Human Planet - Åk 7

Hi,

Last week we saw one of the films from the series Human Planet.

Your task is to answer the questions below. We will then discuss these questions on Monday the 24th oct.
So come well prepared. When you have written your answers, email your answers to me (erica@humfryskolan.se)

Questions:

1, Tell us briefly about the Amazon rain forest in 10-15 sentences.

2, Give examples of food you find in the rainforest.

3, Write down your reflections about how you would find a life in a rainforest (10-15 sentences).

4, Describe one hunting technique you saw in the film Human Planet.


Keep up the good work!
/Erica

Presentation

Simple Presentations 

FRAMEWORK STRUCTURE

The following are some of the suggestions of phrases often used in presentations and framework that can help you structure your work. 

Introduction

(Good morning, afternoon, evening)

I'm happy to be here.

I'm glad to have this opportunity to . . .

Today, I'd like to talk (to you) about . . .

My topic today is . . .

The focus of my remarks is . . .

I'd like to share some thoughts on (topic)

Main points

Let me start by . . .

First, let me tell you about . . .

I've divided my topic into (three) parts: (They are . . .)

Giving examples

For instance,

Let me illustrate,

To illustrate,

Conclusion

In conclusion,

To conclude,

To summarize,

To sum up,

Let’s Talk

Purpose: Practice speaking English

Simple Oral Presentations

Task: Make an oral presentation about:

Subject: The Person Who Inspires Me

The Person I like/admire

Work individually or in pairs.

You may choose between traditional presentation, role play, interview, newsflash, or whatever comes to you mind, as long as you speak English.

Duration: 3 to 5 minutes

Deadline: week 42

Grades Criteria: shall be delivered next week

SUGGESTED WORK PLAN: Just to help you on the way!

week 40: decide on pairs, subject person, technique, ( homework: 10 keywords for presentation

week 41: Information gathering; we will talk about SPEECH ANXIETY; Analyse gathered info, be able to summarise in own words (summarise article about chosen subject)

week 42: Compilation

Exercise, exercise some more!

Ask teacher the things are hard to do or just for a bit of moral support.

And then comes SHOWTIME! Time for presentations!

Enjoy your work and go break your leg!!!! 

Lejla

Lommefilm åk 8

Team 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFnQM5eQpTc

Team 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiUv_eIh52k

Team 3 - T-shirt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi8wlwUjEhY

Team 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKKwq-bFxw8&feature=channel_video_title

Team 5 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3orAlrN47c

Some remarks and some vocabulary.

Hi, these vocabulary and writing remarks goes for all students.

First I want to remind you all about some basics in english.

1, Always use the capital I when you are writing "jag" in English.
2, Always start you sentences with a capital letter, ALWAYS!!!

3, Find out the difference between.

Their, there and they?

Who and Whom?

4, When do you use capital letters in English?

(http://www.grammarbook.com/english_rules.asp)

5, Vocabulary: (translate the words to Swedish and learn them)


participate
instance
probably
favour
branch
submit
attempt
feign
descent
persist
cease
peevish
vanish
filthy
irritable
inaccurate
churlish
comprehend
irresponsible
heydays

Keep up the good work!

Creative Writing

Year 8 and 7

The next assignment for year 8 and 7 is to dive into the wonderful world of writing.
We will work with genre and practice our writing in some minor and one major writing task.

You'll be given further instructions during class.

http://www.creative-writing-now.com/what-is-fiction.html

Year 9 and 8- The Virgin Daughters

Year 9 and 8, this assignment is for you. We will watch the documentary The Virgin Daughters.
This documentary raises the issue about young girls
decision to wait with sexual relations until they are married.

I want you to discuss this with you classmates later on, but first you will write down you own thoughts about this matter. Answer the questions below and e-mail them to erica@humfryskolan.se. The answers should be at least 2-3 sentences long and give me an idea about what you think and why. Make an effort to explain yourself! Deadline is friday the 2/9.

This assignment is within the course requirements: "Levnadsvilkor, traditioner, sociala relationer och kulturella förteelser i olika sammanhang och områden där engelska används." and "Samtal och diskussioner samt argumentation."

1, Why do you think many religions have rules concerning sex?

2, According to the priest Randy Wilson who arranged the Colorado Springs Cermony, the father is the most important person in a young girls life. He is everything. Write down your thoughts about this.  Do you agree or disagree?

3, How much do you think a parent should interfere in whom you love and fall in love with?

4, Are there similar ceremonies were a son promises his mum to stay "pure" and a virgin? What do you think? Explain!

5, Why do you think they make a ceremony like this?

Here is the link to the documentary if you want to watch it again.

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/virgin-daughters/

/Erica

Back To School!

Welcome back to 2011's autumn semester! I'm a looking forward to see you all and I hope you had a lovely and relaxing summerbreak!

This semester we will start working with a theme project about North America. This project is related to our sex educational project Genant, were we make tv-shows, radio,web and newspapers.

Your first assignment is as usual to find a reading book in english. I recommend you to go to The city's main library (Stadsbiblioteket) and lend a book there, it should be between at the least 50 pages.
This is homework and I will ask after the book your reading the 1st september. This homework is for all classes. After I have approved of the book you have chosen you will be given some weeks to read it. Then after that you will get an writing assignment for the book.

All bests,
Erica