8a - Movie assignment

Tell us about your favorite movie!

Answer the questions and feel free to use any visual support you'd like. Make sure your entire presentation stays witin a 5 minute time frame! Remember to state your sources at the end of your presentation.

• What is the name of the movie?
• When and where is the movie produced?
• Who directed it?
• What is the movie about? Summarize the plot of the movie!
• Who is the main character in the movie?
• Describe your favorite character from the movie!
•  What is his/her name?
• What does he/she look like?
• How old is he/she?
•  What is he/she like as a person?
•  Why is he/she you favorite character?
• All movies have a theme, something big that the movie is about. It can be for instance love, friendship or bravery. What is the theme of your favorite movie? Explain why you think that!
• Why is this movie your favorite?
• How many times have you seen the movie?
• Who did you see it with and where were you when you saw the movie the first time?

9abc - The Civil Rights Movement

You homework for Thursday w. 48 is to answer the questions below! You can use any sources you want to find the answers. Remember to submit your answers when you're done!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/1963_march_on_washington.jpg

8a - Homework w. 48

For Thursday w. 48 your homework is to prepare yourself for class by going through all the words for the text "The Wrong Video".

When you work with the words, please focus on the meaning of them. The purpose of this homework is to make you understand the text better when we listen to it in class on Thursday.

You won't be getting a homework test on the words, but we'll work with the text and the words in a way by which I'll see if you understand the words and the text.

You find the words in Glosmaskinen, but I've also made an exercise for you on Spellic.
On Spellic the username is emman651 and the password is oppeby.

Go through all the words AT LEAST five times!

Enjoy!

En 8a - South Africa

Here are the links to your presentations:

• Geography and climate
• History
• Sports
• Animals and wildlife

Remember to also learn about rugby, from the document you all worked on!

The assigment for next Thursday (w. 47) is to learn about South Africa, from your notes and the presentations, so that you can describe South Africa and also compare South Africa and Sweden.

This is what I want you to show me:

E:
Eleven diskuterar översiktligt några företeelser i olika sammanhang och områden där engelska används, och kan då också göra enkla jämförelser med egna erfarenheter och kunskaper.

C:
Eleven diskuterar utförligt några företeelser i olika sammanhang och områden där engelska används, och kan då också göra välutvecklade jämförelser med egna erfarenheter och kunskaper.

A:
Eleven diskuterar utförligt och nyanserat några företeelser i olika sammanhang och områden där engelska används, och kan då också göra välutvecklade och nyanserade jämförelser med egna erfarenheter och kunskaper.

That means you, aside from learning about South Africa, also need to think about what you know about Sweden and maybe find relevant information so that you can make a good comparison.

Good luck and enjoy!

7abc - Days and months

Homework on Spellic

Username: emman651
Password: oppeby
Name of the exercise: Days and months

En 9abc - Grammar

"Grammar is important because it is the language that makes it possible for us to talk about language."

- Richard Nordquist

 http://grammar.about.com/od/grammarfaq/f/grammarvalue.htm

Now that you've written a couple of texts we're going to start looking in to how you can improve them even further, starting with improving your knowledge of grammar. When you know grammar you know how to talk about the language and that makes it easier for you to understand your mistakes and learn from them.

There are a couple of elements that most you need to become even more aware of:

• relative pronouns
• prepositions
• verb tenses
• adjectives and adverbs

7abc - The Lottery Ticket

Key Words for The Lottery Ticket

Write a summary of the text, using the key words. Your summary should be 200 to 500 words. Your homework for w. 43 will be to retell the text, using only the key words.

9abc - Bowling for Columbine

USA vs. Sverige

Att ha en skarpladdad pistol under huvudkudden eller en M16 på nattduksbordet ser många i filmen som en självklarhet. De hänvisar gärna till konstitutionen då de ifrågasätts av vapenmotståndare. ”From my cold dead hands!” är en favoritslogan Charlton Heston använder sig av (ungefär ”över min döda kropp”), liksom friheten att röra sig fritt inom deras ”land of the free, home of the brave” (de sista två raderna ur den amerikanska nationalsången). Fundera över hur han och likasinnade resonerar och försvarar sin rätt att bära vapen!

Diskutera hur USA skiljer sig från till exempel Sverige när det gäller vem som skall stå för medborgarnas beskydd och hur synen på individen och dess ansvar i grunden är olika. Upplever ni att denna attityd är på väg att förändras även i Sverige?

