Tisdag, v. 35

Today, we're going to get started on Lumosity.com. Go to the website and create an account. We're going to focus on the games that practise attention and memory. We only have access to a few games since we are not paying members. Use the attention and memory games you have access to and practise those. We will start every English class with ten minutes Lumosity this fall, and hopefully our attention and memory skills will improve.

Morgondagens läxa!!!

Only ten of you have sent me links to material you would like us to use in English class. Each person sends TWO links. One is  a back-up and it should be obvious which one is the back-up. So, don't forget to send the links tonight.

Tomorrow, in class, you should be able to give a very brief introduction to ONE of your choice. You should tell the class what kind of text you have chosen and what it is about.

Måndag v. 35

Idag går vi igenom kursplanen samt språkhistoriens grunder.

Språkhistoriens grunder - instuderingsfrågor

PowerPoint - språkhistoriens grunder

Språkhistoriens grunder - text

Prova att öppna texten i Explorer om det inte fungerar i din vanliga webbläsare.

Länkar till ställen med intressant material

At these places you can look for interesting material for class.

Youtube.com - no introduction needed, right?
Vimeo.com - high-quality videos. Often quite artful.
Podfeed.net - Here, you can find links to many interesting podfeeds, neatly arranged in categories
Språklänkportalen - radio - This is a radio program directory. A good place to start out. The links have been provided by English teachers. Yeah!
Digg.com - a place that collects links to the most popular material on the web. If you want fun, weird stories - this is the place to go. The material is rated by the users.
The BBC - this webpage is the doorway to a lot of great material. They have TV, radio and articles about everything.

So, get otu there and find interesting things. It doesn't have to be from these sites, obviously, but these are good places to start out.

Onsdag v. 34

This is the task for Tuesday of next week. Find two texts that you think we should use in English class. I use the term "text" loosely. It could be song, a poem, a video clip, a short story, an extract from a novel or a tv-show, an article, a podcast a review or something else. Whatever you choose, it has to meet these criteria:

• It should be aimed at an adult or "young adult" English-speaking audience. Basically, this means the language should not be adjusted for younger people or foreigners in any way.
• It has to contain a "good enough" language. We must be able to learn some language from it, that is.
• The content should have something that we could discuss, or enjoy - so a manual for microwave oven for instance is not a good choice even though it is aimed at an adult audience and contains a "good enough" language.
• If it is a video clip or podcast, the quality of video and the sound has to be good.

Choose your texts and introduce it to me and the class on Tuesday. You will have time during class to send me the links. Your introduction should contain a summary of the content, what kind of medium/ text type it is and an explanation for why you chose it and how you think others may benefit from it.

Tomorrow afternoon, I will post some links that could help you find places to search.

TIsdag v. 34

Välkomna tillbaka!

På engelskan ska vi titta på kursutvärderingarna från i våras, och titta som hastigast på en grov plan jag har gjort av kursen i engelska. Glöm inte att hämta ut era datorer så snabbt som möjligt. VI ska använda dem imorgon helst!

På svenskan ska vi först till Läromedelscentralen och hämta alla era läroböcker. Ta med lånekortet! Därefter hoppas jag vi ska kunna titta närmre på en grov plan för svenskan!

Listening exercise: Barack Obama

On Thursday's lesson you will work with a listening exercise about Barack Obama.

Below there is one link to a you tube-video about Obama and there is also a link to a document with questions. Watch the video and answer the questions on your own computer (head phones are available). When finished, send it to me by email (linnea_groenqvist@hotmail.com). If you don't finish in the lesson, the questions are homework for next tuesday.

You tube video: "A Mother's Promise: Barack's biography"

Questions

Ing-formen

In today' lesson I will go through the progressiv form of the verb, also called the ing-form.

First, do the exercises on the hand out. if you are finished with that, do the extra exercises below.

Min anteckningar

Extraövning ing-form

Extraövning ing-form

Irregular verbs

List of irregular verbs
Crossword One
Crossword Two

Listen up!

