Preparation for reading and listening

Next week we are going to try our hand at a past paper for the English 5  (formerly Engelska A) course.

There are loads of materials available on the web.

The best one is  HERE.

To practise the reading we have some books

which you can borrow during ther lesson

To practise the listening you can also use:
www.esl-lab.com

We will start off with the Reading part on Tuesday and then continue with the Listening on Friday..

Today you will be able to work with the skill that you feel is most important to you!

Here is a link to the grade guidelines

Planner and 3x music

Today we start off by going through the term planner together.

Here is the link.

Remember that the planner is provisional and can be changed.
You will get a paper copy for reference

The planner is based on your suggestions:-

Carl, Tove, Viola och Klara

Deltagare: Carl Bielsten, Michael Hegarty

Skapat av: Carl Bielsten

Skapat: Tisdag 12 januari 2016 kl: 13:38, Senaste inlägg: Tisdag 12 januari 2016 kl: 13:38

Tisdag 12 januari 2016 kl: 13:38

1. We think we should give speaking priority. Speaking in groups. Methods we should use is the internet.
2. Listen to different accents.
3. Sit and talk in small groups and disscuse differents topics.
4.City of angels, chapter 5 page 59 (Context)
My best friend's dad chapter 5 page 57 (Echo short stories.)
5. How your life looks like in 10 years.

Linnéa, Josefina, Elin, Anna 12/1-16

Writing, for example novels, learn words form the webbed. –

 Reading, for example read books. - Talk, for example talk in small groups –

Listening, for example watch at some film A topic for a writing assignment about: - My worst/best memory A topic from the Echo: - We want work with ”Fly Away Home” Chapter 6.

Planning. Fanny, Lukas, Pontus and Trolle

Deltagare: Fanny Lompolo, Michael Hegarty (Lägg till ny deltagare)

Skapat av: Fanny Lompolo

Skapat: Tisdag 12 januari 2016 kl: 13:45, Senaste inlägg: Tisdag 12 januari 2016 kl: 13:45

Tisdag 12 januari 2016 kl: 13:45

1.     Speaking and reading. Speaking is important as you're probably going to use it the most. It's the most used language. A lot of the students don't seem to read much so we think that we should read more short stories and novels.

2. Movies (without the subtitles). Speaking with people whose native language is English.

3. The conversation starters seemed to get people talking so we could use them more. Talk with people whose native language is English.

4. Context: 3x Music
Echo Short Stories: The Great Satan.

5. An assignment about How unfair the world is might be fun.

Planning - Maja, Smårs, Patricia, Celina and Nellie.

Deltagare: Susanna Smårs, Michael Hegarty (Lägg till ny deltagare)

Skapat av: Susanna Smårs

Skapat: Tisdag 12 januari 2016 kl: 13:47, Senaste inlägg: Tisdag 12 januari 2016 kl: 13:47

Tisdag 12 januari 2016 kl: 13:47

1.We think we should prioritize writing and listening, the Internet would be a great way to practice this.
2.Hörförståelse.
3.In SMALL groups like today.
4.3xMusic and My best friend's dad.
5.What comes after death.

Oliver Rolands

Tisdag 12 januari 2016 kl: 13:44

Frågor angående planering av kursen 

1. Vi tycker att vi kan jobba mycket med att skriva och grammatik.
2. Vi skulle till exempel kunna översätta sånger eller kolla på filmer.
3. Vi tycker att vi kan jobba mer i grupp men vi tycker inte att ”conversation starters” var särskilt bra, vi skulle hellre vilja diskutera större ämnen eller en text/film vi läst/sett.
4. Våra förslag är Mollusks (sid. 163) i textboken och The Purse is Mine (sid. 85) i Short Stories.
5. Vi är lite oense om vad vi vill skriva om, vissa vill skriva om specifika personer/djur medan andra vill skriva om mer allmänna och djupa ämnen/frågor/problem. 

Oliver, Alfred, Sophia och Cornelia

Planing, samuel bella andreas alva

Deltagare: Gabriella Andersson, Michael Hegarty (Lägg till ny deltagare)

Skapat av: Gabriella Andersson

Skapat: Tisdag 12 januari 2016 kl: 13:44, Senaste inlägg: Tisdag 12 januari 2016 kl: 13:44

Tisdag 12 januari 2016 kl: 13:44

1: Speaking, internet and group projects
2:Movie
3: Swinging in london, chapter 10
The Ravine,text 4 
4: A big happening.

After going through the planner we will continue with our work on 3x music

Listening
Listen to the radio program about banning music.
Answer the questions on the sheet.

Vocabulary
How good are you at finding words that mean the same as others.

