Summer

It is soon summer and it is time to work with The Summer Theme

1.
Go to schoolsoft and get a document called summer!

Work with this one your own or with a friend!

2.
Easy level vocabulary practice:
Summer Quiz 
Summer Words Video 



Just for laughs :)

Travel

1. Video:Listen to the story and do the quiz after each chapter!
Press play this game to start!
Part 1.  
Part 2  
Part 3 
Part 4 
Part 5 
Part 6

2. Vocabulary:
travel words: glosor.eu-travel
travel words easier: glosor.eu-travel-easy

3: Listening: Choose level!
Beginner level:
 travel on Sky Airlines
Getting around Tokyo
Do the vocabulary activities too. ( there are 4) 

Medium level :
New York travel
Do the vocabulary activities too. ( there are 3) 
Vacation plans

Difficult level:
Utah Travel Ad
Do the vocabulary activities too. ( there are 3)


4. Games:
easy: travel

Higher level:
dreamholiday  


5. Watch
Why travel with others?
Ants 
Penguins 

For the fast one

Holiday Quiz
Travel/Transport Quiz

Difficult :
Go to schoolsoft and work with an article about airports "New body scanners see through clothes"

Occupations

1. Reading comprehension: read different ads and match them with a suitable person.

Go to schoolsoft and get the document!

2. Occupations vocabulary:  

spell the occupation
interactive book
how to say the words
different games occupations- beginner

3. Listening activities:
real English - beginner 
occupations  
Job ads - beginner 





4. Talking about occupations:
You are now going to interview a grown up. It can be a relative or someone else you know. 


Here are questions that you are going to use:

1. When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
2. At what age did you begin to work? What sort of work was it?
3. What sort of job do you have today?
4. What is a typical day at your current job like?
5. What time do your start and finish work?
6. Do you ever work overtime?
7. If so, do you get paid more for overtime work?
8. Do you like your job? Why or why not?
9. Do you think it is more important to make a lot of money or to enjoy your job?
10. Do you work on weekends?
11. How long have you been working at your present job?
12. Why did you choose your job?
13. How long do you plan to continue working where you are?
14. At what age would you like to retire?
15. What do you think you will do after you retire?
16. If money weren't a problem for you what sort of work would you like do have?

Hand it in on schoolsoft!

5. Write:
Write a text about:

If you could own your own business, what would it be?
Name three occupations that you could do.
Name three occupations that you could never do?
What does your father do?
What does your mother do?
What would be your dream job?
Do you think it would be possible for you to get this job?
 
Present it to a group in your class!
 
6. ÖVA GRAMMATIK: 
http://solgrammatik.blogspot.se/2012/05/pagaende-form-ing.html 

7. Games.
Guess my occupation!


 

week 16-17

1. What's the weather like?
Video easy level: what-s-the-weather-like-cc-combo_fun
Video: listen and answer questions

Answer these questions:

1. What was the weather like yesterday?
2. What is the weather going to be like tomorrow?
3. Where does the woman in the purple shirt come from?
4. What is the weather like there?
5. Where does the other woman come from?

Show your answers to your teacher when you are finished!

2. Practice words etc.

Easy level 
Listen:  weather
Read and learn: weather
Match and learn: weather match
Practice: crossword
Practice vocabulary: glosor.eu-weather-easy
Listen to weather report game: fun-games-whats-the-weather
Help the bear with the weather report: games-weather_report

Higher level
Read and learn weather vocabulary: weather-vocabulary
Practice vocabulary: glosor.eu-weather
Weather quiz: weather-vocabulary-quiz
Listen and choose answer: weather-report

For teachers: http://www.michellehenry.fr/weather.htm#def




Create a weather map, 3 levels : activities-weather

3. Read with a friend:
weather easy level:  http://issuu.com/soling/docs/weather_easy
weather: http://issuu.com/soling/docs/talking_about_weather

