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Tuesday

It's a Wonderful Lifeis an American Christmas drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra. It was based on the short story "The Greatest Gift", written by Philip Van Doren Stern. The movie was released in 1946 and stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers). Clarence shows George all the lives he has touched and how different life in his community would be had he never been born. It's a Wonderful Lifewas nominated for five Oscars without winning any. The American Film Institute placed it number one on its list of the most inspirational American films of all time.

It's a Wonderful Lifewas initially considered a box office flop due to high production costs and stiff competition. However, the film has come to be regarded as a classic and is a staple of Christmas television around the world. Timemagazine said, "It's a Wonderful Lifeis a pretty wonderful movie….Director Capra's inventiveness, humor and affection for human beings keep it glowing with life and excitement." In 1990, the movie was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry. In 2002, Britain's Channel 4 ranked It's a Wonderful Lifeas the seventh greatest film ever made.

Discussion questions

1. Does this movie have a basic message? What is it? Do you agree or disagree with it?

2. What were you thinking as you finished watching the film?

3. What do you think would have happened to Bedford falls if George went away on his trip?

4. What would you have done in George's situation? Would you have stayed at home or travelled the world?

5. How does George Bailey impact the lives of others?

6. How do your actions impact the lives of others?

7. If you had been in George’s position, would you have considered working for Potter? 

8. Do you have to travel far away to find happiness? 

2 x crosswords

Google trends UK - what did people in the UK search for (explain the "searches")

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Tuesday + Friday

It's a wonderful life - film (Friday- börja med betygsprat)

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Friday

Upplägg NP nästa torsdag/fredag

• Grupper/sal
• Temat
• Provet (delar)
• Vad tittar/lyssnar vi på?

Att tänka på!

Prata engelska!

Undvik svordomar, slang ("like"), upprepningar ...svenska

Tuesday

Presentations

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Tuesday

Prepare for oral presentation on Friday: instructions HERE

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Friday

Everybody should have some sort of role model. Someone you look up to. Someone who you think has good values. Next Friday - you are going to present a role model to us. Could be someone you know or a famous person...

* Explain why you have chosen this person
* A short description of the person's life/career
* How long has he/she been your role model?
* What makes this person so special? Why do you look up to him/her?


Instruktioner för muntlig uppgift se HÄR
(OBS! Ignorera det skriftliga alternativet. Ni ska enbart berätta muntligt).

Börja med att samla information idag fredag, så att ni kan träna på det muntliga nästa vecka. Gör en Power-Point med bilder och stödord.
Ni presenterar i små grupper. 

Good Luck!


Tuesday

Idag är jag hemma med sjukt barn. Ni jobbar själva med följande:

1.  Discuss the film questions (två och två, som ni sitter. Jag kommer att fråga er mer på fredag. Ni hittar dem längre ned här på bloggen.)

Det här med hur man ska vara/förväntas vara för att passa in...
Jobba med uppkopierat texthäfte från text- arbetsboken. Det ligger i en hög på mitt bord...hoppas någon snäll själ lämnar över det till er. OBS! Spara häftena i ert skåp.

Body & Soul: Jill's sister's nose 
(Read the text, go through words, read in pairs, translate together to Swedish)

Workbook page 4-7 

Har ni tid över kan ni börja fundera på en muntlig uppgift ni har till nästa fredag. Fundera kring frågorna. Börja skriv. Mer info. på fredag. 

Everybody should have some sort of role model. Someone you look up to. Someone who you think has good values. Next Friday - you are going to present a role model to us. Could be someone you know or a famous person...

* Explain why you have chosen this person
* A short description of the person's life/career
* How long has he/she been your role model?
* What makes this person so special? Why do you look up to him/her?

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Friday
Film: Perks of being a wallflower

Tuesday

To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight.
Never stop fighting.

EE Cummings


Perks of being a Wallflower

What is a "wallflower"?
What are the pros/cons with being a wallflower?

There are many life lessons in this story. Could you name at least one?

Would you be friends with Charlie? Why/Why not?

Stephen Chbosky said he wanted to make a story in which none of the characters was a bad person. Was he successful?

