Clothes

 Work with the following exercises about clothes:

https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6206

https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Clothes

https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3773

https://continuingstudies.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/vocab/cloth1

Questions to discuss:

• Do you think students should wear school uniforms? Why? Why not?
• Do you like to shop new clothes?
• Do you think it it important to wear fashionable clothes? Why? Why not?
• Have you ever made your own clothes? If so, what did you make?
• In what way do your grandparents dress differently from you?
• Talk about some of the strangest clothes you have ever seen?

The British Isles: Film and Discussion

 Bend it like Beckham:  

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: https://quizlet.com/242509748/bend-it-like-beckham-flash-cards/ 

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: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing-skills-practice/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… 

British Isles: Food

 

Today we are going to learn about Food in Britain on this page: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/food-britain 

and have a look at Irish food here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/indulge-in-ireland/top-traditional-irish-foods/ 

Then, answer these questions in your notebook: What do you think about British and Irish food? How is it different from Swedish food? Have you tried any of the dishes that you learnt about today? If not, which one/s would you be interested in trying?

Extra: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/elementary-a2-reading/restaurant-menu 

Travel journal

                                       

Introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y48Jqdglal0&ab_channel=WatchMojo.com

Top 10 landmarks of the United States

Watch the video and answer these questions:

What is Mount Rushmore?

Where is the Golden Gate Bridge?

In which hand does the Statue of Liberty hold the torch?

For which speech is Martin Luther King famous?

Which of these would you like to visit? Why?

Is there any landmark that you think is missing from the video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RhPlrgk0-0&ab_channel=btteacher3

The U.S is the __________ largest country in the world.

Which countries are bigger?

How many states are there?

Which countries border the United States?

Which state is the largest?

Which state is the smallest?

Your task:

You are going to embark on a 30-day trip around the United States. You need to include the things below – somewhere in your story/travel journal.

Write your travel journal in a Google document and feel free to include photos/pictures. Share your text with me as soon as you have started. 

Include:

1.    Visit at least two states.

2.    Names and basic information about, at least, two big cities

3.    Three sights/attractions that are well-known

4.    Food that you have tried

5.    Descriptions of scenery and landscape

6.    What the weather has been like

7.   Where are you staying? 

     Comparison between the United States and your own country. How is it different? Is it similar in any way? 

START with you arriving at John F Kennedy Airport in New York City. Then, feel free to go in any direction, by any means of transportation and with any budget. It is good if you start off making a mind map and think about what places you would like to visit before you start writing.
Some pages where you can find useful information, Travel guides:

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/states/

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa

http://www.bbc.com/travel/north-america/usa

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/United_States_of_America

Example of a travel blog:

My travel blog from London

Day one

Since London is one of my favourite cities I wanted to go there this summer to experience it with my best friend Steve. Our journey began by taking the train over the Öresund’s bridge to Copenhagen Airport where we took an afternoon flight to Heathrow. After arriving in London we checked in at ”The Dorchester Hotel” which I can really recommend if you like 5-star hotels.

We went to ”The London Eye” which has become a symbol for London. It is a giant Ferris wheel situated on the banks of the river Thames which was built in 1999.. It’s also called ”The Millennium Wheel” because it was built to celebrate the new millennium. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the UK with 3.5 million visitors each year.

Then we took a refreshing walk to Buckingham Palace to watch the change of the guards. Queen Elisabeth II still lives in the castle with her husband. Buckingham palace has 775 rooms, which includes 78 bathrooms for those who are in need of one and 188 staff rooms for the staff to spend their time after serving the queen and the palace.

While Steve and I were walking towards Oxford Street to do some shopping I suddenly got a text from David Cameron saying that I should come to 10 Downing Street at once. Since I didn’t want to disobey the Prime Minster I left Steve to do some shopping of his own and rushed there.

Lgr 11 Kunskapskrav

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.

I muntliga och skriftliga framställningar i olika genrer kan eleven formulera sig relativt varierat, tydligt och sammanhängande.
Eleven formulerar sig även med flyt och viss anpassning till syfte, mottagare och situation.
I muntlig och skriftlig interaktion i olika sammanhang kan eleven uttrycka sig tydligt och med flyt samt med viss anpassning till syfte, mottagare och situation.

Dear Student of Year 9...

 1) Read 

A letter came to you from someone named Claire:

Dear Student of Year 9,

I am in a tricky situation and really need your advice. I heard that you have learned lots of things about love during the last weeks so could you please help me and tell me what I should do?

I had been together with this guy named Jim for more than four months and when we split up he quickly got into a new relationship with Anne, one of my best friends. Anne and Jim had a short but intense relationship and during that time I wasn’t seeing Anne at all. This was partly because I was very disappointed with what Anne had done and partly because I was still sore about losing Jim.

One day Jim called me and asked me out. I couldn’t believe my ears but I still agreed to meet him. I had promised myself never to meet him again but I thought that it could be nice to at least be friends. After all, Jim was good company and we used to have a lot of fun together.

Even if I didn’t consider meeting with Jim to be a regular date, I spent hours putting on my best make-up, fixing my hair and trying on every sweater in my wardrobe.

When we met at the restaurant I noticed that Jim hadn’t bothered to change his clothes after training. He was wearing a sloppy sweater and his hair is all tousled. I was somewhat disappointed but also a bit relieved as this clearly indicated that he had no intentions other than seeing me for a friendly chat. This evening we had the best time ever. In fact, we got on far better than we did while in a relationship. Jim made jokes about Anne and I felt so much more relaxed with him than I did while we were a couple. I felt good about being with Jim as if we were just two good old friends. After all that happened between us this was almost too good to be true!

But suddenly our conversation stopped. Jim gazed deeply into my eyes and all of a sudden I felt very confused. I managed to get out of the situation by calling the waiter and asking for the bill. Jim let me pay for the pizzas, something that he would never have done while we were together.

Before parting, Jim asked me if I would like to go fishing with him… I said that I would have to think about it, but now I have no idea what to tell him! What should I answer?

Kind regards,

Claire, 16, Brisbane

2) Plan

Your task

You are going to write a reply to Claire’s letter. She is counting on you and you need to give her your best piece of advice on what she should do in this situation.

Some questions that might help you along the way are:

· Is Jim asking Claire for a date or does he want them to be friends?
· What could Claire say to Jim to explain the way she feels?
· What signs are there that Jim wants to be friends?
· What signs are there that Jim is still in love with her?
· Should they stop seeing each other? Why/Why not?

During today’s lesson, you are going to answer these questions, make a mind map and plan your writing. Think about what you are going to tell Claire and make a plan for it.

3) Talk 

Then, you are going to discuss your piece of advice with a partner in class. 

4) Writing 
On Monday you will be writing your letters on Exam.net (250-500 words). Bring a charged chromebook, your notes and a good mood :) 

Hi Claire! My name is .... I got your letter and I heard you needed some advice... 

The British Isles; Sports

 Word work: 

https://quizlet.com/234025218/sport-at-school-flash-cards/ 

Read text: 
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/sport-school 

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; Wales and Northern Ireland

Read thris text about Wales : http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/wales

Do the preparation activity by clicking on the purple bar above the text, where it says
> Preparation .

Then read the text. Look up any words you do not understand on tyda.se  After you have read the text about Wales, do the four activities underneath the text.

Read about Northern Ireland on the following link: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/northern-ireland 

Just like you did with the text about Wales, you are going to do the preparation activity first, then read the text and look up any words that you do not understand, and after that do the three activities that can be found underneath the text.