4. Write and record a weather report

1. Choose a weather map! You find 2 maps to choose from on schoolsoft.
2. Write down the weather report in pages!
3. Record your weather report. (photo booth, garageband)
4. Hand it in to your teacher  

5. Grammar: possesives
solgrammatik.blogspot.se 

6. weather board game - Your teacher has the game.
7. For the fast one: Read about the eather in England and work with the exercises. (schoolsoft)
 8. More games:
mes-games.com 

A Place in the U.S

This is what you are going to do:

1. Choose a place in the U.S
2. Pretend that you have visited this place.
3. Write a letter home to tell your friends or family what you have seen and learnt about the place.
4. To be able to do this you search for facts on the Internet
5. The letter has to be at least 300 words long. Remember to use your own words when you write the letter.
6. Write down the pages you have used on the Internet at the end of the letter.
7. Check your grammar, before you hand it in, with the help of the checklist on schoolsoft.

Some examples of places in the U.S:

Hollywood
New York (Ellis Island, Manhattan, etc.)
Alcatraz
Grand Canyon
Disney World / Disney Land
San Francisco
Miami
NHL
Hawaii
Alaska
L.A
San Diego
Death Valley
Warner Brothers’ Studio
Cape Canaveral
Earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes in the U.S

week. 11

1. Read the story about Annie Edson Taylor
annie_edson_taylor_easy_level
annie_edson_taylor

2. Speak: Practice telling the story about Annie. Go to schoolsoft and get the document.
When you are ready - tell the story to your teacher! Use only key words and pictures.

3. Practice verbs part 3 ( schoolsoft)
Get the document from schoolsoft (del 3 verb) 
verb del 3 

4. Search the Internet and find the answers 

1. The largest state in the U.S.
2. The longest river in the U.S.
3. The 3 largest cities in the U.S.
4. The name of the president that took away slavery.
5. The largest lake in the U.S.
6. What the Americans celebrate on the 4th of November.
7. The largest desert in the U.S
8. The highest mountain in the U.S.
9. Who wrote the declaration of independence.
10.  What the native americans call their tent.
11.  The name of the bridge in San Francisco.

week 9

Read about and work with words:
The American School System.
You will find the document on schoolsoft.
There are two levels to choose from.

Explore:
Test yourself! An American teenage magazine.
www.seventeen.com/fun/quizzes/fun-teenage-test
Sports magazine
www.sikids.com/

Talk and write:

Answer these questions! Make a text that you can read to your group! 

 Remember to check your grammar!

Have you ever visited the United States?
If not, would you like to visit this country?
If yes, where have you been in the United States?
Where would you like to go in the USA and what would you like to see? Why?
Have you ever met people from the U.S.?
If yes, what did you think about them?
What do you like about the USA? Why?
What do you dislike about the USA? Why?

Practice
verb del 2 lägsta nivån.

USA week 7-8

We are going to learn facts about USA and New York. 

1.We begin by watching a documentary about New York. (film from sli.se)

2. Read 2 and 2 about USA! Choose level!:  

USA facts
3.  Answer questions and work with vocabulary (schoolsoft)

4. Watch a short film about British and American English:
British American The Same but Different 10 min
(sli.se) With the teacher and the rest of the class.


5. Listen to American accents:
British-American accent
Deep southern accent
New York accent
Learn how to speak with an American accent

6. Practice American-British vocabulary:
 American - British words

 7. Practice verbs:
Fill in the missing words on the verb document part 2. (schoolsoft if you have not already downloaded it) The key (facit) will be presented on schoolsoft in the end of week 8.
verb part 2 easy level 

8. Read about missunderstandings between people from different English speaking countries.
british-american-misunderstandings 

LPP

                 Pedagogisk planering i engelska för årskurs 7
                              Arbetsområde: USA
                                                      Tid: 4-6 veckor

Förankring i kursplanen - syftet med undervisningen
Genom undervisningen i ämnet engelska ska eleverna sammanfattningsvis ges förutsättningar att utveckla sin förmåga att:

• Förstå och tolka innehållet i talad engelska och i olika slags texter,
• Formulera sig och kommunicera i tal och skrift,
• Använda språkliga strategier för att förstå och göra sig förstådda,
• Anpassa språket efter olika syften, mottagare och sammanhang
• Reflektera över livsvillkor, samhällsfrågor och kulturella företeelser i olika sammanhang och delar av världen där engelska används.