Why do really great people let themselves be treated badly?

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Friday
The test next Friday - what?
50 people one question - London
Speaking - practise
Read your novels (last day during lesson)
Fill in the gaps to this song
(lyricstraining)

Tuesday
Speaking - interview
Discuss chapter 31 together
Read novel/practise irregular verb
(Those of you who have finished the book - bring an English book of your own choice this week) 

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Friday
Speaking - interview
Discuss chapter 31 together
Read novel/practise irregular verb
Fill in the gap to THIS song

Tuesday

1.
Read novels until chapter 36 this week
Discuss the questions for chapter 31 together with a friend

2. 
Practise irregular verbs online HERE or HERE and some more HERE and HERE 

3. Common mistakes when writing in English (gå igenom varje mening och hitta felet och försök kom på hur det ska vara och varför)

4. Extra: Read a novel of your own choice...



42 read novel + prepare for test
43 written test (words from the novel, irr. verbs, reading comprehension, write text)
HOLIDAY

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Friday
The words for today:

Tuesday 
(UVS-day = you work on your own in your classroom)

Read your novel - this week until chapter 30

On Friday you are going to write & hand in the answers to the questions for chapter 26 + 27

På fredagslektion ska ni ha läst minst kapitel 26 + 27 för att kunna svara på frågorna skriftligt. 

Ni som läst klart boken kan jobba med att skriva svar på frågorna (kap 26-27) under tisdagslektionen. 


See you Friday! 

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Friday

1.

Write your text about the novel "Girl missing"

My prediction: Girl missing

Your text should be organized like this: Firstly, write a paragraph where you write a short background to what this novel is all about. Only one paragraph.

Secondly, your write what you think will happen next in the novel. What is going to happen to Lauren? How will the story end? What do YOU think? (1-2 paragraphs)

End your text with a short paragraph where you give your view of the novel so far. Explain why you think the way you do.

You should write at least 250 words and not more than 500

When I grade your text I look at your language (spelling, grammar, choice of word etc.), structure (paragraphs, clarity...) + content.

2.

If you have finished your text and there's time left. Read your novel (till tisdag t om kapitel 26! Läs boken på UVS-dagen)

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Tuesday

Homework Friday:

flimsy               tunn

neatly               ordentligt

assume            antar

apparently      uppenbarligen, tydligen

lamely              lamt

reluctant          motvillig

presence         närvaro

overlapping    överlappande

solemnly          högtidligt

echoed             ekade

fortune            förmögenhet

bewildered     förvirrad

croaked           kraxade

pavement        trottoar

brick path        tegelväg

resemblance   likhet

glinted              glimmade

rummaged      snokade, sökte

gruffly              barskt

plead                åberopa

1. Novel reading. 
This week until chapter 22

On Friday you will start the lesson with discussing the questions to chapter 17 & 18. Therefor you need to have read chapter 18 when you show up for Friday's lesson. 


DONE?

2. Grammar
Have you practise the irregular verbs from last week? If not, you should do that first. Check last weeks blog post. 



3. Listening/write keywords/present to a friend

Lauren in the novel "Girl Missing" grows up in England. You are going to learn about different sights in London. 

Top 10 London attractions

Listen to this clip. Write a few lines and describe ten of the most famous sights in London. Take turns and describe one each to a friend.

10. Madame Tussauds

9. Royal Museum Greenwich

8. The Tower of London

7. Victoria and Albert Museum

6. Science Museum

5. The London Eye

4. Tate Modern

3. Natural History Museum

2. National Gallery

1. The British Museum

4. Listening
Listen to the English news and press the QUIZ button under the video clip. Try to answer the reading comprehension questions while listening to the news.  

Newsreel September 2018
Newsreel May 2018

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Friday

1. Reading/writing
Chapter 14

 Write your answers to question 1-4 in the compendium (on the blog).

Hand in your written answers to (chapter 14) me today (Friday). 

Read your novel until chapter 17 this week




3. Grammar
Have you practise the irregular verbs from last week? If not, you should do that first. Check last weeks blog post. 



