Eng7 - Relative Clauses

Relative clauses, and some good sites on the web

We have gone through the relative clause, both the defining and the non-defining one. Now you can do some more reading up on the subject, and/or do some exercises.

English grammar online

British Council

A guide to learning English


It might be good with a more fun explanation to "who or whom"

Oatmeal

Here is another link which might be of use to you, one about the semicolon

And here you can find the whole Advance Grammar in Use. Work with whatever chapter you think you need. There is something for everyone. You need to print the pages you want - do not print the whole thing!

Eng 7 - Africa

Africa - yesterday, today and tomorrow

On Friday 6th of November you will write an in-class essay about Africa. You are to base your essay on the material used in class, which will be the following texts and films.

1. Excerpt from the History course book: Building Overseas Empires
2. Interview with Mugabe
3. The White African
4. The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
5. Articles about Africa
     a. Omar al-Bashir slips through the net (from Africa Today)
     b. Will 2015 be a year of political change for Africa (from Aljazeera America)
     c. Africa Promotes Agriculture for a Bright Tomorrow (from E-agriculture)

Do not forget to bring all the documents on the 6th of November. You need to be able to make correct references.

Lesson plan

Since you all work at different speed, the lessons plan below will be a guideline.

Monday 12th October
Read  Building Overseas Empires aloud in pairs, and answer all the questions and assignments. Write down your answers, as a help to remember when writing the essay.

Friday 16th October
Continue with  Building Overseas Empires.
When finished with the text, watch the Interview with Mugabe. Write a summary and hand in.

Monday 19th October
Watch the Interview with Mugabe. Write a summary and hand in.
If finished, start watching the film The White African.

The White African  is to be watched at home. It takes about an hour and a half.

Friday 23rd October
Articles about Africa - not yet decided which ones.

Monday 2nd November
English in use

Friday 6th November
Write an essay in class. It has to be based on the material used, texts as well as films.

Eng 6 - My digital rights and Government Control

My Digital Rights and Government Control

In week 43 you will hold debates about  digital rights. To do this properly we will work our way through some exercises until it is clear what to do when holding a debate.

Each debate topic will be introduced by a short film from the British Library, and you are to choose what you want to debate but no on which side you want to be. Everyone should realise the opinions stated in the debates may not be personal.

Here are the topics:                                Affirming the question       Opposing the question

Prisoners right to use the internet                         Niclas, Johan,                                    Lucas, Robin,

Internet - a human right?                                        Felicia, Patrycja,                              Nathalie, Wilma

The Web in times of crisis                - not used

Should schools censor the internet?      - not used

Cyberbullying and the freedom of speech           Kevin, Linda, Frida,                      Sofia, Adam

CCTV     - noCCTV                                                 Emma, Everlina, Simon,                 Elina, Lisa, Justina

Eng 6 - News of the World

There are English newspapers on the web from all over the world. Today you will each find two articles to read from one newspaper. One article should be about international news and one should be about something local. You will be assigned a newspaper to read.

This is your assignment:

1. Read the newspaper; skim the articles until you find something interesting.
2. Copy each article and paste it in a Word document. Do not forget to copy/past the URLs.
3. Highlight all the words you do not know.
4. Look them up and write the explanation/translation as a footnote for each word.
5. If you know all the words, the article is too simple for you. Find another one!
6. Write a summary of each article.
7. In groups of one from each continent, you will tell each other about your news items.
7. Hand in your copied articles, with words highlighted and explained/translated, and your
    summaries, via Vklass. It will not be graded. This is an opportunity for you to learn more words.
8. Learn the words. They will be your homework for next Monday.

Europe

Malta 
Scotland
Ireland
Wales

North America

Toronto, Canada
Anchorage, Alaska
Washington D.C., the US
Mexico

Australia & New Zealand 

Victoria
Tasmania
New Zealand
Indonesia

Asia

India

Japan

China

Thailand

Africa

South Africa

Tunisia

Morocco

Kenya

Eng 7 - Walk with Talks in London

On Sunday 20^th of September you will all (almost) guide us when we walk through London.