Konkretiserade mål för arbetsområdet
Lyssna och läsa
Lyssna till samt läsa om skillnader mellan amerikansk och brittisk engelska.
Lyssna till olika dialekter i USA.
Lyssna till och läsa om hur det är att leva i USA som tonåring och reflektera över detta.
Läsa berättelser om historiska händelser i USA.
Läsa om skillnader i levnadsförhållanden som finns i USA.
Läsa om vett och etikett i USA.
Tala och skriva
Skriva faktatexter om egen valda områden knutna till USA samt muntligt redovisa dessa.
Muntligt redovisa åsikter om livsvillkor och samhällsfrågor i USA.
Muntligt redogöra för vett och etikett i USA.
Öva amerikanska fraser och uttryck som används i vardagen.
Bearbeta egen skrift.

Undervisningens innehåll

• Se en kortfilm som handlar om skillnader i brittisk och amerikansk engelska.
• Läsa korta berättelser om missförstånd mellan en britt och en amerikan.
• Lyssna till dialekter från olika delar av USA.
• Se dokumentär om livet som ungdom i New York.
• Läsa om Teens in America.
• Läsförståelse om Anne Edson Taylor och hennes resa nedför Niagara fallet.
• Se en geografi/historiefilm om New York.
• Jobba med Life in the U.S  ex. Skolan, matkultur, every day life,
• Se filmen Crash och diskutera samhällsfrågor i USA.
• Spela in en ”teater” som visar upp något inom området vett och etikett  i USA ex. Table manners etc.
• Jobba med vardagliga fraser och uttryck.
• Öva på att analysera egna producerade texter med hjälp av grammatikregler.
• Göra faktatext om ett valt område inom USA samt muntligt presentera denna på valfritt sett.

Bedömning
Muntliga, skriftliga uppgifter som testar reception (läs- och hörförståelse) samt produktion och interaktion (tala, skriva, samtala).
(Se bedömningsmatris i denna blogg)

Dokumentation
Alla inlämningsuppgifter samt muntliga redovisningar kommer att dokumenteras i schoolsoft

Week 5-6 Myths and Legends

When you have finished recording your fable it's time for som myts and legends.
During this week you are going to listen to myths and legends, work with words and phrases and practice speaking.

1.
Watch and listen to " The Witch in The Bottle"
a-witch-in-a-bottle

2.
Work with words and phrases. Choose level (svårighetsgrad).

Original text (intermediate level): text + document on Schoolsoft with exercises.
Simpler text: Go to Schoolsoft and get the document!


Read through the text and do the exercises!

3. Interview a friend! Write down the answers!

• Which story was your favorite when you were younger?
• What is your favourite type of book now?

Action
Mystery
Suspence
Detective
Science Fiction
Children's books
War
Non-fiction

• How many books have you read in your life?
• How many hours do you spend reading in a week?
• How often do you go to the library?
• How important is the cover of the book.
• Most people say the book is better than the movie. Is this true for you?
• Do you enjoy reading books at school? Why/ Why Not?
• Is there a book that you have read more than once?
• What was the title?
• How many times did you read it?
• What is your favorite book of all time?
• Have you ever tried to read a book in English?

(hämtat från/taken from:  http://iteslj.org/questions/books.html )

4. Make a presentation for the class!
You can choose between these:

Keynote with pictures, text and sound.
Recording the interview with or without picture.
Writing down a text that you read for the class.


