To sum up last lesson I took part in lectures about ICT and different ways of communication on the Internet which was interesting and maybe useful as well. This resulted in me signing up on facebook and a group called Soltorgsgymnasiet. I havent found any friends yet, though.
Last lesson was also designed for the students to work on their own with the new assignment and the handout about word formation and formal language. But it turned out today that not everybody had done what they should have done, nevertheless I handed out the key to the tasks and the assignment has to be presented November 12.
And today we should have listened to the news but two of the news presenters did not come to lesson so there was no news today. The group has to present the news after their holidays instead.
I very much enjoyed listening to the boys talking about the novels they had read for today. They had all read and thought about them and I think they liked the books as well.
torsdag 22 oktober 2009
fredag 16 oktober 2009
week 43 to 46
Week 43
Monday: No lesson, work with your new assignment + more phrasal verbs + word building
Thursday: News Spotlight (Alex, Oliver, Mattias), Seminar: (Per, Joakim, Anders, David, Jonas), project work
Week 44 No lessons
Week 45
Monday: Listen to Mattias Klum
Thursday: News Spotlight (Nick, Mohammad, Emil A), Project work
Week 46
Monday: Seminar (Maja, Emil, Mohammad), project work
Thursday: project presentation
Monday: No lesson, work with your new assignment + more phrasal verbs + word building
Thursday: News Spotlight (Alex, Oliver, Mattias), Seminar: (Per, Joakim, Anders, David, Jonas), project work
Week 44 No lessons
Week 45
Monday: Listen to Mattias Klum
Thursday: News Spotlight (Nick, Mohammad, Emil A), Project work
Week 46
Monday: Seminar (Maja, Emil, Mohammad), project work
Thursday: project presentation
torsdag 15 oktober 2009
Week 42 Thursday
A nice lesson today. Everybody worked hard!
We started off with some news from the English speaking world. And continued with a little group discussion or rather information about the articles the students read last lesson and everybody seemed to have read and understood the articles although some of the texts must have been difficult for them.
After a while I handed out a new exercise om word formation and phrasal verbs which everybody grabbed and started working with immediately. Good!
By the end of the lesson I informed them about their new assignment and handed out information about it. I think I will try to add that information to this message as well:
What is happening in The US today and why?
Very often people read to inform themselves, to see what is happening in a specific field or to learn about a special area. Maybe they are going to attend a conference or take part in a symposium. Those are times when you need both hard facts and a background.
This is what will happen to you on November 12th. You will then take part in a press conference, a panel discussion or an interview concerning US of today.
In order to be able to take part you need to get into your topic a bit deeper. First you should study pages 37-58 in your textbook. Then you can read articles, listen to news, go to the library, ( ask the librarian for help to find books). The Internet is, of course, a great source of information. Another way of finding information is to ask people e.g. your teachers (History and English) and parents.
TOPICS
1. The Vietnam war
The Vietnam war was the most important war for The US. Why? Why not?.
2. The atomic bomb
The atomic bomb was necessary to the US. Why? Why not?
3. Important Americans
The most important American through history according to you.
4. Heroes
American heroes throughout history. Find them and present the most heroic.
5. Patriotism
“And so, my fellow Americans. . .ask not what your country can do for you. . .ask what you can do for your country.” Said JFK in his Inaugural Address. Is patriotism in The US necessary? Why? Why not?
6. US and the world. Americas interference in world politics (Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Afghanistan etc..)
7. Social care
US is “No country for sick men” according to Newsweek. Do you agree or not?
Plan:
Week 43
Monday: No lesson, work with your new assignment + more phrasal verbs + word building
Thursday: News Spotlight (Alex, Oliver, Mattias), Seminar: (Per, Joakim, Anders, David, Jonas), project work
Week 44 No lessons
Week 45
Monday: Listen to Mattias Klum
Thursday: News Spotlight (Nick, Mohammad, Emil A), Project work
Week 46
Monday: Seminar (Maja, Emil, Mohammad), project work
Thursday: project presentation
GOOD LUCK!!
We started off with some news from the English speaking world. And continued with a little group discussion or rather information about the articles the students read last lesson and everybody seemed to have read and understood the articles although some of the texts must have been difficult for them.
After a while I handed out a new exercise om word formation and phrasal verbs which everybody grabbed and started working with immediately. Good!
By the end of the lesson I informed them about their new assignment and handed out information about it. I think I will try to add that information to this message as well:
What is happening in The US today and why?
Very often people read to inform themselves, to see what is happening in a specific field or to learn about a special area. Maybe they are going to attend a conference or take part in a symposium. Those are times when you need both hard facts and a background.
This is what will happen to you on November 12th. You will then take part in a press conference, a panel discussion or an interview concerning US of today.
In order to be able to take part you need to get into your topic a bit deeper. First you should study pages 37-58 in your textbook. Then you can read articles, listen to news, go to the library, ( ask the librarian for help to find books). The Internet is, of course, a great source of information. Another way of finding information is to ask people e.g. your teachers (History and English) and parents.
TOPICS
1. The Vietnam war
The Vietnam war was the most important war for The US. Why? Why not?.
2. The atomic bomb
The atomic bomb was necessary to the US. Why? Why not?
3. Important Americans
The most important American through history according to you.
4. Heroes
American heroes throughout history. Find them and present the most heroic.
5. Patriotism
“And so, my fellow Americans. . .ask not what your country can do for you. . .ask what you can do for your country.” Said JFK in his Inaugural Address. Is patriotism in The US necessary? Why? Why not?