This is a link to a listening exercise that I want you to listen to. Don't look at the text while you are listening. Lower your screens and answer my questions by hand instead.

English, Tuesday, w. 15

Today, you are going to practise the present tense and word order. Since I am home sick today, you will have to read about the rules in the document below, and then I want you to do the exercises. Review the answers together on the white board. When you have done this, take a look at the two images below. There is a writing task for each one. Pick one and start writing. Next Tuesday, when we meet again for English I want you to show me the exercises as well as the text you wrote.

Rules for the present tense and word order
Exercises for the present tense and word order

Picture One

There is a man sitting on a pole. Make up a story that describes how he got there, what he is thinking now and what happens after. Use the present tense and try to vary your word order. 100-150 words. Click on the picture to see a larger version of it.

The picture is called "Be like Sifaka! Miramar" and comes from Jinto!s photostream on Flickr.com

Picture two

There is a girl getting ready to throw a pillow. Make up a story that describes why she is doing that, what she is thinking and what happens after. Use the present tense and try to vary your word order. 100-150 words. Click on the picture to see a larger version of it.

The picture is called "Pillow Fight (08)" and comes from philippe leroyer's photostream on Flickr.com.

Listening

Since I won't be here this afternoon, you will have to practise on your own. The link below goes to some examples of what the National tests look like. Under "listening", there are two exercises. I want you to do both of them. Do this:

• Open the pdf-files to look at the tasks. You can't edit pdf-files so you will have to write down the answers somewhere else. Prepare for this.
• After that, open the soundfiles and listen to the texts. Answer the questions as you listen.
• You can correct your own answers, using "bedömningsanvisningar". Listen again to the parts that you got wrong and see if you understand it more, now that you know the answers.
• If you have time left - finish your translation from yesterday.

Link to listening exercises

Videoklipp om PowerPoint

Tips och råd när man gör en PowerPoint-presentation
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Idag ska vi börja prata om PowerPoint-presentationer och hur man håller bra sådana. Vi ska också bestämma ett gemensamt tema som ni ska hålla er inom när ni gör era presentationer, samt se hur mycket tid vi ska ta till det här.

Tisdag v. 11

Till en början med vill jag göra er uppmärksamma på att jag har lagt till en funktion på bloggen som innebär att ni kan välja att få ett meddelande när bloggen uppdateras. Då behöver man inte komma ihåg att gå in och kolla. Leta upp funktionen i högerkolumnen, fyll i den emailadress ni använder, och klicka "subscribe". Färdigt!

Idag kommer jag att gå igenom hur kriminalromanens historia har sett ut och vilka olika typer av kriminalromaner det finns och vad som kännetecknar dem. Jag kommer att använda en Impress-presentation, men ni kommer att behöva anteckna när jag pratar för allt står inte i den. Använd gärna Springnote!

När jag har presenterat den här informationen kommer ni att få börja arbeta med en uppgift till bloggen.

 

Uppgift: I uppgiften ska ni beskriva vilken typ av kriminalroman er roman är utifrån den information jag presenterat. Ni ska motivera, förklara och ge exempel som stödjer det ni säger. Ni får välja titel själv, men taggarna ska vara: ert namn, kriminalgenre. Denna skrivuppgiften blir lite större och den spänner över hela romanen, vilket innebär att ni kan börja på den och göra rätt mycket, men ni kan inte färdigställa den innan ni har läst ut hela romanen. Den ska vara minst 150 ord lång, och det är sannerligen ett minimum.

Ni har nu också lagt in nya citat på romanbloggarna och idag ska ni skriva kommentarer på minst tre (3) av de andras inlägg/citat.

Lektionen i sammandrag:

• prenumerera via email
• föreläsning om kriminalromanens historia
• skrivuppgift om era romaner
• kommentera de andras citatinlägg

Här är min presentation om kriminalromanens historia