Do Exercise D on page 205

Finally
Go in on the gleerups web (gleerupsportal.se)

Do 2-3 of the exercises on Context +

  Vocabulary 1: Text related words

  Vocabulary 2: Expressions

  Musical idioms

  Hit the road with rodie slang

  Word formation: Adjectives

3x music

Today we continue to work on the 3x music text.


Word knowledge

We are going to listen to the text and stop to ask questions and explain what words mean.

Then we are going to work in pairs and ask each other the questions for Exercise A and B on page 204.

You will do this orally.

By the end you should both know all the answers...

Role Plays
Still in your pairs Do AT LEAST one of the role plays on page 205 (exercise C)

Vocabulary
How good are you at finding words that mean the same as others.

Do Exercise D on page 205

Listening
Listen to the radio program about banning music.
Answer the questions on the sheet.

Finally
Go in on the gleerups web (gleerupsportal.se)

Do 2-3 of the exercises on Context +

Impelementation of your suggestions

We start off today by updating the list of novels you will be reading this spring.
You have until sometime in April you get your book read.

Thank you for your suggestions for different aspects of the English course.

With regard to the texts from Context 1 and Echo Short Stories- only 2 texts got more than 1 group vote.

These are :

Context 1- Chapter 15    3X Music  (p.194)

Echo short stories-  5. My best friend's dad ( p. 57)

We will start today with 3x Music  (week 3 and 4) and then My best friend's dad (week 6 & 7)

Week 8 we will have a test on these two texts (läromedelsprov)

Week 5 we will do a "mock" listening and reading of the national test just to see the level.

By Friday I will be done with the term planner and next week we will begin with grade talks..

Today we start with 3x music.

The text is really 3 texts. In groups of three you will read one part of the text and then take 10 minutes to tell each other about it.

Make sure you write up any new words. There is a word list which should be sent in by the end of week 4.

After that I want you to imagine that you are the person who wrote the text ( see information after each text).

Write about 5- 10 lines about a typical day for you- where you are; who you meet; what you do; your struggles and successes.

When you have sent it we are done!

Choose a book and discuss mobile phones

Thank you for all of your suggestions for the planner.
I will try to get a planner together based on them by next week.


Today I want you to choose a book (novel) that you will read this term.

Write your name and the title/author on the list.
Next lesson BRING ALONG YOUR BOOK FOR ME TO SEE

Later on you will answer questions about it in class and discuss it in small groups.

Here are the questions:

Literature Questions for book reading

These are the 10 questions I want you to think about when you talk about/ write about your book.

1. Which character (person)did you like the most Why ?

2.Who is the most important character in the book ? Why do you think that?

3. Do any characters change ( förändras) during the course of the novel (romanen) ? Explain!

4.In what way Is the language in your novel difficult ? Give examples!

5. Is there a lot of dialogue in the novel ? How do the characters communicate?(for example letters/ e-mail/ text-messages etc.)

6. Did you enjoy the plot (handling) of the novel ? Explain!

7. Is the plot of your novel believable or unbelievable ? Give examples!

8. Describe an important scene from your novel.

9. What is the message (budskap) of your novel ?Was it clear?

10.Did you enjoy the novel or not ? Explain your opinion(åsikt).

Today we will discuss the use of the mobile phone.

I will give you a gap-fill text about mobile phones.

The text was written a few years ago. Which year do you think?

What changes have come since this text was written? Discuss with your neighbour and check up on the facts on internet..

At the end of the lesson I want you to log in on the gleerups portal and do at least one EXTRA GRAMMAR EXERCISE

Welcome back to 2016

Hope it feels ok to be back in school.
We start off by doing an interview about your Christmas holidays.
Here is the document!

We can continue speaking by using some conversation starters.
We will do this in groups of four.


Then we will practise a little bit of grammar- namely phrasal verbs. A phrasal verb consists of a verb + preposition which has an idiomatic meaning.

The problem is that the prepositions often are different comparing English and Swedish  e.g se UPP ----}  look OUT
Look up means something completely different.
I LOOKED UP the meaning of the word in a dictionary. (slå upp)
Here is the document.

 Then we are going to do a listening exercise.
Here is the link.


The course consists of two novels.
We have read "Looking for Alaska" together.
You need to choose a book of your own for this term.
There are novels in the cupboard in the corridoor.


Finally, working in groups of four we are going to do some planning for the course:

1. What areas do you should we should give priority to this term?  (speaking, writing, reading, listening) ? Which methods should we use most grammar work, text book, internet, vocabulary etc.? 

2.Decide in the group on one way we can practise listening

3.Decide one way in the group we can practise speaking

4. Decide on one text from "Context" we can work on together./ Decide one story from Echo Short stories we can work on.

5.   Decide on one topic in the group we can do a writing assignment about.

Mail your answers to me by the end of the lesson on vklass