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