Your task at hand is to find an interesting walk between the two landmarks given, and then decide who is going to talk about what. Each walk should last 1-1.5 hours. There will be some walking to do.

Walk 1. Hyde Park to Westminster Abbey

Christoffer, Drilona, Pontus, Elin

Walk 2. Big Ben to Trafalgar Square

Alva, Erik, Matilda, Ola

Walk 3. From Trafalgar Square to Leicester Square via Covent Garden

Henny, Fanny, Olivia, Shkurte

On Tuesday 22nd of September

Oscar will talk about the Imperial War Museum before we enter, and

Hilda will talk about the Globe Theatre before we see the play.

How to do this:

• Use maps on the internet to see what there is
• Do not just pick the shortest route. We have all afternoon to walk around.
• Everyone has to talk – at least a few minutes.
• Make it interesting. Do not just talk about buildings and statues, but also the people connected to them.

Eng 6 - Magna Carta - my digital rights

For about two weeks, starting Thursday March 19, we will work with the British Library's current activity: Magna Carta - my digital rights. What does it entail? You are to have debates about different topics related to the internet and the rights and responsibilies that come with it. The topics are all from The British Library's present project "Magna Carta - My Digital Rights" and you will at the end of each debate agree on a clause that you want to be included in the Magna Carta for the digital age.

We will have a look at, and compare, the Magna Carta (1215), the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). You can find them here:

Magna Carta

The clauses of Magna Carta explained

The Declaration of Independence

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights


But, before we dig into these legal documents we will watch short films about each of them, slightly easier to digest than the written texts.

What is Magna Carta?

Magna Carta 800 years

The Continental Congress

Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights


Each debate topic will be introduced by a short film from the British Library, and you are to choose what you want to debate and on which side you want to be. NB. You do not have to argue your own point of view, so everyone should realise the opinions stated in the debates may not be personal. Here are the topics and introductory films (they will be shown in class):

Prisoners right to use the internet

Internet - a human right?

The Web in times of crisis

Should schools censor the internet?

Cyberbullying and the freedom of speech

Eng 6 - WW1 and WW2

As an introduction to the visit to The Imperial War Museum in London, which will take place in the autumn, we are going to take a closer look at the two world wars, starting with WWI.

I will post all the links to films used as soon as we have seen them in class. Any other material, such as poetry, will be posted on Vklass but mentioned here so you do not forget about it.

Information about course core content and knowledge requirements will be at the very bottom of this post, since it quite a lot of information.

Here are links to the films we watched about World War 1, Tuesday 24th February 2015.

Rap Battle - Origins WW1

Letters from the Treches

The Christmas Truce

The Role of Women in WW1

Pack Up Your Problems (song)

The Strecher Bearer (poem)


When it comes to WW2 you have the articles to read.

This project covers the following core content of the course:

Content of communication

• Living conditions, attitudes, values, traditions, social issues as well as cultural, historical, political and cultural conditions in different contexts and parts of the world where English is used.

Reception 

• Spoken language, also with different social and dialect features, and texts, including complex and formal texts, which relate, discuss, argue, report and provide descriptions, also via film and other media. 
• Coherent spoken language and conversations of different kinds, such as debates, lectures and interviews. 
• Contemporary and older literature, poetry, drama and songs. 
• Strategies to search for relevant information in larger amounts of text or longer sequences of spoken language and to understand perspectives and implied meaning. 

Production and interaction

• Oral and written production and interaction in different situations and for different purposes where students argue, report, apply, reason, summarise, comment on, assess and give reasons for their views.