Media

Hur agerar medierna enligt Moore? Det finns sällan ett ordentligt researcharbete eller något intresse av fördjupning kring de fall man bevakar. Ingen brydde sig till exempel om att undersöka hur levnadsförhållandena såg ut för den sexårige pojke som sköt Kayla. Varför är man sällan intresserad av de bakomliggande orsakerna? Vad är god journalistik?

Fundera över vilka behov serier av typen Cops och Efterlyst fyller. Hur riskerar publikens världsbild att formas utifrån de bilder de ser? Fundera vidare över mediernas roll i skapandet av en befolknings paranoida inställning utifrån Moores resonemang. Hur ser det ut i Sverige? Vår television liknar ju allt mer den amerikanska.

Terrorattacken den 11 september var en verklig tragedi för USA. Därifrån har ett nytt hot framträtt som naturligtvis också måste tas på allvar. Hur skall medierna kunna hålla balansen mellan information och skräckpropaganda, mellan objektiv nyhetsförmedling och kränkt nationell stolthet?

Moore menar att media, multinationella företag och politiker har lyckats skrämma allmänheten så bra att de slutat fråga sig varför de är rädda. Diskutera och kritisera hans teorier. Marilyn Manson talar om konsumtion och rädsla i ömsesidig påverkan för att göra människor passiva. Är det något ni reflekterar över? Vem skulle ha intresse av att ungdomar inte ifrågasätter sin situation?

Fundera över varför just kulturella uttryck som rock- och hip hop-artister eller dataspel och filmer är så tacksamma måltavlor för moralisk bannlysning. Hur kommer det sig att man mer sällan söker svaren i politiken eller i samhällsstrukturen som ändå borde vara det som mest formar individens förutsättningar? Manson verkar vara en välformulerad person. Varför har media inte velat framhäva den bilden? Vem har intresse av att han framställs som demonisk, farlig och mystisk?

Ungdomar

Fundera över vikten av att som ung bli sedd av sina kamrater, lärare och andra vuxna. Ger de vuxna tillräckligt av sin tid för att lyssna på ungdomar? Har ni någon som lyssnar på er?

Att ta till våld är ett desperat försök att få uppmärksamhet. För DJ är det enda sättet att visa att han behärskar något och därigenom kan bli bekräftad. Negativ uppmärksamhet är bättre än ingen alls. Kan ni förstå att vissa unga människor tar till så drastiska metoder som mord för att överhuvudtaget märkas?

Vad tyckte DU om filmen?

Varför heter filmen "Bowling for Columbine"?

Tror du att något ilknande skulle kunna hända i Sverige - kanske till och med på Oppeby?

Varför tror du att Michael Moore gjorde den här filmen? Vad vill han säga?

(Källa: www.sfi.se)

Läxa v. 42

Glosor till måndag v. 42 Bowling for Columbine 1
Glosor till torsdag v. 42 Bowling for Columbine 2

Glosorna finns här!

Username: emman651
Password: oppeby

Läxförhöret blir ett klassiskt glosförhör, där du får det svenska ordet och ska skriva det engelska, men jag vill också att du visar att du kan använda orden genom att skriva 5 meningar på engelska, där minst 7 av orden ingår. Dessa meningar får du förbereda hemma och lära dig utantill om du vill, men du kan lika gärna formulera dem direkt vid glosförhöret. Det är upp till dig!

9abc - School Shootings and Michael Moore

School Shootings

On Wikipedia a school shooting is defined as "an occurrence in which gun violence takes place at an educational institution. A school shooting involves a firearm being discharged at a school infrastructure, and may refer to incidents of shootings on a school bus or near school property while school is in session."

Here you can find a list of school shootings in the US, also from Wikipedia, where you can see how many people were killed and, in some cases, what happened to the perpetrators.

List of school shootings in the US

Threats against schools are becoming more and more common in other countries as well. Here are some of the threats recently talked about in Swedish media.

Backaskolan, Malmö
Hersby gymnasium, Lidingö
ETG, Nyköping

Michael Moore - who is he?

Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author, social critic, and political activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time and winner of the Palme d'Or. His films Bowling for Columbine (2002) and Sicko (2007) also placed in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries, and the former won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature. In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the Internet, Slacker Uprising, which documented his personal quest to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections. He has also written and starred in the TV shows TV Nation and The Awful Truth.

Moore's written and cinematic works criticize globalization, large corporations, assault weapon ownership, U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, the Iraq War, the American health care system, and capitalism.

