Halloween

 

• Read this text: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/halloween and do the activities for it. 
• ... and read this text to learn even more about the history behind Halloween: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/holidays/halloweenhistory.htm 
• Halloween (kimstudies.com)

Holly´s Heroes: Episode 5

It´s time for the first game of the season and The Outlaws need a coach in order to compete. Holly´s mother, who knows nothing about basketball becomes their coach. The morning of the game doesn´t start out as anyone would have imagined. Franco has to help harvest the family´s melon crop and Johno is forced to take care of an urgent problem. Will Holly have time to get the team together for the game? 

Work with words here: Holly's Heroes Episode 5 Flashcards | Quizlet

 

Bend it like Beckham: Writing Assignment

 Jesminder (Jess) is an 18 year old British Indian girl from a family with traditional ideas. Jess loves football and her favorite football star, David Beckham. But her parents are unhappy that their daughter runs around in shorts chasing a ball. They want her to study to become a lawyer, learn to cook Indian food and marry a nice Indian boy. Will Jess follow her dream of becoming a professional footballer? 

Words from the movie:Bend it like Beckham Flashcards | Quizlet 

Writing assignment after watching the movie: 

Now that you have seen the movie Bend it like Beckham, you are going to write a text about it. Down below you have topics to choose from. You are free to choose which one you would like to write about, but you need to write at least 250 words.

1)   A movie review: Give a short summary of the movie and write about your opinion of it. 

  You can practice writing a movie review and see the structure of it here: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/elementary-a2-writing/film-review

2)  A journal entry: Write about the day in the life of one of the characters in the movie.

Dear diary,

Today I… 

3) Describe an event: Choose one of the things that happened in the movie and describe it as well as you can.  

One of the events that I remember from the movie…

 

The British Isles: Sports

Word work: 

Sport at school Flashcards | Quizlet

Read text: 
Sport at school | LearnEnglish Teens (britishcouncil.org)

and do the exercises on the page. (Check your understanding: true or false, gap fill and multiple choice).

Discuss: 
How often do you have P.E in school?
What kind of sports do you do during those lessons? What is similar and what is different to what you read about in the text?
Do you think there should be more or less P.E in Swedish schools?
Which sports do you like to do?

Finished? 
Read this text to find out which sports originate (come) from the UK!
https://www.bloomsbury-international.com/blog/2013/08/16/british-culture-sports-that-originated-in-the-uk-football-tennis-boxing-and-more/ 
Then do gap fill activity at the end of the text.

Holly´s Heroes - episode 4

We are going to watch Holly´s Heroes - episode 4 today. 

First, I want you to work with these words: Holly´s Heroes - Episode 4 Flashcards | Quizlet

Today´s episode is about the big question - Who will be the team captain of The Outlaws? Holly took for granted that she will be the captain but the team chose Nick instead. That´s why Holly wants to cancel the party she has planned for her team mates. Are the others on the team even her friends? Mr. Peterson decides that Jacinta must have nothing to do with Holly and the others. 

Discuss these questions: 

1. Who won the vote?

2. What would you have done about the party if you were Holly? Have a party or not?

3. "I am not asking You. I am telling you" -What does the dad mean when saying that?

4. What would you have done if you were Jacinta?

5. What do you think will happen to Jacinta in the next episode?

The British Isles: Sports

Word work: Sport at school Flashcards | Quizlet

Read text Sport at school | LearnEnglish Teens (britishcouncil.org)

and do the exercises on the page. (Check your understanding: true or false, gap fill and multiple choice).

Discuss: 
How often do you have P.E in school?
What kind of sports do you do during those lessons? What is similar and what is different to what you read about in the text?
Do you think there should be more or less P.E in Swedish schools?
Which sports do you like to do?

Finished? 
Read this text to find out which sports originate (come) from the UK!
https://www.bloomsbury-international.com/blog/2013/08/16/british-culture-sports-that-originated-in-the-uk-football-tennis-boxing-and-more/ 
Then do gap fill activity at the end of the text.

The British Isles: Food in Schools

Today we are going to learn about school lunches (also called school dinners!) in the UK. You will learn why it is a hot topic and we will also have a look at a blog that a Scottish girl made about her school lunches.

Here are some words to prepare you for the text:

School Dinners Flashcards | Quizlet

Here is the text:
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/school-dinners 

Do the exercises ( the purple bars).


After you have read the text, answer these questions in your notebook. 

• What is the most surprising thing you learnt about school food in the UK? 
• In her blog, Martha asked students around the world to send pictures of their school food and describe it. What would you tell her about food in Swedish schools?