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.

Preparations for country presentations

Today is the last day before tomorrow's country presentations.
Here is a list of the countries and groups

Bahamas                   Elin A, Marcus A, Linnea E

Australia                   Sana, Patricia, Jonna

Canada                     Tobias, Petronella, William

USA                          Elin B, Johanna, Max

South Africa             Linnea C, Elvira, Erik S

New Zealand            Simone, Eric L, Aleksandra

Ireland                     Zinhle, Elisabeth, Jesper

UK                          Erik H, Veronica, Hannes

Jamaica                  Clara, Denise, Maja

Having completed the information sheet you need to prepare three things:

1. 25 words in Swedish and English but no need for sentences

2. 5  1-X-2 questions about your presentation. these are to be given to Mike today for copying

3. The presentation iteslf. You should at least have some pictures (photos) to make it interesting for the others.

The presentations are to be about 5 minutes each and you can use one of your computers with the information on.

Mail me the wordlist!

Visitors and "Boy in the striped Pyjamas"

Before we start check out the quizzes. There is a new quiz- nr. 4.................

Today we will  be having some visitors.

They are a same gender couple from England who are visiting Ingela (the English teacher).

Please make them feel at home and feel free to ask questions.
Find out where they come from and a little about their lives.

The theme of gender is one which we are to study this year as being a part of the curriculum for "Gymnasiet". We will continue the theme in week 43 when we will see the film "Billy Elliot".



After this we will go over to the book we are reading, namely "The boy in the striped pyjamas"

You will have a worksheet to do.
Here it is.

I want you to work first of all in groups of 3-4 and answer questions 1-3.

Then in pairs answer questions 4-5.

Then ON YOUR OWN  answer questions 6-7 plus the following question

8. Bruno is quite afraid of his father. Yet in this chapter he really tells him what he thinks of the new home.
How surprised were you by this? How does his father react to Bruno's anger?  The last lines of the chapter (CHAPTER 5)tell us more about the relationship between Bruno and his father. What do you find out?



 Hand in your answers on the worksheet. Write your name on the top.

Country Project

Today we are going to start a short intensive project about an English speaking Country.

Here are the instructions:

Presentation of an English-Speaking Country:

In your groups of three:

Prepare a presentation which helps your fellow students understand and get to know an English speaking country by looking for interesting facts about the language, history, geography, culture (e.g. food, music, lifestyle), fauna, population, political system, or any other interesting aspect of your particular country. Try to approach your task by focusing on aspects that would be interesting to you if you were to visit the country you study. You should also focus on comparing your country to Sweden.

Use the worksheet to help you!

All the material used by you should be in English!

In your presentation you direct yourselves to your fellow students, NOT to me:

Example of dialect

Nice graphics of nature, art, typical features of your country (e.g. Australia: picture of boomerang)

Poetry, fiction

Interesting sites

Make some 1/x/2-questions for the rest of the group to answer.

 Hand in to me the day prior to the presentation.

Make a personal wordlist of 25 words from the material that you have worked with, only fill in the first English and Swedish column.

When listening to the other groups’ presentations:

Activate yourself by thinking of questions to ask which might interest the rest of the audience or you. If you know about the country in question, share your knowledge with the rest of the group. 

 Tomorrow we will make a break to work on the first 5 chapters of "The Boy in the striped pyjamas"

We will also being receiving a visit from a same gender couple who are friends of Ingela (the English teacher).

As a continuation of the gender issue we shall be looking at the film "Billy Elliot" in week 43.

Tuesday, week 42 the presentations will take place:

 

Be wise- Revise

Test is best!

Learn or burn!

Good luck! (As if you needed it!!)