4. Listening/write keywords/present to a friend

Lauren in the novel "Girl Missing" grows up in England. You are going to learn about different sights in London. 

Top 10 London attractions

Listen to this clip. Write a few lines and describe ten of the most famous sights in London. Take turns and describe one each to a friend.

10. Madame Tussauds

9. Royal Museum Greenwich

8. The Tower of London

7. Victoria and Albert Museum

6. Science Museum

5. The London Eye

4. Tate Modern

3. Natural History Museum

2. National Gallery

1. The British Museum

5. Listening
Listen to the English news and press the QUIZ button under the video clip. Try to answer the reading comprehension questions while listening to the news.  



Tuesday (you will need "Girl missing", Ipad + earphones)

Check homework (words)

1. Reading/writing
First read chapter 14

 Write your answers to question 1-4 in the compendium (on the blog).

Hand in your written answers to (chapter 14) me at the latest on Friday. 

This week you're going to read until chapter 17
(you can read on Friday's lesson as well).



3. Grammar
Have you practise the irregular verbs from last week? If not, you should do that first. Check last weeks blog post. 



4. Listening/write keywords/present to a friend

Lauren in the novel "Girl Missing" grows up in England. You are going to learn about different sights in London. 

Top 10 London attractions

Listen to this clip. Write a few lines and describe ten of the most famous sights in London. Take turns and describe one each to a friend.

10. Madame Tussauds

9. Royal Museum Greenwich

8. The Tower of London

7. Victoria and Albert Museum

6. Science Museum

5. The London Eye

4. Tate Modern

3. Natural History Museum

2. National Gallery

1. The British Museum

5. Listening
Listen to the English news and press the QUIZ button under the video clip. Try to answer the reading comprehension questions while listening to the news.  

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Tuesday

A poem

This week you are going to read chapter 7-13. 

When you have read chapter 7 you collect 10 words, just like last week and give them to me. 

Friday
1,
You discuss the questions for chapter 9 & 10 together with a friend. This means you must have read chapter ten before this lesson. No written tasks this week. 

2. Grammar

Irregular verbs 1

01 run: I have never ……………… a marathon race in my life.

02 speak: Have you ……………… to Mrs Green about the money?

03 sing: We sat around the fire and ……………… together.

04 buy: We ……………… some milk and bread at the supermarket.

05 swim: Today I have ……………… more than two kilometres.

06 begin: It ……………… to rain, so we decided to stay at home.

07 read:  He was shocked when he ……………… about it in the paper.

08 ring: They were just on their way out when the phone …………….

09 take: Has Mary ……………… this beautiful photograph?

10 drink: He had ……………… eight beers, but he still looked sober.

11 write: My wife has already ……………… twenty postcards.

12 sleep: I’m so tired, because I ……………… badly last night.

13 begin: Hurry up, boys! The film has already ……………….

14 sing: I waited for my favourite song, but they never ……………… it.

15 swim: We ……………… out to the island and rested on the beach.

16 read: After he had ……………… the paper, he watched the news.

17 run: He ……………… as fast as he could to get away from the dog.

18 ring: Those church bells have ……………… all morning.

19 speak: My father lived in France and ……………… good French.

20 write: This is impossible to read! Who ……………… it?

21 buy: I wonder who has ……………… that big old house?

22 drink: I’m sorry, but I ……………… all the juice that was in the fridge.

23 take: I missed the bus, so I ……………… a taxi instead.

24 sleep: I have never ……………… in a better bed than this one.

Irregular verbs 2

01 leave: Susan has ……………… her husband for another man.

02 tell: Don’t worry!  I haven’t ……………… anybody about your plans.

03 go: Do you know if they have ……………… to Scotland yet?

04 see: He looked very happy when I ……………… him this morning.

05 meet: I ……………… Mr. Johnson at the bank yesterday.

06 put: He couldn’t remember where he had ……………… the papers.

07 come: And now the time has ……………… to start the show!

08 lose: It was an exciting game, but in the end Liverpool ……………….

09 hear: Have you ……………… anything from Peter this week?