The following Knowledge requirements are assessed:

Grade E	Grade C	Grade A
. Students show their understanding by in basic terms giving an account of, discussing, commenting, and drawing conclusions on content and details,	Students show their understanding by in a well grounded way giving an account of, discussing, commenting and drawing conclusions on content and details,	Students show their understanding by in a well grounded and balanced way giving an account of, discussing, commenting and drawing conclusions on content and details,
and with acceptable results act on the basis of the message and instructions in the content.	and also with satisfactory results act on the basis of the message and instructions in the content.	. and with good results act on the basis of the message and instructions in the content.
Students choose texts and spoken language from different media and in a relevant way use the material selected in their own production and interaction.	Students choose texts and spoken language from different media and in a relevant and effective way use the selected material in their own production and interaction.	Students choose texts and spoken language from different media and in a relevant, effective and critical way use the selected material in their own production and interaction.
In oral and written communications of various genres, students can express themselves in a way that is relatively varied, clear, and relatively structured.	In oral and written communications of various genres, students can express themselves in ways that are varied, clear and structured.	In oral and written communications of various genres, students can express themselves in ways that are varied, balanced, clear and structured.
Students can also express themselves with fluency and some adaptation to purpose, recipient and situation.	Students can also express themselves with fluency and some adaptation to purpose, recipient and situation.	Students can also express themselves with fluency and adaptation to purpose, recipient and situation.
Students discuss in basic terms some features in different contexts and parts of the world where English is used,	Students discuss in detail some features in different contexts and parts of the world where English is used,	Students discuss in detail and in a balanced way some features in different contexts and parts of the world where English is used,
and can also make simple comparisons with their own experiences and knowledge.	and can also make well developed comparisons with their own experiences and knowledge.	and can also make well developed and balanced comparisons with their own experiences and knowledge

Svenska 1-2-3 - Akademiskt skrivande

Här kommer några länkar du kan titta på för att få lite tips när det gäller ett mer formellt/akademiskt språk.

Enkla språkregler

Struktur - med exempeltext


Följande film gäller att skriva formellt på engelska - men grunden är densamma.

Eng 5 - Compare and Contrast - Cultural phenomena

You are to write an essay where you compare the life of the characters in the film Freedom Writers with your own life as a teenager in Sweden. You cannot write about everything, so you have to choose what you want to write about - school, living conditions, parents, safety etc.

Your essay should be approximately 500 words long.

I have talked about the format of a compare-and-contrast essay, and here are the pictures of that PowerPoint:

Here are the knowledge requirements this essay covers:

I muntliga och skriftliga framställningar i olika genrer kan eleven formulera sig relativt varierat, relativt tydligt och relativt sammanhängande. Eleven kan formulera sig med visst flyt och i någon mån anpassat till syfte, mottagare och situation. Eleven bearbetar, och gör förbättringar av, egna framställningar.	I muntliga och skriftliga framställningar i olika genrer kan eleven formulera sig relativt varierat, tydligt, sammanhängande och relativt strukturerat. Eleven kan även formulera sig med flyt och viss anpassning till syfte, mottagare och situation. Eleven bearbetar, och gör välgrundade förbättringar av, egna framställningar.	I muntliga och skriftliga framställningar i olika genrer kan eleven formulera sig varierat, tydligt, sammanhängande och strukturerat. Eleven kan även formulera sig med flyt och viss anpassning till syfte, mottagare och situation. Eleven bearbetar, och gör välgrundade och nyanserade förbättringar av, egna framställningar.
Eleven diskuterar översiktligt några företeelser i olika sammanhang och delar av världen där engelska används, och kan då också göra enkla jämförelser med egna erfarenheter och kunskaper.	Eleven diskuterar utförligt några företeelser i olika sammanhang och delar av världen där engelska används, och kan då också göra välutvecklade jämförelser med egna erfarenheter och kunskaper.	Eleven diskuterar utförligt och nyanserat några företeelser i olika sammanhang och delar av världen där engelska används, och kan då också göra välutvecklade och nyanserade jämförelser med egna erfarenheter och kunskaper.