Provinces and Territories of Canada

NEW PROJECT - Canada

It´s time to start a new project! This time we will focus on yet another English speaking country; Canada.

Here is a preliminary schedule for the following weeks:

Week 11

• Introduction
• "A geography lesson"
• Textwork; "What a surprise"
• Facts about Canada
• Words and phrases; Being polite + continents and oceans
• HOMEWORK: Read text 5a + Words and phrases (4,5,7 and 8)

Week 12

• Dialogues
• Listening; where did the events take place?
• Summarize a newspaper article
• Textwork; "Hiking in Alberta"
• HOMEWORK: Read text 5b + Words

Week 13

• Homework test?
• Words and phrases; Outdoor activities 
• Grammar; Question tags 
• HOMEWORK: Outdoor activities (ex5a) + Question tags (p65+71-72)

Week 14

• Homework test?
• Introduction to assignment
• Research and preparations
• HOMEWORK: Final chance to take the verb test on Tuesday

Week 15

• Work on your project - start writing
• Prepare your presentation
• HOMEWORK: Finish and prepare to present by Thursday/Friday

Week 16

• Easter holiday - Enjoy!

Week 17

• Time to finish your projects
• Hand in you final text on vklass
• Prepare your presentations
• HOMEWORK; Prepare your presentations for Tuesday

Week 18

• GROUP PRESENTATIONS!

Week 19

• Discussion - What do you prefer? Sweden OR Canada?
• TEST: Listening- and reading comprehension (Based on old National tests)

Judaism

Group work about Judaism - each group answer questions and makes a poster

• GROUP 1: Where did Judaism originate from?What do Jews believe? Who is the founder of Judaism? Who is Abraham?
• GROUP 2; What is the Symbol of Judaism? What is a Menorah? What is a Mezuzah?
• GROUP 3; Where do Jews worship? What are the spiritual leaders called? What is the Jewish Holy Book called? What is the Tanach?
• GROUP 4; What is the most important day of the week for Jews? What happens on the Shabbat in a Jewish family? What special things do Jews wear?
• GROUP 5; What are bar mitzvah and a bat mitzvah? What do Jews call marriage?
• GROUP 6; What are the different types of Jews?What is Kosher food?
• GROUP 7; What are the main Jewish festivals?

Irregular verbs

http://www.webbmagistern.se/engelska.html

Homework for Tuesday 18 February - the story of Muhammed

Here are the words you have for homework, based on the text "the story of Muhammed". Make sure you read the text again and that you find out what the words mean (use a dictionary online):

Blue class
Conquered - Greedy - Harshly - Immediately - Merchant - Orphaned - Peninsula - Preaching - Shepard - Squeezing - Tribe - Worship

Green class
Considered - Conquered - Dishonest - Faint - Greedy - Harshly - Immediately - Orphaned - Preaching - Receive - Repeated - Worship

Yellow class
Cave - Conquered - Faint - Greedy - Harshly - Merchant - Orphaned - Preaching - Shepard - Spirits - Squeezing -Tribes - Worship

The test - Tuesday 4 February

• Texts; ”a song for Jodie” and ”Solo”
• Words and phrases (chapter 3a+b)
• Grammar; The Genitive
• Listening; Prime mag (The king of rock)
• Writing

MY OWN MUSICAL INTEREST

• Write a short text about your own musical interest.
• Do you sing, play an instrument or just like to listen to music?
• Use as many of the words from exercise 3 and 4 (p38) as possible
• Hand in on vklass by Tuesday 21 January!

 

MUSIC MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND

During this next project we will focus on music. We will read, write and talk about different types of music. You will also learn useful words and phrases, and we will of course listen to some music.

Here´s the schedule for the coming weeks (Tuesdays and Thursdays/Fridays):

• Week 2 
  - Introduction
  - Text 3A; "a song for Jodie"
  - Exercise book; p36-37 (ex. 1a, 1b)
  - HOMEWORK (tuesday); Read the text to yourself out loud a few times, AND practise the the new words (p140)
  
  
  
  
  Week 3
  -  Homework test
  -  Words and phrases about music (exercise book p38-39)
  -  Listening; "Your Song"
  -  Text 3B; "Solo" (Pre-listening and text)
  -  HOMEWORK (tuesday); Read the text, practice the the new words (p140) + Write a text about your own musical interest.
  
  
  Week 4
  
  -  Homework test
  -  Words and phrases
  -  Grammar; The Genitive 1 and 2
  -  Prepare a presentation about an artist
  -  HOMEWORK; Finish your presentation and practise!
  
  
  
  Week 5
  - Presentation in groups
  - Prime mag
  - Practise for your text next week
  - HOMEWORK; Study and prepare for your test next week!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ENGLISH TEST; TUESDAY 4 FEBRUARY