6. US and the world. Americas interference in world politics (Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Afghanistan etc..)
7. Social care
US is “No country for sick men” according to Newsweek. Do you agree or not?
Plan:
Week 43
Monday: No lesson, work with your new assignment + more phrasal verbs + word building
Thursday: News Spotlight (Alex, Oliver, Mattias), Seminar: (Per, Joakim, Anders, David, Jonas), project work
Week 44 No lessons
Week 45
Monday: Listen to Mattias Klum
Thursday: News Spotlight (Nick, Mohammad, Emil A), Project work
Week 46
Monday: Seminar (Maja, Emil, Mohammad), project work
Thursday: project presentation
GOOD LUCK!!
onsdag 14 oktober 2009
Asssignment week 42
What is happening in The US today and why?
Very often people read to inform themselves, to see what is happening in a specific field or to learn about a special area. Maybe they are going to attend a conference or take part in a symposium. Those are times when you need both hard facts and a background.
This is what will happen to you on November 12th. You will then take part in a press conference, a panel discussion or an interview concerning US of today.
In order to be able to take part you need to get into your topic a bit deeper. First you should study pages 37-58 in your textbook. Then you can read articles, listen to news, go to the library, ( ask the librarian for help to find books). The Internet is, of course, a great source of information. Another way of finding information is to ask people e.g. your teachers (History and English) and parents.
TOPICS
1. The Vietnam war
The Vietnam war was the most important war for The US. Why? Why not?.
2. The atomic bomb
The atomic bomb was necessary to the US. Why? Why not?
3. Important Americans
The most important American through history according to you.
4. Heroes
American heroes throughout history. Find them and present the most heroic.
5. Patriotism
“And so, my fellow Americans. . .ask not what your country can do for you. . .ask what you can do for your country.” Said JFK in his Inaugural Address. Is patriotism in The US necessary? Why? Why not?
6. US and the world. Americas interference in world politics (Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Afghanistan etc..)
7. Social care
US is “No country for sick men” according to Newsweek. Do you agree or not?
Very often people read to inform themselves, to see what is happening in a specific field or to learn about a special area. Maybe they are going to attend a conference or take part in a symposium. Those are times when you need both hard facts and a background.
This is what will happen to you on November 12th. You will then take part in a press conference, a panel discussion or an interview concerning US of today.
In order to be able to take part you need to get into your topic a bit deeper. First you should study pages 37-58 in your textbook. Then you can read articles, listen to news, go to the library, ( ask the librarian for help to find books). The Internet is, of course, a great source of information. Another way of finding information is to ask people e.g. your teachers (History and English) and parents.
TOPICS
1. The Vietnam war
The Vietnam war was the most important war for The US. Why? Why not?.
2. The atomic bomb
The atomic bomb was necessary to the US. Why? Why not?
3. Important Americans
The most important American through history according to you.
4. Heroes
American heroes throughout history. Find them and present the most heroic.
5. Patriotism
“And so, my fellow Americans. . .ask not what your country can do for you. . .ask what you can do for your country.” Said JFK in his Inaugural Address. Is patriotism in The US necessary? Why? Why not?
6. US and the world. Americas interference in world politics (Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Afghanistan etc..)
7. Social care
US is “No country for sick men” according to Newsweek. Do you agree or not?
måndag 12 oktober 2009
Week 42 Monday
Lesson 12
Some lessons have passed with no comments. But today was summing up of this unit in the textbook. Most of the students were done and ready to present their mini project on Thursday. I am excited to see what they have achieved.
Today I also gave out a reading task. They were all asked to read an article in Newsweek and be prepared to retell it om Thursday. I hope they understood that.
Then I listened to three students talking about the novels they have studied and that was very interesting. they were good at talking about literature.
Some lessons have passed with no comments. But today was summing up of this unit in the textbook. Most of the students were done and ready to present their mini project on Thursday. I am excited to see what they have achieved.
Today I also gave out a reading task. They were all asked to read an article in Newsweek and be prepared to retell it om Thursday. I hope they understood that.
Then I listened to three students talking about the novels they have studied and that was very interesting. they were good at talking about literature.
torsdag 1 oktober 2009
Week 40 Thursday
Quite fun today with loads of discussions in groups.
First we listened to some interesting pieces of news of the week. We were told about, among other things, lack of discipline in English schools, cyber criminals, prisoners getting drunk on alco gel, tsunamis, train accidents and a Harry Potter Park.
Secondly the students had a discussion in smaller groups about offensive or shocking lifestyles which turned out to be an intersesting talking exercise. They are extremely good att expressing themselves!
Unfortunately, I forgot about the research project I want them to do so I had to inform them very quickly by the very end of the lesson. Anyway, we decided it was good to have the project presented on Thursday October 15, week 42. We also decided that the students could choose their own way of presentation, orally or in writing. The length of the written essay should be about 500 words and the spoken presentation should last for about three minutes.
First we listened to some interesting pieces of news of the week. We were told about, among other things, lack of discipline in English schools, cyber criminals, prisoners getting drunk on alco gel, tsunamis, train accidents and a Harry Potter Park.
Secondly the students had a discussion in smaller groups about offensive or shocking lifestyles which turned out to be an intersesting talking exercise. They are extremely good att expressing themselves!
Unfortunately, I forgot about the research project I want them to do so I had to inform them very quickly by the very end of the lesson. Anyway, we decided it was good to have the project presented on Thursday October 15, week 42. We also decided that the students could choose their own way of presentation, orally or in writing. The length of the written essay should be about 500 words and the spoken presentation should last for about three minutes.
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