 I want you to start off today by speaking to your neighbour about your week-end.
What did you do?
What was good about your week-end?
What was not so good?
Try to ask each other questions practising the use of the Past tense and DID.



Today we are going to go through the diagnosis. Tomorrow you get to see how it went for you.

Don't worry. It wasn't a DIE-agnosis
The results are very encouraging!

Tomorrow we will also go through the term planner.

WE finish off today with 2 crosswords.
One to do with travel and one to do with the English speaking world.

Good luck.

Activities for the course, Conversation topics and resources

Today I have registered the whole class on gleerups interactive web.
We shall go through this today and distribute the log ins


Yesterday we went through the curriculum (kursplan) and grade guidelines for the course.

We saw that the following activities need to be included in the course:

Reception
Listening (Watching)

• Films
• Lectures (Ted Talks)
• Information (videojug)  
• Youtube clips

• Text book texts (Context web)

Reading

• Text book (Context 1)
• Literature (2 books- novels or plays) 
• Internet- ezines; newspapers(net versions); official sites

Production
Speaking 

• Oral presentations 
• Pair discussions
• Group discussions
• Conversation topics
• Dialogues 
• Debates

Writing

• Assessments
• Stories
• Summaries
• comments
• Opinions
• presenting a case/argument
• Informal writing (emails etc)

Focus areas

• Chosen area (social sciences/music)
• International perspectives
• Comparison with Sweden
• English-speaking world 

Regular activities

•   Word lists- Every other week (check out Context word list)
• Conversations - Every other week. Here is the document 
• Oral presentations (once or twice a term)
• Literature (one book per term)
• Grammar (when needed but intensively when you get your computers)

 The rest of today's lesson we shall try to get you record your first conversation.  (Number 15- How I spent my Summer holidays)  Send it to one of my email addresses for the moment.

Once we get going with Vklass ALL hand-ins will be done there
(www.vklass.se) on the course web page.

Next Tuesday I will go through the Diagnostic test with you and we will be starting on the text book.


Don't forget your wordlist! ( Tuesday week 37)

I will give you time to work on that at the end of the class

NOW let's look at the planner

In context!

Now we are going to start working with "Context".
Before we do that let us look at how a language is made up

  

In the Swedish curriculum and grade guidelines, input is called .
"reception" and output is called "production" and "interaction."

We are going to look briefly at the Swedish document in order to see what we are going to learn and examine during the course.

Please take some notes annd write up what the course will involve..

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 In "Context" we will practise all these skills. For today you had a reading exercise to do about the emails and letters from young people on their gap year.

You also had 25 words for today...

I want to take those in NOW.

You will see that their is no CD with the book. However, you can reach a lot of extra material online.

By tomorrow we want to give you the chance to use this at home.

Let us begin with a Youtube clip and some listening questions. They are on paper today!

Now we can listen to the texts and do some vocabulary work.

We will finish off with a discussion ( page 13 discussion questions) and for your homework I want you to write a few lines about a Gap Year experience you would like to do