For teachers:
Folk tales
www.henry4school.fr 
myths and legends 
www.planetozkids.com 
 

week 3-4 Fables

1. Read  3 fables and work with the exercises. (on schoolsoft)

2. Choose a message/ saying (ordspråk) and write your own fable on your own or with a friend.
Record it (photo booth). Hand in to teacher!

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
Don’t count your chicken before they are hatched
It's no use crying over spilt milk
Let sleeping dogs lie
Look before you leap
Don’t judge a book by its cover
The apple never falls far from the tree
The best things in life are free
The leopard does not change his spots
There's no place like home
Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
When the cat's away the mice will play
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

3. Practice fairy tale words:
fairy tale words

The first theme of the year 2012

We are now going to study fairy tales and other stories. These things are what you are going to practice:

• Read/listen to fairy tales, fables, myths and folk tales.
• Learn about some famous authors.
• Write reviews of stories.
• Present stories orally.
• Translate famous stories from Swedish to English.
• Study new words and phrases.
• Practice grammar for example verbs and other things that you find difficult.
• Watch stories and make reflexions about them in writing or orally.
• Write a story on your own or with a friend.

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Pedagogisk planering i engelska för årskurs 7
Arbetsområde: Fairy tales, fables and legends
Tid: 4 veckor

Förankring i kursplanen- syftet med undervisningen
Genom undervisningen i ämnet engelska ska eleverna sammanfattningsvis ges förutsättningar att utveckla sin förmåga att:
Förstå och tolka innehållet i talad engelska och i olika slags texter,
Formulera sig och kommunicera i tal och skrift,
Använda språkliga strategier för att förstå och göra sig förstådda,
Anpassa språket efter olika syften, mottagare och sammanhang

Konkretiserade mål för arbetsområdet
Kunna skriva och utföra intervjuer.
Läsa och analysera innehåll i sagor, legender och fabler.
Lyssna och se på sagor, fabler och legender samt analysera innehållet muntligt och skriftligt.
Läsa och ta del av innehållet i faktatext om en känd författare.
Bearbeta sina texter utifrån genomgångar och övningar i grammatik.


Undervisning
Se ”The Ugly Duckling” och redogöra för innehållet skriftligt.
Läsa och ta del av innehållet i text om H.C Andersen.
Jobba med ordförrådet inom området berättelser.
Skriva en fabel och göra en ljudinspelning av den.
Öva på att stärka svagheter eleverna har i grammatik.
Intervjua en klasskompis om böcker samt muntligt redovisa intervjun (får välja mellan 3 alternativ).
Läsa och analysera innehållet i tre fabler.
Se en sägen och jobba med innehållet utifrån uppgifter.

Bedömning
Muntliga, skriftliga uppgifter som testar reception (läs- och hörförståelse) samt produktion och interaktion (tala, skriva, samtala).
(Se bedömningsmatris i denna blogg)

Dokumentation
Alla inlämningsuppgifter samt muntliga redovisningar kommer att dokumenteras i schoolsoft

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We begin with fairy tales and the famous author H.C Andersen.
1. Go to schoolsoft and open the document called H.C Andersen! You find 2. Choose the one that suits you best!
Read about H.C Andersen 2 and 2 both in English and in Swedish.
Translate sentences. (the sentences are below the text about H.C Andersen)

2. Words to practice to this task =
H.C Andersen words
H.C Andersen lägre nivå 

3. Watching

Watch the fairy tale and write a review of it.

The Ugly Duckling part 1 (10 Min)
The Ugly Duckling part 2 (10 Min) 
The Ugly Duckling part 3 (10 min) 

In your review:

Title of the fairy tale?    
Setting (var utspelar sig sagan/ plats)? 
Main Characters, describe them/he or she. 
What is the problem in this fairy tale? 
What did the main character have to do in order to overcome the problem?
How did the fairy tale end? 
What did you think of it? Why?
 

4. Work with simple present (grammar) on my grammar blog.
verb-simple-present-tredje-person-s. 

5.
More listening:

children's books online