From Wikipedia

Information about Michael Moore from NE.se
Michael Moore's homepage

Assignment Instructions

9abc - US and Swedish Teens

View the results here!

7abc - National Treasure

Who are the "Founding Fathers"?

The Founding Fathers of the United States of America were political leaders and statesmen who participated in the American Revolution by signing the United States Declaration of Independence, taking part in the American Revolutionary War, and establishing the United States Constitution.

The following seven figures are usually talked about as the key Founding Fathers: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.

(www.wikipedia.org)

The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the 13 American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a union that would become a new nation—the United States of America. 

The second sentence in the declaration is very famous.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

This has been called "one of the best-known sentences in the English language", containing "the most potent and consequential words in American history." The passage came to represent a moral standard to which the United States should strive.

(www.wikipedia.org)

Here is part of a documentary from History Channel on the secrets of the Founding Fathers. True?? What do YOU think?

Here you can watch the trailers for the sequels, National Treasure 2 and 3!

7abc - Sammandragna former

Den här veckan har vi arbetat med sammandragna former, något som på engelska används för att förenkla språket. Läxa till på onsdag är att förstå hur man använder dessa former, att kunna stava och skriva dem, samt att kunna växla mellan dem.

Här finns en länk till den övning som vi tittade på under lektionen idag!

Spelllic. com

Användarnamn: emman651

Lösenord: oppeby

7abc - Money

Rockefeller center is a tall famous building in New York in the United States. Millions of tourists visit the Rockefeller Christmas Tree every year. Traditionally the tree is lit on the first Wednesday after Thanksgiving. This year that is Wednesday December 4th.

To find out more, go here!






The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is featured in one of my favorite movies, Home Alone 2.

Who is Bruce Willis?

Bruce Willis is most famous for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard movies, saying his catchphrase: Yippee ki-yay, motherf**ker!".

Learn more about the catchphrase here!

This clip is the trailer for the first Die Hard movie. There are four more Die Hard movies...

hare on twitt

Here someone has listed the top ten Die Hard movie moments. It gives you a pretty good idea of what to expect, should you ever watch one of the movies!

Crime - The Great Train Robbery

Your homework for next Tuesday is the words on p. 48-50 in textbook. As usual you can practise at Glosmaskinen!

The homework test will be a gap text, so I highly recommend that you read the text as well.

Here is some extra stuff on the robbery and Ronnie Biggs!

Lords of Dogtown

About the movie, from Wikipedia

Movie Review

·       The name of the movie

·       Describe the main characters; name, appearance, age, personality, family etc…

·       Describe the plot of the movie (briefly)?

·       When (during what time) is the movie set? How do you know?

·       Where is the movie set? Country, city, location etc…

·       What is the message of the movie? Explain!

·        What was good in/about the movie?

...... was good, because .......

·       What was not so good in/about the movie?

..........was not so good, because ...........

·       What happened after the movie, do you think?

·       Grade the movie, 1-5!

Write about the movie using these points. Write a text, not just answers. Remember to explain and motivate your thoughts and answers!

For more information about Tony Alva, go here!

Famous athletes

Since you're working with presentations about athletes this week, I thought I would let you in on some of my favorite athletes. I would also like to give you some pointers on giving a speech!

Ice dancing

One of my favorite sports is ice dancing. This is my all-time favorite routine from this great French couple. They were always underdogs and most often beaten by a Russian couple, but I always thought they were the best. Just imagine doing this on skates!



I also like ice skating, but only men's skating. The women don't know how to jump, if you ask me... Here's my favorite male skater. Perhaps you recognize him from when Russia won the Eurovision Song Contest a few years ago; he was actually on stage in that number!

About 30 seconds into this clip you see him do a quadruple-tripple-tripple combination. For those of you who skate or snowboard,  that means he does a 1440 and then two 1080:s...

Giving a speech

Some people find talking in front of a group of people the most natural thing in the world, others almost faint... Which ever category you belong to, these tips are very useful!

Action tips on giving a speech

Here is also some inspiration for you. You should always aspire high!

Sports Theme

Sports Theme Homework for week 3 is the words on p. 23 in your textbooks!

You know you can practise the words on-line, right?

Good Stuff C | Libers glosmaskin

Have you just slept and eaten candy during the break or...

Cast your vote here!



Here you can see the results, in case the embedded frame doesn't work...

Have a look at the actual race from the homework text!

Finally, some inspiration for the winter sports day and Romme...