10 forget: I was going to bring the contract, but I ……………… to.

11 say: Gary ……………… that they are going to move next month.

12 steal: The burglars ……………… all of our compact discs.

13 tell: Nobody ……………… her that she was going to be fired.

14 go: We didn’t go to Italy, but we ……………… to Spain and Greece.

15 meet: She knows my brother, but she hasn’t ……………… my sisters.

16 come: When we ……………… back, everybody was already gone.

17 say: I hope you haven’t ……………… anything to her about it.

18 put: I ……………… your socks exactly where you wanted me to.

19 leave: I can’t pay, because I ……………… my money at home.

20 hear: I ……………… that somebody was singing upstairs.

21 see: Have you ……………… the new film with Mel Gibson?

22 forget: I’m afraid I have ……………… what his name is.

23 steal: As I got out, I saw that the car had been ……………….

24 lose: Oh no! Now I’ve gone and ……………… my door keys again!


KEY - irregular verbs

3. Listen/write/speak

Top 10 London attractions

Listen to this clip. Write a few lines and describe ten of the most famous sights in London. Take turns and describe one each to a friend.

10. Madame Tussauds

9. Royal Museum Greenwich

8. The Tower of London

7. Victoria and Albert Museum

6. Science Museum

5. The London Eye

4. Tate Modern

3. Natural History Museum

2. National Gallery

1. The British Museum

Homework Friday (fr chapter 7 "Girl missing" 15 words)

persuade - övertala

contempt - avsky

furiously - ursinnigt/våldsamt

whirling - susande/virvlande

deliberately - medvetet

sublime - storslagen/slarvig

grimly - grymt/strängt

grinned - flinade

sighed - suckade

narrowed - smalnade

mumbled - mumlade

reschedule - boka om

errands - ärenden

half-term - mitterminslov

crisp - chips/klar/kall

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Friday

Glosförhör

Lämna in dina svar på frågorna 1-9 (kap 1)
Fortsätt läsa din bok. T om kapitel 6. 

De som inte hinner läsa klart behöver läsa hemma t om tisdag. 

Läst klart? 
Svara även på frågorna till kap. 6 i frågehäftet. Lämna in till mig. 


Tuesday 

Glosläxa till fredag:

skidded - sladdade
to prod - stöta till
anxious - orolig/angelägen
frowned - göra en bister min 
predictable - förutsägbar
cupboard - skåp
thudded - dunkade/dunsade
flickering - fladdrande
appeared - dök upp
assumed - antog
pelted in from the garden - springa mycket snabbt
essay heading - titel på uppsats
glared - stirrade




Planering 
What does it mean to belong? fundera/diskutera

Samla tio ord som du inte riktigt förstår & som du vill lära dig - slå upp vad de betyder på svenska. 
Lämna in orden på en lapp till Pernilla.
Glosläxa till fredag. 

Svara på fråga 1-9 i frågehäfte till kapitel 1 - 
lämna in svaren skriftligt till Pernilla.

Läs kap 2-6 (tid att läsa även på fredag)

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Friday - welcome back! 

Book reading

Author: Sophie McKenzie 

McKenzie grew up in London, and became a journalist after university. After being made redundant from her job in 2003, she started a year long 'Writing for Children course' at the City Literary Institute in London. She finished her first novel, 'Girl, Missing' at the beginning of 2005, it was then published by Simon & Schuster Children's Books in 2006.

The purpose of the book description or blurb is to grab the reader’s attention. You want to entice them to buy your book, but you don’t want to tell them the whole plot and certainly don’t want to spoil the end.  A well-written blurb can be the deciding factor on whether the reader purchases your book so definitely spend some time perfecting your copy.

First paragraph: Introduce your character and the setting. Or open by building the overall plot and setting.

Second paragraph: Set the mood and the conflict. In other words, delve a little deeper into the plot.

Third paragraph: Steer toward the resolution (Remember to hint at it and not give it away.) Leave the reader wanting more.

Task: 

Frågehäfte sid 4-8

Diskutera de första frågorna

Läs första kapitlet tillsammans

Försök svara på frågorna till kapitlet