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